Nota Loca

Delectable tropical candy drying down to a fairly realistic papaya musk tinged with sweet mango. What sets Nota Loca apart from the other exotic fumes is its exuberant radiance. The opening evokes chilled crystal-clear champagne, wrapped in the luscious aromas of tropical fruit where a pronounced bright tang from yuzu cuts through the fruity sweetness of mango and papaya. Picture sipping a glass of Cristal next to an extravagant buffet of freshly-cut fruit, the sweet, citrusy and musky aromas mingling in an ambrosial cloud. To me, this is island vacay in a bottle, the part where I chill by the pool, listening to my Spotify list, all cares a thousand miles away. As papaya and mango fuse and turn sweeter, I get hints of a fizzy ginger ale mixed with tropical hard candy, think mango-flavored Jolly Ranchers. The coconut note keeps mostly to the background and reads as clear coconut water rather than the familiar thick and creamy suntan lotion, allowing the fruits and musks to freely shine through. I love the luminosity of this scent and the refreshing way it unfolds on skin. While slightly synthetic in the opening, Nota Loca becomes increasingly balmy and realistic as it dries down, the sheer, musky layer of fruit staying on my skin 6-7 hours. This is a scent to pair up with your strappy heels, off-the-shoulder tops and shimmery body oils. If you want to amp up the coconut, I’d go with Nest’s Balinese Coconut body oil or a spritz of Laura Mercier’s Almond Coconut EDP. Comps: Tales from Zanzibar, Leisure in Paradise

Opening makes me think of a bowl of mashed up blacurrants or in this case acai berries, spritzed with yuzu and sprinkled with the zest, it is mouthwatering and makes me hungry. The drydown is reminding me a lot of HOS Hauts Bijoux, and I think it's due to the similar combination of Acai Berry + Mango, and Blackcurrant + Mango. They also both have something citrusy, in this case it's Yuzu, and Hauts Bijoux it's grapefruit. I really like this, it's friggin fantastic.

The candy reviews are spot on. For some reason the opening of this comes off as Red Vines. Weird, but pretty much whatever that thing is in Red Vines that makes it smell so unique- I get it in this fragrance. But then mixed with coconut. It’s not overly sweet but does smell like candy and coconut. Doesn’t smell at all like Leisure in Paradise to me.

Holy wow summer scent. The mango and coconut are forward with a creaminess from the coconut on the back end. Literally smells like a mai tai in the warm sand on a FL beach. Projection from just the sample was wonderful. For sure full bottle worthy!

Fruity candy note disappears very rapidly, leaving a quite normal smelling tropical dry down. Wouldn't wear again.