Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo
90 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Apple cuts through with a tart, almost green brightness before black pepper arrives with surprising aggression, creating a spiced-fruit impression that feels almost savoury. Myrrh softens the sharpness, lending a resinous, slightly incensory quality that prevents the opening from reading as purely fruity.
Vanilla and tonka bean emerge with creamy richness, but patchouli immediately tempers any vanilla-forward sweetness with earthy, slightly woody restraint. The fragrance settles into a balanced sweetness—gourmand without being saccharine—as the spicy accords remain present, never fully retreating.
Amber, saffron, and toffee dominate, with saffron's warm spiciness and slight metallic edge keeping toffee's sweetness from overwhelming. The fragrance becomes softly resinous and deeply creamy, a whisper-close second skin that smells intimate rather than projected.
Vanilla Love arrives as a calculated seduction dressed in spice and fruit—Michel Almairac has crafted something far more textured than the name suggests. The opening's apple and myrrh create an almost savoury sweetness, that tart red-fruit brightness immediately complicated by black pepper's bite, preventing any cloying softness. What follows is the fragrance's masterstroke: vanilla and tonka bean don't simply sweeten the composition; they're anchored by earthy patchouli, which grounds the creamy sweetness and adds a slightly dusty, almost smoky undertone. This is gourmand fragrance for those who find most vanilla scents insufferable.
The base—amber, saffron, and toffee—reveals the true character. Saffron is the revelation here, its warm, almost metallic spiciness preventing the toffee from becoming nursery-sweet. The amber wraps everything in a soft, resinous cocoon without sacrificing definition. This is a fragrance that smells expensive through restraint, not excess.
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