Hibiscus Palm

It's a nice scent, one of my favorite summer scents that I've found, however overall it is just OK. Most of the "summer scents" I've tried (and I've tried most of the popular ones at this point) have terrible performance, the absolute worst out of any perfumes I own, and are also the most expensive bottles in my collection... but whatever, I keep on searching. The performance of Hibiscus Palm is much weaker than I thought when I tested my mini dabber. On the dabber, I got 4+ hrs out of this. 3 in extreme sweaty heat. For my FB - I get mild projection for under 2 hours, a strong-ish dry down you can only smell within an inch or two of my skin for a couple more hrs max. I end up reapplying every 2-3 hrs when I wear this. It will last much longer on clothing, but the thing about summer scents - I tend not to be wearing a ton of heavy layers of clothing during the summer... This should work well on SKIN, and it doesn't. On skin, I get about 2 hrs when I heavily overspray. I also get no coconut at all. Mostly a palm that smells more like eucalyptus, with a touch of subtle florals. I also become anosmic to this scent very quickly. 15 minutes after applying I can't detect it and need to apply more. When I overspray and finally get a quarter ounce of this overpriced juice soaked into my skin and hair, I tend to just smell kind of like a very simple soapy clean sunscreen cologne, like something that would have been a shampoo or cheap body spray sent, a very common, simple and in the past, inexpensive. Nice, but hasn't gotten me a single compliment yet. I think overall I just smell like I showered and put on a bit of sunscreen when I wear this. Quite a bummer. I hoped this would be a cheaper filler for Carnal Flower, but my new bottle of Carnal Flower has been reformulated and now is even weaker than Hibiscus Palm. Hopefully one day I'll find my perfect summer scent that actually smells like coconut and flowers, lasts for more than 2 hours, and doesn't immediately vanish the second you step out into the sun... I guess the search continues.

This fragrance threw me back to my childhood memory when i live in Java, Indonesia. This is the smell of JAVANESE WEDDING Ceremony, it takes 2 days to complete the ceremony. Checkout on youtube. The first day, is showering the bride and groom to be with water from 7 sources consist of 7 different flowers (Setaman flowers). Each has a certain meaning for the ceremony. 1.Sedap malam=night tuberose /polianthes tuberosa (lit. flower that smells good in the night, because it bloom at night and you can smell it the strongest in the night, truely is a "queen of the night") 2.Kenanga = Cananga/ylang ylang 3.Kantil = White Champaka 4.Melati Gambir = Jasmin (jasminum pubescens/officinale) 5.Melati= Jasmin Sambac 6.Mawar Merah = Red Rose 7.Mawar Putih = White Rose On the wedding day, the bride hairdo will be done with a lei of a fresh jasmine. Also the groom has a lei of jasmin on his neck. The bridal room (for honeymoon) is decorated with abundance amount of flowers (Tuberose, Jasmin and Rose) Not only the couple but the whole house/rooms smell so divine!! Together with the wedding costume, the music of "Gamelan" and the wedding rituals itself makes the whole ceremony so sacret, mystical and magical. I live in The Netherlands, everytime i visited my family in Java, my mom put a bunch of tuberose in my rooms & jasmin on my bed. I love the smell of my room. I am wearing a sample/tester at the moment and everytime i smell it, i get really homesick and i miss my family. Tuberose on this one is so pure. I don't smell any other notes but Tuberose.Although,it is not specified in the notes list above. I am 100%sure it is the white flower. Sillage :Enormous tuberose ( 9/10) Longevity: Beasty - long lasting (12 hrs+) Overall: 10/10 This is so far the best scent of Tuberose and on top of my fragrance list. Very well done Aerin Lauder! I am so loving it!!!!! ❤❤

Cold Coconut cream with fresh ginger on the hot stone porch in summer under a huge Plumeria tree in Key Largo with a salt air breeze. The beach is there, but it’s not wearing sunscreen lol I’ve had beachwalk by MM for 2 years amd love it! But I always wished it had one of its notes that was more discernible from the others. I wanted to find the coconut more easily. Beachwalk is fabulous but for me it’s a bit too well mixed & balanced. I wanted that scent profile with a stand out note... and that’s where I found Hibiscus palm. I blind bought after reading soooo many reviews and comparisons. It is what I was looking for in a white floral coconut beach scent. I was narrowed down to this, Terracotta, and bronze goddess (i want a sample of Soleil Blanc, never buying FB there tho) . I went with Hibiscus Palm when I decided to buy a FB of Lilac Path from EL website during current Mother’s Day site wide sale. And let me tell you it’s a winner for this scent profile guys! I still want Terracotta 🤷♀️🤫 but it’s a slightly more sophisticated amd slightly more heavy on the floral not so much on the coconut. Bronze goddess is still on my list but not high because not enough floral for me in it . I also have Virgin Island Water which is in my top 3 perfumes of all time, but it is STRAIGHT lime & coconut on ice. Not comparable really. Note: after comparing all day wear side by side with Terracotta, this one, HP, has a fresh/green spicy that Terracotta doesn’t have. And When I snuff too much of Hibiscus Palm, it tickles my sinus and I don’t like that feeling. So I don’t lean in and inhale it like i would with most of my other perfumes, like Terracotta. I think it’s the ginger that does that to me. But that note is also what makes me love this perfume! It’s so lively and zingy and fresh, for a creamy floral beach scent.

