Vanira Moorea Parfums Berdoues for women and men

Petigrain is not a favorite for me but I like this combo. It's very bright and green, fresh stems or branches - becomes a sweeter green and vanilla mix in the drydown. I love the way the vanilla eventually balances out the composition - fresh yet sweet. Great for casual wear in spring/summer on hot days. Longevity is not the best 3-4 hours on my skin.

I'd probably put this in the same wear "genre" as things like Aqua Celestia, You or Someone Like You, Clementine California, Mugler Cologne, and Un Jardin Sur Le Nil. I really do like and wear these types of green/musky/citrus/aromatic perfumes often in the warmer half of the year but generally prefer the scents that utilize other "green" notes over a strong petigrain. But I would personally choose Vaniera Moorea over something like Petit Matin MFK or Mugler Cologne.

This might be my favorite vanilla orchid scent. The petitgrain is so prominent and green, it’s as if you’ve climbed a tree on a sunny, breezy day. The vanilla is fleshy and sweet. The surrounding citrus and petitgrain make my nose expect orange blossom, but that sweet vanilla rises up to give this an unexpected twist. It’s a bespoke bouquet at a beachside villa. Soft, comforting, fresh.

I’m not a fan of the opening. I’m getting an unpleasant cleaning supply vibe. However, four hours later, it’s dried down to a nice vanilla scent. I’m going to try it again the spring.

Vanilla and orange, almost green or a little soapy at first? Seems to quickly turn to candy. A more subdued and balanced version of Killian LDBS. Pleasant.

this has quickly become my favorite spring/summer scent. the vanilla is sweet but it isn't gourmand, and combined with the citruses and petitgrain the scent is bright and effervescent without becoming too screechy or soapy. it's lovely at makes me smile at first sniff. bottle is lovely too.

This is what I wished that opening of Sintra would have smelled like on me! Obviously Sintra is more complex and goes through in another direction.

A burst of fresh petit grain, sweet vanilla, citrusy mandarin or orange. Simple, uncomplicated and classic high heat summer weather. Dare I say, the perfect scent for 40 Celsius degrees!

Performance is not the best but for this kind of fragrance and for high temperatures it is ideal. You will not choke anybody!

About 3 hours of wear with minimum protection!

Well I’ll be damned, it does kind of smell like Love don’t be Shy by Killian. But this one is more green, I’m waiting for it to macerate a bit, hopefully the vanilla will come through more after.

edit: I do not like this, nor do I like Love don't be Shy. Or Oriana by PDM. It's a medicinal type of sweetness that I find very cloying.

I absolutely adore Vanira Moorea! It's a beautifully balanced vanilla, petitgrain, orange pop of delight. Is it brisk? Is it comforting? Why not both?!

I actually don't get much creamsicle from this at all; it doesn't read sweet at all on me (or not enough to write about, anyway). It's perfect in every way but one... Longevity. Why oh why does this totally disappear on me in less than three hours? I don't mean "turns into a skin scent," I mean like... there is nothing left. Not a whiff. I haven't tried it on clothing, but... maybe that might help? It would probably dull the petitgrain and orange, but at least I'd get some lasting vanilla...

orange blossom/petitgrain and vanilla. the vanilla gets a bit stronger and sweeter over time. it's right on the border of being too sweet for me, but i still enjoy it on a spring day.

Love this so much but it's from a specific time in my life, it makes me too sad wearing it now. i have a full bottle if anyone wants to trade

This is the perfume I reach out to when I need to feel in a good mood and uplifted. The petitgrain is so hyperealistic it reminds me of my childhood in the Caribbean smelling that gorgeous green fragrance in the air.
Then the vanilla is soothing and sexy all at the same time sweet and innocent. Mixed with the orange is a creamsicle of goodness.
It lasts a long time in skin and its very agreeable with summer and nature. Berdoues is such a fresh line of fragrance its worth trying all their offerings.

