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LAVANILA Pure Vanilla: More than a good vanilla perfume
Vanilla is one of the world’s most identifiable and comforting scents. This warm, soothing scent is medically proven to reduce stress and anxiety. Pure Vanilla, The Healthy Fragrance by LAVANILA was created to capture these qualities.
LAVANILA Pure Vanilla is a unique vanilla perfume that is not only good for your sinuses, but also for your skin. This 100% natural fragrance is free from harsh chemicals and will not irritate the skin or senses.
The signature note is derived from Madagascar vanilla beans, prized for their antioxidant and skin-soothing qualities. The company focuses on using only the purest, natural, and organic ingredients and aims to deliver 100% healthy products that are smart, modern, and luxurious.
LAVANILA Pure Vanilla is a sensual blend of creamy Madagascar vanilla, fragrant tonka bean, and rich heliotrope. Hints of plum, goji berry, and chamomile give a unique balance to the fragrance composition. The magnetic scent seduces with all its good-enough-to-eat ingredients, while freesia and patchouli add a floral touch. The perfume becomes even more appealing as time passes and the decadent powdery vanilla is perfectly balanced by the presence of woods and floral accords.
LAVANILA Pure Vanilla is masterfully blended by perfumers specializing in hand-crafted, natural scents. The warm base of Madagascar vanilla is uniquely layered with a blend of essential oils. The hard-working ingredients do a lot more than just smell good. Goji berry, known as a super anti-oxidant, nourishes and protects the skin with 18 amino acids and 21 trace minerals.
A grown-up expression of vanilla, LAVANILA Pure Vanilla reminds you more of the earthy qualities of the vanilla bean, than a too-sweet vanilla cookie. It is a fresh, clean, and nurturing expression of vanilla.
LAVANILA aims to inspire people to make healthier and happier choices, empowered with the right information. Their scents do not contain harsh ingredients that can damage and irritate the skin and senses. Their products go through rigorous clinical testing to ensure that they are safe, non-toxic, and non-irritating for even the most sensitive skin types.
Not just LAVANILA Pure Vanilla, but all of LAVANILA’s products are made from natural and organic ingredients that are ethically and sustainably harvested. They are proudly 100% cruelty-free, vegan, and recyclable. The company derives its name from Madagascar, home to the world’s finest vanilla, which the locals call “la vanila”.
Vanilla: a multi-faceted spice
Vanilla is the world’s most popular flavor. It is the first choice of ice cream for almost 30% of the population, followed by chocolate, at only 9%. As human beings, it seems genetically impossible not to like vanilla. The spice offers a range of health benefits, proven to reduce stress, improve mood, and soothe anxiety. This mood enhancer can also aid digestion and fight fatigue.
Vanilla is a popular fragrance ingredient as its familiar smell is instantly soothing. The rich gourmand accord is often associated with decadent-baked goods, reminding us of childhood cookies and sweets. Vanilla gives a reassuring feeling of comfort and can instantly transport you to the best part of your youth. Perfumers say that when they ask people to blind-sniff scents, vanilla is the most popular.
The scent had many reinventions over the years and is no longer the one-dimensional bakery scent that many associates it with. In perfumery today, vanilla is celebrated for its numerous facets and can be anything a perfumer wants it to be: alluring, subtle, spicy, or sweet.
Vanilla in perfume has a disarming olfactory richness and is increasingly used for its seductive aphrodisiac-like qualities. Vanilla brings sensuality and mystery to a fragrance, while its richness allows for it to be easily combined with other accords, regardless of their scent family.
When blended with chocolate or caramel its gourmand facet is amplified, while the softer, powdery side of vanilla shines when combined with musk. Citrus or floral notes mix with vanilla for a cooler variation of the scent while spices and woody notes intensify vanilla’s dark and earthy personality. Vanilla is almost always an important component in luxury fragrances, which is often why perfumes are so expensive.
Master perfumers on their love for vanilla
Perfumer and fragrance critic Roja Dove believes that apart from childhood nostalgia playing a role in our gravitation towards vanilla, it also acts as a psychogenic aphrodisiac. Studies have shown that vanilla has a calming effect on humans and the scent helps people to relax. According to master perfumers, this dreamy, comforting note is a more sophisticated ingredient than most may think. They believe that the vanilla pod has an earthiness, darkness, and feeling to it that immediately makes it fascinating.
