Banana Flambee

It’s ridiculous to say according to the price I guess but I LOVE IT. I am not really talking about this scent in terms of day to day perfume as long as you don’t want to smell like a literal food but... exactly this: LITERAL food. And also GOOD one. I ordered it hoping for to go back in time to my Mexico summer. I ate there hot banana-caramel-shortbread dessert; small, great restaurant at the beach full of wild crabs. I felt in love with that taste and I missed it so much! Happily this plain bottle become expected to be time travel machine. I am really impressed. For me, this scent have two stages. First one is real life yummy bananas. And then I can fell something what I can imagine can be felt as something synthetic and unpleasant. But not for me. For me is shortbread in its truest shade. Not sugary, bad bakery-ish. Gourmand, classy, SALTY with a perfect pitched note of burned edges. Also that second stage last on my skin really long. I sprayed my wrists while laying in bed before sleeping and next morning it were still with me! Big big big recommendation! <3

In the air, I get a caramelized banana, cognac & banana laffy-taffy, up close on the skin I get cinnamon, vanilla & sugary baked goods. This is a pretty good portrayal of banana flambée, especially in the air, but if you're looking for fresh banana you might be disappointed as this is definitely a cooked one. Up close it does smell like a Demeter gourmand scent with that baked goods accord. I'm not sure how this compares to Ambrosia Imperiale Navitus, but compared to banana scents like Sira des Indes Jean Patou, this is way more gourmand and less balmy/creamy (although there is a little creaminess here from the caramelized banana). It leaves an oily sheen on the skin, like most Demeter scents I've tested, and for an EDC it has excellent performance - on the skin it has good projection for 1-2 hours and lasts about 3-4 hours total. On clothing it lasts a fair bit longer, even detectable the next day a tiny bit. This is for gourmand lovers, as it's sweet gourmand-y deliciousness. Love it.

mmmm BANANA! The banana is really strong, sweet and synthetic at first and reminds me of banana candy...Banana Laffy Taffy. ...But at the same time its totally BANANA BREAD...with the sweet bread and banana bread spices - a little nutmeg like. As it wears there is a sort of delicious flambe cooking banana smell. The scent becomes more creamy banana syrup sweet as it wears and less of the spice notes -- or they are more blended out and its really nice. So the "nutmeg spice" that I pick up on... it's kinda almost a pinch of cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg, but it is NOT too much or too strong. I don't really smell distinctly "oh this is cinnamon." Its very muted/baked in kind of thing. About 2 hours in I was like OMG I smell SO YUMMY! I seriously CRAVED banana something or other! Very nice scent! Love it! I need to re-wear for longevity testing. I know I got at least 4 hours (fell asleep LOL)

As the self-proclaimed queen of artificial banana, I needed to have this in my collection. I FINALLY got this scent for Christmas and on the first spray, I could tell it was exactly what I was hoping for. It is the best kind of artificial banana followed by a tunnel vision to slicing a freshly baked loaf of banana bread in your narcissistic grandmother's kitchen, in the best way possible. About an hour in, it begins to fade like all Demeter fragrances do, but the smell of rummy banana bread still remains. Almost 3 hours later and the scent is still lingering. The scent hasn't changed, just bit more mute, but I do have to put my arm to my nose to get a good smell of it. At this point it is so softly baked into my skin that I am the loaf and the loaf is me.

Every perfume I own by Demeter has been nothing less than the exact replication of the real scent, as close as the nose can get! This one is no exception. It's hard to find any scents at all with banana notes it them, so I was super excited to smell this one when it finally arrived at my house. I literally just sat there and smelled my wrists until I had to leave....It is the perfect balance of sweetness mixed with the REAL scent of banana. The cinnamon and vanilla make it more realistic to use as a perfume, rather than walking around smelling just like a giant banana. I had so many compliments of people who walked past me and asked "what is that amazing banana smell?!". I bought the small .5oz of this, and the second it's gone im buying the big one!!