Vaninger Oliver & Co. for women and men

Wow! What a wallop!

In your face with a punch as per a number of Oliver’s creations...

Not sure about others claims as to this being the best ginger... I’d leave that to Heeleys Zest de Gingembre (bright, fresh, zesty, natural and fantastic performance ) or even Byredos Chembur (fresh, juice like, soft drink connotations and sweet though lacking longevity).

This instead is a deep dark earthy ginger root that after a few minutes is ballooned out with a deep syrupy vanilla on amber. The turmeric et al are all complimentary notes to help the core scent rather than stand out. After a few hours the ginger earthen root starts to soften and the vanilla and amber overtake and this scent sways ever so slightly more toward a feminine bias. As the long dry down progresses and it evolves Hedione and heliotrope help add a slightly almond like slant to the vanilla.

Stunning scent, if you are lucky enough to get one before he finishes the brand you will
Be mighty pleased with its uniqueness and over the top performance.

Worth going out of your way for... I bought a large qty of his last stock as a blind buy and I’m mighty happy.

This is a great ginger scent, and very well balanced with the vanilla...it's a bit sweet...definitely quite a bit spicy...the other notes are blended in and none of them stand out...Oliver & Co. offers a very generous discovery package from their website for 25 euro with free shipping worldwide from Spain - with a 5 euro credit for a full bottle later...worth checking out...

العطر بالنسبة لي يمثل حالة من التصوير المكاني.
فمكوناته الرئيسية من الزنجبيل الطازج الحار مع الكوركم والليمون والفانيليا.
في أجواء من بخور الجاوي الممتزج بالبلسم والمسك الأبيض.
الرائحة نقلتني بصورة تلقائية لأجواء المطاعم الهندية التي لم أدخلها يوما ولكني أكتفي فقط بالمرور السريع من أمامها.
العطر لا أراه يصلح للتعطر والخروج فهو يقترب تماما من نكهات الطعام البحتة
ولا أرى أن الموضوع يستحق أكثر من هذه الكلمات

Wow this is great - I'm impressed! Super zingy ginger, just like when you cut and peel one to add into a curry. At first blast I got a herbal feel but that disappears quickly, may have been the tumeric. The heliotrope vanilla and balsamics linger and sweeten the background, but the ginger stays atop for quite some time. A real multi dimensional scent.

I've made it!!! Years of search has culminated now in Vaninger what I consider my ginger holy grail. Yay!
So happy that went for the blind buy (based on the reviews)!
This is exactly what I've been looking for...a fresh and slighly sweet ginger starring and sparkling in the middle of the composition.
Vaninger will heal all the pain and disappointment with muzzled gingers (Serge Five O'clock and the likes). Bliss.

العطر بالنسبة لي يمثل حالة من التصوير المكاني.
فمكوناته الرئيسية من الزنجبيل الطازج الحار مع الكوركم والليمون والفانيليا.
في أجواء من بخور الجاوي الممتزج بالبلسم والمسك الأبيض.
نقلني تماما لأجواء المطاعم الهندية التي لم أدخلها يوما ولكني أكتفي فقط بالمرور السريع من أمامها.
العطر لا أراه يصلح للتعطر والخروج فهو يقترب تماما من نكهات الطعام البحتة
ولا أرى أن الموضوع يستحق أكثر من هذه الكلمات

Oh, this is lovely!
Like Judyk, I didn't know I had won a sample of Vaninger until I came back from Christmas holidays and found an envelope containing a mystery perfume sample!
At first, on me, Vaninger is predominantly lemon and smoke. Like being sat beside an outdoor wood fire, whilst sniffing a large thick chunk of fresh lemon peel.
Looking at the notes, after trying, I think the ginger is contributing to the smoky feel.
The lemon component quickly stands out more, becoming more 'high', more fizzy - I love this kind of lemon scent.
Then the vanilla becomes apparent but not in that ubiquitous way these days,it's blended subtly and harmoniously with the other notes/components to make a soft and natural-smelling whole.
Plus, I've got a cold at the moment so it feels very right and timely to be wearing a lemon/ginger composition!
Thumbs up from me, thank you to Fragrantica and the designer for the sample.

This may sound strange to some but this is a gourmand fragrance to me. Not the typical heavy, sweet vanilla but modern, spicy yet transparent. It smells like vanilla bean lying on the kitchen counter, freshly grated lemon zest, sliced ginger and a pinch of turmeric powder for making an exotic indian dish. Spicy and refreshing. At first I found this mixture of ingredience weird for a perfume but it dried down to a soft, powdery, vanilla musk and spiced Indian chai tea. It's both comforting and stimulating. The more I wear it the more I like it. Unusual, different take on vanilla that will please but not suffocate in its embrace.
Thank you Fragrantica for the lovely sample:-)

Thank you for the sample give away to Fragrantica and Oliver & Co.
What I feel after 3 days of testing.
It's open pretty sparkle notes of vanilla, fresh ginger, and citrus. After few minutes comes kind of medicine feeling of turmeric and ginger (which is not the same one of opening) with little bitter kimquat, and amber.
Then vanilla, amber,and musk are going to the end.
I think this is very interesting approach to the vanilla perfume that after all this is not ginger bread, I feel more chinese ginger tea, so who want sweet candy feeling it's better to test before buy.

This fragrance is awesome and very easy to wear; I definitely smell the ginger and some tumeric (which to me is the main attraction) alongside loads of vanilla, and yes, it has some of that lemon-candy smell as well.

I didn't know, until it arrived in the post yesterday, that I'd won a sample of this. Thank you!

So, what does it smell like (to me)? The initial spray reminded me of honey-lemon throat lozenges, and the dry-down is Eclix + Bandit + Dandelion & Burdock (which, for those in the US, is a beverage similar to root beer but more herbal), fading eventually to a powdery, peppery vanilla. Would it be considered gauche, bearing in mind it was a gift, to say I'm not keen?

I am full wearing this today after a few days of hand sampling and the first impression I have is this is very gourmand, close in style and smell to Profvmvm Roma's Dulcis in fundo but rougher, as in more explosive but less refined. This happens too to the other Oliver and co scents I've tried (Vetiverus and Ambergreen): they are very strong, good smelling and overall original but lack a bit of the sophistication you find in other brands. They strive for effect with a dramatic and overloaded content but fail at keeping interest a bit after that first punch mainly because of being one dimensional as a saturated pastel painting. If you like your scents that way, this is it!

This smells like something done in a more individual workshop way, by mixing loads of vanilla absolute with some citrus and there we go. It feels as if there is no team work involved or some other ingredients to tame a bit the beast and give a more round finish after the first moments. All of this is not a problem really as the result is good but when it comes to gourmands I prefer to have some other facets to them cause it overwhelms otherwise. Andy Tauer is the best example this way of producing scents can be great with no "but..." imho. As far as I've sampled, Vetiverus is the jewel of this house.

To be fair, I got many compliments with this today at an outdoor party so sample it yourselves! Totally unisex and for all ages (and definitely good price for the money as it lasts ages!).