Pandan

This has one of the BEST coconut milk notes I’ve ever smelled in a fragrance, the perfumer really nailed the lactonic facets of coconut milk down to a t! This opens with a fluffy bread aroma similar to a loaf of milk bread paired with a gorgeously smooth, sweet, and milky coconut milk note. It’s fresh, it’s light, it’s sweet, and pairs so well with the fluffy bread note. The heart of this is a pandan bomb but in a good way, it’s sweet, vanilla-esque, but with fresh greenness to it and a smooth powdery sandalwood. The dry down keeps that pandan but amps up the vanilla aspect with a lovely vanilla waffle note that feels just as fluffy as the bread from the opening. The pine resin in this keeps things really fresh and light and adds a bit of woodiness even to the dry down. This is definitely a gourmand but it never feels too sweet or even too foody, the freshness and green accords really round things out

Opens with a complex grassy note which quickly gives way to sweet vanilla-y bread and a coconut milk only noted for its richness and not for any overt coconut aroma. Instead of giving simple baked goods, this perfume is elevated by the pandan's delicate mingling with the sandalwood and pine resin notes. Each ingredient is perfectly measured. You get comfort and softness from the gourmand notes and a perfectly integrated freshness from the woody and grassy notes. This perfume is intriguing and chic while also feeling like a hug. There need not be a pandan perfume made after this. It is perfect. It took me one sniff of the sample (I must commend d.grayis' wonderful customer experience in how they package their samplers and scent cards) to order a full bottle. I am surprised by the review which said it was cloying. Unless you are sweating sugar, I do not see how that could be possible.

Obsessed. The first few minutes open with the savory & sweet buttered toast with sugar that my mom made for me every morning before elementary school. As it dries down you get this addictive, comforting grassy green sweet note from pandan. I am not a huge fan of eating coconut fruit and any coconut scented things (remind me of sunscreen). Yet pandan is grassy floral forward and the sandalwood comes through with a creamy base that isn't too lactonic and that doesn't make me nauseous. (Bianco Latte was offensive, I had to wash it off) This is an intimate, edible, creamy grassy sweet and savory hug. I love Diptyque l'eau papier. This is like a sweet nutty green floral version of that.

Ugh I love this. It's my favourite d.grayi perfume, if I had to choose one. Doesn't smell like a photorealistic pandan to me; moreso a freshly baked pandan waffle. It's sweet but not too sweet/sticky, it's musky and warm without being suffocating and it's got just a hint of green earthiness that can still make it suitable for warmer weather. I love that it also sticks well to my clothes too.

I just tried my sample of this and smells just like a pandan waffle, i’m absolutely in love. also the coconut is done beautifully in this fragrance it has a very nutty quality with the slightest bitterness that doesn’t make this fragrance too sweet. it is still a gourmand but it’s fluffy and light and can’t stop sniffing. I have yet to try it on my skin but currently addicted!