Holidays

To the guy below who said it's not a men fragrance, listen mate i gotta be honest with you my girlfriend loves the scent, let me give you some advice... if a girl notices you because of the smell it's just the first step, you have to follow the game and try to play with her a little not chicken out like a scared cat, be confident dude, girls don't like scared cats, you smell amazing. yo should have respondend something like: "you should try smell it better, come closer.... see told you it was good." DON'T BLAME IT ON THE PARFUM CHICKEN ! Mooving on to the actual review: SEX: Def a unisex fragrance. IMMAGE: it smells like fresh and clean loundry mixed with the thick 50 plus solar protection cream you apply in Miami to not get roasted by the sun. Another picture that may help you visualise it is a High end hand cream with coconut oil and cream in it. SCENTS AND NOTES: this is a parfum that doesn't change its smells after the opening, the dried down smells like the opening but a bit sweeter although the bergamot is still there. Cream, coconut, and a touch of bergamot that make this fragrance perfect for summer time I smell a lot the note of cream though is not mentioned in the breakdown, the musk is pretty good, it blends perfectly with the coconut resemblying a fresh but sweet scent that i love when I found it in the fresh laundry. The bergamot is really persistent although it is not the top note you smell witch is really hard to fabrich given the general low performances of the note itself and the fact that is not overwhelmed by the vanilla and the coconut It's a merit medal. It's sweet but pleasant and fresh really hard stuff to come by. it gets a lot of compliments but is nothing particular or unique that you would expect from a niche fragrance, if you are looking for something new and particular stay away from this. PERFORMANCES: i'll be updating as the hours go by: for reference: 3 full sprays in the arm. - 0/1h: the musk is the most noticeable amongst the notes, the bergamot is not that strong in the opnening, it is a tiny bit covered by the musk and the coconut, from just the first spray i can tell it has a high oil concentration since it made my arm a bit shiny. 10 minutes in, i'm going noseblind this stuff is really potent. 30 minutes in the projection is out of this world, the coconut with the bergamot are as loud as ever. -1/2h: The vanilla is coming a bit sharper than the other notes, bergamot is a tiny bit less noticeable. Coconut and musk are still the notes you smell stronger, so pleasant ! -2/5h: the smell is still strong the bergamot has almost completely faded away the creamy vibe makes me now distinguish pretty well the floral notes, the yellow floral is what makes this fragrance more creamy and makes the scent smell more like a cake now than a sunscreen. The white floral makes it smell like clean instead. -5/10h: the scent is still noticeble the cocout is now almost completely gone, the musk and the sandal wood are the most noticeble notes though is still pretty close to the opening just without that bergamot and that coconut punch. -10/12h: the scent is now almost completly gone the vanilla is the main note and the only distinguishible one. skyn scent and no projeection whatsoever at this point -13h: completly gone, no smell at all. the most challenging part was the nose blindness, it really is a potent fragrance so it's normal if you don't smell it others will, and a lot too. BOTTLE: the Mancera quality is top notch when it comes to functionality, the atomizer is 10/10. the design of the bottle is minimalistic and a bit too much simple and plain, the glass is very thick tough and the magnetic cap is solid and heavy so it balences it out. though if anybody see's it without smelling it, will think is a 10 bucks bottle grabbed at the supermarket. PERS.OPINION: it is a crowd pleaser, it is fresh creamy a bit salty and clean at the same time. I would suggest to dress simple and tend to white and cream clothes. I see it in a young men gooing to the beach with the friends or gooing to the grocery shop, it is not a fragrance yo want to wear in a close and crowded place like a car or a plane since in can get cloying to others, it is a beast mode type scent. i would suggest to waear it in the afternoon, hot and torrid weather. although is an all year round frangrance since it's very simple yet conforting and fresh. 8.7/10 Great performances, great smell but not unique and a bit cloying in the long run.

I have to say that I'm a little shocked by some of the reviews. Of course everything is subjective, but I am so impressed with the blending on this fragrance that some of the negative reviews are out of left field for me. I haven't had the best luck with many Mancera fragrances because, like many others, I get a lot of that synthetic vibe that just sticks in your nose and doesn't go away. However, Holidays reads as something much more sophisticated and well-blended to me. As a yellow & white flower lover, tropical scents always make me happy. A lot of them have the same overall vibe, which can get boring. Holidays is so different because, while not listed in the notes anywhere, it has what reads to me as a tobacco note that runs through the fragrance, giving it a very different profile. Rather than a tropical, bubble-gummy or sunscreen type of feel, it has a darker feel that is very rich and sexy. It still has the classic yellow flower and coconut that leans tropical, but rather than a "day at the beach" scent, this is more sexy. This isn't the girl that's laying on a towel at the beach getting a tan. This is the woman who's caught your eye across the bar. You buy her a drink and ask her to take a walk on the beach well after sunset. You're walking through the sand, catching the cool salty breeze. You can smell the night-blooming flowers and the wet greenery nearby, remnants of coconut perfume she was wearing earlier in the day, and the cigar someone is smoking further down the beach. So, so sexy. This is different enough from the typical tropical/beachy fragrances in my collection that it stands out as something I will always want to have on hand! If you're on the fence, buy a sample. It really needs the warmth of skin to come alive so don't make a decision by smelling on paper alone!

