Red Hibiscus

A beautiful soft warm and sweet scent. It opens up with a sweet hibisikus that for a second reminded me of BKR 540 but just for a few seconds. Its not a dupe at all and doesnt stay that way. Soon the ginger and some spices followed (must have been the cardamon). After about ten minutes a beautiful warm jasmine comes forward reminding me of Jasmine rouge. After it settles down I get a beautiful blended warm sweet cocooing scent. Here it's hard to smell out different notes as the mix is very well blended and goes very well together. Then the incense starts to pop out in a very gentle way and just adds some depth to the overall scent. In the end I'm left with a smooth calming beautiful smell that puts a smile on my face. I don't get a specific vanilla vibe but I'm sure it's there to add to the sweetness. I don't neccecarly get that summer vibe some people have mentioned either.For me this is a all year around smell but will be especially nice in winter and fall in my opinion. And definitely more evening time that day. Sillage not the biggest but since I'm not in to super heavy scents anyway I'm pleased with this. Haven't worn it a whole day yet, so concerning the longevity I'll have to give an update on that later on. On cloths some of the warmth and spiciness losses it power. I'm happy I bought this and I'm excited to keep trying this in different setting. Maybe I'm wrong and it will bloom even more in the spring and summer!? *Update: So the scent lasted about 6 hours on my skin ( which I'm totally ok with) and all day on the cloths. Very happy I got this

I first tried the 2021 version and fell in love. I’m now trying the 2024 version. Unfortunately, I don’t have my old sample to compare, just memories. Creamy smooth floral. Slight bright citrus in the opening which brightens the florals. Warming up on skin, creamy jasmine and ylang ylang projects. The florals are smoothed over with a vanillic base. I can’t ignore a slight spice as well. It’s somewhere between a summery and an autumnal scent, perfect to wear when taking advantage of the last warm days of the year. I can’t ignore the many extra notes listed in this year’s version compared to 2021’s. I don’t think they changed the scent, rather chose to disclose more notes this time. This is why I’m surprised others don’t say it smells very similar to Valentino Voce Viva. That was the top comparison made for the 2021 version. Perhaps the extra notes listed are making people perceive the fragrance differently?

I hate that I love this lol. Obviously because of the price. This hit the mark for everything I was looking for . Something that's has a soft warmness , no leather , not woody and good for the evening . The black cardamon really leads the top notes followed by the orange and then the ginger . The flowers in the mid really make this bloom and are kept very warm from the amber and vanilla . Once it really settles the incense creeps up enough to add that extra depth . I really don't get that much hibiscus though. But I absolutely love this . The sillage is pretty good . The first hour it's a solid 4 to 5 feet. At about 3 hours you're still filling up a car with scent . It didn't get into where I had to bury my nose into my arm to smell it until hour 5 . Scent -9.5 Complexity - 8.0 Quality - 10.0 Performance - 8.5 Bottle - 9.0

I originally wanted to purchase another scent from Jo Malone, but the SA showed me this one, and I completely fell in love. At first I was hesitant because of the price, but Red Hibiscus really stands out from other colognes; after smelling this one, the rest of the collection seemed 'meh' in comparison. It's rich, juicy, complex but not convoluted and it evolves nicely – a very pleasant journey from opening to dry down. UPDATE: I thought that with this being an 'intense' cologne, performance would be better than the regular JM line. Unfortunately, longevity is rather poor. On me, it lasts for about 3-4 hours and I need to reapply. Such a shame for its hefty price point!

Red hibiscus is the most amazing divine vanilla floral creation from Jo Malone. Bummer that it’s not a very hyped fragrance and not a lot of people know about this, but this is absolutely stunning. The longevity is really really good on this fragrance. I got a tester bottle of it from my previous purchase and I ran through the tester bottle so quick because I absolutely adore this fragrance. This is one of my signature fragrances, whenever I wear this, I get lot of compliments. The projection is good. Longitivty is really good and so happy that this house came up with a vanilla fragrance, which is one of my top favourite notes.