Frangipani

I have owned this fragrance since the 2020 Christmas sales. On first wearing this was a strong like. The Guaiac Wood was very forward and sharp, which gave the fragrance a definate herbal, leathery edge. The sandalwood was strong too, as was the bitter almond. The floral aspects only came through, faintly, at the very end of the dry down. I am a big fan of Lush fragrances. They use a lot of natural materials and generally benefit from being left to macerate for a longer period. So it was stored away in it's box, in a cool dark cabinet, until the next cool season. As I'd anticipated, the initial strong Guaiac Wood had mellowed, taking the medicinal edge almost completely away, allowing the tuberose to come forward more. Again, as the weather warmed it was carefully stored away. Two years on, the cooler temperatures and darker evenings have me craving warm, rich, woody scents. So today I unboxed my bottle of Frangipani and applied 3 sprays. The Sandalwood is now more dominant than the Guaiac Wood, combined with the almond (which is now sweeter), giving a warm, creamy, woody, Suede like opening. After around an hour, the buttery Tuberose and slightly spicy Frangipani can definitely be detected, turning this into a wonderfully narcotic fragrance. Now it's a love ❤️ Many offerings from Lush have a tendency to be overwhelming when first sprayed. They need patience and time to settle. Often the heavier scents (Sikkim Girls, Goddess, Death and Decay etc), benefit from being carefully stored for a longer period of time, allowing them to mellow and combine further. The same applies to the lighter perfumes (What Would Love Do, Yog Nog, Sappho, Sun), which keep their charms but intensify into stronger scents with improved longevity and projection. Think of Lush fragrances as a fine Single Malt Scotch. They generally improve with age! As long as they are stored correctly 😊

Like many others I blind bought this in the yearly Lush sale. I mainly got it because I read that it has similarities to my beloved Almond Blossom shower gel and Snowflake body cream, which is true. I like to layer them both with this perfume. They smell like a clean baby made of marzipan. Sweet, innocent, almond-like and extremely creamy. But Frangipani is a little more complex. The guaiac wood is noticeable, especially in the opening. It's a wood note that has creamy facets, but also a hint of leathery bitterness that cuts through all the creamy sweet almond glory. I also get some unlisted citrus, kind of like bergamot oil. When you look at the ingredients, you'll see that this contains limonene, so it's likely there is some citrus in this that they just didn't list. After a few hours sandalwood comes out and shifts the texture from creamy to a little more powdery. The floral notes are rather subdued. No idea why they called this Frangipani. If you want yellow tropical flowers, Sikkim Girls is a closer match. These two are not really similar, and I like Frangipani much better. Unlike some other Lush fragrances, this doesn't smell like a fizzy bathbomb at all. I love it and don't regret the blind buy one bit.

This one, and not the Snow cake perfume, smells like Snowflake lotion to me!!! 🤩 In the beginning, I can smell almond, with a smokey and woody touch... There's something that remember me Sikkim girls (maybe for the frangipani and some incensey, smokey notes?). But then, the scent becomes very similar, on my skin, to the Snowflake lotion scent! I can smell the same almondy, floral, musky and powdery scent. It's perfect, it's really a pity you can find it only at the boutique of perfumes in Florence!!!

Do not be fooled by the name. This is in no way a tropical floral scent but rather a spicy slightly sweet woody fragrance with a hint of white floral. I went to Lush to buy Lord of Misrule and the salesperson suggested it. I would have never picked it up as fruity florals are not my thing, but this is beautiful and sexy. Lasts moderate 4-5 hours. Great value.

True woody floral with some gourmand touches. Opening is an amaretto-like almond accord, with a hint of cherry (likely coming from the sweetness of the frangipani) resting on a bed of balmy woods, which on me is more sandalwood than guaiac. There is something vaguely green/herbal at the top (could be indoles or petitgrain), and overall the fragrance smells pretty natural and closer to EO than a melange of aromachemicals. After the amaretto flair of the opening, you're left with a sweet powdery smell with the mid-notes of the florals and base notes of the woods melding together, and thats how it wears for the remainder of the scent. It wears for around 6/7 hours but closely on skin. I purchased it 50% off and I think it was a good price, it feels like a comforting powdery-type scent with a very great bitter almond/cherry opening. After reading reviews I was anticipating a far more woody/dark floral scent, but it doesn't smell like that to my nose. It is a woody floral with natural smelling ingredients that lend it some body and powderyness, but no sharp oud or incense touches in the least that some reviews might suggest.