A colorless woman bursts from an elaborate gold and ruby tent and faints dead at your feet. Soft laughter emits from the dark entrance to the tent, and the scent of musk, black fruits and incense touches your senses. Looking up, you see that the sign hovering above the unconscious woman is adorned with images of the Major Arcana's Tower and reads: "Mme. Moriarty, Misfortune Teller. No fate too grim, no future too bleak." A tiny woman with floor-length black dreadlocks walks out of the tent, stepping over the prone body. She is clothed in deep red wrappings, and is bedecked in golden ornaments bearing alchemical symbols and charms representing eternity, chance, and wisdom. She pauses, looks you over slowly, and then flicks a tarot card at your feet. Red musk, vanilla bean, pomegranate, patchouli leaf and wild plum.
Zomg, wonderful. What, you want me to say more? Vanilla is a soft base for a sweetly musky and slightly floral scent of extreme deliciousness. This is the second LE that's just made my head spin with how good it is.
And a year later, I'm here to say that this has aged beautifully. If anything, it's gone warmer, richer, and muskier, with the vanilla more prominent than it was. I'm still a huge fan.