Mediterranean Coast

Definitely my favorite Monotheme perfume, smell wise. I wish it would last longer on my skin! It reminds me of cycling down the Côte D’Azur after spending the evening having a long, drawn out and citrussy dinner on a summer night. Very green. I am not getting much of the lactonic accord that is listed, but rather a slightly musty smoke accord. As if someone put out a cigarette in an ash tray filled with lemon wedges. Which to me is a good thing!

I love this scent - I wish Monotheme hadn't discontinued it. I'm desperate to find one like it!

This is a rather nice perfume by Monotheme. I rather like the glass bottles with their plastic stopper cover and the blue colour puts me in mind of southern Italian coastline. I find I get about two and a half hours of this as a strong skin scent to gentle projector before it turns into a very close skin scent. About four and a half hours in it's gone. On first blast you get the fig, a touch of green tea, jasmine and musk as well as a hint of a kind of smokiness for the first two or three minutes before it vanishes and the fig takes over as the dominant note. I don't think there's coconut in there but the effect of mixing fig leaves and jasmine is going to have that accord effect. I would say there is a hint of citrus in the opening but that vanishes quickly. I'd say this works for spring, summer and early autumn and daytime. It's good value at between a quarter and a third of the price you would pay for most of the designer equivalents. It's definitely unisex and right down the middle. Worth a try. Good value for money.

Monotheme's Mediterranean Coast is a Unisex fragrance that for me leans more towards the masculine. There is a sharp opening burst of Fig leaves, very bitter but on dry down becomes sweet and musky with the bitterness fading into the background. I can detect a creamy Coconut which is not in the list of notes and a very gentle touch of Green Tea. The perfume is presented in a beautiful clear Apothecary bottle and the shade of the perfume reminds me of the Mediterrean Sea. If you have been to the Blue Grotto on the Island of Capri, it is that exact shade. This in not something I can see myself wearing but I have passed it on to my husband who thinks it is a fragrance he can wear.

I can't tell if I like it or not. It certainly reminds me of the coastline. Its quite earthy, and there is a real aquatic, salty sea-spray aroma. If I were to paint a picture I'd say it evokes laying on a hotel bed in the Mediterranean, the window open and the smell of the sea, fresh dewy leaves drifts into the room through the window. Oddly enough it also reminds me of a scent you might find in the 80s or 90s. A room spray of sorts. It smells...20th century like? I can't explain it. However I do like it the more it dries down. 5/10