Bvlgari Magnifying Vanille

Mostly sweet and creamy, like vanilla pod or custard. Underneath that, soft and dusty, somewhere between face powder and clean laundry.

It opens on bergamot, musk and sugar, moves through amber, madagascar vanilla and olibanum, and settles on benzoin, green tea and licorice.

• bergamot: bright citrus peel, sharper and greener than orange. The note that makes Earl Grey tea smell the way it does
• musk: soft, warm and skin-like. More the impression of clean skin than a smell of its own

It lasts an average amount of time and sits close to the skin after the first hour.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.