Malachite

The immediate image that appears upon spraying and inhaling Malachite is of a cool, clean, serene, magical pool, deep inside a beautifully dark, mossy forest. The floor of the pool is composed of rocks, so the feeling is of water that is quite clean, but not overly 'fresh' and somehow earthy, rather than dirty. I can sense the roles of all of the listed notes in Malachite. The water hyacinth as the water, of course. The green mango supplies the green and the bit of tropical nuance. The peony lends a cool, sleek feel almost like a stone- I've experienced peony similarly before, in Kate by Kate Moss, where it 'feels' a bit like cool porcelain. The musk/ vanilla/sandalwood collaborate skillfully in Malachite, to bring the feeling of clean, calm skin, just bathed and moisturized. The black pepper grounds everything and gives the clean-yet-earthy facet I enjoy so much about the composition. It is extremely rare for me to rock anything green or aquatic, and Malachite is so... both of those... but, I am pleased to say, I can quite successfully wear this one! Most of my collection is made of bold orientals, fuzzy musks, spicy roses and sticky gourmands. I think Malachite works so well for me because its green is cool and clean, rather than aggressively fresh, vegetal, sporty or other characteristics that can take an odd turn on my skin- characteristics typical of notes like grass and geranium. I do love mango in fragrance, so perhaps 'green mango' brings the green in a way that is wearable for me. When I have been able to wear aquatics, it has been because the notes responsible for the aquatic feel were floral- I'm thinking of violet leaf and lotus, mainly- so I can see how water hyacinth works in Malachite to achieve this watery effect. I have noticed that when florals are used to give the sense of 'water', the result is a cool, placid aquatic, rather than a cold rush of surf. No need to reiterate how handsome (and relevant to the juice inside) the bottle and the wooden box are. Sillage is just shy of arm's length, on me. I applied liberally last night, and am still wearing Malachite enough to smell it without really trying, this morning. Of the Banana Republic fragrances, I have so far collected Rosewood, Alabaster, Republic of Women and, now, Malachite. I love them all, for vastly varied reasons. I am joyfully surprised to find Malachite, in all its green, aquatic glory, right at the top of that list.

I love this. It's very green and fresh. I don't get floral really at all. I would happily make this my work signature because it is cool and calm. Hopefully it would influence me and give the impression that I am composed, confident, and professional (haha). If my lawyer was wearing this I would trust her implicitly :) It also makes me think of Hawai'i. Although not sure why. Possibly the torrential rain that I happened to be in one day on the Big Island, refreshing the air and pounding the lush greenery. It is a nature's laundry-type clean scent. Gorgeous. Longevity poor and sillage/projection not great but it's not vastly expensive so reapplication would not be a huge issue.

I won Malachite in a fellow Fragrantican's giveaway. This is not something I would have purchased for myself, because I associate the store Banana Republic with yuppies and preppies, whom I generally dislike. However, this is NOT a perfume for yuppies or preppies, and I LOVE it! Malachite is a mysterious semi-aquatic oriental fougere, with a sort of "barbershop for ladies" vibe at times. The pepper adds a spicy, bold aroma that blends well with the watery florals and musky incense. The mango creates a note that is similar to Polo Black, but with a touch of feminine vanilla. Longevity and sillage are good. This could be an "office-friendly" perfume if applied lightly.

I have loved the bottle, the name, the idea of this fragrance for some years but for some peculiar reason never bought it until recently. First spray and I could not stop sniffing my wrist. How come this is so wonderful? Delicate watery flowers (not Calone watery, more like the smell of flower garden during rain) and spices, fresh but soft. The spices and the sandalwood become more prominent as it dries down.

Wow, I like this?? I didn't notice the resemblance at first spray.Today, after a shower I applied and then it came to me.Alfred Sung "Sung".A fragrance I owned in the early nineties.It is a wet tart floral. The hyacinth, sandalwood and vanilla really tie these 2 perfume together. I had to give up Sung during my pregnancy in the 90's-I could NOT stomach it! It appears hyacinth and I are friends again!

I am absolutely head over heels in love with this fragrance. Absolutely beautiful floral notes that make you feel beautiful and angelic. This is a year round stunner and can be worn day or night. There’s no way you can smell this and not feel confident. I have fallen in love.

Agree, that this is a winter scent. Fresh, cold air, snow and cold passing clean wind. Blind buy, impressed! Great for every day. Pleasant, soft silk. I want to tie it to lotus scent, even if it is not there, for me it is definitely lotus scent.