I bought this last year and put it away for the year, well this year I can’t get enough of it! It definitely is a summer only scent but I love it! I feel like I’m at a resort on the tropical Mediterranean island. Not just any island but an exclusive island! I get palm sea water and floral, no coconut on me at all! The lasting power is amazing. I could picture myself having an evening cocktail by the ocean with the warm wind flowing through my hair! Sillage is excellent and will get you compliments. this is a keeper and very different from the tropical coconut sweet scents that always come around in the summer. Highly recommended I purchased this fragrance last year and stored it away for the entire year. However, this year, I can’t get enough of it! It’s undoubtedly a scent that’s best enjoyed during the summer months, but I absolutely adore it! I can’t help but feel like I’m at a resort on a tropical Mediterranean island, not just any island, but an exclusive one! The fragrance combines the refreshing scent of palm sea water with floral notes, and it’s completely free of coconut. The lasting power is remarkable, and I can envision myself sipping an evening cocktail by the ocean, with the warm breeze gently caressing my hair. The sillage is excellent, and it’s sure to earn you compliments. This fragrance is a true gem and stands out from the typical tropical coconut sweet scents that dominate the summer season. I highly recommend this fragrance to anyone looking for a unique and memorable scent experience.

This is absolutely one of my top favorite summertime fragrances! The scent is light, floral, extremely tropical, and absolutely perfect for vacation or a beach day. On me, hibiscus and lotus are the notes that shine through upon the first initial spray, and then it dries down to a very nice, creamy white floral and coconut aroma. It also has the scent of some kind of sunscreen or sun tanning lotion, too, which I happen to enjoy! Combined all together, this perfume smells incredibly luxurious. Every time I smell it, I'm transported to a tropical island, where I'm sipping a cocktail among green foliage, and there's a breeze coming in from the ocean. The sillage is pretty decent, and I would catch whiffs of the fragrance throughout the day, which smelled delicious. The longevity is also good for a lighter perfume, with me having to reapply around the 6 hour mark. However, the price tag is my least favorite thing about this. I absolutely do not think that this is worth $135 for only 1.7 ounces, and it's obvious that you'll just be paying for the name (especially when you compare this to something like Gucci Bloom, which you can get for the same price at almost triple the size). While I think the scent is lovely, and the bottle is very pretty, it's truly not that special or remarkable of a fragrance to justify that price. I bought the travel spray for $30, and that will be more than enough to get me through the summer.

Firstly I think this goes beyond 'beachy' and can be worn all-year round. It has a warmth which melts into the skin and smells natural on each person, while making it seem slightly tropical, maybe this is the musk and frangipane combo. It is sweet, floral, the frangipane is very unique and smells slightly powdery and almost banana-like. This is the tropical and refreshing feeling you get. The musk and vanilla are quite prominent to me, it is a feminine and close-to-the-skin scent. The lotus and top notes seem to fade kind of quickly, and the subtle spicy ginger seems to persist through the dry-down. I don't sense hibiscus and ylang-ylang noticeably, i think they are well blended into this. Longevity is great on me, can smell it on clothes the next day. Sprayed twice into my towel-dried hair to give it a scent and it lasted subtly for a whole day and half till i next washed it. This is also good for layering, i wear it with a simple guiacwood-jasmine perfume that also has some ylang ylang in it. It makes that woody perfume much brighter, floral and great for colder weather. Conclusion: The floral blend here is unique, and is an elegant fragrance which is subtle and sweet yet warm and captures your attention. Definitely more feminine than unisex. Strongest notes to me in order: frangipane, musk, vanilla, musk, ginger.

