Southern Bloom

Had to come by & leave some love for Southern Bloom, it’s a bit polarizing lol I don’t feel it’s generic at all, in fact the opposite! Both my friend & I found it stunning, wearable, incredibly long lasting & intense; we both fell in love & bought fsb after sampling a fewX. Def worth the $ imo. Generally a woody floral, but with a bit of sweetness from the coconut=elevated but not tropical. Jasmine is present but not cloying; Ylang is prominent & creamy next to a gorgeous powdery iris. Musk, sandalwood, amber & vetiver help to deepen & ground the frag while the Cassis lends a bit of tart fruit or dark berries/grape which beautifully compliments the powdery woody florals. The apparently rare Brown Boronia is prob what makes this so unique to my nose & differentiates it from other florals... it’s BEAUTIFUL going on and just gets more intense & magical the longer I wear it. Goldfield & Banks clearly uses high quality ingredients bc the longevity is extraordinary. Sampled w 1/2 pump & was eternal. Like ALL day... 12+ hours for both of us & remained fragrant & potent throughout. Plus sillage RADIATES... 2-4 full sprays would be plenty. Literally an aura of fragrance trails around you. The scent hits every time you move & just breathing feels like a pastime, every inhale comes with a little gift, I could smell this forever! It lingers like those cartoon vapor clouds à la pies on a windowsill. Outstanding performance, one of the best. Evolves beautifully too but still maintains its unique dna. 4-6 hrs it matures into a dynamic, luxurious powdery floral. Not as deep/sultry etc as TF velvet orchid (which I love), def diff enough to own both. And the dark purple juice is too perfect. One of the most impressive frags I’ve come across re scent, performance, quality etc. already in my top. *Also tried Velvet splendor, Sunset Hour, Silky Woods & Bohemian Lime. eh... imo they don’t compare & I still like SB best.

Southern Bloom is for me, overall, and as i have writen un the title, a superb flowery fragrance. The scent here is very natural and really...just great. The flowers shine un this perfume. What se find here the most is Boronia. I havent seen before this flower and i dont know how It smells but i think It must be something similar to an orchid since i get something like this un the mix. Them a very rich iris, more in the líne of Dior homme than un the líne of iris des champs, a very powdery iris with the make Up vibe and not a fresh and vright iris. At the same time the Jasmine gives some dirty character to the perfume what is really cool. What is weird is that I feel something like honey here but probably would be the ylang ylang with the coconut and the blackberries. The opening is amazing, very dense and intense and attending to that It could be for sure one of my favourite perfumes. But thwn, after half an hours more or less, It becomes much more subtle and soft and adquiring a very short distances projection. The longevity is good but not also a beast. Therefore I find It a perfume more for warm days and probably better for daytime. I think It is totally unisex but men Who are afraid of flowers...please avoid It! :) Scent: 9 Longevity: 8 Sillage: 6 Quality/price: 5 Versatility: 8.5 Originality: 8 Global: 8.5

"Buy Ingenious Ginger, Buy Pacific Rock Moss" how about Southern bloom??? "Nooo its to feminine, the floral scent is nothing for my masculine appearance" Southern Bloom shows off, that floral scents are possible for men, even tho that women and men's fragrances are mostly just marketing. Making it one of my favorites scents that are unique, since no one else might wear this well at least know about it. Its also one of my most versatile fragrances, its very good in Spring matching the floral time of the year, for Autumn adding with the Sandalwood and Ember same for winter time and the summer? Perfect in summer evenings out, making it a really versatile fragrances. Why not stand out? Stop with only buying the mainstream stuff, learn about other perfumes from one brand that others might not even know about. I searched up for one and came across Southern Bloom, not finding any reviews on TT (oh wow really tt? let me be). I also blind bought this, since the notes catched my interest, trying out this floral scent and see there I fell in love with it. If you feel bold, wanting to try something knew, this is your scent. Is it BB safe as a man? No, regarding the price and special scent. I will always now protect my floral scents, making it a unique fragrance in my collection :)

Firstly, thank you to hblakes70 and Blossomlove for sticking it to FORAND for such a misogynist, ageist, AWFUL “review”!!! Secondly, I LURRRVE Southern Bloom!!! This is probably my favorite of all the Goldfield and Banks perfumes I've tried - and I've tried and owned quite a few, including Ingenious Ginger, Pacific Rock Moss and Sunset Hour, but that beautiful powderiness in Southern Bloom has me swooning every time I spray. It gives it a vintage touch and I've become such a sucker for this kind of scent, I fall in love easily with the powder prominent perfumes. What makes Southern Bloom unique, though, is the way the powder blends with the tropical notes; the coconut lends a creaminess (but I don't detect the smell of coconut whatsoever --thankfully!) and the ylang ylang and jasmine give it a slightly sweet, tropical vibe, and I've certainly not smelled many 'powdery tropical' perfumes, so this really stands out for me. Southern Bloom is beautifully crafted, very easy to wear with good performance and definitely signature scent worthy! No MATTER your age or gender!

