Ylang Cananga

I was always an advocate for good ylang fragrances. I love the flowers and adore the scent they give off. Creamy, deeply soothing, sweet and tropical. It came as a surprise when I saw Chloe releasing the new collection. Needless to say I wanted to get my hands on it and I finally did. I tried all 2021 Chloe releases and Ylang quickly became my favourite. Ylang is well known for its soothing properties and in this composition it keeps being calm and well faceted. I have favoured Lorga and Micallef ylang-ylangs in the past. Guerlain's l'Art et Matiere Ylang offering was a neat love for a while too. But then came Chloe and blinded me by the floral creaminess bordering soft indolic edge. Absolute love. It is not monotone ylang essence, opening features something citric but not bitter, mandarin? Base has soft slightly laconic sandalwood. Very well done.

What a gorgeous, fresh, tropical scent. This to me is a happy fragrance. It’s bright and sunny. The ylang-ylang is soft and inoffensive. I blind bought this based on all the ratings I could find and it’s definitely a winner. 10/10 for me. I don’t mind that it doesn’t last long either. For 50ml these bottles are really well priced in my opinion. Love it! So far I have Vanilla Planifolia which is another love, Jasmin which I find is a beautiful refreshing scent, Cedrus which I’m still a bit unsure of, and I’m now awaiting Herba Mimosa and Magnolia Alba to complete all the scents I wanted from this range. I’ve been really impressed with this collection. All the fragrances are light, airy, delicate and feminine. I love that these can be layered to make different scent combinations as well. All of them are perfect for spring and summer.

Just the happiest and most uplifting fragrance I ever tried. Like a nice and beautiful sunny day bottled up. It doesn't smell cloying, dated or artificial at all. It's just the right amount of sweet, clean and fresh, perfect for summer even in the heat. Very feminine and long lasting too. I own and love quite a few ylang dominant perfumes and this one is pretty different and unique, even for a soliflore. Never smelled real ylang ylang flowers, so can't say if Ylang Cananga smells authentic, but to me it feels as if you are sniffing a dandelion flower where yellow pollen was mixed with sweet nectar and a bit of vanilla. It's so gorgeous for being a seemingly simple soliflore. The bottle looks beautiful and the price for 150ml is adequate. Not a fan of the texture of the cap though, feels like a sandpaper or pumice stone.

I adore this fragrance! It is the perfect ylang ylang fragrance and it smells almost identical to the actual flower from the tree, with its buttery, tropical and sweet banana nuances and mesmerizing headiness. I am in heaven! I could not really smell anything but ylang ylang in this and that is exactly what I wanted. For some reason, ylang ylang almost never gets to shine alone and is only the supporting cast to other notes in fragrances. I got a good 8 hours wear and medium sillage from this perfume and I think that it would be great on a woman for a spring or summer day. It is just so feminine, light and joyful like the sun itself 🌞 9/10 from me for Ylang Cananga by Chloé for sure! This is why I bought a full 50 ml bottle of it from David Jones in Sydney. It is up there with Chloé by Karl Lagerfeld for me.

Last May, I visited the garden of my mom's friend, and he gave me a few ylang-ylang flowers. It smelled really good—sweet and slightly powdery. I kept them in my backpack till the end of the trip, and was so sad when they began to wilt. That was when I thought of buying a perfume with the ylang-ylang note. This Ylang Cananga of Chloé smelled at least 95% similar to the ylang-ylang flowers I had back in May, or even almost identical. When the perfume dries down, it reveals a sweet, warm, rich vanilla note, while the fresh flower itself smelled a bit greener. I've been loving this scent lately. It smells feminine, fresh, and somehow uplifting. It's kinda hot here in my city, but the perfume doesn't feel heavy or offensive at all. However, this is not a subtle, soft scent if that's what you're looking for.

Love Tuberose but with Ylang instead of the Tuberose/white florals! There's a bit of citrus in the top notes that give it a fresh effervescence, quickly followed by a skin-salty, ever-so-slightly-sour ylang custard cream. (There's absolutely no camphor, which I love in my ylangs but its absence doesn't hurt this at all) It only lasts about 4 hours on my skin, but much longer on clothes/hair. I was a little concerned it would be too sweet, but it's well balanced and I love it. The sweetness is measured and (the entire cream/sandalwood/cedar base really) very comparable to Love. I'm not sure that it would be a safe blind buy for someone who isn't a ylang fan; but if you love the "custard pudding" style ylangs honestly I say just get it.