I couldn’t put my finger on what this reminded me of until I saw Love Don’t be Shy on the “smells like” list. Pretty much a dupe for the Kilian scent, but way more natural smelling, lighter in intensity and much shorter in longevity. I like this better and it is cheaper. It is sweet and powdery and reminds me of an orange creamsicle. I’m still trying to figure out what Petitgrain smells like unfortunately, and it seems like I’m the only one who doesn’t know or smell it in this scent.

the petitgrain...goodness, the petitgrain...this is so green. the petitgrain starts it off with a nice kick in the face of all that green leafiness, but it doesn't stop kicking. it outshines the vanilla and orange, and honestly the combination with the vanilla smells a bit like freshly-made corn tortillas to my nose. doesn't perform really well in the heat (at least not on me), but at the same time I don't think this scent profile is really suited for the cooler months. I think it's a good dumb reach for someone who wants to smell fresh & clean, but unfortunately it just didn't work for me.

Those perfumes are special! Very unique.

I like Vanira Moorea a lot better now that my decant has sat for some years. I think at first the scent was too petitgrain forward, much more fresh and zingy than I expected and I wasn't getting the vanilla I expected. After some time in the vial, the liquid didn't darken, but the vanilla is coming through much heavier now, and the powdery sweetness is more pronounced. I still smell the citrus, but the irritating zing that petitgrain can have is so much smoother and softer. It's not my favorite orange vanilla perfume, as it's still not decadent enough for me, but I appreciate the powdery fresh sweet scent of this one. One of the longer lasting ones from Berdoues.

Nice simple orange/petitgrain/vanilla cologne. Most every brand has a fragrance like this so it’s hard to know where to start with comparisons. The focus is strong on the vanilla here, so I would say this comes across less masculine/more unisex.

The description doesn’t even begin to do this justice… absolutely beautiful! I had never heard of it and was putting in an order and thought let’s try this ‘citrus’ and WOW! It’s awakened my senses to petitgrain… it’s an orange and vanilla that is so well blended… so smooth 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

Delicious vanilla with orange blossom and orange. It’s like all orange parts are in there: the flesh, the peel, the leaves, the blossom. It could be the effect of petitgrain.

It has a green hint like others notes, and feels quite natural, a lot like ‘Cologne of Love’. More cheery than seductive Addict, for example, also a green vanilla.

It lasts well but the sillage does become minimal quite fast, after about 2 hrs it has intimate sillage. I can still smell in on myself after an entire workday, a very pleasant non-overly-sweet vanilla with some musk remains.

Wow this fragrance is beautiful. It’s a soft orange and vanilla fragrance with a slight tart/greeness from the petit grain. At fist spray I definitely get the citrusy notes that are comparable to Guimauve du Noel however the citrus note here is a sweeter orange while GdN gives Love don’t be shy vibes because of the citrus being orange blossom. Strangely, the difference between GdN and VM is ever so slight but Vanira Moora definitely doesn’t compare to Love by Killian (except maybe in the dry down… I wouldn’t know because I find it too sweet and I only sprayed it on my skin once before giving away my 10ml decant).

There’s a review on here that mentions that this reminds them of Dyptique Eau Duelle. I agree, It’s definitely the same sweet pillowy soft, almost marshmallow, vanilla note and I’d say that’s the note that compares most to both Eau Duelle and Guimauve du Noel.

I am wearing this for the first time so I’m not sure of longevity as yet but I jumped and purchased Vanira Moora because I have a sample of both Eau Duelle and GdM and as soon as I saw they were being compared to this one I just knew it had that warm hug kind of vanilla note in it. I’d buy any fragrance based on that vanilla alone regardless of the top notes because as these dry down you mostly just get the vanilla with slight hints of the other notes. For me, it’s the only note that tends to linger in Eau Duelle and GdM. Those both don’t seem to project off of my dry skin (that basically eats every fragrance… no fault of the fragrance) and this seems to be having the same effect. I don’t mind as long as I can smell it. This 100ml bottle is also a fantastic price in comparison.

I keep sniffing my arm because of just how good this is. I actually like wearing this to bed, the warm cozy guimauve/marshmallow/vanilla just feels so comforting and calming.

Very similar to Eau duelle by Ditpyque in the drydown. Very creamy yet refreshing.

what a simple beauty, initially a juicy orange, but light, after twenty minutes a beautiful vanilla mixing with petigraine, but vanilla is stronger. The overall combination creates a cooling effect with vanilla powder.

Petitgrain greenness + sweet corn flour + white powdery vanilla. The effect is quite niche, but not for everyone. Not a safe blind buy. Especially for classic vanilla lovers, who aren't up for experimenting - test it first. I really like it. It reminds me a bit of Yves Rocher Olive and Petitgrain, which has a green tea-like (olive) note in place of the corn flour note here. It’s a “green vanilla”, a bit starchy and woodsy, but there are much safer blindbuys in the green vanilla category like Mefisto ECLAT or Angelique Noir.

