Chameleon Tropical Blooms Edition

This stuff is intoxicating! If you like tropical perfumes and can appreciate a quality fragrance you have to try this. It is so much more high quality, delicious and interesting than 90% of the synthetic, cheap-smelling "tropical fruit" perfumes in the market today. This is what Sol Janeiro wishes it could be. Don't listen to a couple of the moronic reviews below that say this smells like condoms or urinal cake- it DOES NOT. These reviewers (Lamponi and babepdx) are obviously trashy and cannot appreciate a quality perfume. This fragrance fragrance is also not "harshly green" - these idiots need to smell a very green perfume like Chanel 19 so they can know what that actually means. But I digress... This is a lovely sweet, juicy, fruity, warm, lightly-floral and vanillic scent. Very inviting. The reviewers jace212 and gmstrack summed this fragrance up perfectly in their reviews below.

To me this is leaps and bounds better than the original chameleon, which smelled like urinal cakes. This one smells like a fresh blue scent that was sprayed on some lush green jungle foliage, and the dry down is subtle and ambery. Love this one so much.

Very nice fragrance. I enjoy it more than the original chameleon. Wonderful floral and fruit combination.

An interesting beast, this new Chameleon. Whereas the original Chameleon is very floral and solar with frangipani shining all the way through, this new Tropical Blooms edition opts for a lot more fruity, sweeter tangent with yellow floral giving tropical vibes. Yes indeed, this new edition does away with the solar frangipani (not fully to my nose, it's there but it takes the backseat) and replaces it by a blast of ylang and banana leaves reinforced by guava and passionfruit, the result being a much punchier, stronger and sweeter aroma. I really like it, but after giving it a few wears, I have to admit I prefer the original, personally. This one's sweetness and strong yellow floral I feel could get headache-inducing in the humidity, unlike the original which I find is perfect for that. Ylang here is definitely the star of the show when it comes to florals, its peachy scent being the perfect complement for the tropical fruits. The opening results in a very sweet, fruity floral aroma reminding of banana, guava and passionfruit. The florals shine through the mid and get creamy and pleasant through the drydown. It's definitely made to be a springtime daily runner, although it'll do well in cooler summer days (not so sure in the big heat, as stated before). I feel this one could be worn by a guy although it certainly leans very feminine, much more so than the original Chameleon. The longevity and push are quite good, but that may be me being sensitive to the florals. I got good push for an easy 2-3 hours and on skin it lasts for well over 7-8 hours. A female friend will try it on, so I might edit this with her thoughts on longevity and performance later. I do like it, it's not a full on love since I prefer the original but it's certainly pleasant and the different vibes might please those who didn't like the fragipani-forward approach of the original. I feel women might get a lot out of this one.

Full disclosure, I am a big fan of the original Chameleon - which is tropical fruit and salt skin musk. It smells like getting ready for a night out on holiday after a day at the beach. I have been super skeptical about the amount of reformulations Zoologist has been making - especially to some of my favourite scents, but I’ve gone into my testings of the new fragrances with an open mind and nose. The result of Chameleon Tropical Blooms is that this is fun! If the original is after a beach day, this one is in the middle of it. While it’s still flirty and fun like the original, this one feels much lighter and definitely leans more feminine, although I think the right man or person could absolutely pull this off. You initially get very obvious banana leaf and ylang ylang from the jump. It’s a fresh, clean and fun opening. Once the heart notes of tropical fruit and florals get in, it starts to get a bit overly fruity and floral for me and that initial lightness goes away. Upon dry down however, a soft, creamy musk starts to appear thanks to woods and vanilla. That’s what brings me back to enjoying it, as the dry down is unisex and incredibly smooth. It also lasted WAY longer than I ever thought it would - a good 12+ hours. So tl,dr: I liked it! The middle was a bit too much for me, but the opening and dry down of this was lovely and light. It’s definitely more polished than the original Chameleon, but what I’ve loved about Zoologist is how rough and wild it is around the edges while still being incredibly polished. Artistically, I’m afraid that Zoologist is becoming too tame - which I get, but I do hope with the release of Portuguese Man O’ War and the future Raccoon that we are still getting the sensory oddities we’ve all grown to love from the house. Bar a few other fragrances in the line, we do NOT need any further reformulations.