I had been curious about this one for a while because of its gorgeous bottle design and color, not to mention the very low price now that it is so deeply discounted, but I was leery of the mango note. What tipped the scales for me to yes was the enthusiastic endorsement of Wendi of Wendi's Parade of Perfume, on YouTube, one of the few fragrance influencers I trust and consistently enjoy. (If you don't watch her yet, by all means seek out her perfume channel on YouTube.) As usual, Wendi described Malachite very well, and she assured mango skeptics that this is a very, very green mango. I agree and would say that the mango here smells more like cucumber or something else very watery and pleasantly '90s coded. Not very sweet, not very vegetal, just fresh-ozonic in the calone-forward kind of way that seemed to emerge toward the end of the 20th century. The downside of Malachite is that you do need to overspray a bit--at least I do. And it's probably a freshie, but it's not the kind of freshie that you were probably expecting. It smells to me like someone who has just bathed with Irish Spring soap, slathered on a lot of cucumber-melon body lotion from the mall, and taken a leisurely stroll in a pine forest. It's not a particularly hot day today--for early August, in Missouri, it is actually unseasonably cool--so theoretically I could have put on almost any perfume, but I wanted to try this one, which is new to my collection. I can tell I will be turning to it on days when it's super hot, and I do not want to smell remotely sweet or edible, but I also don't want to commit to a full-fledged chypre or something. This is for those times when you want to smell soapy, but not in the glamorous aldehydic Chanel No. 5 kind of way. This is your grandpa's soap, never mind the florals, which somehow reinforce the calone effect (water hyacinth and peony both seem to work really well in aquatic freshies, I have noticed). That is not to say that it smells masculine. On a man, it would sell masculine, and on a woman it would smell feminine, which makes me think of the old Irish Spring TV commercial slogan that my friends and I used to make fun of all the time as kids: "Made for a man--but *I* like it too." This wasn't made for a man and appears to be marketed to women, but I think it is unisex in exactly the same way that Irish Spring soap, pine sap, and cucumbers are unisex. I find gender categories for perfume rather mystifying, personally. But if you gave a bottle of Malachite to your husband or (male) lover, he would probably not think you were trying to emasculate him. In fact, the bottle (so beautiful that it looks like a nod to Elsa Peretti) will make him think that you spent a lot more on it than you did, especially if you manage to find a bottle in the original wooden box it came in. (The gray market sites all seem to have the more minimalist usual Banana Republic box, which is understandable, given the perfume's low price point.) I'm not giving it to my husband, though, because I had nothing else in my collection remotely like it, and I needed a fragrance that wouldn't make me sick when it the heat index is well into the triple digits. Malachite is it! Thanks, as always, Wendi.

I found this cute green perfume at Burlington for 10 bucks. I will say it is quite strange, but in a good way. I understand where this could be read as masculine, but I also see this being worn by a confident bold rich woman. I am not keen to masc. scents, I don't like them, but this one is sweet, white floral and extremely fresh smell, think spa soap bar that leaves you smelling just like the soap. I approach this fragrance like the name itself. It is supposed to invoke the energy of Malachite, which in itself a odd and strange crystal that can also turn deadly if handled incorrectly. This perfume is a piece of art, in my opinion, not an everyday perfume. The longevity is eternal, and sillage is broad, I wore this with ansaam gold (don't ask I'm still new to layering) and I think I made my uber cough, sorry! It is strong but so beautiful. I noticed recently it gets more femm when I add anything coconut with it. I say if you have this, try layering with sweeter scents and it may work out.

I like this! A 00s fresh-floral that is stuck in 90s. It's taking that classic powdery x floral Nivea lotion accord of jasmine-rose (here we have peony instead)-violet and combining with the watery notes at times coming up as cucumber, melon or violet leaf, I believe here they went for mango, but absolutely lacking the sourness and sweetness to be called a proper mango. I would say it's stlil more like Nivea lotion cucumber edition. The sandalwood showing face 10-20 minutes in, along with hefty dose of white musk. Simple but beautiful, late dry down reveals vanilla and sandalwood more, that part has a similar vibe to Allure / Benetton Hot. To me this is only unisex if a guy enjoys the prolonged scent of a cucumber hand lotion or shower gel in the form of a perfume. Otherwise I would say it's quite fresh-floral and feminine. Lotion is really the word that comes to my mind at every stage of the wear.

Banana Republic MALACHITE opens slightly soapy to my nose but then proceeds swiftly to smooth out into an appealing woodsy oriental with a detectable dose of green mango that adds a unique texture. Depth is also imparted by a good (unnamed) fixative--could be benzoin... I wasn't sure what to expect from Banana Republic, but I must say that with MALACHITE I am pleasantly surprised. I like the rather eccentric inversion of the soap presentation, which here comes first, not last. I also can't think of any fragrance that is anyting like MALACHITE--it really seems to occupy a node all its own... The edp has excellent longevity and sillage, and since I love good soapy scents anyway, MALACHITE is a delight from beginning to end! I also think that this fragrance is very well named, given its density and thickness, like a smooth polished cabochon stone.