I bloody love ylang ylang & this is no brainer. Where has she been all my life?! Floral (duh!), creamy, a little sweet, a little milky, a little nutty and a little woody. A little bit of everything good about ylang ylang. Perfect & beautifully captured. Great projection and longevity for the summer too! Stole my heart in 5 tests. I’m completely feral for this now and I’m not even a floral lady. When I am a mother, this is the scent my kids will remember me by. I will also be wearing this on my wedding day. Please never discontinue!

Sweet and creamy ylang-ylang! Smells like the lobby of a 5-star hotel. And the longevity and projection are quite impressive, especially in hot and humid weather. I wore it during my almost two-day flight from Manila to Sao Paulo, and my friend traveling with me still caught whiffs of it hours after we had settled in our hotel. This layered with Jasminum Sambac reminds me of the sampaguita/jasmine garlands sold outside churches. I love it so much! A successful blind buy for me!

So beautiful! This might be my favourite ylang scent to date. The opening is bright with tuberose or white florals and a hint of something citrusy that quickly gives way to ylang and yellow florals immersed in creamy coconut. It dries down to a powdery aftermath with a long ylang trail that just lasts forever, especially in my hair. A dreamy summer scent.

This has become my favourite ylang perfume at the moment, including Goutal Songes. Nothing scratchy or irking here just a beautiful soft creamy ylang heavy white floral that is not too banana-like, as some ylang scents can be. Very easy go to perfume that never gives me a headache and is never too much, but still noticeable for several hours.

This fragrance can be hard to find, but is absolutely worth it!! This is the very best of all the tropical white florals, in my opinion! I love Oud Juane Intense, Hisbicus Palm, Solie Blanc, and the list goes on.... This is the best. Beautifully blended and just light enough to keep it fresh. I want to bathe in it!

Beautiful light ylang perfume. It's really creamy and it reminds me of ice cream shop smell. I also can smell neroli in it so maybe this pyramid list isn't complete. It's very pleasant ylang perfume that doesn't suffocate. Definitely leans feminine but I don't care. Perfect for spring/summer.

I smell white flower in the opening like jasmine or tuberose just for minutes, then the beautiful Ylang-Ylang with a hint of creamy coconuty and little bit bublegummy in the end. For me it's not suntan lotion vibes. Chloe atelier presents the beautiful realistic side of Ylang-Ylang flower

God I need a full size of this. It’s so simple, realistic, fresh, and sweet. It’s the kind of sweetness that resembles a very light vanilla. This smells like the yellow floral scents you smell in hotels. This would be an amazing layering perfume too because it’s so simple.

Summer in a bottle! Ylang Cananga is not a complex scent, but it takes you to the beach, to tropical destinations. It is not fruity but very floral and tropical and such a beautiful Ylang Ylang scent that can easily be layered with other scents.

Ylang Cananga is blow your mind, eyes roll back, WOW scent. Beautiful, creamy, clean, bright, hypnotic, ylang ylang. I am so glad I purchased this! 💕 (If you liked APOM you will love this. Same kind of ylangylang. not same or similar scent tho)

This is a very unique scent. Very soft smelling if done right and not oversprayed. Very sensual. Very demure scent. The scent stayed with me till the next day. I love layering this with rose based perfumes to make it more beautiful.

This is exactly what I was hoping for! Summer in a bottle! What a beautiful, creamy, happy ylang ylang. It’s very sweet, but I think it wears smoothly. The sweetness can be toned down a bit by layering it with Vanilla Planifolia.

There is no single wilted ylang ylang petal in this perfume; smells of freshly picked flowers only. It's sweet but not cloying and just the right amount of creaminess. Blind-bought with no regrets!

I think this is my holy grail ylang fragrance. Smooth, ethereal, and not cluttered up with other notes usually paired with this floral. So beautiful I ordered a backup immediately.