Dirty Coconut

This brand uses all natural ingredients the way they used hundreds of years ago. I have the opinion that tons of coconut fragrance’s smell weird, synthetic even if they’re natural and this is one example. Have you ever smelled your coconut oil in its raw form. It smells waxy, fatty, almost fake. I mean it creates a waxy solid even in its oil form. Plus coconut can smell so different in it’s different forms: toasted coconut, coconut water, coconut milk, coconut husk, oil, green coconut, fresh, sugared... I happen to think this smells like waxy coconut flesh and oil mixed with creamy sandalwood. I love it. Heretic Parfum’s entire brand is that they use all natural ingredients. They literally explain the difference between traditional, clean, and natural (meaning from a natural source and what they claim to entirely use) on their website. None of us are perfumers here wondervalley666 so maybe we should just chill out. So, the review below you didn’t boast NUTHIN. I’m just saying...that’s exactly what THEY (Heretic Parfum) say. All natural oils etc...Plus, anyone around here long enough knows that sometimes the notes up there aren’t always right. But, maybe they’re lying or maybe we don’t know as much as the perfumer’s that go through lots of school to do this work. But, it’s only perfume and lots of fun so who cares.

Coconut is not a note I love, I can’t stand smelling like sunscreen. However, I was intrigued by Dirty Coconut when ordering a discovery set so I grabbed a sample. THIS coconut is wonderful. It doesn’t smell like sunscreen at all, it’s just sweet and warm and yummy. It does still bring to mind a pool scene, but it’s more of an upscale spa pool, with live greenery growing around it. I also tried Byredo’s coconut-forward Alto Astral fragrance today, and I much prefer Heretic. I don’t know what CO2 notes are, but I suspect this is part of the preference, as Alto Astral’s aldehydes are quite strong. A few days later, I’m ready to buy a full size, but the performance is so fleeting that I am second guessing it. I used 5 sprays from a tester before running errands an hour ago, and can now only smell a hint on my wrists, and strangely nothing at all on my clothes.

The only thing stopping me from absolutely loving this is the longevity :( Smell is 5/5 and longevity is 2/5. It smells amazing and sweet but not sickly sweet. The vanilla and coconut don't smell syrupy and the woodiness elevates it. Scents like this sometimes teeter on the edge of smelling like a Bath & Body Works but I don't get that from Dirty Coconut. The only downfall is the longevity. The fragrance was weak within an hour and was completely gone within two. Longevity is literally the only reason I can't immediately pull the trigger on buying a full bottle but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still tempted. EDITED: Changed my mind and decided I actually do love this. I wore it in the sun running errands for a few hours today as my second out-and-about wear and it was still kicking by the end. So good so good

It's a very interesting perfume, and I just ordered a second decant of it to make sure I understand it better. My first decant was snagged by my bestie. It's definitely "dirty" due to co2 and sandalwood and woodiness, it's sweet and tropical, it's very unusual and unique, and it's the first time I am smelling something that's both woody and tropical, sweet and bitter, fresh and "dirty", direct and multidimensional. I agree with the other reviewers that the perfume is a novelty, and perfume addicts should definitely get their noses on it. It's a very new olfactory experience for me. I am used to coconut "beachy" scents, like the ones by Maison Margiela, Tom Ford, and even Memo's summer fragrances, but this fragrance goes into a completely different and unusual direction.

I find this very coco nutty and sandalwood. It reminds me of the coconut in Alien Goddess but minus the florals and also the coconut found in piña colada’s. I actually really like the combination of coconut and silky sandalwood and cedar. It makes for a delicious milky creamy soft cloud. I’ve smelled raw coconut broken open and eaten it many times. The hard thing about including fresh coconut in fragrances is that real sweet ripe coconut broken open does smell and taste a bit waxy. It has a waxy oily quality naturally. The oil even solidifies and becomes a bit waxy so when that’s translated into a perfume it might smell like a candle or synthetic easily.