50 community ratings

Vanilla Affair

Name: Vanilla Affair
Brand: Essential Garden

WomenModern

6.6/ 10

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Essential Garden Vanilla Affair is a sweet, gourmand fragrance for women, softened by powdery and woody tones; it has been discontinued.

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Skunky's take: When coat weather arrives, this bottle comes off the shelf.

How does it perform?

From 36 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

5.5 /10

Keeps you company for a few hours, a quick refresh fits nicely.

Sillage

4.7 /10

Whispers to close friends, never shouts at a crowd.

Bottle

4.9 /10

Plain bottle, the real show is inside.

Blind buy risk

Medium risk

56% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Sweet
Synthetic
Gourmand
Woody
Powdery
Smoky

What does Vanilla Affair smell like?

Its longevity is moderate and its sillage weak, so it stays fairly close to the skin. Most voters pick fall and winter, with spring a close third and summer well behind. It leans towards daily wear and leisure time, and most voters find it feminine.

It opens on musk, with heliotrope and vanilla sweetness leading the heart, while sandalwood settles the base into a woody footing. The overall impression is sweet, powdery and slightly smoky. Coty Vanilla Musk and Ariana Grande Vanilla Suede have a close profile.