Pavlova

Being Australian, I consider myself a Pavlova connoisseur and I’ve made Pavlova many times. This doesn’t smell like any pavlova I’ve ever made... What I do get is pineapple and sparkling sugar - in the best way. I do get meringue, but this more the French meringue cookie with a lot of vanilla extract. Imagine this is whizzed in the food processor and then sprinkled all over a really juicy pineapple cocktail. It smelt ahmazinggggg. Found it on good discount (less than 50% retail RRP) and a 30ml FB is on its way to me as we speak. For the price I am paying and the quality of this fragrance, I am very pleased. I spent a good 3 hours catching wafts of this from where I sprayed my arm. For those that don’t get the opportunity to sample before deciding - this perfume really is like a pineapple daiquiri with sprinkled meringue. It is SWEET, but not cloying. There is an airiness in the sweetness. Due to the sweetness I feel this is a more feminine fragrance. I would caution anyone that is expecting the actual smell of pavlova. Yes it has meringue, but there is usually a lot of cream and berries on an actual pav. There is no creamy or milky note in this fragrance at all meaning it doesn’t smell like a pina colada either. I would never put pineapple on pav. This really should have been called something else. As a non gourmand lover and someone who doesn’t own many tropical fragrances, this really grabbed me as something unique and special. Love it! Worth considering if you find it at the right price...

The 2024 releases are so different from the collections before that seemed a bit outdated for modern taste. Finally something that can please younger generation. A classical Pavlova is a dessert with raspberries. But Madame de Nicolai decided to make a fruity version of Pavlova. With the accord of Rum, the perfume feels more like a tropical cocktail, a Pina Colada, rather than a dessert with cream. Nonetheless, it feels very airy and not sweet in a gourmand sense. Pineapple dominates throughout. Coconut shows up here and there. I certainly recommend it to all lovers of tropical scents. I am not a fan of modern Amber-Musks that usually come with Cedarwood and are supposed to add "animalistic touch". But I assume, they help to make it more long lasting. In September in Paris I could feel the fragrance on myself for good 5-6 hours. Dina_France (perfume reviews on YouTube)

Of the three new gourmands from Nicolai this is my absolute favorite, with St. Honore being a close second and Macaron Bourbon also being enjoyable to me but the least gourmand of the trio. Pavlova is very pineapple forward, so if you're not a pineapple lover, best to steer clear. I love a good pineapple and this is blended sooo beautifully with the vanilla and passionfruit shining brightly alongside the vibrant, juicy pineapple. Thankfully, the coconut is subtly rendered, so this doesn't turn into some air-heady--tropical--fruity--teenagery--body spray concoction whatsoever, and why?? Because Patricia de Nicolai is a genius! I'm far from being a teenager and while this one may appeal to a younger audience I don't find it remotely immature but a fun, gorgeous and impressively long lasting, beautifully blended gourmand for any human who loves this genre!

I am absolutely shocked with how much I adore this! It arrived today and was a scary blind buy! Growing up in Australia pavlova was always topped with passion fruit and mango/pineapple. It’s an extremely light and airy, toasted, spun-sugar, meringue base. This smells exact like that and will be my summer scent. The opening is a hedonistic delight- a stunning blast of tropical notes with a good splash of rum. As this evolves a slightly tart note joins it which lifts it from being cloying to divine. The sweet sugar slowly comes through and it smells light as air. There’s a nice warm, toasty base that really only shines after an hour or two. Longevity is good on my skin, at about 5-6 hours there’s still scent on me. This is a 9/10 for me. It would be a 10 but I could only afford 30ml and already know I need the 100ml

On my skin it opens fresh syrupy pineapple forefront. Coconut follows quickly behind. Then it evolves into a creamy almost meringue like quality which is when I start to smell more of berry/peach. This is no blast of musk, more like it supports a lightness, airy freshness with the cedar and sandalwood. This is definitely an evolving fragrance. I enjoy the strong opening and the development and softer stages. It is very well blended--smooth. Not sure yet on the longevity. I am thoroughly pleased with my purchase. Blind Buy success for me which is often not the case. I do not get the La Capitale comparison, no oud, no leather. No Mango either

This is Tree Hut Pineapple Sugar scrub in a bottle - to my nose it opens JUST LIKE my scrub/shower gel and I can't wait to layer it with the body cream together I think it'll be HEAVEN. I was looking for an exact copy of that in a bottle and here we go!! Very sweet though so if that's not your vibe you probably won't love this fragrance. I've put unisex because the dry down is more unisex but the opening is where its at!!! On me it stayed with the opening fruit bomb for a good hour and then it got more subtle and a bit more woodie (cedar mostly).

This one is my favorite of the three dessert perfumes. Don't let the pineapple opening fool you - it's not Kirke though the first seconds could remind of it. On skin it quickly turns into very delicate, pleasant creamy vanilla fragrance. It smells like very expensive body lotion in the best possible way. It's quiet but noticeable, the sweetness is subtle and perfect for the fall. The poorer longevity is a drawback but overall it's quite a good frag.

Pavlova is certainly fun but not in any way frivolous! It's fruity and fresh for sure (the pineapple note reminds of the cube shaped boiled sweets coated in sugar granules which I loved when I was a kid) but a dash of rum and subtle vanillic / woody notes in the base bring a gentle nudge of seriousness to the party. This is quite a departure for Maison Nicolai and I love it!

