Vanilla Bean Noel season has sadly ended. Did you stock up? I used to be a massive Winter Candy Apple fan girl and later on Twisted Peppermint was my jam but as I got older the one scent I really looked forward to from Bath and Body Works Holiday Collection was Vanilla Bean Noel. It really is a comforting, yummy vanilla. If you haven’t stocked up you still have time as the full-size mist and lotionya are under $5 at the moment. However, Vanilla Bean Noel has one problem…
It really doesn’t last long as I would like. You can layer up and you’ll extend the wear but really, I wish that Bath and Body Works would launch it in a perfume. They did a laundry detergent (which was awful by the way) why not a perfume?! But it’s ok because I’ve found a dupe of Vanilla Bean Noel and it’s available in the most a perfume formula and it smells delicious!
Allow me to introduce you to Alina Milani’s Vanilla Bean Noel. I purchased a small bottle of this off Tiktok shop very randomly and I expected it to smell awful. Why? Because there were one or two Tiktokers going on and on and on and on about how great it was and sadly, that’s a red flag for me. When I have a Tiktoker shouting, screaming, and throwing up about a perfume I tend to raise a brow lately. Most of the time it’s all hype! However, I decided, against my better judgement to try a small spray bottle. It was 1 oz in size and set me back $32. At the time I didn’t realize it was a Vanilla Bean Noel dupe. By the time I got it, tried it, and fell in love with it I was unable to go back for the larger 3.4 oz bottle because it sold out. Several weeks later the large bottle finally restocked and I never purchased anything so fast in my life. I’m now the proud owner of not one but several of her fragrances.
Her scents are well blended, alcohol-free, and wear long. She has a few different duplications of Bath and Body Works scents and every one is perfection particularly the Vanilla Bean Noel! I’d go so far as to say it actually smells almost better than the original. It’s such a warm comforting gourmand vanilla that’s perfect for this cold weather. Perfection! If you love Vanilla Bean Noel I highly recommend checking this version out.
