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It\u2019s the seasonal interregnum in Seattle. King Winter is waning and Princess Spring is itching to begin her reign\/rain. This is the period when amber, musk, incense and oud fragrances start to feel pass\u00e9 and weigh heavily on my body and spirit. As the witch-hazels and camellias bloom and wintersweet scents the air, I yearn for lighter \u201cgreen\u201d, floral and citrus-y colognes, but right now they too seem a bit \u201cstrange\u201d to wear\u2026like the shorts I\u2019m beginning to see on many Seattleites!<\/p>\n
Perfumer Ralf Schwieger<\/a> developed Atelier Cologne<\/a> Vanille Insens\u00e9e \u2014 Princess Spring\u2019s \u2018regent\u2019 \u2014 and it fits my mood, and the current (changeable)\u00a0weather, perfectly: it\u2019s neither too heavy, nor too light \u2014 it\u2019s just right.<\/p>\n I have never been a huge fan of vanilla-centered perfumes. I remember when Coty Vanilla Fields<\/a> was popular; the legions of women who wore it smelled like they\u2019d emptied a bottle of double-strength vanilla extract on themselves. Vanille Insens\u00e9e\u2019s \u201cvanilla\u201d is<\/em> the main note in the perfume*, but it has been \u201crinsed\u201d by perky lime and citron, \u201cdried\u201d by the addition of vetiver and moss, and fluffed by clean jasmine, musk and coriander. Vanille Insens\u00e9e contains \u201cfresh\u201d vanilla, in the best sense of \u201cfresh.\u201d Though the notes of Vanille Insens\u00e9e are sheer (and seem \u2018subdued\u2019) the perfume does last on skin all day and has good sillage. I guess I would classify Vanille Insens\u00e9e as \u201cdiet gourmand.\u201d If I had to choose fragrances that match Vanille Insens\u00e9e\u2019s \u201cvibe,\u201d I\u2019d have to agree with Robin here at Now Smell This who was reminded of Diptyque Eau Duelle<\/a> and Le Labo Vanille 44<\/a> when she sniffed Vanille Insens\u00e9e (but I like Vanille Insens\u00e9e better than either of those fragrances).<\/p>\n As further proof of its \u201caffability,\u201d Vanille Insens\u00e9e layers beautifully with light citrus fragrances (like my Guerlain Eau de Cologne Imp\u00e9riale<\/a>) and darker, wintry scents such as Eau d\u2019Herm\u00e8s, adding depth to one, lightness\/sweetness to the other.<\/p>\n Who knows if I would have liked Vanille Insens\u00e9e as much as I do if we had met in a snowstorm or during a heat wave? Vanille Insens\u00e9e and I met at the right time, and\u00a0that often\u00a0makes all the difference when it comes to perfume.<\/p>\n Atelier Cologne Vanille Insens\u00e9e is a unisex fragrance, and it\u2019s available in 30 ($60) or 200 ml ($170) Cologne Absolue (15% concentration).<\/p>\n * Vanille Insens\u00e9e\u2019s fragrance notes include lime, cedrat, coriander, jasmine, oak moss, vetiver, vanilla, oak and amber.<\/em><\/p>\n Note: top left<\/a> and middle<\/a> images via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s the seasonal interregnum in Seattle. King Winter is waning and Princess Spring is itching to begin her reign\/rain. This is the period when amber, musk, incense and oud fragrances start to feel pass\u00e9 and weigh heavily on my body and spirit. As the witch-hazels and camellias bloom and wintersweet scents the air, I yearn for lighter \u201cgreen\u201d, floral and citrus-y colognes, but right now they too seem a bit \u201cstrange\u201d to wear\u2026like the shorts I\u2019m beginning to see on many Seattleites!<\/p>\n Perfumer Ralf Schwieger<\/a> developed Atelier Cologne<\/a> Vanille Insens\u00e9e \u2014 Princess Spring\u2019s \u2018regent\u2019 \u2014 and it fits my mood, and the current (changeable) weather, perfectly: it\u2019s neither too heavy, nor too light \u2014 it\u2019s just right.<\/p>\n I have never been a huge fan of vanilla-centered perfumes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1638,1557,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-50818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-atelier-cologne","8":"tag-ralf-schwieger","9":"tag-vanilla","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Possibly of interest<\/h2>\n
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