How do I start so it doesn't sound ridiculous. Eve is a "perfume" perfume. But not in a clean and sweet "perfumey" sense, more in a "everyone will know you're wearing a perfume" sense. It's incredibly potent. What hits you first is a slightly fruity, spicy accord. The fruitiness lasts only a few minutes and then the scent takes a bit more powdery (heliotrope?), more mellow turn. But it by no means loses its power. I can hardly detect any vanilla, and if any vanilla can be smelled in Eve then it's surely not a sweet, gourmand one. What I can smell most of all is oud and patchouli, and the combination is fantastic and truly spellbounding. Incredibly sexy and unlike anything else I've ever smelled, I'm addicted!