Eau Gourmande Almond Coconut

I love this fragrance n I really don't get why some are saying it doesn't last. This smells very luxurious and delish!!! If your a sweet gourmand scent lover then i believe you'll like this. I think it doesn't smell too foody (for example you can't tell its a carrot cake or chocolate or another specific food..I don't wanna smell like a walking cookie.. I like scents to smell sweet n mix food scents to create something girly and unique which this scent is)it just sweet n rich. A winter scent for me and I am searching ebay to buy more bottles of this awesomeness. I work 12 hour shifts n after my whole day I can still smell it. I gave a coworker a hug goodbye and he said I smelled so good. As I washed my hand for the last time (work in a hospital and move a lot) I could smell this coming off my scrub top...N I only sprayed ONE SPRAY on to my chest/neck area (I didn't wear any other fragrance this morning just got ready and sprayed this in the locker rooms at work right when my shift started). So ya...I think it's got good lasting power. N to me, it smelled better than the first few mins upon initial spraying.

Imagine the richest, most creamiest, luxurious coconut body butter and this is how this smells! I fell in love with this while casually walking in a department store in Sweden and sprayed a tiny amount on my wrist, but as I was wearing leather gloves and some of it landed on my glove. I liked the initial spray, but was not instantly in love. Throughout the day however, I kept smelling something intoxicatingly milky and nutty and you guessed it- it was me! I could smell it on my glove on the next day and I just knew I had to get it immediately even if it meant risking running late for my flight! I love it so much, I bought the body butter and those two together are nuclear! On it's own the spray has decent projection on me (6+ hours on skin and 16+ on clothes). In fact, way better than most of my designer perfumes. Granted I am partial to coconut, but this is coconut and almond heaven!

I am so surprised by seeing all the, more or less, negative reviews about this perfume! This was one of my first real gourmand experiences and it still holds up today, having smelled much more in that category now. The three most dominant notes are coconut, vanilla and almond, in that order. And they are intense! This is SUPER HEAVY on me and I love it! Everything I wear smells like it after! Not to mention the pillows and covers. You are in other words committing to this scent for a couple of days unless you want to change covers in your bed very often.. It is one of few perfumes (including Angel, Pink sugar and Allure Sensuelle among others) that lasts F-O-R-E-V-E-R on me. So I'm maybe even more surprised to see that many of you think it has poor longevity/sillage. If you like the three notes above, try it. Perhaps you ́ll love it and get "the bomb experience" like I do! :D

WOW, this is AMAZING. WHY oh WHY does the lasting power have to be so bad??!!??!! :( Sad face!!! I have a sample that I sprayed liberally and I smelled so good! Simple vanilla, almond, coconut- just delicious! My husbands aunt said, "You smell sooo good! What are you wearing??" And then I told her. I really did smell good. I felt so delicious. I wanted to eat myself up. But alas, that feeling was fleeting. After some time had passed (I can't remember how long- an hour, two hours?) I couldn't really smell much anymore. BOO!!! It smells so good though. Why???!??! I feel like I need to buy a bottle and then carry in my purse so I can spray every couple hours. But is that realistic? I just can't justify buying something with poor lasting power even if it smells this delightful.

Such an underrated gourmand scent for summer! Not too heavy or sticky sweet, it performs really well in the Texas heat, and literally smells like a pina colada with a hint of vanilla. It transports me to vacation mode the minute I put this on. If you experience any longevity issues, you can always layer this with cremes that amplify the aspect that you want (vanilla, coconut, almond), although I think Laura Mercier also has a matching lotion/creme. Not too expensive and still a very high quality perfume. I'm not sure about any recent reformulations, but lots of versions of this are still readily available. Highly recommend!