Vanilla Powder
Matiere Premiere is the French phrase for “raw material”. Matiere Premiere's fragrances are built around one central natural ingredient, used in its highest dosage. Between Paris and Grasse, Aurélien Guichard, Founder and Perfumer of the House, reveals the unique texture and the most beautiful facets of each central ingredient, with contemporary, direct, understandable fragrances.
From Matiere Premiere
INITIAL IDEA: A contrast between a dark vanilla and a white Palo Santo wood
MAIN INGREDIENT: Vanilla Absolute (Madagascar, Fair for Life agricultural program)
CREATIVE APPROACH: Palo Santo Oil Ecuador brings structure and verticality. The addictive character of Vanilla is reinforced by Coconut powder. White Musks envelop the Vanilla and powders for a contemporary, luminous perfume.
Perfumer
Aurélien Guichard
FYI
Matiere Premiere perfumes contain between 85% and 92% natural ingredients. They are vegan, phthalate free and without any colouring agent. This fragrance can be ordered here on our website, or purchased at our store at 2408 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
Fulfillment & Shipping
We provide free shipping for USPS orders $75+.
Ministry of Scent offers shipping to the United States through USPS Ground Advantage and UPS. We process and ship orders within 1-4 days, major holidays excluded. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at orders@ministryofscent.com
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First-time orders $125+ and all orders $200+ will be shipped with signature confirmation to ensure safe delivery. Customers may request "no signature confirmation" in the Order Note section of the Shopping Cart page, at their own risk. If the item is stolen after tracked delivery, the order cannot be refunded or replaced.
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| Order type | Shipping Method |
Cost |
| Sample-only Orders (including Sample Sets) | USPS Ground Advantage* | $5 |
|
Standard Shipping (orders under $75) |
USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) | $10 |
| Free Shipping (orders $75 and over) |
USPS Ground Advantage* or UPS Ground (depending on destination) |
$0 |
| 3-Day Shipping | UPS 3-Day Service |
Variable |
*Ship times vary. All products ship from California, shipments can take up to 5 business days to the East Coast.
Returns
We do not accept returns of perfumes, simply because perfumes can't be resold once they've been opened and used. We encourage you to order samples before purchasing full bottles of perfume. And here's the good news — with every sample purchased, we'll send you a coupon code that allows you to redeem the cost of the sample and sample shipping if you buy a full bottle of the fragrance you tried (in other words, you get $10 off).
Please contact orders@ministryofscent.com if you have a question or issue related to your order or shipping.
Sample Orders
Samples are designed to help you evaluate scents you might want to later purchase as a full bottle. You may order one sample per fragrance, up to 15 total in a single order. Samples are non-refundable.
For sample orders, please check your packing slip for a special code that will allow you to redeem the price of samples and sample shipping when purchase full bottles of the scents you sample ($10 off full bottles).
Complimentary Samples
We provide complimentary samples with $75+ full bottle purchases. You may request up to 3 samples with any qualifying order. Please use the Order Note section on the Shopping Cart overlay to let us know which complimentary samples you would like. We'll try to provide the scents you've requested, but substitutions may occur if items are out of stock.
Love at first sniff for me. Mix of vanilla and coconut notes. Lasts all day easily, and projects pretty well, so no need to over-spray this one. The house overall is solid.
Vanilla Powder is definitely one of my favorite fragrances, I find myself wearing this a lot! It is a pretty, sweet vanilla that definitely leans green to me, like earthy broken stems almost. I really enjoy the slightly creamy, soft, powdery quality I think the coconut lends to it as well! It's not a tropical fragrance by any means, like I don't find I can discern coconut as a smell, but rather as qualities of this perfume that I like, like the ones mentioned previously! I will say that this is a relatively safe perfume for any place, but it is extremely strong (which is great!), so I'm extremely aware of how much I'm going to spray depending on where I'm going!
the hype is real. definitely beast mode. smelled very synthetic to me, not very vanilla to my nose but i still enjoy the fragrance!