Montaigne Coco

First impressions: Okay, I sprayed this and my initial reaction wasn't so good. First try was giving a super strong synthetic floral vibe....mostly the peach, Tiare flower & Ylang Ylang. Wasn't getting the coconut or vanilla etc. I was disappointed tbh. I almost gave a review then but thought better of it. Properly tried it again later and it had already settled down quite a bit. I'm now getting most of the notes and yes, the coconut is coming through. I'd actually describe this scent as an old school tanning oil. Specifically the oil, not the lotion. They've somehow captured the smell texture of suntan oil. It seems like a good performer but I'll have a better idea of that in the future. I'm truly liking it now and feel like it will get even better in the coming weeks & months. Will update with a final review then. Forgot to address the bottle. I wasn't expecting much from the looks of it online but was quite surprised at it's quality. It's a thick glass bottle with a full metal lid/top that is quite heavy. :) Editing with a little update next day: I'm giving it a bit of a wear today and really loving it. It mellows out into a soft delicious, almost fluffy, beach goddess type smell around you. Still very old school tanning oil (like mentioned in a few other reviews, think 90's/00's Hawaiian Tropic oils, not sunscreen). Very happy I got this. Just know it comes on very strong and even unpleasant when bottle is newly opened but that changes. ;) Adding...that after wearing this I can 100% say this is a sweet beast mode fragrance. Wore strongly all day and well into the next. Edited update April 20th: It's been over 3 months and it still smells/feels like suntan oil/lotion but it's gotten much more lactonic & creamy. Even the florals are softer & creamier. It's giving beachy & luscious fluffy clouds of sweetness. Love it. :) Just a heads up: The Amazon link on here goes to Montaigne Vanille (which is Mancera Roses Vanille inspired) and not this scent, Montaigne Coco. The bottles look almost identical, at least online. Coco's juice is just a bit darker though. ;)

Montaigne Coco is like a glorious creamy-coconut cocktail on the beach, with a frangipani lei around your neck and a cinematic sunset unscrolling behind the sea. It's so great right out of the box that I can't even imagine how good it will be in a few months. It is pretty much the coconut-tropical floral-vanilla-amber of my dreams, and it cost less than any of the contenders in my collection. It's as good as my beloved Cocolicious, and it cost half as much for twice as much, in a much better bottle. (I still have all the love for Dua--this is just a reminder to me that cost and quality are not always synonymous, especially when you bring the Middle Eastern brands into the running.) I can't believe how good this is, and I hope they never stop making it. The bottle is great, too, a perfect balance of form and function. The metal cap clicks into place in an vaguely addictive way that reminds me of my beloved bottle of Chanel Misia. (I'm sure the other Les Exclusifs have that feature, but a 2016 bottle of Misia is the only one I have that isn't in a little travel bottle.)

Edit: 15 . 5. 26 I know it's been just a couple of days since I received this....but today it seems to have evolved into a delicious coconut cake, so I am drooling and want to bit my arm. Nothing was wrong with my first perception, but as a lover of adult gourmands....I am in heaven ❣️ Original: It's a cold ,windy ,cloudy day here in Germany on the 12th of May...Coco arrived for a burst of summer promise....but I wouldn't say this is only for summer. It is strong, but in a great way. My bottle seems to already be matured because it smells Devine. I do notice the Tiara, but not overwhelming, otherwise I wouldn't like it. The Coconut is so gorgeous here, creamy , elegant. I haven't had much luck with Coconut, so this makes up for it I imagine a very elegant person wearing this, dressed all in white . It is creamy. Luxurious! Addictive! It's a love Mr Alhambra 🩷

I've been compared them both, the og mancera coco vanille and montaigne coco, in my nose the opening of coco vanille it has strong floral notes so prominent and sexier, while the montaigne still has floral opening but not way too strong like the og and it has the same way and vibes. I could say this montaigne coco similarity to the og around 75-85%, the opening slightly different but the drydown is very similar to coco vanille. Still not the best clone of coco vanille but hey it only cost around 20 bucks, performance are moderate to strong. Of course the og ten times sexier rather than this clone, i love this coco vanille so much for sure, such heavenly and irresistible scent on woman 😩 But let's give the rating on this, overall rating 8/10 ✨

Strong vanilla coconut scent! Great for summer. This is almost identical to Qaed Al Fursan white, difference with Coco is its a tad sweeter and not as spicy on dry down. Coco is very nice, but I have noticed after time the dry down is like a strong, rather more mature powder smell. I wouldn't say baby powder, just powdery. I need to let this sit on a shelf for a while. Its nice , but my nose isn't jiving with this one as much as I had hoped. When I bought this in the summer time I loved it for a about a week or so. Its has the suntan oil smell to it that I LOVE! But now in the fall , I'm getting a powdery smell that I am not liking. hoping this will smell better by next summer!