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Bath & Body Works' 2014 Wild Madagascar Vanilla is a creamy, fruity gourmand-floral that wraps the wearer in soft, skinlike warmth ideal for everyday feminine comfort.
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The fragrance these clones are inspired by.
Wild Madagascar Vanilla is a vanilla-forward women's fragrance from Bath & Body Works released in 2014. It belongs to the gourmand-floral family and centers on a sweet, powdery vanilla accord that pairs fruit and white florals with warm woods. The opening is fruity with pear, red apple and clementine that leads into a milky floral core of wild jasmine, heliotrope, gardenia and frangipani. The drydown settles into Madagascar vanilla, white sandalwood and soft musk for a skinlike finish. With a 4.17/5 average from 401 votes, the scent is generally well regarded by fans who call it creamy, fruity, and wearable.
Our take
I like how the pear and jasmine keep the vanilla from going bakery-sweet; it feels cozy and mature. Most people rate it highly and I agree it works well for daytime in cool weather, though longevity is only average so expect to reapply if you need it to last all day.
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The Bottle
Wild Madagascar Vanilla comes in a tall rectangular bottle with a broad, flat base and a translucent pink-to-deep-red fill. Gold lettering gives the front a clear focal point, while the large round pale top, wrapped cord, and dangling ornaments make the presentation exuberant rather than routine. It is a genuinely distinctive bottle, even if the body itself is conventional.
Original or Clone
The bottle gives the original a stronger case than the market context alone could provide. Its tall rectangular body is conventional, but the oversized round top, wrapped cord, and dangling ornaments make Wild Madagascar Vanilla unusually decorative. Two houses have tried to reproduce this vanilla, powdery, fruity fragrance, giving the original clear reference status. With no similarity information, we cannot claim how close those interpretations are; the bottle and the fragrance’s standing make the original the more compelling choice for readers who care about both.
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