Now vanilla is my favourite scent above anything else, so I crave it and want it to be in and around me whenever possible. I'm always looking for the perfect vanilla scent, one that isn't too sweet and sickly, or that doesn't even smell like vanilla at all (which there is quite a few of those). There are very few perfumes out of the millions made (which I don't really have time to smell all of them…), that have a solid vanilla as the base note so I tend to look for other things that smell like vanilla.
Lets take a massive trip down memory lane shall we? It all started when I was younger (about 10, this is how far back, eg. my whole life, that I have loved vanilla, just so you know how obsessed I am with it...), I don't know if you guys will remember, but the brand Impulse had a body spray called Vanilla Kisses. Oh my god! Best scent ever. Its been years and I'm still crying about it lol. I had a few bottles of this heavenly scent before it got discontinued. To this day, I have not found a better vanilla scent than Vanilla Kisses. It has always been my favourite. So anyway, my first vanilla experience had been cancelled! Super annoyed, but fortunately they had other nice scents to keep me going…
So as time when on, I had somewhat forgotten about it (as much as you can when something affects you this deeply haha), many years later I came across a MAC fragrance. This was when I first got obsessed with MAC and moved to Australia that I discovered it. It was Fragrance II (if you can even remember those!), which was a warm vanilla. Well that got discontinued a few years afterwards too (I actually still have an empty bottle I just can't part with!). So yay, I'm already feeling like Ive got a winning scent huh? (although to be fair MAC axed basically the whole range).
Life goes on as it does and while still searching for years to find that delicious scent I discovered Organix Vanilla Silk shampoo and conditioner as of last year. OMG! This stuff smells vanilla alright, like you're making a goddamn cake on your head. It seriously, not even kidding, is orgasm worthy. Seriously, cake.on.your.head!!! Best vanilla scent ever (minus vanilla kisses of course). So here I am, loving washing my hair for a change and really getting involved with my showers. This was it!!! I have found my love again! So obviously the universe had something to say about it, and it too recently got discontinued. Thats not even the kicker. It got discontinued ONLY IN AUSTRALIA! How is this even possible?
So then I remembered that The Body Shop did a vanilla body wash. It was ok, Not super delicious but eh, worth another shot. So I went in to get some body wash as the bucketload of stuff my mum sent me was running out (which is why I didn't feel the need to stockpile said vanilla body wash, I didn't see the need for 50 bottles of body wash). "Oh, it was discontinued about 6 months ago" was the reply I got when I asked for it. Awesome. So I missed the train with that.
So as you can see, the world, slowly but surely hates me when it comes to vanilla scented delicious anything. So my, now desperate, hunt continues for the perfect vanilla scent (Im still hopeful Impulse will release a "90s nostalgia" collection and bring out Vanilla Kisses one more time). Has anything like this happened to you? A Scent you adore more than life escaped you? Tell me your story or even better tell me what vanilla scents your digging?
Some pictures of deliciousness:
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