Cocoyster

No reviews yet? Well this fragrance is very nice! I worried it would genuinely be fishy but it’s more of a salty aquatic coconut scent. It opens more reminiscent of oysters but more in a salty mineral way. Very reminiscent of being at the ocean, getting blasted with salty mist. Dries down slightly sweet and floral as well. The oyster note isn’t super distinctive. This fragrance doesn’t smell like Olympea by Paco Rabanne, but it feels like a better version of the concept of Olympea. Incense and elemi notes help keep cocoyster a bit unisex but I do feel it’s slightly more feminine due to the vanilla and ylang. It last long and projects well on my skin which is rare but a must for my climate as perfumes that don’t last on skin tend not to last for the 6 months of summer I experience here in California. I love it! I immediately ordered a bottle, though I wasn’t looking to buy right now. Couldn’t resist! Update-I wore a few light sprays of this in the blazing sun and heat while doing yard work and it lasted and lasted all day into the night. It also grew addictively good where I couldn’t stop smelling myself. It’s a pretty unique scent that blends with body chemistry well. It also layers well with other sunscreen type scents. My husband complimented it. It somewhat reminds me of Womanity though it smells nothing like Womanity, it gives an equally nice niche gourmand salty oceanic vibe. I’m very surprised how much I ended up liking this. Update #2 - I ordered a FB and freaking love this scent. It’s incredibly unique and unlike anything else in my collection (and I do own Holidays by Mancera they are NOTHING alike). Cocoyster also lasts an eternity. I could smell it in my hair after 2 showers. Total beast mode. Somehow this little gem has made it to my top 10, maybe even top 5 at the moment.

It goes through more stages than I expected. It opens with a salty metalic note (a bit of like saltine/soda crackers - probably the “oyster”) , with almondy vanilla (like TF VS, but finer) and the coconut is like photorealistic coconut flakes . Layer it transitions to a vanilla-coconut mix which reminds me of MP Vanilla Powder (minus the ambroxan, which is always a good thing, ever since it became a boring, but still milked, trend) + some TF Soleil de Feu in the back. And finally comes the very last drydown phase which is just TF SdF, at which I only get to realize it’s been there from the start, but never imposing itself. Cocoyster is a pleasant journey and very wearable. Although it says “marine” accord, I don’t feel it aquatic or some cheap algae lurking around. The “oysters” (saltine/soda crackers and a bit of saline/salt water and a metallic zing) are sufficiently interesting to draw me back. And provided that the rest of the notes come in turns in soft transition, I am contemplating a bottle, if upon further testing, it manages to show me more of that metalic saltines+saline. UPDATE: I love it more and more. I need a backup.

This and City on Fire by Imaginary Authors are ones I will likely buy a full bottle of at some point in the future. It is funny to me how absolutely different the two are, however, While City on Fire is a sharp, smoky scent that stayed on my clothes for days afterwards, Cocoyster is a lighter, sweet scent with a hint of salt in the back end of it. Honestly it is at its saltiest when you first spray it, and as it dries down it becomes a mellow, pleasant salted vanilla coconut scent. I do think it is a little cheap smelling in the beginning, but it smells more natural and subtle as time goes on.

Tried from a sample – great in summer heat at the beach. Not overly salty nor 'oystery', good for outside and at the beach. Nice development with slightly sweet coconut and vanilla notes.

briny oysters, creamy coconut, and salty sea water. i see how this could be unpleasant to some but i think it's beautiful! it only falls short in performance with weak sillage and mediocre longevity, but if those improved it would be a love and staple summer scent! overall rating: 🩷🩷🩷🩷🖤 4/5