Baní

My third sampling of Day Three Fragrances is Bani, a fresh, tropical, fruity/floral blend that’s brightly delighting from its onset and remains so into the dry down, with robust notes of mango, orange, bergamot, jasmine, magnolia, coconut, papaya, with the fruits handing off the lead role to the florals from the top to the heart, and then eventually giving way to a dry down of sugarcane, sandalwood, and musk. It’s really superb, one of the best executions of a realistically fruity/floral blend with just with the right amount of greenness to make it seem realistic but not take away from the edibility of it. I really love both the opening and dry down phases alike, and it performs quite well for a freshie, a great version of a “fruit salad” (not solely mango or citruses, even—there could be some other stuff in there, to my nose) -type fragrance with florals, woods, and musk to add some sophistication and roundedness. Bani is EDP concentration and is pried at $225/130/35 for 100/50/10ml, roughly the same as the other fragrances in the house, very reasonable in my opinion, and is sold through the house website. I’m continuing to enjoy sampling this house and look forward to me. 8 out of 10

This opens with a gorgeous photorealistic smell of green mango with the leaves still attached, freshly plucked off the tree and hints of juicy orange. There’s a slight aromatic freshness here thanks to the mango leaf, and the sweetness here is subtle, and in no means strong. The heart of this introduces some creamy coconut blended with sweet and slightly heady white florals. The jasmine and magnolia shine the most, the mango still present. It smells like fragrant flower bushes with mango trees nearby. There’s a hazy muskiness present from start to finish as well. The base of this feels like a tranquil calm of powdery woodiness and earthy naturalistic sugar cane. This is in no means gourmand or sugary sweet, this is raw sugar cane with a creamy green earthiness to it, hints of fruity florals lingering. This is a unique take on a tropical fragrance that I think works beautifully.

A feast of sweet and juicy slices of mango, passionfruit, and various citrus' on the back porch of your hotel room. The smell of the clean white flowers and cedar chip mulch planted around the hotel caught in the coastal breeze. Life is good. Man this is some good stuff, I've been looking for a true mango fragrance forever now and I am so glad I found this. Off first spray this is a bright, sparkly blast of sweet and bitter citrus with juicy and super sweet mango. It is so delicious yet still so fresh, this is the kind of fragrance that puts a smile on anyone's face. Then creamy coconut milk and clean white florals come through. After this powerful the delectable and sultry cousin of "Del Mar" by this same house. This is vacation in a bottle. Room filler off first spray but sits within arms reach after the blast and sticks on me a really nice time for a summer fragrance 9/10

I definitely get the mango leaf as advertised. It's not at the forefront as you'd think, it opens with the mango leaf and citrus. The coconut note is present throughout, and my god what a beautiful symphony it is. Just like with VIW, you have that beautiful coconut and fruit scent. However, the underlying musk makes this a step above VIW in my opinion, and for a fraction of the price I'll be looking at getting 1-2 full bottles when they have a sale. Compared to VIW, this feels clean, refreshing and ultimately more versatile as it doesn't smell purely like a vacation. I have the sampler set and will be going through the rest this month, this is my first scent from the house I've worn the sample through (2ml).

Imagine fruit salad. You know that stuff that’s served at grandma’s house in the middle of summer during a cookout. Then. Imagine the same instance but you’re in the Caribbean. Fruit salad but all the fruits are different than what this Ohio native is used to. It’s not too sweet which is why it can lean masculine. Not too many white florals. Once again this pulls it unisex or slightly masculine. Some sort of peppery note, very light but again pulling it slightly masculine. This is not Erba Pura or Accento Overdose. No scratchiness. The coconut is subdued enough to not stink like a tanning salon. So good and can’t wait to wear it in the heat of summer.

I really love this. Reminds me of sniffing a green mango while walking through the jungle. Green, luscious, with hints of floral drifting in and out. This impresses me as both masculine and feminine. I don't want to say unisex because I think it really is both. Yes, I understand the def of unisex, but I prefer masculine and feminine in this one case Just wish it lasted longer... I wish it played out more slowly. Maybe I'll try again in summer. Maybe I'll get 50ml I'll have to think. But I would pay a lot more if it had a little more sillage and longevity. Really nice juice!