I just got this and so far, i really like it! It is definitely a clean scent, a floral clean. I mainly get hyacinth, but it isnt overpowering or screechy. It does make me think of the color green, im not sure what peony smells like, so cant comment there. It has woods but i dont smell amber. I do agree with the medicinal description, that is a good description, but in a good way! It has like an apothecary feeling or natural healing center vibe. I get the vision of trees, more than plants. I dont think it has an age limit. I think young, middle aged or older could wear and be fine. More of bohemian and natural versus sexy, chic, trendy, powerful, or flirty. Cant comment about performance yet but i dont find it beastly. More soft. This is a good jeans tshirt scent. Feels ethereal and casual. Def feminine.

My new addition Another blind buy 🙈 😁 First impression - it's a very clean scent, when you first spray it, it's harsh a bit 'cold' even, you need to wait for it to warm up, then it reveals the hyacinth, quite fade but dominant. For this reason at least on the skin I'm finding it hard to consider it unisex. It's like a really floral soap, not sweet, I'm not getting any fruity notes🥭 👀 Woody, soapy, floral I didn't get the fancy packaging 😌 Edit: 2 hours in, and I'm now getting the rose, a dusty one, still no vanilla. I don't think I can wear it without adding sweetness, my nose craves it It's really a light floral, you can smell the hyacinths in the opening then it comes the peony and rose. Oddly enough I'm getting a hint of olive?! For sure is hormones related

Very light watery floral fragrance.... it smells somehow tropical. I can easily imagine rainy tropical forest with pleasant soft smell of flowers. It's kinda "I'm already showered" perfume, clean and fresh, not sweet and not sour, just clean tropical floral. Easy to wear for any occasion through the day. I sometimes apply it before going to bed, as it is so uncomplicated and calming! It's wonderful scent. Unfortunately is not very strong, and requires a concrete application to smell a bit longer. Wooden box is elegant and it seems to me very practical, because the perfume bottle is protected from light, which usually changes and ruins the smell of perfume. I like the solution with dark wooden box, it's gorgeous and I could have it exposed on the shelf.

I really enjoy this scent and wear it quite often! I find it unique, slightly green, with an elegant and musky base that makes it a sophisticated freshie! It does smell slightly soapy which I love. I get compliments on it often and even gave one to a friend that had complimented me on it. It smells absolutely amazing on her chemistry, even better than it does on me! I’ve never remotely considered it masculine however smelling it now, I think I could go a bit unisex! I really don’t pick up a lot of florals, mainly the green melon and woody notes. I don’t have anything in my collection like this. It’s a keeper. It’s not my favorite, but it’s good when I’m in the mood for it! I also think it’s something that could be worn all year.

Quite soapy at the beginning but mellows and to me is most of all the smell of a newly used shower, or freshly washed, still damp hair. I don't pick up any sandalwood or pepper in this. If I breathe on my wrist I get a slightly more distinct flower note, haven't ever smelled water hyacinth before but maybe that's what it is? Surprisingly musky a few hours in-more than I expected. I have the impression of being in a hothouse, full of exotic, fragant blooms. A very comforting scent. Perfect if your workplace has a policy against strong perfume or if you're otherwise prevented from wearing something more distinct/powerful.

I have a sample of this and I think this perfume would work for a man or a woman. This must work well with my chemistry because I don't get the bitter note or anything putrid. It's fresh but has depth to it. It smells a little like Polo for men in the green bottle at first. On me it has this warm incense smell, but also remains fresh.. hard to describe it. I know I like it because this is a scent I remember, and it's just different from my other perfume picks.I guess this one either works for you or it doesn't.

to me this is a true winter scent. Not the "cozy by the fire with some wine and your honey" type of winter scent but more the "out on a horse riding through a forest in the early morning snow" type of winter scent. The first smell is sharp and almost feels masculine but then softens and blooms slightly then the woods are left. Not long lasting but I am really liking this. I have so few winter scents! Worth a try but don't judge by initial sniff! it does stay close to the skin on me.

This is an interesting scent. To my nose it is aquatic, soapy, a little powdery, spicy with green florals. The green florals are not very sweet. This seems like more of a unisex fragrance than a solidly female fragrance. It is a "mature" scent in the cosmopolitan sense - not the grandma sense. When I use this, I apply it liberally because it doesn't last long. I like it, but don't love it and I do wear it when in the mood. It seems more like a fall/winter scent to me.

I love this so much! It's like nothing I've ever worn or owned! It's intense, yet not overpowering, perfect for summer nights. Yesterday I purchased a mini of it, only for 2,5 euro and I am soo happy. Most prominent notes on me are water hyacinth and mango. Definitely my perfume for summer parties 2016! P.S. I think that the notes include also gardenia and coriander, I can smell a strong spicy accord and it's not only the black pepper!