Los Angeles

Los Angeles is an unusual, compelling take on a tropical floral scent. Creative yet cohesive, it combines bubblegum-y tuberose with juicy pineapple and camphorous herbal notes with a pinch of salt. Attention-grabbing but wearable, it is exactly the kind of scent that piques my interest - and I'm not a big pineapple fan. LA opens with juicy pineapple, equal parts sweet and fresh. The eucalyptus is present from the beginning, its green camphor enhancing the tropical fruitiness. The tuberose emerges after a little while, grounding this scent with its smooth, floral sweetness. It is a clean tuberose with bubblegum nuances. As it develops, the pineapple subsides, but the camphor lingers, enhanced by aromatic herbal notes, becoming more pine-like as this scent progresses. The salty marine accord emerges here, adding freshness while remaining on-theme. In the later stages, powdery, herbal narcissus joins the tuberose. The dry, woody base emerges as it dries down, marrying nicely with the greenness that imbues this scent. There is a dirty earthiness to LA at this point that grounds this scent beautifully, like damp soil mixed with dry herbs. The smooth tuberose lingers, keeping things balanced with its sweetness. It becomes softly musky as it fades, aromatic until final fade. Sillage and longevity are moderate. It is unisex, despite its sweetness, and is a spring/summer scent. I'm a sucker for a tuberose scent, and always appreciate an original approach as is the case here. Cohesive and wearable despite its unusual, complex composition, LA's playful creativity pays off. To me, LA lives up to its name, being a deceptively laid-back scent with a coastal theme that manages to be artistic and truly unique. One of the best Gallivants. 4.5/5.

I absolutely love this fragrance. When I first sampled, I thought it was too sweet for my taste, but yet I kept wanting to smell it, and it stayed in my mind after wearing. The more I wore it, the more it revealed a variety of different notes. The smoke started to come out (although very subtle, in the background), and I started to smell the ocean/aquatic notes after a couple hours. This is a very casual fragrance and yet subtly sophisticated - in a chill, California vibe kinda way lol The sweetness in this is a pineapple, a fruity sweet... not at all overbearing. Quite soft. I am someone who normally wears dry woody fragrances like CDG Hinoki, so I generally don’t like sweet. But for whatever reason, this works for me, and I now have a bottle that I reach for quite often. This to me is perfect to wear with a pair of vans and a brightly colored hoodie :) Highly recommend, but would try before buying, and definitely wear a few times to get the full experience.

It's a fascinating and quite potent scent. I really like it. I have a job trying to pick out notes. I definitely get the fruity/sweet/tangy pineapple then I get the curious papyrus note. Papyrus and I have a love hate relationship. I actually like it in Los Angeles. The aromatic eucalyptus and cade come through. There is definitely a smokiness care of the gauiac wood. I find the tuberose hard to pick out. I will guess the narcissus and sage provide a wee bit of edge. It does evolve down to a complicated sweet, herbally wood scent. Does it conjure up a vision of Los Angeles? I have no idea. It could easily be a city in Oz. I've got to admit I wish the eucalyptus and tuberose hung around longer but that's just me. It's a perfectly unisex scent. It does come over as a touch tangy, exotic and laid back. One to wear at a bbq. It's for me definitely a cool weather scent. I'm impressed about the sillage and longevity in this cold room.

Have you seen the movie 'Pacifiction'? To me, this perfume smells like being inside the film. The tropical sweetness of the pineapple, plus the earthy tuberose and the lingering salty notes. There are some notes of eucalyptus and sage that are very present on the sample paper but that my skin eliminates completely. Instead, Los Angeles quickly adopts a very sexy profile as it sits quite close to the skin. Even on opening, the pineapple never becomes overpowering or too sweet, but a regulator for the fragrance's fresher elements. As time goes on the freshness gives way to a light smokiness and more notes of cypriol oil. Which is to say, it only gets sexier. To me, wearing this carries the image of dancing under the neon lights of an island club. It is a uniquely balanced perfume. It has all the elements that could make it a crowd pleaser, and still feels like a well-kept secret.

The initial opening is a gnarly mossy green wall, and right behind it is the whisper of that waxy sweet floral aquatic. I kept smelling the opening just for that very faint whiff of the spa like magical serene scent in the back, hoping that it would come through more strongly throughout the dry down. Luckily, I was right. That pungent earthy green is first to go, and Los Angeles settles into a calming addictive summery scent. It smells like walking into a high end gallery on a far away coastal town, brimming with unapologetically rough greens and the backdrop of vacation scent candles and surf wax. It's as if there's the suggestion of coconut in here, but it's too sophisticated. I love it. Edit: Tried my sample again and this time the Pineapple was way more noticeable in the opening. It overpowered the eucalyptus for 5-10 minutes and the overall longevity was not as strong.