This scent feels like I am on vacation in the tropics surrounded by warmth and mangos. The best way to describe it is invigorating fresh without being overly sweet mango. It’s so refreshing to have a different take on mango that doesn’t just overload the sugar. There is a little contrast with the freshness of the mango leaf. The musk is soft and not overpowering. This is the epitome of summer in a bottle. Artistic but refined and extremely wearable. Easy to wear day, night, warm, cold, all around perfection.

This perfume is soooo good. It's the skin of a green unripe mango, soaked in sweet coconut milk, with hints of freshly squeezed Orange juice amongst the base of a ripe papaya. I would even wear this throughout the fall. Such a unique, fresh, yet bodeline Gourmand scent. Favorite from the sample pack, and looking to get a full bottle. Just yum. It's accords are balanced in the sense that it's sweet but not too much, earth, musky, fruity, citrusy, etc in just the right amount. I'm truly impressed.

I got the discovery set. This is shades of, and must be inspired by Annick Goutal.. absolutely beautiful. It smells like sables and nuit etoilee had a baby! Wonderful stuff. Definitely a sexy sexy scent. I don't like to label everything as sexy, but this is that! Papaya, magnolia, and bergamot run rampant. Vegetal, fresh, sweet. The sweet is NOT over bearing! Wow. This is after 20 minutes on wrist. A+ from D3F!

Not sure why this isn’t ranked higher, this is a great blend! It delivers quite nicely, the fruit smells are very realistic, with absolutely no synthetic hits at all. It has many layers and you can almost smell them all as it dries down, although I would say my nose gets more of the Bergamot and wild orange strongly at the beginning. This house is making really great perfumes!

As someone that loves mangos and heard this was mango heavy with the fruit, leaves and even sugar cane I knew I had to get my nose on this. This is a great tropical fragrance that immediately makes me reminisce being by the water in Miami. Love at first sniff and definitely getting a full bottle of this as well

This is a bright cheerful mango and floral musky fragrance with great longevity and easy reach. Can’t wait for the weather to warm up again. I’ll be wearing this through spring and summer

barely ripe mango with citrus and a creamy coconut that dries down into an earthy musk, amazingly delicious scent and exactly as described. the mango almost ripens more as it dries down.

It's like stop in town buy a bag of mangos banilejos and eat it at the beach specially if you use bani oil first, you can't get better than that

Magical, angelic, high quality, artisanal and very unique. I am loving this house and their profiles.

Very close mango note to citizen jack parfum. Solid

I got a few good wearings while I was in Florida in 70/80 degree weather. This is a sweet mango scent that has hints of coconut and a nice dose of a sweet sugar cane accord that is addictive. Like I stated in a prior review this is on the verge of sun tan lotion in mildly warm weather (50-60) but in actual hot weather this smells more like an actual fragrance to me. This sat close to my skin and my wife confirmed as she needed to come close to get a smell of the scent but it lasted over 12 hours on my skin and until the next day on clothing. This is with a hefty amount of sprays (10-12) from a 10ml decant sprayer. This would be great for close encounters in warm weather with its average/ intimate sillage. I like this one a lot I just wished it pushed a little better but it's fine for what it is. If your into semi sweet scents I would give this a try. A little pricey for a full 100ml bottle but the blend and the quality is very nice I should add. Very much sample worthy.

Another sample I've sprayed on from their discovery set and it is still delightful. Another really beautifully and well crafted fragrance. It isn't for me as I do not care much for mango, but this comes off like a fresh clean linen with a high grade laundry detergent and fabric softener. Thats the vibes I get. Fresh, clean, fruity and floral. It leans feminine to me but can be worn by men as well... so Unisex to Femme. I like it, but it isn't something for me to reach for. Another great fragrance by this house.

This one is amazing off the rip. As I get into the far dry down it's reminding me of tanning lotion in a way. Which reminded me why I don't really get into fragrances with coconut in them. If they could capture the first hour and bottle it Id buy a 5 gallon. I will come back after a few more wearings for a proper review. It's a love that dried down to a like.

Nice inoffensive Lotion/Shampoo smell that is enjoyable during the spring and summer. I get the coconut, bergamot, sugar cane combo off rip with a nice green soapy element incorporated into the fragrance. On initial spray, it seems like the sillage and longevity will be good compared to other fragrances in this scent profile.