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Vanilla S*x

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Inspired Oil Perfumes Vanilla S*x is a perfume oil. Vanilla S*x opens with Vanilla and Vanilla, settles into a heart of Sandalwood and Jasmine, and dries down to a base of Animalic and Iris. Inspired Oil Perfumes's Vanilla S*x carries a Statement verdict, a vanilla-led wear.

Inspired By Vanilla S*x captures the pure vanilla richness of Tom Ford's award-winning original but collapses its clever bright-versus-deep vanilla contrast into one straightforward sweetness, and the animalic edge that makes the real thing feel sensual is essentially gone.
  • Sensual
  • Warm
  • Intimate
  • Sweet
Vanilla S*x Perfume Oil bottle

Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Intimate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Winter
Also Works:
Fall

A rich vanilla gourmand that suits cooler weather, when the sweetness reads warm and comforting rather than cloying.

Best Occasions

Also Works:
Date Casual

Sensual and easy to wear, it suits both relaxed dates and casual everyday wear.

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About

Tom Ford's Vanilla Sex won the Fragrance Foundation's Fragrance of the Year for a reason: it layers a bright Vanilla Tincture accord against a deeper Vanilla Absolute, then grounds the pairing with sandalwood, jasmine absolute, iris and a discreet animalic note that keeps the whole thing feeling sensual rather than simply sweet. This oil delivers a genuinely rich, true-to-source vanilla note up top, which is the easiest part of the formula to get right, but the interplay between the two vanilla facets flattens into one dimension, and the sandalwood-jasmine-iris base is present only faintly, without the animalic warmth that gives the original its more grown-up, skin-like quality. A pleasant, straightforward vanilla rather than the layered, awarded original.