I really enjoy this fragrance and I think any lovers of Alien will also enjoy it (not that it smells the same... but similar vibes and notes). It smells of this delicious blend of jasmine, it has warmth from the ambery and vanilla-like creaminess and then a whisper of woods to create depth and luxury. It's very feminine, sweet yet luxurious and interesting. I can't smell coconut or fruits/mandarin, I can only identify the white florals, warmth, richness and sweet decadence this exudes. There is something very unique about this perfume yet I feel like I've smelt it before... I can't put my finger on what it reminds me of but there IS a perfume it smells identical to I just cannot recall. Any lovers of jasmine and amber scents will love this, it's got the DNA of alien but built entirely differently... the jasmine and amber, that intense aroma, it's simply beautiful and I would rate this very highly! I am sad it doesn't have amazing lasting power on me for what seems like a powerhouse perfume upon first smell!

I looove this scent. It is a heady, tropical white floral scent. I tend to be obsessed with this scent profile so when I sprayed this it smelt amazing!! It is also super strong I smelt it instantly in the air since spraying it on the test strip. I am Aussie but I don’t know what boronia smells like, I don’t know if it’s really featured in this perfume? I get thick white florals especially jasmine with the rich coconut, the other notes are just supportive to my nose. It really is beautiful if you love these type of gardenia/jasmine/coconut scents and the performance seems great, but on the other hand I don’t think this is very unique because I have two other non-niche perfumes which smell VERY similar to this aka SDJ 87 or Recreation Beauty Joyeux (non toxic option- similar but no coconut) . Because of the price and being able to get the same thing for a lot cheaper I don’t know if I would buy a full bottle but I still think this is beautiful and stunning and smells great!

I really love this. When spraying it on my arm I got a huge whiff of powder, so was a little worried that would dominate, but it actually turned into a stunning flower bomb. I don’t know boronia, and at first I thought this smelled like a lot of other floral fragrances I’ve tested recently, but then there is definitely something unique. I like the initial sharpness, it’s a really fresh floral, but it does feel a little disjointed at first, and I can’t work out why. After half an hour or so it settled and softened and then I got the creamy powder with a bit of vanilla, which balances out the freshness and is thankfully not very sweet to my nose. It makes more sense now. I’ll see how it lasts, but I think this is a really great all-rounder, can see it any time of the year, day or night. I just plumped for a sample, but if I still like it on a second spray could very well see myself buying a bottle. I don’t have anything else like it.

I live in Tasmania so was keen to try this given the boronia is harvested from nearby beautiful Bruny Island. It’s such a unique and intriguing fragrance and I’d encourage others to test it a few times - while I wasn’t sure at first, I’ve had this for a month now and have grown to really enjoy it. The sillage is excellent and I’ve had compliments from my family members today wearing this at home. It’s got a vintage floral feeling and moves into a delicious powdery iris fairly quickly on my skin. The coconut is detectable but with this composition doesn’t have a tropical or sunscreen effect, it just adds a dry sweetness. The colour of the juice is true to the Tasmanian boronia flower and I’m so happy to have this in my collection. It’s a fragrant connection to my home state but also one I’ve really come to appreciate in its own right.

Decades ago I managed to smell a fabled flowering potted brown boronia in a plant nursery. I’ve never seen one since. However they are being commercially grown in Tasmania for the essential oil trade. My memory of it is powdery, rosey, very musky sweet and radiant. More of a yellow flower. I swear I can smell it in this classically complex multilayered floral perfume that I have finally sampled then bought. It is rendered modern by quite a strong coconut note which dominates the initial dry down and that’s my favourite part of the scent as it’s quite unusual amongst the contemporary dominant white florals. All in all a delightful feminine perfume that is very wearable and classic and multifaceted without feeling dated.