Holidays is a calming, simple scent that grows on you. On first sniff, it does smell a bit like a basic air freshener, but throughout the day, it transforms into a warm, smooth, sweet delight. It reminds me of lazy summer afternoons at the beach. Tiare flower and vanilla are the most prominent notes; I barely detect coconut. I don't notice the sea notes on clothes, but the dry down on the skin is definitely a "salt left on the skin after a swim in the ocean" vibe. I need to overspray (10ish sprays) to notice it throughout the day -- but when I do notice it, it's so wonderful! It doesn't project as much as I expected. I asked my friend if he could smell my fragrance, and he had to sniff my neck to notice it. However, layering with Ambroxan really helps with projection and longevity. I've been wearing Holidays for a week and have made a substantial dent in my bottle. I love it more and more as the days go by. Holidays is a casual scent. I would assume someone who smells like this would be easy to get along with and doesn't take life too seriously. It is unisex, but I think a woman could pull it off in more situations than a man -- as it leans a tiny bit feminine. I would enjoy smelling this on a man that I knew well, but probably not on a man I'm meeting for the first time -- not sure why, but that's how I feel, haha. I am a big fan of Olympea and the Olympea flankers -- Holidays is a streamlined, more grounded fragrance. Kind of like if the Olympeas had an older brother. They're not the same, but definitely in the same family.

BUTTERY TIARE with Sweet, Marine COCONUT. Opens with a burst of coconut-bergamot, that deepens into a floral heart of tiare with sweet, coconut, buttery, salty & marine nuances, all resting on a creamy, musky vanilla-wood base. Overall I get a sweet, buttery tiare-coconut scent that deepens into near-honey with salty marine touches. Contrast to Alien Goddess Mugler: These are different, but there are some similarities with a sweet beachy vibe. AG has a more forward jasmine, while Holidays has a more forward tiare flower, and a salty marine nuance. As they dry down, they become more and more similar. Both have excellent performance. Contrast to Monoi Vague d'Ete Yves Rocher: These are different, but the tiare flower is done in a similar way. MVdE is less sweet, and the tiare is more forward, buttery and succulent. Both have excellent performance. Contrast to Olympea (OG) Paco Rabanne: These are different, but there are some similarities with a marine-salty vanilla. Olympea has a more forward water-jasmine, while Holidays has a more forward tiare. Both have excellent performance. Overall: Excellent performance, and the buttery tiare flower is maintained throughout the sweetening drydown. It's a love for me. Enjoy! Update 06/18/24: I tested this the other day, and I definitely get a slightly more marine Soleil Blanc Tom Ford vibes after the spray dries and for the first ~2hrs, then it starts to get more vanillic - sweeter and sweeter (much sweeter than Soleil Blanc). Still a love.

UPDATE: I now own a full size bottle of this instead of just the sample vial - and one thing I love that I missed before is when you have a proper atomizer to apply this evenly on your skin the sandalwood really comes through in the drydown. For me, it only makes me love this frag even more! A few months ago I smelled Tom Ford's Soleil Blanc for the first time and fell in love with it - I loved the feeling of having a fragrance that immediately transported me to summer vacations at the beach with my family that was wearable enough that you could really wear it any day any time and it wouldn't feel out of place. However, after giving it a try on skin I was pretty disappointed with the performance of Soleil Blanc - so I started looking for something that gave a similar vibe but performed better on my skin. That search led me to Holidays by Mancera and let me just say - this is the one! Holidays smells so inviting and pleasant and has the coconut, vanilla, and aquatic notes that I love in Soleil Blanc but this one performs soooooo much better. A few sprays of this will last you all day and while it's definitely a strong fragrance I don't think it's so strong that it would become cloying in the heat of summer. If you're someone who loves the beach and wants a summer fragrance that is a bit different from your normal "blue" scents like BDC or Light Blue than I'm pretty sure you will love this. I am absolutely obsessed with this.