Vanilla Featured in All Oriental Perfumes

Oriental perfumes always feature vanilla: this is their dominant note. They are also defined as fragrances with vanilla and slightly spicy notes, warm and sweet at the same time. The subfamily of vanilla orientals, it, takes the side of strengthening these hot and sensual notes by focusing on vanilla, which takes precedence over all other notes.

"Shalimar", eternal representative of oriental vanilla

If only one perfume should be mentioned in this family, it would of course be "Shalimar". In 1925, this fragrance launched the fashion of Oriental perfumes. Its dominant vanilla associated with benzoin, leather and balm of Peru in background notes, makes it possible to classify it among orientals vanilla. A real commercial success that marks the history of perfumery: it passes through the centuries while remaining always modern and remains, still today, a model of inspiration for the whole family of Oriental perfumes. The treatment of vanilla is particular, since it is the first fragrance to be used, not vanilla, but ethylvanillin, an artificial molecule that reproduces the smell. In 2010 comes a version even more vanilla: "Shalimar ode to the vanilla". There are two types of vanilla, Mayotte and Madagascar.

Oriental-vanilla, perfumes always ultra-greedy

Other members of the family include Chanel's "Allure", which includes vanilla, sandalwood and vetiver in background notes, along with more fresh fruit notes (peach, bergamot and mandarin ) and flowers (jasmine, rose and water lily). Another example: "Angel" by Thierry Mugler, which strengthens the gourmet side of vanilla by associating it with chocolate and caramel.