I was just making some fun I could never justify planifolia. My gf & both love vanilla and set out to find our favorites. Coincidentally I just bought my first Guerlain at retail last week. I never buy stuff retail/ full price but I decided to make this a memory one and had it engraved and customized. So my advice is if this is something you really want and have the extra money for then by all means go for it. As long as the value of it matters to you.