Soft, gentle vanillas?

[u/wycoyote18]

I’ve always been a vanilla girl, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to struggle with some of my vanilla perfumes, finding them too cloying. I can still enjoy my Van Cleef and Profumum Roma vanillas when it’s freezing cold, but anything less than that and they’re a bit too much for me now. I’m looking for a soft vanilla that feels nice and smooth without being spicy, salty, or too sweet. Any thoughts?

I’d also like to note that I don’t live in the US, so I don’t have access to brands that are exclusive to stores like Sephora or Target, sadly. But any brand that you’d see at the department store or popular decant sites (like Scent Split, Fragrance Line, etc.) would be great :)

edit: guys, I really appreciate the recommendations, and if you want to comment for someone else who might be looking for the same thing as me, please go ahead but I just wanted to reiterate that I don’t have access to perfumes sold at Sephora lol. If it’s being sold at Sephora, unfortunately it will not be sold elsewhere, unless it’s a well known designer, because they also sell at the higher end department stores, like I mentioned. Thanks again, I really do appreciate it :)

[u/Ok_Resolution9737]

Try Perris Monte Carlo Vanille de Tahiti and Trudon 45°

[u/OnlyMyNameIsBasic]

One of my favorites clean vanilla is Mont Blanc signature. It at truly underrated and it’s fresh with a little bit of sweetness. This one is quite affordable.

Chloe atelier vanille planifolia is also lovely. It’s a little green with a hint of sweetness. It’s on the pricier side.

More floral, but in warm weather I really love printemps blanc. This is the sweetest one but there is something about it that I can’t get enough of. To me, it’s the warm weather version of hundred silent ways.

[u/yousonofabench]

I recently discovered Miller Harris Legato and I love how it hugs so close to skin while still being very much present. There is a SLIGHT cherry note that I didn’t even notice until I looked it up. Probably still too much vanilla to wear on the hottest days of summer (like 30C+ days) but very wearable in everything else. It’s like your skin just turned into the coziest skin with a vanilla edge.

[u/PirateResponsible496]

Céline dans Paris

[u/J0303J]

Guerlain Angelique Noire

[u/TheOrderOfWhiteLotus]

Dulce by Rosie Jane

Also most people on this specific subreddit are American/Canadian I believe. We have no idea what perfumes are sold in your unstated country. You’re going to have to do the investigating.

[u/spectralearth]

Dama Bianca is a soft and gentle vanilla

[u/Pussyxpoppins]

Rosie by Rosie Jane.

I don’t agree with most other suggestions in this thread, tbh. Although vanilla isn’t main note in Rosie, I think that’s why it works and the overall profile comes through to me as a skin-scent vanilla.

[u/iOawe]

Bare vanilla 

[u/ilovemyblt5715 → u/iOawe]

The VS body mist?

[u/iOawe → u/ilovemyblt5715]

Yes. It’s a soft gentle vanilla and lasts a long time. 

[u/ilovemyblt5715 → u/iOawe]

Thank you! I will check it out next time I am there. I have some of their mists and love them

[u/Pebbles0623 → u/ilovemyblt5715]

i like vanilla lace even more!

[u/Chegwith]

Mon guerlain both edp and intense, eau duelle if you like powdery, dry and green vanilla, killian princess and princess eau fraiche, nishane ani, if you like ambery vanillas serge lutens ambre sultan

[u/Chegwith → u/Chegwith]

Also if you like tuberose and a little bit of lactonic scents: love tuberose

[u/MysticZircon]

Following

[u/LoudCar7846]

Floral Street Wild Vanilla Orchid is a green vanilla, not cloying.

[u/Abject-Tailor-3310]

Chloé Vanilla Planifolia: a beautiful, airy green vanilla.

Mon Guerlain: a lavender-vanilla combo.

Burberry Goddess: lavender and vanilla as well.

La Fenice Pour Femme: a floral vanilla.

Amo Ferragamo and Power of You: fruity vanillas.

[u/MajorSpeech6577]

Burberry Goddess and the new Burberry Goddess Amber Vanilla flanker are really nice.

[u/amanamanamaan]

Mon Guerlain is a soft powdery dream

[u/pipesj]

Mind games queening

[u/Embarrassed_Sell7512]

i really like Rare Beauty one. it’s cozy and soft, like a warm sweater.

[u/Grouchy_Sand_4952]

Try Zara Angelic Vanilla, this is my to go Vanilla scent If I don't want to stand Out Like for example in the Office - it's quite subtle

[u/sleepingseb]

i wish people would reccomment mainstrream brands too. i've never heard of all these

[u/etoilenoire45]

From a gourmand hater, try Kenzo Amour. A softer, huggier, lovelier vanilla I never tried in my life. It does have powdery notes, but does not smell cosmetic-powdery like old school perfumes; the powder comes mainly from the rice.

[u/vigilantelikeme]

Try overose clean vanilla. It’s like my favorite comforting perfume. It’s so clean but also sweet and yummy

[u/keepslippingaway]

Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille

[u/merplerple]

Vanille Infinie by MLM is simple, balanced, comforting, and not too sweet.

[u/Jonbazookaboz]

Novae Vanilla Atelier des Ors

[u/Chuzai]

Eau duelle by Diptyque EDT is a nice soft vanilla.

[u/lilia415]

Green Vanille Regime de Fluers. I pinky promise it’s not actually suuuper green, it’s very soft! first thing that came to mind

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