Sol da Bahia Eau d'Ete

This tropical fragrance is gorgeous. The lemon, vanilla , musk , and tiare flowers are all blended so well with the coconut. There is not too much coconut, just the right amount. When you wear this fragrance, and you close your eyes on the first initial spray, you feel that you are transported to the most beautiful exotic island and all the notes in this fragrance are wafting in a gentle, soft breeze. Love it.

Even though it's months away from summer, this morning, it being a bright, crisp, sunny day, I thought I'd give this a trial run (having only bought it at the beginning of the week) It's lovely..light, non-headache inducing, fresh and ever so slightly tropical.. I have a White Company Seychells candle and it reminds me so much of that.. Can't wait to wear it in warmer weather :)

I get the notes of this perfume, pretty much right in order as they're listed on the pyramid. Sunny lemon, followed by tiare and coconut (more tiare than coconut IMO but that's just what I think) and then brought up at the rear by musky vanilla. This is a great fragrance for throwing in your beach bag & just not thinking about it too hard. It's not groundbreaking or hypnotic but it IS summery, lovely, a little zingy and refreshing, and just puts me in a good mood. Also it says on the bottle it "can be worn in the sun." So that's, uh, nice, I guess? Maybe you're like me and you live on the edge by just wearing any old perfume in the sun, any time... well, you can feel good about this one, apparently! Other pros: you can find a huge bottle for a small price, which is nice when you're spraying with abandon, like I do. I even spray this around my office when I need a lift. The price point is right. to sum up: a perfectly pleasant and very pretty tropical-feeling summer perfume that's entered my hot-weather rotation. It doesn't blow my mind, but sometimes you don't need your mind to be blown, you just want to smell pretty. This does the trick.

What a pretty scent. Coconut is the star of this show for me but the supporting cast of tiare flower and lemon has enough spirit and oomph that it stops it being just a linear, everyday coconut scent. And stops it from having that nauseating element which coconut sometimes has. Huge, very pretty bottle as well for not much money. And apparently it is safe to wear in the sun if you like that sort of thing. Tropical/sun holiday/vacation scent for sure. Longevity not up to much but sillage pretty good and affordable enough that you can reapply as and when you need to. Big thumbs up from me.

Tropical and easy to wear, neither sickly not too salty skin like (My other beachy perfume is L'artisan Batucada and it just goes sooo musky salty skin on me it's tough to wear at work in the drydown) Today the skies are grey and I've experimented with a foundation that's turned me somewhat orange. Oops. Sod it, let's call it tanned, slap on some beachy perfume and reminisce about summer! Coconut with quite lush florals here, don't get a lot of citrus thankfully or much musk. Not bad, it certainly fills the gap in my collection!