Vanilla Milk
Vanilla Milk by Ellis Brooklyn is a feminine-leaning eau de parfum from 2023 in the designer price tier. It opens with milk, frangipani and peony, moves into vanilla, bourbon vanilla and cocoa and dries down to benzoin, amyris, sandalwood and musk. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Milk Soft, lactonic and creamy. Makes everything around it rounder.
- Frangipani Creamy tropical floral. Suncream adjacent.
- Peony Pink, watery and slightly peppery. Modern and inoffensive.
Heart
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- Bourbon Vanilla Richer, boozier vanilla. Darker than the standard version.
- Cocoa Dry, dusty chocolate. Bitter rather than sweet.
Dry-down
- Benzoin Sweet balsamic resin. Vanilla-adjacent but drier.
- Amyris Soft, sweet, sandalwood-adjacent. Often stands in for the real thing.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
Smells like this
- Kerosene Vanilified
- Burberry Goddess
- Bath & Body Works Aries
- Imaginary Authors Memoirs of a Trespasser
- Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille
- Memo Paris Cap Camarat
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