Oh, I’ve never smelled anything quite like this! It’s a fresh, soft, vegetal vanilla. In the opening, I got a very green note, like the peels of cucumbers still warm from a sunny garden. It softens to a floral vanilla, with a dusky sweet orange. Like chewable baby aspirin, in a good way. Tempered with just a bit of bitterness. Nothing saccharine or overly sweet. This is uniquely lovely.

Vanilla and petitgrain are most dominant on my skin. It’s a pleasant fragrance with a soft sweetness which makes it quite a comforting scent. I find it lasts quite well, 5-6 hours.

Surprisingly enough, this is a skin scent on me. It is very pleasant although just under being creamsicle. The orange is floral enough that I think it tempers the vanilla.

Really gorgeous and overlooked scent . It smells like petit grain and bergamots , very much like a cologne in the beginning . A slight vanilla, sweetness and neroli follow. Then the citrus disappears, neroli becomes orange blossom, and vanilla becomes more evident, but not sweet, not gourmand. It’s a floral vanilla that is truly outstanding , it smells so natural and elegant. Decently priced like most Berdoues scents, it’s well worth the money . Moreover the silage and lasting power are decent too. Just lovely ! A wonderful variation for those who like cologne type of refreshing scents.

5/10

Slightly sweet orange blossoms, and water lotus.

It's slightly greeny yet softly sweet with hints of pinkish floral. It has that airy breeze with that sheer pinkish white silky curtains that flows within a cooling wind that first hits your face @ 7am in the morning in a private hut on the beach.

This blend is mesmerizing with it's balanced sweetness and balanced technique in general. It's a creation from scratch but it's quite captivating. Impressive.

I'm leery of vanilla - almost always too sweet and my skin tends to amp it up to often unbearable levels of cute - but in this, the pairing with citrus makes this one of my few honoured exceptions. (Most of the other vanillas I can tolerate are spiked with dark 'n bitter spices, or tobacco, so respect to this for a fresher approach.) As in a well balanced dessert dish, the orange here 'cuts' the richness/sweetness and enhances it. The vanilla itself is also earthy and organic-seeming, no harsh fake cake extract here. No grand complexity, what you smell in the first minutes is pretty much what you get, but sillage is robust and longevity seems better than many other Berdoues ( including the wackier, less sweet ones like Selva do Brasil or Scorza de Sicilia which I like more, sob.)

I think the Brazilian orange note is what's ruining this for me. I wonder how it would be with bergamot instead of the orange.

So, after the initial babywipe smell, this kind of has a fizzy orangey-vanilla smarties candy quality to it. And it never really changes. It is fine. Not terribly exciting. I know it says it is a spring, summer and fall scent, but the weather here is mild, and as such I do not think this is going to get much better or worse. I think it is just a very uncomplicated scent. The Assam of India by the same brand is better in my opinion. Equally uncomplicated, but less sweet and youthful. Kind of depends on what you are looking for.

This reminds me of some prefume and toiletry shop in Italy. It's the "old school" type of vanilla scent, opening with a bit of "old school" orange. Not a complicated scent. The drydown is sweet vanilla. I am a fresh floral fruity person but now trying to venture into warmer and heavier scents for the cooler weather. I actually like this and will use it to layer with my fresher perfumes.

this might sound bizarre but it kind of smells like fresh corn chips or tortillas to me. But like, in a very flattering OMG I want to smell like this kind of way!

The vanilla is nice and warm and slightly sweet, which pairs beautifully with the petit grain and citrus.

Smells of fluffy pink marshmallow, airy and daintily sweet. Cheerfully simple.
Instantly puts me in a light-hearted mood ! I highly recommend.

Playful innocence. I get a beachy vibe from the opening but essentially this smells like fresh baby skin. Quality cologne that leaves a soft yet noticeable trail, as if you opened your arms to signal that you want to hug. More feminine than unisex. But does it really matter? This scent puts a smile on my face.

Lovely, soft vanilla fragrance with a bit of a boozy tone when I first apply it. Not sure that I am even picking up much of the pettigrain and very little citrus. The longevity isn't as good as I hoped it would be but a very nice cologne without being overly sweet like other vanilla fragrances.