Vanille Imperiale by Houbigant
Men Women 2024
Description
Vanille Imperiale by Houbigant is an oriental vanilla fragrance for men and women. This creation, launched in 2024, was designed by Luca Maffei and Antoine Lie. In its opening, the composition unfolds notes of blood orange, neroli and bergamot; the heart reveals a harmony of vanilla, rose, nard and jasmine; while the base settles on ambergris, musk and ambrette musk.
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When to wear it (votes)
- Winter 34%
- Spring 24%
- Summer 8.8%
- Autumn 34%
- Day 47%
- Night 53%
Key notes
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Top
Blood Orange
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Heart
vanilla
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Base
ambergris
Community
146 votes
- Positive 69%
- Negative 20%
- Neutral 11%
The olfactory pyramid
A guide to the opening, heart and lasting trail of the fragrance.
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In the collection
Leading answer I want it
424 votes
What do you think?
Leading answer Love it
146 votes
Season
Choose severalTied for the lead Winter / Autumn
170 votes
Time of day
Choose severalLeading answer Night
94 votes
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Fragrance profile
About Vanille Imperiale
Vanille Imperiale by Houbigant is an oriental vanilla fragrance for men and women. This creation, launched in 2024, was designed by Luca Maffei and Antoine Lie. In its opening, the composition unfolds notes of blood orange, neroli and bergamot; the heart reveals a harmony of vanilla, rose, nard and jasmine; while the base settles on ambergris, musk and ambrette musk.
Spices Flowers White flowers Musk, amber and animalic
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How it wears
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Longevity
Tied for the lead Moderate / Long-lasting
68 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
65 votes
Character
Leading answer Leans feminine
79 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
62 votes
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Psicostasis
A curious vanilla. It combines a Marie biscuit effect with somewhat muddled, turgid florals and greens. The imagery: you wake up on a Tuesday for a basic plant physiology lab session. You slice a potato, place it in saline solution, and watch it crunch under the microscope, releasing starchy juice. You still have the aftertaste of breakfast biscuits in your mouth because you were late and ate them on the tube. You’re groggy, following instructions like a zombie, and the bright white of the fluorescent lights feels like the edge of a dream. The sky is grey and you feel as though the entire lab is telling you to go have breakfast in proper conditions.
samucel87
A scent with a peculiar sweetness. Smells like vanilla cookie paste, almost like a puree, especially noticeable at first. Then it unfolds its full complexity like a blooming bud, with very restrained citrus notes and above all, white flowers. Overall, it leaves a feminine, refined, elegant, youthful and coquettish impression. Very interesting.
Jvenus86
A delicious, sophisticated vanilla that is not at all cloying. It resembles Royal Vanilla by Mancera Paris, but if I had to choose between the two, I’d go with this one.
Jvenus86
It’s a totally unisex fragrance because the scent has no gender; anyone can wear it.