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Vanilla is having a major moment in the fragrance world right now. And, while vanilla scents have earned a perhaps unfair reputation as juvenile and simple, not all vanilla perfumes are created equal—especially in 2025.

While some vanilla fragrances lean toward the sugary sweetness side (think the body mists that clouded the room in your middle school locker room), others take a more sophisticated, nuanced approach.

More and more luxury and prestige fragrance brands are embracing complex vanilla scents, and these sophisticated scents are anything but the migraine-inducing, syrupy-sweet perfumes you may associate vanilla with. If you love vanilla but don’t want to smell lik

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