**Ultimate Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (Flavor Jungle) 5% (3-22-25)** -- First NEW Ultimate on deck. This one smelled very good in the bottle while steeping. Testing it however, yielded some different results. First the good(s), The vanilla notes were very good, somewhat darker, and rich, with a pretty good creamy-ness, and mouthfeel. It never fully took shape as an ice cream. It was hard to fully explain why, but it never did. Vanilla, creamery, but just never really tasted like a full ice cream. It had a nice weighty-ness to it, which, along with the mouthfeel and creamyness meant that it was IN the ballpark, but would need some help to get there. At 5% it was nicely rich, and full, and sweetness was actually two ticks below mid level. There were some dark notes underneath the vanilla and cream elements that was hard to identify. Maybe a very light caramel/butterscotch, but not sure, and light in the mix, but stil present.

Altough this would not be the main driver in a VBIC, it could def. work IN one. Great dark(er) vanilla, mouthfeel, and creamery elements, just not all the way TO an Ice Cream. It felt fairly placed at a **7.5/10**.