Nanatopia

I find this hard to describe without gently knocking it and myself for wearing it, but whatever, thats part of its fun. Something about a banana and rum fragrance instantly takes me to the image of a young guy in too much Lynx, clutching a cheap cocktail at a terrible nightclub. I imagine adding jungle essence to the rum has a lot to answer for re: that vibe. And yes, this is that. But it is also so much more. It is rum, it is banana, it is banana bread. It is the laughter and heat of the dance floor, the sweetness of being young and carefree, the slightly clumsy attempts to impress, and the easy camaraderie of passing (I guess banana based/ rum) drinks to friends. The nutmeg adds spice to keep it interesting. As it settles, it warms some ambery orcanox, turning the banana bread into something that feels fresh from the oven. The banana here is lush and full. After trying this, I started a dedicated section for banana in my perfume collection. I have never been asked if I smell like bananas, nor have I been complimented on it, but it always makes me happy. And of course, that is the best reason to wear a fragrance. TLDR: wear this if you're curious about smelling like photorealistic banana bread, but from the perspective of a young guy who will probably spray it on his balls. You will then start a banana section in your perfume collection and spend real money on banana perfumes. So also maybe don't. I have NO regrets though. I'm always ready for dessert perfume, and I am also now ready to freaky friday and spray it on my balls! ;-) note: *I have the Dua of this, I would say it's a pretty great dupe. *I am not a young guy wearing too much lynx, I am an industrial gourmand loving nightclub avoiding grown up adult person. I really love this perfume and I find the lynx guy amusing.

looking through these reviews, i'm a little shocked at how many people are writing about how they aren't getting banana, or it being reminiscent of medicine. personally, i get a strong banana scent right off the bat—a very ripe banana with its sugars and creaminess. the rum and cinnamon definitely help to add those deeper complexities to the fragrance, and the subtle hints of nutmeg and caramel add to the whole banana bread vibe (and probably help make it more realistic). i've never smelled a banana note in perfumery, and i believe BTSO has created a really good one here. the rum adds a bit of darkness to the fragrance, and the cypriol oil in the base grounds the sweetness (if it were any sweeter, it'd be too much, i think). think of a dark rum-infused banana bread. kinda nostalgic for me, that's how my family does it! the heat and spice coming from the nutmeg and cinnamon vaguely remind me of one of those churro carts at amusement parks too lmao. anyway, it's delicious and i think it's worth trying if you're into gourmand fragrances. i can see longevity and sillage being enough in this one too, as i can smell it just fine hours after applying it.

I first tested Nanatopia in August, when the heat was still lingering in the air. On my skin, the opening leaned overly sweet-almost syrupy. While the rum and cinnamon were immediately apparent and impressively long-lasting, the promised banana note was elusive. Curiosity led me to revisit the fragrance in cooler weather, and the transformation was striking. The banana revealed itself right from the start-ripe, warm, and decadent. The composition unfolded like a loaf of freshly baked banana bread, laced with rum essence, caramelized fruit, and a dusting of nutmeg and cinnamon. Nanatopia is undeniably gourmand, yet it avoids becoming cloying. Its sweetness feels textured and dimensional rather than flat, offering a sense of indulgence without excess. It is a fragrance that intoxicates the senses, wrapping the wearer in warmth and richness, but it never overwhelms.

Just got a sample of this on Luckyscent after purchasing Nota Loca from Ulyka parfums... It's quite different and not as sweet sticky gourmand as I thought. LOTS of spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and there must be some note in here giving it a cherry chapstick smell? However, once I wrapped my head around what the scent actually is, I'm impressed! I can get hints of a spicy, rum soaked banana bread, and it's so good! Just for it's uniqueness and head turning effect, I ordered the 50 mL... maybe not a good decision because of that insane price tag ($210!!). I'm just starting to test out and venture into the true "niche" realm of fragrances. Just for Nanatopia's uniqueness, it got me! Edit: I received the full bottle, and after wearing this perfume a few times, I'm now obsessed! It's so beautiful and unique and smells exactly like a spiced banana bread. Love it!

My bf and I both almost sniffed my arm off after the initial spray as we both smelled delicious, syrupey banana bread...delicious! I cannot get over how realistic this is. While I really wanted that banana bread to stay forever, the drydown is beautiful. It's completely opposite of the beginning. Spicey, rum type of scent. Potent. I see others got a patchouli scent from the drydown but not me. It's a beautifully aged, brown booze scent. Very potent. I am still hunting a banana frag that carries the note throughout but I love this. NOT a safe blind buy but for me it is😂

I love this. Will wear it anytime, anywhere. The drydown is heavenly. I'm glad I got it before reading the negative reviews that would perhaps deter me from doing so. Starts off earthy and nutmeggy, which I don't usually like, but the other notes start appearing and it becomes mouthwatering for me. It's perfect for layering with even sweeter scents if you can't stand the spices. But if you don't like the spices, why would you even get it?

