Tonka Bodykon 31

This is a strange one i had to re write my review after wearing a few extra days. What i realised is this scent clings on to skin and clothes very well and lasts around 12 hours with 4 sprays. Having said that it projects very mildly so u have to be an arms length to someone for them to smell it on you. The scent is sweet without smelling overly sweet, thanks to the rum note. the apple note is sweet red apple and it stays all the way in this scent. in the opening the apple and rum dominate. once it dries down then you get the tonka magic. the pistachio note is very light and creates a subtle green woody effect. the tobacco is a fresh clean tobacco here but again it's in balance and very light although not listed i can smell it this could be a mixture of notes creating this effect. A very sophisticated scent. best worn on cooler days and better suited for evening but can worn during the day. I have finally found my sweet winter scent that isn't sickly sweet. This is amazing but price is a little too expensive especially for the 50 ml at £95. i will get the 100 ml next time. This is a perfect unisex scent. at the start it is perfectly unisex, in the middle phase it leans ever so slightly feminine by a margin. then in the dry down after 4-5th hour it leans ever so slightly masculine. Added bonus this leaves a lovely creamy scent on clothing that u can sense for the next few days.

Tonka Bodykon is a softer Kilian Angels Share. Less of that boozy, rich, cinnamon spicy, caramelized apple confection, with brown sugar syrup. Tonka Bodykon is more like warm honeyed-caramelized apples with the same sweetness but much lighter and more natural, so honey makes sense. Liquor and spices aren’t that prominent. I also get a nice nutty pistachio and tonka bean which honestly lighten the scent and avoid a syrup-like texture making this profile wearable in the spring. I would never wear Angels Share outside of autumn and winter holiday seasons. This also reminds of a slightly more sweetened Guerlain Tonka Imperiale, sugared-roasted nuts, almonds, cashews from the carts in downtown Manhattan. Like a mix of Angels Share and Tonka Imperiale. The comparison to BDK Velvet Tonka makes sense because of the present note of tonka bean in both, but BDK is less sweet. However, I can see Tonka Bodykon being the result of layering all 3 compared. Moderate performance, I was lucky it didn’t become a skin scent on me.

Such a refreshing take on tonka, I bought this immediately after smelling it. I stepped out of the boutique to double check that my nose wasn’t betraying me. It does have some very small likenesses to Angels’ Share to my nose but not enough for me to vote for it in the “reminds me of” section. The apple gives this a bright crisp touch but not over the top, the honey makes it mellow and the rum isn’t overly boozy. This is a tonka that you can wear on a daily basis, it’s not too heavy nor light. It’s also perfectly unisex to my nose, and isn’t overly sweet. Lasts about a good 7-8 hours or a bit longer with moderate spraying. I’m sure you’d get more if you overspray. The projection is probably arms length.

Tonka as a note is hit or miss with me. Often it's almost a cool-sweet with a bit of vanilla, nothing special and, oddly, lacking depth. Tonka Bodycon is sublime. Notes are well blended yet each remain distinct so it's not too muddled. The tonka is sweet in a dried-fruit sort of way (but not cloying) , the rum is boozy (NOT as boozy as Angel's Share), the apple adds a bright fruitiness, and the pistachio adds a delicious nuttiness. This is a sultry fragrance-- I'd choose it for a night out at a high end restaurant. Edit: After more thorough testing, this is more versatile than I thought. I'd wear this casually on a chilly autumn day. It really reminds me of fall.

This is such a delicious full bodied vanilla fragrance. Each note adds to this cozy-cashmere-blanket vibe that overall feels perfect for nearly any season but is especially magical during the autumn & winter months. It is meant to be a skin scent, hence the "bodykon" in its name and really is a perfect date night scent. If you want it to be more apparent that you're wearing a scent, it layers beautifully with almost any scent. I've tried & loved it with the following: "Blossom Love" by Amouage, "Eilish" by Billie Eilish, "Love Tuberose" by Amouage, "What We Do In Paris is Secret" by A Lab on Fire and "La Belle Le Parfum" by JPG.