Vanille Impériale
Perfumer: Luca Maffei
Votes lean feminine
60 ratings
From your scent profile
Houbigant Vanille Impériale is a unisex floral-sweet gourmand that sets vanilla against a creamy, powdery backdrop.
Skunky's take: When coat weather arrives, this bottle comes off the shelf.
How does it perform?
From 56 community ratings, all out of 10.
Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.
People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.
Sits nicely on a shelf.
The price makes you think, so a small size is a smart start.
Blind buy risk
Love it or hate it: the votes are split in two.
Notes
They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.
Top notesfirst 15 minutes
Base noteswhat stays into the evening
Accords
From most dominant to most subtle.
- Floral
- Fruity
- Sweet
- Synthetic
- Gourmand
- Spicy
- Woody
- Oriental
Floral
Fruity
Sweet
Synthetic
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
OrientalWhat does Vanille Impériale smell like?
It opens bright with bergamot, neroli and blood orange. The heart joins rose, jasmine, tuberose and vanilla into a floral whole, and the base of musk, amberwood and amber turns it warm, sweet, woody and oriental.
Longevity and sillage are rated good. Most voters pick fall and winter, with spring not far behind. It leans towards evenings, leisure time and nights out, and reads mostly feminine, with modern close behind. Madonna Truth or Dare and Bettina Barty Vanilla (Eau de Toilette) have a close profile.
How it changes through the day
First minutes
- Bergamot
- Neroli
- Blood orange
First hours
- Rose
- Jasmine
- Tuberose
Towards evening
- Musk
- Amberwood
- Ambrette seed
When to wear it?
Seasons and occasions, by user votes.
- 34%Winter
- 34%Autumn
- 22%Spring
- 9%Summer
Winter
Autumn
Spring
Summer- Evening25%
- Casual24%
- Nighttime21%
- Daytime15%
- Office15%
Smells like this
The closest scents by notes and accords.
63% matchRouge Temptation
Boadicea the Victorious · 2016
62% matchTruth or Dare
Madonna · 2012
62% matchVanilla (Eau de Toilette)
Bettina Barty
56% matchTarteel Silver / ترتيل فضي
Arabian Oud
56% match№ 3 Intense
Asabi
56% matchNaomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell · 1999
55% matchAjwad / اجواد
Lattafa
55% matchLouve
Serge Lutens · 2007
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Last updated: October 26, 2026