This is my first from this brand. Wow, what a surprise, this might be the only banana scent I have ever liked. The blend is fantastic and the ingredients are clearly high-quality. The strongest notes are the banana and the sweet syrupy rum, but thankfully the cereal and cypriol give this scent more complexity and texture than just a regular desserty gourmand

That’s a funny and childish scent. But in a good way! I really enjoy the “banana flambé” scent with realistic bananas and burnt sugar. It smells really edible, so I’m not sure if it’s worth to wear as a fragrance. But it does really have a really enjoyable smell. Makes me smile :) UTD: on the skin it smells worth... like some burnt rubber

I love this banana bread erm sorry I mean perfume. Edible feel and addictive but avoid if you don't like gourmand scents. Go South Korea bring it on, I seem to love every literal beauty/cosmetic product you put out there. I agree with the user who thought Pacman would rock this scent. I feel very Pacman (Pacwoman) when I wear it.

This is so unique! I didn’t know it had a banana note and had I known, I wouldn’t even have bothered to sample it. But I’m so glad I did! It’s sweet and spicy, so delicious. The bread note is very realistic and meshes so well with the nutmeg and caramel. It’s like a warm nutty banana bread straight out of the oven.

it's spring. i do not care. i am wearing this for the rest of my life and smelling myself. boozy rum raisins, that opening whiff of banana, just an overall feeling of PLEASANTNESS but not smelling blatantly like a bakery (which i also don't mind!). obsessed. OBSESSED.

Got a sample. Smells like freshly baked banana bread soaked in rum. It’s fruity and boozy. Pure gourmand. I don’t even like banana scents or banana flavored things but I love this. Will be purchasing whole bottle.

LOVE this so much, smells like banoffee to me, wouldn't say it's a safe blind buy , but definitely recommend it to gourmand lovers

This is by far my favorite perfume ! I absolutely love it. Sweet gourmand and warm without being too much and it lasts forever.

Nanatopia opens with this soft golden warmth, fleeting but unmistakable—the scent of banana bread still steaming, its crust just shy of caramelized. But before you can sink into it, your sweet treat receives this rich splash of boozy liqueur, the kind that seeps deep into the crumbs, making them moist, sticky. Not a light rum, not a clean vanilla extract, but something dense, darker—almost medicinal in the way it lingers at the edges. Slowly, spice creeps in as well. A balsamic tang, a hint of clove or nutmeg, these twists really help to deepen the composition, adding texture where there was once just plush single-note warmth. The sweetness, golden and airy, photorealistic at the beginning, now is grounded, dusted with something almost resinous, soaked in something more matured, more artisanal. It’s still gourmand, but now even more wearable as a fragrance, with that little bit of murky complexity that stops it from being just another forgettable dessert in a bottle.

at the start, this is YUM. i'm definitely biased because i read so many reviews that said this exact thing, but the opening smells exactly like a warm banana bread soaked in rum - almost edible. but then when it dries down that cakey thing i love goes away, and it leaves behind spices, wood, and a little bit of vanilla. it's still sweet but in a different way, not so gourmand anymore. it reminds me of south asia for some reason - probably the spices - like something delicious you might smell in an indian market. overall a really solid fragrance, i wanted to love it because of the first few minutes but the dry down really changes it. it's not bad or anything, just a little disappointing after the deliciousness of the opening. if that spicy thing is your vibe tho it's a good buy!

First impression is that it totally smells like you've stuck your nose in a fresh banana nut muffin. It does dry down a little more synthetic than gourmand, and I was hoping to get more of the caramel, but something about this is... odd. Maybe it's the Cypriol or Orcanox? I have no idea. I can't really put my finger on what this smells like in the dry down. It's totally earthy as others have said, which seems to not quite mix well with the wonderful, sweet ripened banana opening. I don't really have much of an opinion? I mean I like it, but it didn't make me roll my eyes back in my head. I don't know if I could see myself purchasing a FB yet. 5.5/10

This smells wonderful. Off the opening you can definitely get a punch in the face from the rum, a great amount of nutmeg and a touch of cinnamon. By the time it hits the middle notes, the banana note shines mores and is amplified if on clothes rather than skin. It’s like a boozy 17% ABV banana shake topped with nutmeg and cinnamon. Now the banana note sneaks around there, but it’s one of those slightly overripe bananas if you know what I mean. it’s a blended together well as a creative gourmand profile. Definitely useful for the fall and winter. It is ETERNAL on clothing.

