Comments on: Jo Malone Vanilla & Anise ~ perfume review

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 12:40:22 +0000

Sounds like it! They do nice creams.

By: katarina

katarina — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:38:01 +0000

I tried this in London the other week, as I love vanilla, but think there was too much anise for my liking. I sprayed my wrist and dab a bit of body creme on my other arm, and by the evening the scent from my wrist disappeared. On the other side, the creme left very subtle sweet beautiful aroma, that i really liked and could not stop smelling it! I think the body creme would work on me better than the spray.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:54:25 +0000

Sorry you didn’t like it! I don’t want to smell like Coke either

By: turbovivi

turbovivi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:11:21 +0000

I tried this on me yesterday and *gag* it was no good. For some odd reason it reminds me a very cold can of Coca-Cola… Must be the licorice.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:05:59 +0000

Oh dear! Well, plenty of other fish in the sea

By: anngd

anngd — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:43:01 +0000

Found this metallic and sharp with almost no vanilla. Unpleasant notes persist.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:29:13 +0000

I probably wasn’t clear…I didn’t mean that you couldn’t make a good non-foody vanilla, only that there are so many vanilla freaks looking for a great foody vanilla that you’re bound to have disappointed customers if you put vanilla in the name. Case in point: the wonderful Annick Goutal Vanille Exquise.

By: thenoseknows

thenoseknows — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:34:26 +0000

it CAN be done and not be foody… Vanilla in the raw is a very Carnal almost Narcotic scent… If the fragrance were developed As the predominant note with essences such as say Lemon, Tuberose, Neroli, Benzoin, Labdanum, Cyclamen, Osmanthus and perhaps even Pepper or Nutmeg it could be more, Modern yet still VANILLA-Y but most perfumers perception of Vanille is that it is too overpowering to be the foreground note and relenquish it to being a background player… or if it is the star, it turns into something Treacly and Cloyingly Saccharine! I would love to create a Complex, Coconutty Vanille Scent with Osmanthus and Gardenia and Wisteria as the base and stll have the Vanilla Shine Through in a Non-Foody but very Unctuous and Obvious way!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:00:23 +0000

That always happens…companies just shouldn’t put vanilla in the name unless it’s foody, I think: leads to disappointment.

By: eminere

eminere — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:30:23 +0000

I found the opening to be very fizzy-sweet, and the anise/licorice note seems especially pronounced to me. I agree that this is by no means a comfort, gourmand scent; if anything I think it’s a pretty “cool” fragrance.

I think a lot of people were expecting a truer vanilla-based fragrance.