Eau Moheli

I love Diptyque, the branding, the products, everything they do I am an absolute sucker for, I own various scents from this house and I like that within their impressive range of scents, there is something for everyone. I'm yet to sniff a Diptyque that I've disliked and Eau Moheli is no exception to this. From the first spray, Eau Moheli had me hooked, it is a perfect blend of freshness, greeness and lightness, yet it also contradicts all of these by being warm, balmy and slightly oily to my nose. The opening is so amazing, its like a ylang-ylang rocket thats powered by pink peppercorns; the ylang-ylang in here is still attached to the tree, so there are some noticeable green nuances while the pink pepper gives some pop and brightness, some fizz if you will. After the opening act, Eau Moheli begins to bloom, warm like the sun yet with the freshness of a sea breeze on a hot day, there is a "humid" accord in Eau Moheli, its not aquatic but it feels like when you stand near the sea on a hot day. After a good 3 hours, Eau Moheli retains its humid breeze accord but becomes quite oily yet doesn't feel cloying or thick, ginger gives some heat to the base while vetiver stops the ginger from becoming to hot, it feels like a steamy summer evening, yet at the same time its refreshing and reviving. The silage and longevity are great, I get about 6-7 hrs on my skin from 4 spritzes with a light bordering on moderate silage, its totally office safe and could work really well year round, its a * perfect * scent IMO. Eau Moheli is like the "Anti-Bronze Goddess", its summery and tropical but without the coconut/Hawaiian tropic vibes and the cloying sweetness (though, I will admit in Bronze Goddess' defence, it is very good, but when its been done bad, its pretty bad!). This along with Magnolia Nobile is how I want to smell all summer. I love it and will repurchase again and again and again.

I see people either waxing poetic for the fragrance or hating on it. It's amusing to me to see people's perception of ylang in here. I've always very much disliked most fragrances with either ylang, jasmine and/or tuberose. The tropical floral trifecta. The reason being is that none of them smells like how they actually smell. They're often too pungent and screechy. I grew up in Indonesia and my family is Javanese. In many traditional processions, including, and primarily, weddings, these florals are heavily used in so many ways. As part of decor, part of the outfit of the bride and the groom and their respective party, part of the processions, etc. I grew up with the smell of the fresh flowers (or the petals) filling up an entire room or studio. Eau de Moheli is exactly that fresh ylang smell I grew up with. And that's why I love it a lot. I find myself not seeking particular complexity of a fragrance, particularly ones to wear in warm/hot weather. This really fits the bill for me for hot weather. Something that I want to bring with me and wear for summer trips. I discovered this only last fall and was waiting for months to get it for the warm weather. It's finally here and plus, husband and I are going back to Mexico (his home country) and we're planning to rent a villa by the sea with his family (his are vaccinated and we should also get the jab this summer), so I'm definitely getting this and taking this with me.

My bias is wearing Diptyque Eau Moheli. I just have to have it. Been eyeing the brand for a while but dang... It's so expensive (being niche and all). Now I got my excuse to try it. With expectation sure, because of the price and the trust I put on my bias' judgment (Versace Dylan Blue is so pleasant, yea). This scent is so brilliant, it's gorgeous. It smells exclusive. It's not generic but also somewhat basic. I don't get this kind of scent from my other perfumes. This perfume does smell like a flower but sweeter. Somehow this scent reminds me of wedding invitation papers? The expensive ones. I think I would prefer this scent for night occasion (albeit quite nice for day time usage also). This perfume scent-wise is also in my top three, alongside Kenzo World Intense and Elie Saab Le Parfum. Because I love sweet scents (honey, vanilla, plum, woody). Sillage is moderate. Though I do hope that it could give better performance. Because the scent fades after 4 hours and Narciso Rodriguez for her could do a better job (for me). However, if you don't mind reapplying (like I usually do) then it wouldn't be a bother.

I couldn't wait to try it out! Finally got a sample and I must say it IS gorgeous. Diptyque is my favourite fragrance house - full of beautiful, natural scents. However I have to say that to me Eau Moheli is the sexiest and the most exotic scent done by Diptyque so far. It's pure expensive, exotic summer in a bottle, full of warm, sunny ylang ylang and florals balanced by sexy incense, fresh pepper and sunny benzoin. It is balmy yet still fresh. It's warm. It's sexy! Not your typical, warm exotic scent. A totally new take of ylang-ylang. What comes to mind when I smell this is a 5 star holiday in Madagascar, full of wonderful adventures in the sun. I agree with prettyswag - there is some rasta vibe to it... If I were to compare it to something I would say that this is the sexy, exotic version of Do Son. If Do Son was an elegant, spring-like, high fashion girl wearing white dresses and floral blazers, Moheli would be her fun, tan sister with curly hair who wears stunning maxi dresses.

I just blind bought a second hand bottle of Eau Moheli EDT by Diptyque on ebay. It is one of the original tall bottles, not the classic oval shape that it comes in now. Eau Moheli is not a disappointment! The opening has a strong linden blossom note with pepper, not necessarily ginger. After 30 seconds, the florals go through a menthol phase that lasts for a few of minutes on my skin. After that, the fragrance settles down into a mild ylang/linden blossom soap that has been stored next to incense. There is something about Eau Moheli that reminds me of Orpheon, which makes sense because the nose behind both fragrances was Olivier Pescheux. The notes are completely different, but I can tell that both are from the same universe. Performance on my skin is poor, 2 hours at best. I wish Eau Moheli was released in EDP concentration. It needs more of the buttery lotion feel in the base, not additional sweetness, but overall, I really like this--one of my favorite releases from the house!