Utopia Vanilla Coco 21

This has quickly become my favourite Kayali AND my new signature fragrance. You definitely smell the coconut upon first spray, it has the same coconut smell from the maui moisture (blue bottle) range. It's not a gourmand coconut either, it's like a sophisticated, milky coconut smell. It definitely smells like summer but I don't get beach or sunscreen from this. This is more creamy, light (ethereal almost) and more ELEGANT!! The coconut smell lingers throughout the whole journey as well as the flowers, and vanilla bourbon.. They are key players here. Honestly, this perfume is everything I wanted Michael Kors for women to smell like.. white florals with that extra SOMETHING, in this case it's gorgeous creamy, delicious white floral/ coconut/ vanilla/ woody potion! I feel like I can't overspray this and get a headache, its very light but with that comes poor sillage and longevity. It doesn't leave a trail but it is a nice perfume. Worth the price tag? Hm. Not sure. I will definitely come back to that.. (yes and no, if I can find a cheaper dupe then I will get that instead, but it is a divine fragrance and won't mind purchasing if I can't find something similar) Watching reviews I was worried it would be too sweet like Vanilla-28 but this is gorgeous and it's definitely well balanced.. The perfect in between! I think the majority of people will think of a more synthetic, sunscreen "body shop coconut" or even "Bronze Goddess sunscreen" smell but this isn't it and I'm so THANKFUL for that! This is more for an all season, safe everyday wear. This is my first time trying Kayali and I am impressed! I'm super excited to try more of their line especially Elixir.

I’ll admit that this isn’t quite as unique as the new vacation in a bottle line or the YUM line for that matter, but come on — SDJ Rio Radiance being voted as the most similar? I’m not smelling it, and my daughter is an avid Rio Radiance wearer. This is a lot more complex and sophisticated, in my humble opinion. Rio Radiance isn’t awful, it’s just a lot less layered and more artificial smelling to me. If I had to compare this to anything, I’d say at first sniff, it smells a lot like Alien Goddess but the dry down is where it develops into something different. If you’ve ever smelled Guerlain Terracotta, it’s more like a cross between that without the dominant monoi note, and Tom Ford Soleil Blanc. I don’t know, it lacks the nuttiness from SB and the monoi from Terracotta. This isn’t a bad thing, it just makes for a less salty and sunscreen-esque scent. There’s still something warm and tropical about it, but it’s not straight up beachy and it’s not a pina colada. It’s creamy, has a balanced sweetness, and the white florals are done really well. I don’t find them to be too dominant, and as with most Kayali perfumes, they’re blended very nicely. It’s all-around very balanced, but if you’re expecting coconut dessert, you won’t find it here. I continue to be surprised that a lot of reviewers aren’t impressed with the brand’s longevity. I have this one, all 4 scents in the vacation line, Vanilla Candy Rock Sugar, Wedding Silk, Fleur Majesty, YUM Boujee Marshmallow and Pistaschio Gelato, and the only two that I can honestly say lack staying power are Maldives and Marrakesh in a Bottle. The other ones all have outstanding performance.

I was gifted this perfume for Christmas a few years ago and wore it all summer long. It ended up being one of the best summers of my life, and this perfume definitely added to that, and added to my nostalgia of that time as fragrances have the ability to do. I'd tried it at the shops a few times and found the scent beautiful and entirely different to everything else I owned at the time. Vanilla scents are something I'd always gravitated too - but every note in this perfume added layers that were delicate and feminine, creamy, coconut-y, floral, bourbon vanilla notes, the tuberose one of my favourites and I even got some pear. It all blends well together and is so lovely on the skin. At times it nods slightly to sunscreen which I found quite pleasant. The bottle I have is 50ml and has lasted me longer than other perfumes of that size - simply because it is long-lasting and one or two sprays is enough. For the past two years or so I've taken to wearing it to my weekend job and I've received so many compliments from both coworkers and customers - male and female. It's a perfume I haven't gotten sick of after owning it for a few years, and from a seasonal perspective, for me it works all year round. The only downside for me is the price. The perfume was gifted to me, and though repurchasing would be expensive I think I will get another bottle the same size when I run out .

Think Alien Goddess, but instead of the jasmine-coconut-bourbon vanilla combination, it’s tuberose-coconut-bourbon vanilla. I’m surprised there’s no ylang ylang as well, because there’s an air of that note somewhere in the middle. Unlike Alien Goddess, there’s a somewhat darker note in the dry down that anchors everything. From the notes, it looks to be patchouli, although you wouldn’t know. I’m not getting the pear blossom, lemon, or sandalwood, although there is a hint of the musk in the latter stages of the dry down. I haven’t tried any Kayali scents before this as none really appealed to me. On my quest for white florals with coconut and sunscreen scents, I was recommended this and I’m really glad. It’s very summery and the coconut and white floral combination is done well, although the tuberose is the main floral coming through. I would put this in the same category as Rio Radiance and the aforementioned Alien Goddess. Performance is hard to judge as I’ve been wearing it in a heatwave and perfumes are leaving my skin pretty swiftly, although it does cling to fabric for a good while. An easy like if you’re a fan of this type of perfume. It smells fresh and modern, like many of the newer takes on white florals.

The proper word for this fragrance is inDOLLic, as it is the essence of whimsical femininity. Think Cleopatra bathing in white florals steeped in warm coconut milk whilst the lotus eaters from the Odyssey braid more white flowers into her hair. The coconut here is not cool and beachy. Rather, the fragrance is reminiscent of a sun-drenched fairy eden bursting with flowers that just happens to be located in the middle of a tropical island. The vanilla bourbon intertwines pretty seamlessly with the florals and makes for a creamy thickness that lends to that "I just drank poppy flower tea and will now nap in the elven realm forever" vibe. Men seem to like this on me and compliment me a lot when I wear it, but more so in a way that suggests they are very subdued by it. Not sure how I feel about making men sleepy. I like the fragrance, but I wish there was more coconut. If I do choose to repurchase this, it would be for the heady white florals and base of thick vanilla and not for a beachy splashy fragrance, which would in my world be much brighter and more cool. This is a warm one that I've enjoyed on hot summer nights paired with this summer's other obsessions: wrap skirts and body shimmer.