Master perfumer Christine Nagel believes that vanilla is treasured by perfumers because it has so many facets that can easily be associated with different olfactory traits, whether floral, fruity, woody, masculine, or feminine. She believes it is remarkably versatile. She treats vanilla differently depending on the facet she wants to highlight and how she wishes to interpret it: sensual, fresh, or animal-like. According to Nagel, there is so much potential. She says that she likes the subtle allure of vanilla with fresh rose, but also enjoys its animal tones with the ruggedness of amber and wood.
For master perfumer Sylvaine Delacourte, it depends on the inventiveness of the perfumer to ensure that a vanilla fragrance is not ordinary. She says that when master perfumers create a scent with vanilla, they reach for unusual or surprising notes. She enjoys using premium quality floral and woody notes and unique fruity aromas, like cassis and fig, to give vanilla a unique interpretation.
The second most expensive spice in the world
Vanilla is the only edible fruit in the orchid family. This herbaceous climbing vine produces fruit-shaped pods that are incredibly time-intensive to harvest, making vanilla the second most expensive spice in the world (after saffron). The pods are green when plucked and turn brown after steaming and drying. Vanilla is then extracted with volatile solvents.
The spice was discovered in Mexico by the Spanish in the 16th century and brought to Europe in the 17th where it was first used for its medicinal properties. In the 19th century, perfumers started to show interest in this addictive scent, but it only became a dominant force in perfumery in the 1990s.
Different forms of vanilla in perfumery
Three different forms of vanilla are used in perfumery. The vanilla tincture is obtained by cutting vanilla beans into small pieces and softening them in alcohol for a month. This rare technique is not used often but is sometimes employed by Guerlain. It has the same olfactory profile as vanilla absolute.
Vanilla absolute is extracted from vanilla pods with a volatile solvent. The real vanilla pod has a darker scent profile with leathery, balsamic, and woody notes. In keeping with the pod, the vanilla absolute has a lot less of the gourmand cookie notes and more musky, earthy, and spicy accords.
Vanillin is the third form of vanilla used in perfumery and can be natural on synthetic. Natural vanillin is extracted from the vanilla pod, while synthetic vanillin and ethylvanillin are created by chemists mimicking the scientific formula. Vanillin has a powerful aroma that fully characterizes the more traditional idea of vanilla with a sweet, cookie-baking feel to it. Since the use of natural vanilla is very expensive in perfumery, synthetic vanillin is often used in the composition of perfumes.
Ground-breaking vanilla perfumes
LAVANILA Pure Vanilla isn’t the only delectable vanilla perfume we know, love, and wear. The first time vanilla appeared in modern perfumery was in 1889 when Aimé Guerlain added it to Jicky. Guerlain’s most famous vanilla perfume followed in 1921 with the launch of Shalimar. This breakthrough vanilla perfume is considered the archetypical vanilla perfume. When Jacques Guerlain blended synthetic ethylvanillin with natural vanilla absolute for the first time, it resulted in an intense gourmand brew. French women were mesmerized by its syrupy sensuality. Shalimar still bewitches today with its array of vanilla facets that started a new trend in perfumery.
In 1992 Thierry Mugler created a new category of vanilla-based blends, oriental gourmands, when he launched Angel. Inspired by childhood memories of breakfast pastries and the scent of pralines, Mugler wanted the fragrance to smell like mouth-watering confections. Angel was groundbreaking because it marries the sweetness of vanilla perfume with a big dose of musky patchouli.
Guerlain and Mugler were instrumental in updating the idea of vanilla in perfumery with their cleverly crafted compositions of must-have vanilla fragrances.
Enduring qualities of pure vanilla
Today vanilla is a classic note in many perfumes and standard in several fragrance categories. It is universally loved for its mood-enhancing qualities and comforting scent. Vanilla triggers happy memories with its positive associations and has a simplicity to it that many find grounding.
Recent market trends have favored the use of natural vanilla and the world of perfumery sees a return to it in scents like LAVANILA Pure Vanilla. This long-lasting, high-quality, natural perfume is infused with skin-saving antioxidants for a modern twist on the classic art of perfumery. The ideal choice if you are looking to add some sweetness to your life.
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I love this it is so vanilla that it makes me want to eat vanilla ice cream or anything vanilla.