This opens delicious, with a mouthwatering photorealistic banana bread note. However, it’s short-lived, as you’re hit with a potent dose of cinnamon, nutmeg and rum. The scent transforms into a boozy-spicy dessert. Unfortunately the banana-bread note fades too soon. Great creation but not full bottle worthy for me. Not yet, at least. This is just a first impression. Update: I was wrong, the banana bread note is still present, albeit much fainter than in the opening. It lingers in the background overshadowed by the spices and rum.

Delicious fruity, sweet and boozy scent. A banana bread with a good dose of cinnamon and even a hint of sweet apple. Could border into diabetically sweet category as it has very little balancing agents at the base, but you know what, I still love it. Lasts forever as well, especially on clothes. It's been 4 days and I still smell it on my jacket. Great projection as well. Delicious but not for everyone.

Very sweet banana rum with light spices for about 2.5 hours, drying down to a pretty cypriol-vanilla for another 3+ hours on skin. It's pleasant and wearable, a gourmand lovers dream. The spices are more prominent on fabrics. It is the other half of Iommi 🐒🍌🎸. Literally - layer with sugar addict, and you'll have BTSO's version of Xerjoff Iommi; sans the leather accord.

as a banana lover i wish the banana in this was about 10x stronger, but it's there! just buried beneath bread and rum. there's something very earthy and grounded about this, definitely not a sweet fragrance. it's beautiful, but not the banana fragrance i'm still eternally on the hunt for. would make a great winter scent! overall rating: 🩷🩷🩷💔🖤 3.5/5

Heavy on the cinnamon, a nice banana bread smell. I feel like you don't get "banana" as a note but the fragrance is more indicative of the smell of sweet banana bread, at least on my skin. If you aren't a fan of cinnamon and nutmeg though, definitely avoid this one.

a yummy and sexy banana bread scent. i personally don't like alcohol in perfume, but the rum really mixes well with the banana and spice. i won't buy a full-size bottle any time soon, since it wasn't as sweet as i wanted it to be.

I was so excited about this one! When I wore it, I found it smells more like waffles 🧇 than banana 🍌 which wasn’t exactly what I was looking for so I like it but I don’t love it.

Very artificial banana smell but I love it!! It smells like banana-flavored marshmallows. Sweet and juvenile but fun

banana bread!! so interesting but would personally go with a different banana scent, this is too cakey

a sweet & fruity pleasant smell, the tonka and banana coming out the most for me

Sampling Borntostandout Nanatopia, a fittingly banana-focused, with notes of liqueurs and spices fostering a sweet, boozy gourmand blend that also curiously has some restraint and non-gourmand aspect in the cypriol note, and I think it’s overall a very interesting option for those like banana notes but want them wrapped in something sophisticated rather than smelling like a banana laffy taffy, as much as others might want that, all the same. This does a good job with banana, in my opinion, as I generally find it to be a difficult note to enjoy in fragrance, given that I find it quite distractive and playful rather than classy or classic. As with the rest of the house’s catalogue, it’s EDP concentration and priced at $290/210/85 for 100/50/15ml, fairly reasonable in the current market. It performs quite well, also. I’m not sure I’d wear it myself, in conclusion, but I quite like it and find it to be a very interesting treatment of banana. 6 out of 10

This was an experience to sample. I'm not typically attracted by gourmands but the banana note had always intrigued me. I must say this is very well blended and doesn't feel synthetic at all, as I had expected. Even with that though, I am not the biggest fan of this.. atleast not as a fragrance. This really does smell like banana bread as most say, but I did pick up on an earthy note at the opening which I'm not sure where it came from. The dry down is just sweet and I am personally not fond of smelling like pastries. I gave my brother the rest of my decant but even him, who loves gourmand fragrances, decided he wouldn't want a full bottle of it. I also had a coworker tell me I smelled like Carmex so if that helps anyone here. Fragrance is completely subjective, and as fun as it was wearing something new and out of my comfort zone, this was not for me.

From my experience so far with BTSO, I have been underwhelmed and assaulted by the cloying sweetness that is cavity inducing. This still has that pungent sweetness, but it has a place in this compsition and doesnt feel like they accidentally added 100 grams of ethyl maltol instead of 10. Many could still see this as too sweet. The banana isnt over done and i applaud them for the restraint in that aspect. It has a warm bready feel and the rum plays well into this. The tonka brings a rich vanillac and tobacco like appeal. One of the more pleasant BTSO fragrances ive tried. WHile I may not love this, I can say that it is a decently done fragrance. Maybe they just arent my style. It closely resembles Tobacco Vanille with a slight banana note.

