Jangala

This is one of the most unique scents in my collection and I'm absolutely obsessed with it! I first had a sample of it, when I was just getting into fragrances. Back then I couldn't really differentiate the notes that well, and so my first association with this perfume was Aiden, from Sex and the City, when Carrie meets him in Abu Dhabi at the market. It smelled to me like a sexy, tanned man in an unbuttoned white linen shirt, slightly sweaty, in a dusty, hot far away place. I absolutely fell in love with it. Now that I own a bottle of it and have more experiences with scents, I totally get all of the notes and it feels more like a dense green fragrance, but also still like a maroccan spice market. Definately unisex for me! I love wearing it in summer day to night :) It has great sillage and lasting power! Love that perfume house!

Near miss for me - unsweet beachy coconut with sandalwood and a whiff of vegetation usually does it for me, and it initially does promise a gentle but classy dip into tropical waters. But the eucalyptus and vetiver took it on a slightly sweaty swerve into men's aquatic/cologne territory on drydown - as some others report. Never obnoxious but somehow that interesting inflection turned troubling, and the lusciousness of coconut doesn't really come through. I'll sit on the seashore and wait this one out.

Fleurs de longoses traslates as Kahili ginger, found in the Himalayas. Its leaves and flowers are very aromatic and it is possible to extract an essential oil from them. It comes across as a lot more 'flower-y' than the usual ginger (at least to my nose). This is the predominant note that I get throughout. So, it's actually a very light summery scent. Rather lovely.

This is the only Pierre Guillaume I've even remotely liked. That said, it lacks complexity for me. The coconut is not intriguing enough and ends up smelling a bit basic.

After wearing it for days, here is my final analysis: IT IS NOT AN EXISTING COCONUT IN NATURE. Here there is cream, vanilla, cream and god only knows what else. Eucalyptus? Sandal? Why say coconut if then the coconut is a dessert on the edge of disgust? Disappointment.