A decant is a small portion of perfume — typically 2 ml or 3 ml — transferred from an authentic full-size bottle into a glass vial with a sprayer. It lets you live with a fragrance for several wears before committing to a full bottle. LaScentLibrary decants are filled by hand from bottles the owner has personally purchased.

Are these perfumes authentic?

Yes. Every decant is filled from a full-size bottle that the owner has purchased from authorised retailers (boutiques in Cyprus, brand websites, niche-perfume specialty stores). We don't resell concentrates or blends — only the original juice from the original bottle.

We hand-deliver in Paphos, Cyprus, and ship across the rest of Cyprus by courier (typically 1–2 days). For shipments outside Cyprus, please contact us on Telegram @energizer1977 to arrange.

Bank transfer before shipping. After you place an order on the site or via Elena (the AI sommelière), we confirm the order and send payment details on Telegram. Once we see the transfer, we ship.

Can I get help choosing a fragrance?

Yes — the site has Elena, a multilingual perfume sommelière (Russian, English, Greek) who can suggest decants based on what you already love or the mood you're going for. You can also browse by note, by accord family, or by brand.

5 fragrances with a vanilla note worth knowing

Vanilla doesn’t always smell like dessert: sometimes it’s dry, powdery, milky, or almost woody.

In a good composition, this note does more than simply add sweetness: it gathers the fragrance into a soft, warm breath and leaves on the skin the sensation of fabric, light, or a creamy shadow. **Lancôme — Idôle** In Idôle, vanilla does not act as the main theme, but as a quiet support for the rose and jasmine. It softens the clean chypre structure, removes any possible sharpness, and leaves on the skin a light, polished trail with powdery warmth. **Parfums de Marly — Meliora** Meliora opens with a transparent berry freshness — red berries, blackcurrant, a touch of green. Here vanilla appears closer to the base, together with musk, and brings not gourmand sweetness but softness, like fine cashmere laid over a cool floral accord. **Amouage — Guidance** Guidance shows vanilla in a denser, more sensual light: pear, hazelnut, saffron, and a rich floral heart make it almost velvety. Here vanilla joins sandalwood, amber, and the depth of incense, so the fragrance feels like a warm, насыщенная fabric that has absorbed light and skin. **Liquides Imaginaires — Blanche Bête** Blanche Bête is one of the most unusual milky-vanilla compositions of recent years. In it, vanilla is surrounded by white flowers, musk, and a creamy haze, which makes the fragrance smell not confectionary, but like a white, almost luminous surface with soft animal warmth. **L'Atelier Parfum — Opus 1 – Exquise Tentation** Exquise Tentation leads vanilla toward fruity sweetness, but keeps the balance and never slips into stickiness. There is the sense of juicy flesh, floral roundness, and a warm base where vanilla sounds dense, smooth, and deeply skin-like. If you want to understand how different vanilla can be — from transparent and powdery to milky and velvety — these five fragrances are worth trying on skin.