I have loved ylang ylang since my mother had a small compact of cream perfume in the 70s which I am sure was named just Ylang. That said, I don't find this dated or Grandma-esque! I hate hearing that about a fragrance it's so ageist and stupid. I'm getting a lot of ylang ylang and jasmine but not in a super tropical way despite the coconut being in there. A slight tang - perhaps the mandarin? I cannot distinguish boronia, not knowing how it smells. A pleasant, powdery, exotic floral scent with some vintage vibes - done subtly. One of my favourites from the discovery set. Unlike some of their other fragrances this one doesn't feel limited to Summer. mood : vintage drama, dusky nights

"Southern Bloom" is made from a rare flower that only blooms for a very short time on one tiny island on the other side of the world. I will probably never see this flower in my life. I've also come to understand that this rare flower's oil is the most expensive in the world. Maybe it's that story that makes this perfume seem so opulent and luxurious. Or maybe it really is just a well balanced, beautiful floral smell. Either way, it makes me feel feminine, sophisticated and pampered when I wear it. It's cozy and sexy at the same time. This has become my favorite scent from Goldfield and Banks and I will likely buy a full sized bottle in the very near future.

I've wanted this for 3 years or more. Finally got it and it is so (to me) worth the price point. The longevity makes it worth the money for me; designer fragrances are just as costly and don't last as long. This is a warm floral, which I wear day and night. 1 spray lasts me through a full shift and beyond. My co-workers tell me 'You smell - expensive.' Definitely not going to appeal to everyone, this is very much a niche fragrance. So, if you are curious, I suggest the sample pack to try this and the other Goldfield and Banks fragrances. That's what I did. Only 1 other G&F works for me, but I truly love this one, so will be keeping it.

A very interesting, unique and beautiful scent. I find it hard to describe, it smells "purple" to me probably because of the boronia and iris. The coconut is of a dry coconut flakes kind of smell. I also get wood and musk. If it had a texture it would be lightly velvety, powdery and radiant. It's so beautifully blended. I understand its price tag is because of the boronia which is harder to source. Unfortunately it's longevity is too short lived for me, for the price, and because it's so beautiful I crave for it to last a little longer, and little more longer..

This is by far my most complimented perfume. Even sometimes when I can’t smell it anymore people will tell me I smell amazing. I’m not sure what it is about it, but it’s just such a cozy, clean, floral with a touch of woods and musk. The first few minutes smell like a clean baby diaper, so don’t judge it too quickly, because it does morph into something really nice. I’m still surprised at how much of a crowd pleaser it is. I have over 250 perfumes to choose from and since I’ve got this, I wear it at least once a week. I’m really happy to own Southern Bloom.

An exceptional floral woody fragrance. I use floral first, because it leans floral rather than woody. The iris, jasmine, and boronia really dominate. The initial is almost disconcerting. Very sweet, and the mandarin and coconut almost clash. But it settles within a few minutes into the floral explosion you’d expect. Reminiscent of the Australian Heath, where the boronia comes from. A unique feminine perfume that deserves more hype. Beautiful and nothing I’ve smelt comes close. A real head turner. Lasts 8 hours and projects well for 2-3. 8/10

Beautiful perfumery that leans feminine IMO. It's a sweet jasmine ylang ylang supported by an edible iris powdered coconut, and a smooth sandalwood. Someone said magnolia and it might be in there too. It smells like sweet blooming flowers covered in nectar. This would make an excellent gift for a lady friend and the backstory about the flower, it's price, and rarity makes it something I'd consider buying for a loved one. I'm not sure I can pull this off but don't take my word as gospel; wear what you want. Scent 8/10 Performance 7.5

This is to die for. I had read the notes and wanted to try it for so long but testers were always empty wherever I went. I finally tracked it down and oh my, was it worth the wait. This is a beauty. It's like Velvet Orchid's powdery sister, with a beautiful twist of boronia. If you've ever smelled boronia in bloom you'll get it, it is a gorgeous scent. Absolute best of all this brand's line up, which is a compliment given they have some real hits with Silky Woods and Pacific Rock Moss.

🔹 SOUTHERN BLOOM, for spring 🌻 Starts off with a very bright and fresh white floral aroma coming from boronia flower natively from Australia. Afterwards the ever so slightly indolic jasmine take place in front and center. Soft creamy touch from coconut & ylang ylang start to appear as it develops. It settles into a creamy woody sandalwood base. I love this one a lot because of the cohesive wearing journey.

Not sure about all the weird negative reviews. And certainly not sure about all the misogynist ones. I love this Fragrance. I’ve owned it for a few years now and I always break it out during the spring. I feel like Goldfield and Banks has some unique note specific to Australia and I really appreciate this particular fragrance very feminine and very pretty.

This is just beautiful on my skin. Southern Bloom feels uplifting. This is a well-blended, interesting, unique, and exceptional woody/floral scent. On my skin it lasts about 6h. I find it unisex. Update 11/19/23: Just ordered a full bottle of Southern Bloom, this is amazing on my skin.