One of my faaaaaavorite white floral summer fragrances! I am a sucker for frangipani, Ylang-Ylang, taire, & coconut.. Anything beachy or salty. Honeysuckle is not listed but I swear there's a teeny tiny bit of it in there! This is perfect for day or night in the spring! It is strong so a little goes a long way. This lasts all day on me! It's just so yummy. I picture a lush tropical bahamas resort, hibiscus flowers everywhere, you have a pina colada in your hand, and you're headed down to the white sandy beach. Or wear this lying out in the sun by the pool oasis at the 5 star palm tree covered resort. This is in my top 3 most loved perfumes. I will always wear this with my spring & summer sun dresses going out for the afternoon to get a cocktail! If you love white florals and coconut together, this one you will love. I really hope they never discontinue this one. I see some people have voted it's similar to Geurlain's Terracotta. I do NOT agree. Terracotta is fraction of what Hibiscus Palm is. Terracotta was not a love AT ALL for me. I ordered it from Harrod's and turned around and sold it on Mercari. I own TF Soleil Blanc (EDT?), and that more solar, creamy sunscreen like, and less white florals than Hibiscus Palm. Hibiscus Palm is bright, white florals with a splash of coconut milk! Chef's kiss!

Wow! This is such a beautiful beachy scent! I blind bought this based on the reviews and I absolutely love the smell of frangipani. It is probably my favorite flower scent in the world! I have a beautiful frangipani lotion I purchased the last time I was in Hawaii and have been searching for a perfume that captured that scent and tropical feel. Well this it! It is literally the smell of Hawaii in a bottle! My daughter thinks it smells just like an expensive sunscreen or being at the beach and I agree. So if you love that smell then this is for you! The opening is just stunning! It then settles down into a perfect frangipani scent and lasts for hours! This will be my new go to for the summer and whenever I want to feel like it is summer! This is a good spring/summer scent and I think it could be used during the day, at a lovely brunch event while wearing a white dress or even in the evening for a fun date night when you want to remind your love of a wonderful tropical holiday!

First of all, if you’re thinking of getting it, and you like sweet creamy tropical-coconut fragrances (but with class): GET IT! I saw people were saying that it smelled like a rich woman on an all-inclusive resort in the Bahamas. With a large sun hat, designer sunglasses and a fancy long beach cover-up laying in a cabana by the pool. Handsome man bringing her cocktails. This is so accurate. To me you smell all the flowers listed in here, cooking in a pot of creamy coconut milk. With a hint of ginger in there. I gifted this to my mother for her birthday (in the summer) without ever having smelled it. I thought the description fit my mom spot on. She wears it everyday since! When I walk by her room I sometimes secretly spray it on myself.. Not so secret because it leaves a huge trail everywhere you go. I need to buy this for myself too.. my wallet is crying. Also very interested in waterlily sun and evening rose, too bad there not in department stores in my area:(

I absolutely love this fragrance since it first came out in 2017 and it is has become my signature summer scent. I start wearing this in the spring bc I love it so much and all throughout summer. As far as the scent goes, I can’t really detect ylang ylang which I’m glad bc i find it too cloying and nauseating. It is definitely a floral scent but not older woman type, it is a beautiful blend of heady, tropical floral with just a hint of coconut milk which balances it out perfectly and does not resemble suntan lotion in the least bit. Not sure about the palm part (which I assume is a green note to help balance out the heady florals) bc I don’t even know what palm would smell like other then green. I get compliments on this perfume all the time and my husband especially loves smelling it on me. For me this blends well with my body chemistry and seems to last throughout the day.

Anyone who has been fortunate enough to travel to the tropics when summer flowers are in full bloom can easily imagine what Aerin Hibiscus Palm smells like. I have tried every tropical floral without success until I stumbled on a bottle of this for a steal of a deal. The moment I sprayed this on my skin I was transported to Bali circa 2010. I actually wore Estee Lauder Brasil Dream on that trip, but HP is so much better and puts TF Orchid Soleil, Guerlain Terracotta, Narciso Ambree, and the rest of the list to shame. It's just so well-blended and balanced. The florals start out smelling juicy and then get progressively creamier without ever feeling cloying sweet or suffocatingly floral, and this is coming from someone who doesn't really care for ylang-ylang. AHP is a scent soulmate that I will cherish and I'm so happy to have her in my collection.

I bought this without testing it as it was super hyped by youtuber JusdeRose and it seemed like I would love it. At first I was dissapointed as I found it too boring and not bright or fresh enough to shine in the summer. After a few months I think it has gotten better. I have gotten compliments from random people, but especially on first application as it honestly stops projecting after an hour or two. Still, it makes me feel fancy and sophisticated. Layered with a good moisturizer or sunscreen it lasts better and just smells to me like a rich woman on vacation who has her s.it together. I've used this quite a lot and it's become my summer signature. There are probably better options out there, but at least compared to Soleil Blanc, this one lasts longer and is a bit cheaper.