I don't smell banana! I get rum/cinnamon/caramel, very sweet. There's a note that I can't identify, and it reminded me so strongly of Angel Muse that I got out my sample and compared them. I don't know what the note is- the two share no notes in common- but I would have guessed it was the Angel patchouli DNA. Others have mentioned thinking they smelled patchouli in Nanatopia. Overall, disappointed that I'm apparently totally nose-blind to whatever banana note is here. It's nice but glad I just got a sample.

I don't think this is a bad fragrance by any means, there just isn't much banana there. It opens with some beautiful spicy notes, you get a lot of the cinnamon and nutmeg, however once it has dried down, it just smells like spicy booze to me. I actually enjoy those types of fragrances so I liked wearing it, however I was disappointed by the lack of banana and caramel which I thought would be a lot stronger. Overall 6.5/10

First impressions- Banana. lots of Banana, but then come the other notes. There are spices here - nutmeg, cinnamon, but also Bread. not banana bread, NO. Wheaty flour/bread notes, as if you stick your nose on a slice of wheat bread and sniff kind of smell. The tonka comes thru which makes it nice. Cypriol is coming off like patchouli-esq to me - not so sure about that. does not wow me.

Unfortunately I get almost no banana on this one. Woody notes tend to dominate on my skin and overpower most other notes and the cypriol in this is no exception. The spice notes hold their own and are quite pleasant, but the cypriol and spice pulls far too masculine for me. It is interesting enough though that I'm eager to explore other BTSO offerings!

I received a sample, and I wouldn't say I liked the smell upon first spray. It first smelled like a masculine rum banana. I let it sit on my wrist. It smells MUCH better I keep smelling my wrist. It's not that bad at all not full bottle worthy though. It doesn't have a good sillage at all. It is not worth a full bottle for the price it is.

the opening of this was what i was hoping the dry down would smell like. it was a boozy, sweet banana scent. the banana faded immediately and left a cologne rum scent. not bad, but definitely not what i was hoping for. the longevity is pretty decent and it does smell good, but not a safe blind buy.

This fragrance opens very rum heavy with a quick development into something sweet, somewhat banana-y with the lingering rum. Finishes with a very faint pleasant tonka bean. This isn’t a true banana bread Gourmand and leans more boozy and masculine, but still an interesting creation.

I really liked this one, but similar to what happened with New York Nights, I pick up a hint of nail polish remover in the mix. I’m not sure why, but unfortunately, I just can’t get past it.

Suuuperr boozy. Smells a little better after it has some time to dry down but like no banana whatsoever. If you want banana try Demeter's banana flambee instead

This smells like a banana that has something severely wrong with it like someone soaked it in lethal chemicals it actually scares me a little 😭

Calming vanilla, tonka bean and cinnamon. Good but boring

opens with a spiced boozy rum that quickly turns into a caramelized banana bread note; the heart of this sits a bit as a rum soaked banana bread loaf...but the dry down is where this falters heavily. this gives off the scent of a hamster cage...and I don’t know if the tonka bean helps at all to balance out that animalic accord in the base. It just smells like earthy, animalic, hay? there’s no remnants of the smooth rum or the bready caramel or sweet bananas whatsoever, it’s just a synthetic herbal overtly earthy mess. had high hopes for this and wanted to believe ppl dissing this were wrong...but alas this scent is terrible.

came for a sweet banana bread type of scent, after the first 10 15 minutes banana is unnoticeable and you are left with an overdose of synthetic cinammon and spice, a harsh strong scent 2/10 price is ridiculous for this smell

Was really excited for this one. Unfortunately the banana note disappeared quickly on my skin and it turned medicinal. Be mindful of how skin chemistry will react.

The first impression was 80% banana, 20% rum, but it rapidly faded to 100% rum. I prefer not to smell like I’ve had too much to drink so it’s not for me.

Whoa. Crazy overripe syrupy banana and dark dirt and spices...cough syrup too? Unique but not something I’d want to keep smelling

Long lasting, moderate projection. Smells of cherry chapstick. Poorly made imo. No banana bread at all. Huge letdown.

The banana note lasts less than a minute, then it turns into a twin of Drunk Maple, aka the burnt sugar mess. Meh.

banana cough syrup. too artificial banana-y to convince me this reminds me of a banana bread.