Friction for Her

Fluffy-Creamy Vanilla-Coconut & White-Floral with Piña Colada & Sunscreen Accents... I came back to this one after a long while and it's so much stronger & lovelier than it was. The performance has really improved, and the notes seem better blended and fuller & creamier. It's fairly linear, but I'll do my best to describe what I get. On opening, there's a fluffy vanilla-coconut blended with white-floral & musk. The white-florals here have fluffy, creamy & powdery facets, with faint sunscreen tones in the background. There's a fruity accent here that's listed as red-berries, but I get something close to pineapple. For me the sandalwood, amber, vetiver & woodsy notes function like base notes to support and sustain the fluffy coconut-vanilla & white-floral. After a half hour or so, the caramel accord (listed in main accords) brings a rum vibe, and altogether I get something near a Piña Colada, but this is sweeter, and I imagine something more like a fluffy vanilla cupcake with shredded pineapple baked in, and topped with buttercream icing dipped in coconut (in other words a Piña Colada cupcake). Contrast to Coconut Hibiscus Bodycology: These are different, but the scent profile is similar to Coconut Hibiscus Bodycology, although this is fluffier, creamier and more vanillic. Contrast to Yara Lattafa: Again these are different, and Yara is thicker with the lactonics and leans strawberry. However, there's a similar vibe once this has aged, with fluffy creaminess and fruit & sunscreen accents. Yara outperforms. Performance is now average or slightly above average, and the projection is better than what it's rated, although it requires dark storage after the first sprays. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

@Nataliemarie you may just have a bad batch or need a new bottle. You can find this fragrance for under $10 usually. I've owned like 13 bottles of this fragrance I love it and works so incredibly with my skin chemistry people say it smells like a sweet coconuty Pina colada of sorts with out the alcohol 🍸 but having owned so many bottles I can tell you I have had 2 bottles I bought one second hand and one from retailer and they did NOT smell right at all one I remember smelled sharp missing the sweet spun sugar and creamy milky coconut. The other one had this strange plastic or like artificial smell it reminded me of when something is in a plastic baggie too long it starts to absorb the taste of the plastic baggie like a cookie being in a baggie starts to taste like plastic ...thats what the smell reminded me of...I obviously pitched both and got another bottle used second hand and it was that delicious sweet creamy milky coconuty cocktail scent that I love!...just mind your bottles guys! I don't think this perfumes shelf life is very long unless stored very particular. But being this perfume is cheap not having a long shelf life is so worth the smell. The bottle I'm on now I've had over a year and I purchased it second hand. I got kinda burnt out of coconut for a bit so haven't reached for it...usually it would be used up by now. My fragrances are all on a shelving unit in my closet (no windows nor steam) and this bottle is perfectly fine I just sprayed it to check lol. So if you not getting the delicious smell it maybe your bottle has gone bad...

I am so-so pleased with this one! This is exactly what I was looking for: a nice summery scent. To my nose, it smells like vanilla, pineapple and coconut. Pina Colada goodness! I found my summer signature! Update: Now that I have been wearing this for a while, combined with its lotion and on its own as well, I have to say, this fragrance is far more nuanced than I initially thought. I thought it was just a feel-good scent, sweet and girly - and yes it is all that. BUT. I don't know if I'm imagining this, but I swear, lately, in the dry-down stages (4 hours+), especially when wearing the fragrance with its own lotion underneath, I smell much more complexity. The sweetness is very much toned down by this point and the base notes come out to play: lovely rich woods, peppery vetiver and smooth amber - all blending seemlessly into a very feminine and elegant scent. Yes, the fragrance isn't loud by this point, but if a lover were to lean close to you, they could definitely pick up on it. This a happy and sweet scent that turns into something much darker and richer with time. Sort of like a person dropping there facade; at first it makes you believe that it is sweet and simple, but then you find out that they are captivating, and intriguing mix of light (amber, vanilla) and shadow (vetiver, brazilian rosewood); masculine and feminine. I definitely don't regret buying this one. So much intrigue, well concealed!

Warm, soft, sweet vanillary coconut. If that's something you enjoy, THIS is a flawless execution and a gamechanger at the price. On my skin, this opens similar to the bottle: just honeysuckle and coconut. The honeysuckle dominates, but it fades fairly quickly. Once it clears, this perfume is all about the sweetened cream of coconut with vanilla. From the woody notes, the most prominent on me is the sandalwood, it addd depth to the fragrance and keeps it from being an a run-of-the-mill edible gourmand. It is soft and feminine and warm. Straightforward, yet complex. It has the oddest sillage. It lasts on me a good 24 hours, which is amazing on its own, but on top of that, it "builds" on the skin, and so the more I wear it, the more the coconutty base clings to me. I've never encountered this kind of sillage on a cheap fragrance. The projection, though, is very soft. Definitely a hug fragrance. Considering warm scents can become cloying when they fill a hot room, this fragrance is great for summer days at the office. I've worn it to bed too, and it is quite sexy. So cozy, and comforting. I'm currently obsessed with this for the summer.

For $15 (AUD) you really can’t go wrong. It doesn’t last long but I guess that comes in the price - I layer it with The Body Shop’s Vanilla or coconut both make the scent much more yummy and lactonic + really helps the staying power. The scent itself is lovely and inoffensive. Very Pina Colada with the Pineapple note shining through from first spray to Drydown, the coconut leans the furthest in the back for me with the florals coming through strong with the pineapple. Good all round scent I like this one for work or after training/gym - very summery and fresh while still sweet. It leans towards a younger audience but I feel any age can wear this as well. Over all a safe blind buy if you like pineapple, tropical and beach scents - it gives me summer vacation vibes reminiscent of eating a coconut ice cream with lots of pineapple syrup at a resort pool or beach. Best for summer but definitely would work year round. The only con I really get from this is it shows up a little herby on my skin but it’s pretty over powered by the pineapple and florals - staying power is not too much of a problem when considering the price.