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Last month, four friends were in Paris \u2014 almost at the same time. All I wanted from one<\/em> of them was a bottle of Serge Lutens Rah\u00e4t Loukoum<\/a> from the Jardins du Palais Royal shop. These days you can buy a bell jar of Rah\u00e4t Loukoum for $300 at Barneys New York, but the same bottle can be had in Paris for around $160 (and honestly, that\u2019s all Rah\u00e4t Loukoum is worth to me). Well, my first set of friends left Paris Rah\u00e4t Loukoum-less, and by the time I was aware of their failure<\/em>, the second pair of friends were on their way to Nice and other points south. (Note to self: \u201cI\u2019d love to see the Serge Lutens shop and buy your perfume!\u201d<\/em> trumps \u201cWell\u2026I\u2019ll try\u2026.\u201d<\/em>) So, now it\u2019s back to monitoring all my friends\u2019 travel plans (since my next trips are nowhere near Paris).<\/p>\n Without Rah\u00e4t Loukoum, I\u2019m currently searching for a candy scent (I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m writing that, but it\u2019s true). I used to hate food-y perfumes, especially sweet ones full of sugar and vanilla. Now, I have a craving<\/em>\u2026but I only need one such perfume in my collection. I\u2019m in the process of auditioning some candy-shop fragrances and that search brings me to Agonist<\/a> Vanilla Marble.<\/p>\n Before reviewing Vanilla Marble, let me thank Agonist for FINALLY making their perfumes (all well-done) available in bottles other than the exorbitantly priced \u201cglass art\u201d containers. The new \u201csimple\u201d sprays are priced at 125\u20ac (about $160 US) \u2014 still not inexpensive, but priced much better than the 880\u20ac\/$1,145 you\u2019ll pay for the \u201cart\u201d bottle (shown at top\u2026refills sold separately).<\/p>\n Vanilla Marble starts off with a deep, rich, almost \u201cchocolaty\u201d vanilla aroma (imagine smelling a box full of chocolate-covered vanilla creams). Pungent\/liquor-y almond appears next. As the perfume develops, a variety of vanillic notes are noticeable: tonka bean, benzoin (but without its \u2018incense\u2019 vibe), and white fig (an under-ripe fig dipped in sugar syrup). Vanilla Marble is vanilla on a zoom setting, but it never becomes \u201ctoo much\u201d for me and it doesn\u2019t dominate a room \u2014 it stays close to skin. Near the end of Vanilla Marble\u2019s development all its notes seem to create an aroma I\u2019ll call \u201cvanilla leather\u201d (this scent makes me hungry one minute, and think about buying a new wallet the next).<\/p>\n Agonist Vanilla Marble is a unisex fragrance and has good lasting power; it includes fragrance notes of vanilla infusion, almond, tiare flower, orchid, white fig, amber, Australian sandalwood, patchouli, benzoin, tonka bean and Madagascar vanilla. Vanilla Marble is available in 50 ml Eau de Parfum (see bottle at right, 125\u20ac) or in the art glass bottle shown at top (880\u20ac). For buying information, see the listing for Agonist under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last month, four friends were in Paris \u2014 almost at the same time. All I wanted from one<\/em> of them was a bottle of Serge Lutens Rah\u00e4t Loukoum<\/a> from the Jardins du Palais Royal shop. These days you can buy a bell jar of Rah\u00e4t Loukoum for $300 at Barneys New York, but the same bottle can be had in Paris for around $160 (and honestly, that\u2019s all Rah\u00e4t Loukoum is worth to me). Well, my first set of friends left Paris Rah\u00e4t Loukoum-less, and by the time I was aware of their failure<\/em>, the second pair of friends were on their way to Nice and other points south. (Note to self: \u201cI\u2019d love to see the Serge Lutens shop and buy your perfume!\u201d<\/em> trumps \u201cWell\u2026I\u2019ll try\u2026.\u201d<\/em>) So, now it\u2019s back to monitoring all my friends\u2019 travel plans (since my next trips are nowhere near Paris).<\/p>\n Without Rah\u00e4t Loukoum, I\u2019m currently searching for a candy scent (I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m writing that, but it\u2019s true). I used to hate food-y perfumes, especially sweet ones full of sugar and vanilla. Now, I have a craving<\/em>\u2026but I only need one such perfume in my collection. I\u2019m in the process of auditioning some candy-shop fragrances and that search brings me to Agonist<\/a> Vanilla Marble…<\/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":[1542,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-76785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-agonist-parfums","8":"tag-vanilla","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76785","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=76785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Agonist](\"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/agonist32.jpg\")
I thoroughly enjoy Vanilla Marble and if it were, say, $80, I might buy it; at $160 though\u2026all I can think of is Rah\u00e4t Loukoum.<\/p>\nPossibly of interest<\/h2>\n
Agonist Say Yes ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>Agonist Floralust ~ fragrance review<\/a><\/div>Agonist White Lies ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n