Dans paris eau de parfum by celine

A unique shimmering vanilla on initial spray gives wow factor and love the top notes which dance on skin.
The drydown is a vanilla like unsweetened raw cake batter, staying flat linear. It's not juvenile but "cute". This is the vanilla note type that is paired with heliotrope which give it almond-cherry-playdough nuances.
It's similar to the vanilla in Rouge Smoking (but that is much more extra). I also did a side by side with Cuir Beluga and the vanilla note is a similar heliotrope kind, but suede in CB makes it a different fragrance altogether being much more dense, powdered, and elegant.

Received a sample of this when I ordered nightclubbing. It's a beautiful, soft, powdery scent. I must say, the powdery notes makes this smell almost exactly like Playdoh™, but I don't mind, in fact, I actually really like that. Unfortunately it does not last long.. AT. ALL. And there really isn't much projection, it's a skin scent through and through.

I can't say I would ever buy this though. It's incredibly expensive for what you are getting, IMO, and I know most of you would not like to pay over $200 for a one note, barely-there playdoh scent.

Although I won't be purchasing this, I am going to cherish the sample I received. It's certainly a fragrance that has left an impression on me

EDIT 5/27/21: I just got a bottle of Jaipur Eau De Parfum by Boucheron and I dare say that it was the inspiration behind Dans Paris. It's more dynamic and the drydown smells EXACTLY like Dans Paris. Oh and it lasts MUCH LONGER.

Anyone else get heliotrope?? It’s not in the notes, but I get a beautiful almondy heliotrope vanilla when it’s on my skin. On paper it was :( so definitely worth giving a proper wear!

Amazing scent! To me, it really reminds Guerlain Cuir Beluga, but done in Dior Homme-way. Almond-heliotrope is strong in this one!

I find myself longing for this scent when Im not wearing it.

Its an enigmatic soft slightly salty warm slightly sweet experience. But it has a bit of mystery, maybe from its quiet sillage, maybe from its complexity and the way its so smoothly blended that its notes are not readily identifiable or standing out against one another.

It’s a very delicate perfume almost a skin scent but it’s very interesting like a super sophisticated creamy gourmand. A Madeline, a barely sweet sugar cookie with a tiny vanilla extract and a flake of sea salt, or French butter .... unsalted butter is one of my all time favorite scents so Dans PARIS has a lot of appeal to me as a scent. Whether or not I want to smell like butter- I am not sure. interestingly it doesn’t change much on dry down. And I’m basing this on a sample purchased, assuming it has not been adulterated.

I also love that in researching Laurel Blossom its supposedly deeply poisonous along with all parts of the plant, which adds a fantastic subversive secret (maybe that enigmatic piece) that something so gentle and comforting is simultaneously lethal. Im curious about how the Laurel Blossom is used -- is it a real photorealistic accord -- like sweet bay (bay trees are the same family as Laurel) or is it used as a kind of conceptual ingredient for all its mythological and symbolic associations? Fragrantica has no other fragrances which use Laurel Blossom Accord in their database.

The Laurel is sacred to Apollo, and its also known as Laurus Nobilis (Victory and Nobility in latin). Olympic champions wear wreaths of its leaves. The leaves have also been worn as symbols of selflessness for those who give to society and culture such as poets, academics and clergy. In Chinese mythology is associated with immortality due its very long life. And of course the idiom 'resting on laurels' -- this last one being an interesting concept for a comforting maybe even lazy fragrance that was once glorious and bright and now is soft and dusty, a timeless but aged beauty.

I do like and maybe love this scent - I have a weakness for most “playdoh” fragrances - but I wonder and hope that the full bottle packs a bit more punch.