India Hicks Island Nights

I grew up in the island of Bali and this eau de toilette really reminds me of home, of nights at the beach! For me, in the first whiff I can detect a slight sea salt kind of scent, i cant really describe it but there is this really soft salty scent that I usually smell at the beach.The saltiness only lasts for a couple seconds then it became a subtle background to the dominating soft, floral but still green and fresh scent of the perfume. At the same time, it still carries that tropical, sea-breeze feel throughout. For me it is a one of a kind smell and it is very well made. I am a bit biased though because this smell reminds me of home =) but unless your body chemistry reacts weirdly with it, I doubt anybody would find this scent offensive. My boyfriend also love it, which is another plus. Thank you India Hicks and Crabtree & Evelyn for making this perfume. It is suitable for day or night wear. Very casual, soft smell but elegant and tropical sexy. I just wish it has more lasting power as it is so soft. An eau de parfum version would be nice perhaps? =) (p.s. I dont like the other India Hicks perfume, Island Living, for me it doesn't smell tropical nor island-y. Oh, and I just found out that India Hicks was the bridesmaid of Princess Diana!)

Totally lovable thing. Nothing screechy-sickly-synthetic at all. Natural, deep, evocative, way better than I have imagined, while going for this blind buy. Slightly heavy aroma of exotic flowers, that settles on a hot sand mixed with ocean breeze, just like the sun, that rolls behind the horizon line. This perfume smells of dusk and sunset, of ripped fruits and palm-trees, of fresh wind within the orchids. It is not the fragrance for wearing with shorts and flip-flops, - for that we have vanilla-coconut concoctions, but Island Nights is for casual-smart evening style on vacations, walking towards the ocean after dining at a fancy place, wearing long summer dress and holding heels in your hand already, total relaxation in elegance of nature, while rainstorm is approaching.

I have many tropical scents, and India Hicks Island Nights is unique in my collection. It's not a bikini beach coconut vanilla or an indolic white floral bomb. It is softly ozonic and romantic. Very much a deep indigo island night. After a brief sharp opening, a tart juicy purple berry sweetens and deepens as a lightly salty ozonic accord comes forward. This is not salty skin, but rather soft salty air, infused with dark tropical fruits and flowers. Green palm fronds sway in a gentle breeze scented by orchids and violets. It is a stroll in the soft night air, holding hands with your love, enjoying the moment together just as it is right now, without worries for the future or regrets of the past. It is a moment in time, as fleeting and as eternal as an island breeze.

DISCONTINUED! WHYYYY WHYYY CRABTREE & EVELYN WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!! Anyway, I was eyeing this bottle of perfume last year, telling myself that I'd get it once my current perfume ran out. My nose wasn't trained back then but this perfume smelt...luxurious. Floral, magical, and seductive are words to describe this beauty. I want it back. Bring it back C&E! I never got the chance to buy a bottle. *devastated*

This scent is really special, enchanting and mysterious, yet super pleasant. Most fragrances that people describe as "mysterious" smell too spicy and too pepperish to me, That's why this one is something far unique. According to Basenotes it is discontinued :( Can anyone think of something identical?