Vanille Glacé is a marron glacé finished with vanilla in place of chestnut. The sugar isn’t in a hurry. It soaks in one layer at a time, finishing with a glossy sheen. The first impression is brown sugar syrup, with cinnamon drawing the syrup into sharper focus. At its heart, the vanilla leans heavy rather than white and airy. Freshly baked madeleine adds soft warmth, and espresso casts a thin, bitter shadow at the edge of the sweetness.
The drydown gives full reign to blond woods, tonka bean and musk, lending reassurance to the indulgence.
Best It Factor by Dossier Alternatives & Similar Perfumes
It Factor by Dossier is an oriental fragrance built around spicy ginger and cardamom, enriched with warm incense and creamy tonka beans. Violet and musk add floral and animalic depth, balanced by sweet vanilla, brown sugar, and smooth sandalwood. Those drawn to complex oriental scents with a balance of spice, sweetness, and soft woods should focus on fragrances that combine these elements for a similarly rich character.
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Beso Pasión by Beso Beach £120.83
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- Key notes:
- amber
- blood orange
- cardamom
- fig
- ginger
- musk
- vetiver
- Aromagroups:
- fruity
- green
- woody
Perfumer: Jordi Fernández (the nose behind the white floral wonder of Latin Lover).
Beso Pasion is like a sweet summer breeze caressing a Mediterranean island. A breeze infused with sea salt, the delicious aroma of fig trees, and fragrant grass cured by the hot sun.
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Tonkade by Laboratorio Olfattivo £100.00
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- Key notes:
- cardamom
- incense
- tonka beans
- vanilla
- Aromagroups:
- woody
A beautifully calibrated vanilla fragrance perfectly poised between woody and sweet, huggable and lickable. The vanilla here suggests milky skin, made more velvety with cashmeran, and more mouth-watering with candied fruit. Cardamom, cedarwood, patchouli and incense add spice and shade.
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Cashmere Beige by MINT £141.67
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- Key notes:
- mandarin
- musk
- petrichor
- tonka beans
- violet
- Aromagroups:
- floral
- transparent
- unconventional
Purple line
Perfumer: Karine Vinchon
A beautiful floral abstraction, sheer delight for the olfactive imagination: is it a lilac, or spicy carnation or all the aromas of many humble meadow flowers mixed in the spring rain?
The shady cool and crisp orris (made very dry with cedar and tonka) offers a floral riddle which every nose solves in his or her own way.
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Putain des Palaces by Etat Libre d'Orange £129.17
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- Key notes:
- ginger
- leather
- rice powder
- rose
- violet
- Aromagroups:
- floral
- leather
In this fantasy of the boudoir, the powdered top note evokes the sophisticated woman who dresses for seduction, and undresses for profit. She is the temptress who awaits her prey in the hotel bar, and leads her lucky victim to unimaginable delights…
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Vanille Glacé by Insenf £104.17
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- Key notes:
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- coffee
- sandalwood
- tonka beans
- vanilla
- Aromagroups:
- edible
- woody
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Mauna by Mendittorosa £187.50
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- Key notes:
- ginger
- incense
- sandalwood
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- woody
Perfumer: Cristiano Canali
In Sanskrit Mauna means Silence.
The Silence Mendittorosa refer to is not the absence of noises, but the Strength, free of time and space, uncontaminated and a sacred vibration, behind everything, before everything. After all.
The perfume is a beautiful honeyed sandalwood with tonka and an incense mix of precuous resins.
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005 Riviera Absolue by Bon Parfumeur £154.17
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- Key notes:
- bergamot
- black tea
- cardamom
- ginger
- neroli
- tomato leaves
- Aromagroups:
- citrusy
- marine
The Riviera. The Mediterranean fills the horizon. You’re driving along a coastal road with the roof down, feeling free. In this extrait, lemon caviar, zesty ginger and icy cardamom puts jut in your strut, while tomato leaf, neroli and black tea summons an aromatic dance. Frankincense and cypriol offer shade in the sunshine.
Perfumer: Paul Guerlain
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Cinematic by Der Duft £91.67
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- Key notes:
- cardamom
- carnation
- cashmeran
- ginger
- lemon
- white musk
- Aromagroups:
- spicy
- unconventional
A collaboration with Miguel Matos.
Clean, abstract and intriguing. Is it the smell of the new velvet seats in a dark cinema? Or the conditioned cool air? Or the fragrant echoes of trendy perfumes floating in between the spectators?
Cinematic is put together from an overdose of clean white musk, crisp hazy cashmeran, dry savory spices and a few drops of bitter carnation essence.
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Into The Wild by Maison Matine £50.00
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- Key notes:
- cardamom
- cocoa
- ginger
- juniper
- Aromagroups:
- spicy
The creamy tropical lushness of frangipani and magnolia is sparkled up by crisp juniper berries. Cardamom and pepper punctuates this clean green floral with spice, while ginger adds subtle heat.
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Rasputin by SweDoft £100.00
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- Key notes:
- cardamom
- cloves
- dark musks
- incense
- leather
- oud
- tonka beans
- Aromagroups:
- leather
- spicy
- woody
Cardamom, patchouli, cinnamon, cloves, Mexican chocolate, incense and musk. SweDoft uses the richest and finest ingredients to get the perfect blend. The juice also contains one of the best varieties of natural Indian oud.
Even with this unique collection of ingredients, SweDoft were still not satisfied with the results of traditional blending.
So they decided to do something unusual, while referencing the final part of Rasputin's story. They dropped the container with the perfume juice to the bottom of the Oresund Strait.
After 90 days, the water pressure in the dark, glacial sea produced unique results. The ingredients had flawlessly combined to fuse the formula.
About It Factor by Dossier
- What makes It Factor an oriental fragrance?
- It Factor is classified as an oriental due to its warm, spicy, and sweet composition featuring ginger, cardamom, incense, and creamy notes like tonka beans and vanilla. These ingredients combine to create the rich, sensual character typical of oriental fragrances.
- How does It Factor differ from the fragrances listed here?
- While all the listed fragrances share some notes with It Factor, none replicate its exact balance of spicy ginger, sweet tonka and brown sugar, floral violet, and creamy sandalwood. Each alternative highlights or omits certain facets, resulting in variations from fresh and powdery to smoky and gourmand interpretations.
- Are these fragrances suitable for both day and evening wear?
- Many of the fragrances combining spicy, sweet, and woody notes can transition well from day to evening. Fresher options with citrus or green notes may feel more daytime appropriate, while those emphasizing sweetness, incense, or leather often lean towards evening wear.