Beautiful, delicious pineapple scent. A bit like the most delicious pineapple candy. Or some actual pineapple (or canned pineapple) coated in vanilla powdered sugar. Light, airy, but still noticeable and gourmand. It is an easy to wear, light scent simply bringing joy. It is not extremely long lasting, but for such profile I would say lasting power is excellent. And delicious pineapple stays throughout the entire wear. This is best pineapple scent I have discovered so far (not that I was particularly searching for one). Musk is just the right type and amount to give it nice freshness, but if is not off putting, unlike many other fruity musks on the market. If you read to this point, you definitely need to sample this one! ❤️

This is quite nice. I don't typically gravitate to summery tropical fragrances so I don't know that I will rush out to buy a full bottle but it seems like it could be an easy grab. I feel like it's very balanced for a gourmand and is not too sweet. I do feel like while I still do get the pineapple its a little overshadowed by the coconut. The drybdown is a little woody and while it's not listed in the notes I definitely smell ambroxan. Adding to my maybe someday list

This to me smells like bubble gum, the ones that taste tropical. It’s flirty and girly. I can see colors of popping yellow and hot pink. I don’t know how a pavlova is suppose to taste like, but this smells like the candy I used to eat as a kid.

This smells VERY similar to Alien Iced Star. Lots of pineapple, smells like a tropical drink.

In this fragrance the pineapple jumps at you in an instant, before the passion fruit is sure to follow. The sticky sweet fruit is juicy and bursting with flavours that are sure to remind you of lazy summer days. There is also something creamy that embraces them, probably the coconut, and when the fragrance settles down on the skin it is almost shampoo fresh and fruity. I get tropical juice, or sweet canned fruits. It is very sweet, and a tad synthetic, which almost makes it a bit juvenile. But don’t quote me on that, I tend to think that sweet fruity scents get a bit juvenile because of trend perfumes from the last decade. In some ways this reminds me of ‘Carioca Heart’ by Jusbox, but ‘Pavlova’ is a bit sourer, probably from the passionfruit and raspberry. And ‘Pavlova’ feels more synthetic. ‘Carioca Heart’ feels way creamier and more laid back in a way. But comparisons aside, ‘Pavlova’ is a great alternative, and I really want the pineapple and passion fruit to stay longer, but they are traditionally not the notes that stay... In summary, I feel like it falls between the cracks when it turns into more of a musky peach in the drydown. For me, that makes the perfume end up as something mediocre at best.

Pavlova initially smells... like a pavlova. Tart tropical fruit and sugary, light meringue. And it's delightful. This is one of the kinds of gourmand that work for me. It's light, fresh, and fluffy, without a trace of cloying heaviness. There is kind of a lot of Iso E Super, though, buzzing around and adding a "woody" note a few minutes in, and threatening to smell cheap. Then, it's rescued; there's a note that smells exactly like coconut water, somehow "aquatic" without harshness. We've transformed from a pavlova to a piña colada, and it's not half bad. A little tinny, but nothing terrible. Do I want to smell like a piña colada? Not especially, but this is a fine instance of class. Pavlova is a little bit of a bait-and-switch, with that glorious, unique passionfruit-and-meringue opening lasting only a few minutes and being replaced by a much more mundane pineapple scent, but it *is* cheerful and solid, so I can't complain too much.

This opens legitimately like someone tipped a whole ramekin of berry coulis straight onto my nose. Not “fruity”, F R U I T. Bright, wet, exploding. That moment where you taste the first spoon of dessert and your brain goes wait... this is kinda insane. And then, then it thickens! Oh dear. Not in an artificial gummy-bear way and more akin to fruit cooked down past its youth. Pectin. Heat. Sugar pulling the juices into something chewy, glossy, almost sticky on the air. It turns from fresh berries to fruit gel, and the saccharine creep is real. Not cheap, not plasticky, just... too much of a good thing. What’s impressive (and lowkey why it annoys me) is how natural it stays. You can smell the realism: the cooked skins, the darker tang under the sweetness, the way the fruit’s acidity tries—tries—to keep the sugar in check. Think a sugar coma with excellent ingredients. Lovely, yes. But also... please get me water.

I remember trying it once it was released and thought it was interesting but not good enough to buy When I got it now I think my primary idea was spot on It’s ok but nothing special Sadly a lot of fruit themed scents seem to overlap which makes it hard to pinpoint or to differentiate between them I gotta admit I did feel the pineapple at initial sprays but then it turns to the tropical mixture which a lot of fragrances have such as Kirke and xerjoffs fruity scent which I can’t recall right now I should’ve trusted my first instincts and left it on the shelf If you already have a tropical scent that you like most probably this won’t add anything extra to your collection

Seriously, guys, just get one of Britney’s tropical style Fantasies. There is absolutely no difference. Edit: So ok, I have worn it properly now. It’s deeper and higher quality than I thought. More like a less screechy Kirke. That’s all. Edit: I now really like it. It is, however, similar to Kirke, but I actuall6 like it a lot more. Kirke, I used tolove, but it’s too crazy for me now, to chaotic. This Pavlova is sexy, mysterious fruity. Glad I got it, but won’t wear it often.

Sad face. On my skin, I get pineapple at opening, with pineapple and cream at the dry down. That’s it. Points must be given for the photorealistic pineapple; I almost expect my body to be sticky when wearing this. While it’s linear on my skin, give it a go if you love gourmand scents that aren’t too sweet.

In the initial opening, you are hit with a blast of passionfruit and pineapple, and it’s very distinct. Peach and coconut come later. This is not a creamy fluffy pavlova at all. It’s a pineapple BBW scent at best. Definitely not worth a price tag. I own Nicolais Fig tea and it’s perfect but I’m disappointed with this one. It really smells like something I got in the summer from Bath and body Works. 6.5/10

Pineapple and passionfruit. These are not typically the types of fruits one serves on a pavlova. As the top wears on, it becomes increasingly unpleasant and nowhere do I sense a meringue. I read that the perfumer really doesn't care for desserts and didn't intend these to be realistic impressions, and in my experience I can confirm they are not. 30 ml up for swap