Ultimate tropical summer vacation scent! Similar to so many others summery fragrances, some listed in the Reminds me of section, but there’s that special something that makes me feel good every time I am wearing it. Still the best of all! And with so many similar designer and niche releases that says something! It’s probably the combination of hibiscus flowers, lotus, palm leaves and ginger that makes Hibiscus Palm stand out from the rest of this genre. It gives HP a touch of freshness and an aquatic feel. Ylang-ylang, frangipani, coconut and white flowers on a sweet vanilla base are usually found in most tropical scents. This is so much more and so much better. The luxurious, elevated version of this whole genre! If only would last longer and project better!

One of the first fragrances that I smelled from a sample that I was like, I have to have it! This fragrance does a weird thing where if you lean in to smell where you sprayed it's not as strong yet when you wave your arm or smell from afar, it's prominent. Lasting power is phenomenal, more than 8+ hours and it lingers and doesn't die out; I smelled it that day after. The price is what kills me the most but you get what you pay for and I can justify the price, just wait for a sale. This smells like summer, lounging pool side in a 5 star resort or like you're luxuriating on a yacht in the south of France. The closest "dupe" I would say is sunkissed hibiscus from NEST, I own Soleil Blanc and Orchid Soleil and it gives a similar vibe but is not a dupe to my nose.

This deep summer, tropical medley is an absolute DREAM to wear and I get tons of compliments on it. Yes, the sillage is enormous and I will regularly get asked what I'm wearing even in socially distanced environments. It will last all day. I spray on my wrists and neck and it tends to stick to my hair, with the gorgeous vanilla and white flowers lingering even until the next morning when I take a shower and revive the scent in the water. It's too tropical to wear all year round but I wish I could because it's THAT yummy. Yummy but not sweet. The coconut isn't overpowering like most tropical scents and the vanilla works really well with all the paradise flowers. It's more expensive than the average fragrance but I found it was well worth the splurge.

This scent is absolutely stunning. For me, it reads as an aquatic floral, but complex enough to make it "smell expensive." This is the beachiest perfume I've smelled that doesn't have super heavy coconut notes (at least on me), which makes it feel like a more unique summer scent. The green note of the palm is really lovely with all the florals and keeps it from being too springy or sweet. This just makes me think of going out to dinner while on vacation, wearing a classy but laid back dress and sandals, dining in an open air restaurant on a balmy evening at sunset. The performance is also incredible: I sprayed some on before bed and woke up and could still smell it. Also great layered with Clean Skin reserve blend.

After wearing this for a few consecutive days in a row, I decided to change my review. At first, I strongly disliked this fragrance because the coconut was hiding so far behind the flowers, and all I could think of was my grandma. But I like it. It grew on me. It’s very strong white flowers at firs gardenias, Jasmin, magnolia, etc. the dry down is beautiful and the coconut starts peeping its head in just the slightest. The temperature hit 90 degrees today and my husband could smell me from across the yard. I give this an 8/10. When I smell it now I instantly think of a rich young millionaire suntanning by a private pool outside of her 3 million dollar mansion.

I tried this yesterday and cannot stop thinking about it. It smells like a tropical, luxurious vacation to Fiiji or Mauritius. It's light and delicate yet distinct and luxurious. I'm not a fan of creamy coconut scents - they just dont sit well on me and I end up smelling like a cheap cocktail, but this has, as someone else stated, more of a green, fresh coconut, like coconut water. I reeeally want this. And if I go on a lux holiday sometime in the future I'll definitely get it!! Edit - I had to get it! This will be my "going-on-holiday-somewhere-warm-with-palmtrees" scent, and as I'm heading to Marrakech in a few weeks so I just had to have it!

Oh wow. Expensive sun lotion creamy coconut tropical floral summer breeze. Strong in that very Estée Lauder kind of way, not fleeting. I think for me this lies somewhere between Bronze Goddess and Beyond Paradise, and I love both! This conjures up images of far away holidays, and living in the UK these types of scents are total escapism when it’s cold and grey! It is a beautiful perfume, blended so well. I could only afford the travel size, so am spritzing very carefully to preserve it, but what a fabulous little treat. Just one sniff is enough to take me to sunnier places. Not much else to say, other than I love it.

Adding to my previous review: I had to buy this perfume after testing it several times and now I have been wearing it for a month. I feel this is the perfect summer scent for me. I can definitely feel a difference from Bronze Goddess. Hibiscus Palm is softer and more refined... Besides the coconut I smell more flowers and it has a green note to it as well, which must be the palm leaves. This comes out after wearing it for some time. Yesterday a woman asked me what perfume I was wearing because it reminded her of Carnal flower (Frederic Malle). I love this perfume. I also love the elegant bottle.