Ginger Ciao 2.27

My bottle of Ginger Caio oil came today and I am so thrilled with the fragrance, I cannot wait to show my mom this gem. Shalimar's Ode de Vanille came today and I have been testing it, but it fades after a couple hours to a whiff of vanilla, after 3 reapplications of Ode De Vanilla, Ginger Caio is still standing! Ginger Caio evolves on your skin from a gingery coconut with vanilla for the first hour or so before it gently fades into a beautiful coconut, ylang ylang and sandalwood. Lasting power is FANTASTIC on my skin, well over 10 hours. I am so impressed with Yosh's Sottile and Ginger Caio, but I am not sure their other offerings are quite as tempting. Sottile is the perfect, most fresh, nose stuffed in fresh bloomed tea rose fragrance I have ever found. I dont usually like rose scents unless they are very true to the flower and not synthetic or fake smelling, and yosh's Sottile is just what I wanted, also great lasting power. I prefer Ginger Caio and will probably wear it more often, but they both are pretty close to perfect perfume oils, and my choice of which fragrance I pick is completely based on my mood or what I am doing. This is a fantastic original black coconut/ginger/ylang ylang fragrance. I own sage's onyx as well, and the coconut is very similar, but the fragrances are completely different besides that, and Ginger Caio has much better lasting power along with the ginger/ylang ylang- onyx has different notes entirely. Yosh is just oil fragrance heaven!

I've adored Yosh's Ginger Ciao since way back when it came in oil form; I remember wearing a sample of the oil one summer morning while strolling through my Portland neighborhood, inwardly giddy at the rich, tropical notes enveloping me as I walked. Soon after, I ordered a bottle, and got a compliment the first time I wore it; it projected nicely without overwhelming. I'd used up most of the bottle and due to a a big overseas move, and had not revisited it in a few years. When I finally spritzed this on again, after a long break, I had a newfound appreciation not only for its unique take on a tropical perfume construction but especially for its longevity -- wow! It lasts ALL day and then some, which is so rare these days! Mind you, the version I had was the scent before the Rodrigo Flores-Roux re-formulatioin (b.r.f-r ;-)), and I've no doubt it's equally delightful because: Rodrigo!! It's becoming increasingly difficult to find, however, as it currently seems to be out of stock everywhere, so here's to hoping there's more supply coming in because mama needs a new bottle of this beauty!!

I am wearing this now and fell for it at once, but I read all the previous reviews looking for the tuberose note I know I smell and didn't find any. To me it's very tuberose and lily heavy, yet still remains light enough to not overpower you or knock people out around you. It has a very fresh island/beach smell and feel. It’s very spicy, and I love that about it because it cuts through the sweetness and brings a needed balance. I also don't get the civet in it thankfully, but I do get the orange blossom and it is a beautiful one. Fresh, not stale. And as for the ylang, I do not get a lot of that, again, which I am thankful for because the note sometimes bothers me. I was a little afraid of the coconut note, but it's blended so well with the lily, tuberose, etc..that I don't really get it. I went to her website and found this: Perfumer: Rodrigo Flores, Givaudan. Top notes: Ylang, Ylang, Mandarin, Cyclamen, Gardenia Middle notes: Sampaquita (a reconstitution of jasmine sambac), Tuberose, Orange Blossom, Night Blooming Jasmine Base notes: Lactones, Coconut, Musk, Civet Vibe: Jungle Love

Beautiful tropical lily fragrance. Balanced with the sweet butteriness of ylang ylang and coconut. I usually don't like ginger in fragrances I'm getting tired of it but here I don't really notice it because the florals are so prominent and so heady and so tropical that I just don't really get all the ginger. This is really delicious. It reminds me of Goutal Songes A little bit but it's different enough to where I could see wanting to buy this in the future I already own one of yosh's fragrances white flowers and I really enjoy it the longevity is amazing and I'm going to enjoy wearing the sample before the summer is out absolutely stunning beautiful. The way a tropical floral should be done. I can see the comparisons to moon bloom it's not the same it's like a kissing cousin. Very beautiful very natural smelling I can't say enough good about this fragrance. The night blooming Cerreus in here is what makes this fragrance special and the lily This is a gorgeous Lily fragrance. Oriental Lily like a stargazer Lily. If you love tropical heady florals you should check this out.

There is two categories of fragrances that I like mostly – the resinous and incense based and the other group created around heavy flowers. Ginger Ciao has something from both – heavy lily with full of honey cereus surrounded by woody coconut are build on the resinous ginger and ylang ylang base. In my opinion this perfume is heavy and created mostly for audience loving old fashioned creations. I can imagine ideas beyond the Ginger Ciao because many countries in the Far East has this kind of smell – airports, hotels, shopping centers... everywhere you are surrounded by this kind of flowers mixed with spicy ginger. I like it a lot, but in my opinion this fragrance is not for everyone, especially not for those people who is focused on modern incense based niche fragrances.