Island Vanilla
Island Vanilla by Pacifica is a feminine-leaning eau de parfum from 2024 in the budget price tier. It opens with lily of the valley, moves into jasmine, sandalwood and vetiver and dries down to vanilla, sugar and cocoa. Expect around 4 hours of wear, and it projects softly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Lily of the Valley Clean, green, dewy floral. Reads as 'fresh laundry' to most people.
Heart
- Jasmine Heady, sweet and slightly animal underneath. Rarely subtle.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
Dry-down
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- Sugar Plain sweetness. Usually there to round the edges off something else.
- Cocoa Dry, dusty chocolate. Bitter rather than sweet.
Smells like this
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- Clive Christian Strange Heavens Out of the Blue
- Kerosene Sweetly Known
- Lattafa Qimmah
- Bath & Body Works Frosted Coconut Snowball
- Givenchy Gentleman Boisee
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