Vanilla in Bourbon
An ode to the precious vanilla bean, where its boozy and intoxicating nuances are enhanced to showcase its beauty and intense attraction. Vanilla is both nostalgic and unknown at once. It fills the soul with comfort and delight. It captivates with its powerful, long-lasting sweetness and subconscious sensuality.
The blend marries a perfectly balsamic vanilla with soft spices and resinous incense — myrrh and frankincense — delivered in organic perfumer's alcohol that was aged in a vintage bourbon barrel to add a hint of boozy wood. The result is a dreamy cloud of just-right sweetness and warmth, not too strong but long-lasting on skin.
Perfumer
Laurent Le Guernec
Notes
vanilla, bourbon barrel, lemon zest, cardamom, cinnamon bark, myrrh, gurjun, amber, guaiacwood, olibanum (frankincense)
**Holiday 2024 Shipping Deadlines**
Get your holiday orders in by the end of Wednesday, **December 18th**, for delivery by December 24th.
We'll add complimentary shipping upgrades as necessary.
Note for West Coast Customers:
If you're running a day late, feel free get in touch up to **December 20th** to see if we can still make it happen!
Contact info@ministryofscent.com and we'll do our best to get perfumes to your people in time for holiday celebrations.
| Date | Day | Status |
| Dec 18 | Wednesday | LAST DAY for guaranteed Christmas delivery nationwide |
| Dec 20 | Friday | LAST DAY for West Coast only (contact us first) |
| ⚠️ CHRISTMAS DELIVERY CUTOFF ⚠️ | ||
| Dec 21 | Saturday | Orders placed will be delivered after 12/25 |
| Dec 22 | Sunday | No shipping |
| Dec 23 | Monday | Orders placed will be delivered after 12/25 |
| Dec 24 | Tuesday | Christmas Eve - Orders placed will be delivered after 12/25 |
| Dec 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day 🎄 (No shipping) |
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I like the smell of bourbon. It makes me feel excited, especially during the holiday season. This smell reminds me of that feeling.
In winter, I like to wear vanilla scents. However, I'm not too fond of the smell of too-sweet vanilla, so I wanted to try a different scent.
By chance, I had received a sample of this brand, so I tried it for a day. The vanilla, which wasn't too sweet, and the scent of the bourbon barrel were very pleasant. Perhaps because it was autumn, it brought back the excited feeling of the early holidays. Of course, it also relaxes you, and you can enjoy the scent of wood all day long.
It's not a scent suited to summer, but it's the perfect perfume for the cold season, especially the holiday season.
I’m in love. What sets this apart from other boozy vanillas is its inclusion of warming spices like cardamom and cinnamon. They elevate its dimensionality and coziness to something that feels distinctly autumnal to me but is wearable enough to simply use as a go-to date night scent (you would catch me wearing it during the day too, simply because it’s that good). Adore and haven’t wasted my time hunting down another vanilla since.
Love this one. This, Plum in Cognac, and Oud in Calvados were all winners to me from this house. Very nice smelling vanilla.
Smells great. Smoothly combines the tobacco, bourbon and vanilla. I get 6 hours on the skin, which is why I gave it 4 stars. 12 hours on clothes. Decent silliage and projection is moderate.
The vanilla is not very prominent