Blanche Bête

I absolutely fell for all the social media influencers talking about this perfume. It was described as creamy and vanilla and the Best thing since sliced bread. What it smells like is opening a can of coconut milk and just breathing deeply. There's a hint of coconut, with a hint of vanilla, and yes a cream or milky / laconic smell comes through. When you first spray it on it's very pleasant to the nose, very office safe and very congenial. I do have to admit I don't think longevity is there. It was definitely hyped up and is now a very expensive perfume that I have bought. I will continue to wear it but it is not the showstopper I was hoping for.

Yikes...this is SO powdery. It smells nice IN the bottle but when you spray it on and it dries down, it is so intense and let me tell you, nothing would remove it from my skin LOL! I did not like this at all.

I’m not much for powdery musky scents and this was just that in my skin. Nothing special IMO.

I was so excited to try this scent, but it made me gag right away. Tossed my sample right away!

I want to experience what everyone else seems to experience with this fragrance, but it honestly smells like a new package of diapers and wipes! It’s not a terrible smell, but after having had kids, I just don’t need that smell in my life anymore. I don’t understand why this gets the hype it does.

Despite having really high hopes for this, I was sorely disappointed. Perfume is different on everyone's skin. Sadly, on my skin, this had a very offensive animallic smell to it. This has never happened to me before, and I've tested numerous niche perfumes. I even test-sprayed this on a strip before applying on myself so that I could get the notes. But on the strip it didn't smell very good, even with the drydown. I waited for the drydown, thinking that it might improve, but nope. It was so bad that I had to hop in the shower and scrub myself to get it all off. I'm talking about verrrryyy bad, fresh off the farm, smells like the back of a dirty filthy, sweaty cow whose hide was caked in dirt. I was literally transported to a ranch and pictured a steer lazing by the fence swatting flies with its tail and myself wearing chaps, denim jeans caked in dirt, and sweating from head to toe with the smell of cow on me. It was not a pretty visual nor scent experience.