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Vanilla Sex
Eau de parfum
A double vanilla, touched by orris, jasmine and an animalic base.
Vanilla Sex belongs to Tom Ford's Private Blend collection and stages a double vanilla, as a tincture and as an absolute. It won a Fragrance Foundation award in 2024 (Fragrance of the Year, Universal Luxury).
Its key notes bring together Indian vanilla tincture and vanilla absolute, sandalwood essence, jasmine absolute, an orris accord and an Animalis accord, a base with musk and leather accents.
Fragrance notes
- NotesThe materials named
The house names its notes without sorting them into top, heart and base. Notes as published by the house. official source (new tab)
Main accords
Volute’s reading: the intensity of each accord.
- Vanilla85 / 100
- Amber50 / 100
- Powdery40 / 100
- Woody35 / 100
- White floral25 / 100
Seasons
- Autumn
- Winter
Moments
- Night
Vanilla Sex in detail
Tom Ford places Vanilla Sex in its Private Blend collection, home to its boldest creations. The fragrance, honoured by the Fragrance Foundation in 2024, is built around a double vanilla; the house does not publish its family, and Volute classes it among amber fragrances.
The house publishes its key notes without sorting them into stages. Vanilla appears twice, as an Indian tincture and as an absolute. Creamy sandalwood essence and jasmine absolute surround it. A powdery orris accord and an Animalis accord, a Synarome base with musk and leather accents, give it depth.
Vanilla Sex is worn in the evening, in autumn and winter. It is a sensual rather than sugary vanilla, for lovers of rich vanillas. It suits a dinner or an evening out.
Three amber fragrances in our catalogue share some of its materials: Ouverture by Xerjoff brings together jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla; 1899 by Histoires de Parfums pairs orris and vanilla; Aridal by Xerjoff combines orris, jasmine and sandalwood.
Text written with the help of AI, based on official information from the fragrance houses.