Vanilla Woods is an eau de parfum from The 7 Virtues, released in 2018 and composed by Angela Stavrevska. The Canadian house ranks it among the warm gourmands: a pear at the top, a rose at the heart, and at the base a fair-trade vanilla from Madagascar, caramel and amber. It claims twenty-two percent fragrance oils.
Venus Wong, for Refinery29, has little love for dessert scents but admits she was won over: an intimate, comforting vanilla that reminds her of her mother’s scented lotion.
What critics say
Venus Wong, Refinery29, August 2025
Venus Wong, a beauty writer, says she does not usually like perfumes that evoke dessert, and that she was surprised by her attachment to Vanilla Woods. She smells a juicy pear at the opening, a comforting Madagascar vanilla and a warm base of caramel and amber.
She describes an intimate scent bubble, soft as a cashmere blanket, and a childhood memory: the scented lotion her mother wore. She likens it to Phlur’s Missing Person, sweeter and less powdery.
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