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Akella04 – :
This was a impulse blind buy after seeing a you tuber do a perfume favorite review. I love ginger and bakery scents so I took a chance on this one buying it off Amazon.com. One spray and I was hooked! I immediately bought a backup bottle and searched for body lotion or body oil with this scent! I wear this daily, usually to bed because it smells so yummy!
Thank God this is a fresh ginger with dry biscuit scent, not a sickly sweet one. It lasts on my extremely dry skin in 120 degree heat all day with a lingering trail! On my clothes it lasts until next day. This may be a cologne but it has unbelievable longevity! I highly recommend this scent! I would bath in it if I could! Absolutely my favorite scent ever!
kukernos – :
Omggggg this is beautiful! I just got a bottle of this in a swap and I was instantly hooked. Warm spicy ginger infused caramel with hints of vanilla and other delectable foody spices. I love L de Lolita which is in the same scent class, but I think this is actually much better. Such a shame that I just found this as the weather starts to get warmer here in time for sping/summer. I will make sure I get at least one more bottle by next fall because this is a new fav.
Master_css – :
Less gingerbread and more vanilla shortbread cookie
kavani – :
Well this is a surprise.
I got a decant of this because I loved the sound of it. But most Jo Malone fragrances are pretty, thin, and fleeting on me.
This one has actually lasted a reasonable length of time. It’s not terribly powerful, and almost no silage, but hey at least I can smell it about six hours after application which is about four hours more than any other of this brand I’ve tried.
The scent itself is warm, cozy, and chewy. It does indeed smell like a ginger biscuit, but with a little more complexity. I get a little incense, a little wood, all in all it’s really quite enjoyable. Though given the cost and size of a full bottle I’ll just stick with my decant.
ssrx13 – :
At first spray it does smell shockingly photorealistic, like a gingerbread cookie fresh from the oven! However, I found that moment to be very short-lived, and minutes later it falls apart to a sweet, spicy, buttery/greasy scent, eventually drying down to something like Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant without the intrigue.
DreactUnace – :
Very gourmand – ginger and cinnamon biscuit like, spot on!! It even has that greasy feel to it as in made with lots of butter!
This is very strong and very caramel sweet though with the cold that i still have, it could be even more stronger.
You need to like foody scents to like this. I predict that this is strong with moderate sillage.
Update after 30 mins: still going strong and similar to the beginning but smoother now. Very caramel like on me.
After an hour, this is very buttery sweet like those worthington butter sweets!!!
gesha555000 – :
The yummiest fragrance, and I mean “tasty” as in food. It smells creamy, milky, and even buttery. Perfect for cold days by the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate. The name says it all.
Mefgr975bedyWelty – :
I wanted this forever, so I was so excited that it was re-issued this year! I smell a ginger cookie but it’s more complex than that. The first time I wore it out, my husband kept saying he smelled incense and then when I held up my wrist to his nose, he realized it was the Ginger Biscuit he was smelling. Now that he pointed it out, I do smell incense too. It gives the scent depth and keeps it from smelling edible anymore once it dries down. I also smell lots of tonka bean. This one went straight to my favorites shelf…it’s pretty different from my other favorite Jo Malones but so lovely.
Варфаломей – :
I purchased this as a sort of panic buy because the salesman said that it was the last one and that it may not be back until next Christmas. In the store, I liked the fragrance because I detected a hint of pine, but I think that the pine fragrance might have been in my nose because I was sniffing the lovely pine candle. Anyway, I definitely get a gingerbread-man scent, but I seriously don’t want to smell like baked goods. I have enough of a problem staying away from them as it is. It does seem to dry down pretty quickly to a vanilla scent, but I’m not crazy about that either, and so I returned it to the store.
Gyga61 – :
I ordered Ginger Biscuit online based upon the Frangrance combination it is supposed to be. I wanted to like it so much but it does not smell good on me. First spray I smelled a lot of ginger which I liked. But, when it settled on my skin it smelled like an old burnt smell. I can’t say it was vanilla; it smells like this lamp oil I had that was supposed to be vanilla and amber but just smelled old and burnt. People seem to love this fragrance by the reviews. I think it really depends on your skin. I’m so sad that I didn’t like Ginger Biscuit.
alliance1987 – :
Amazing! Smells like a hot gingerbread cookie fresh out of the oven dipped in warm caramel. Everybody comments on it. It’s one of the best scents I’ve ever smelled. I can’t stop sniffing it. The other reviewers are right, you can layer this with any scent but the baking gingerbread biscuit stays. The scent doesn’t disappear either.. Just kidding. I don’t smell the cookie or the caramel and no one comments. I just smell spicy gingerbread. It’s okay but I think the price tag is too high.
dtm390speagoessenda – :
Really disappointing. It smells synthetic, even for a Jo Malone. Just a gourmand cheap body spray smell. I think you guys are gassing this up just a bit too much.
логинова_юля – :
Opened with a hopeful and bouncy scent of boutique ginger ale. Quickly it turned to a synthetic/generic baking smell mildly like burnt plastic. Dry down got a bit smoother and more distinctly sweet. I kept sniffing to try to determine why it was so familiar. Bingo! Bath and Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar. Exactly. The dry down has no ginger or spice. It is pure BBW Warm Vanilla Sugar. I mean to a T. You probably wouldn’t be able to discern the difference between the two within half hour of spritzing.
anjey1312 – :
YES, the Ginger Biscuit Cologne is NOW available for purchase online at JoMalone.com in the US, just the big bottle 3.4 oz 100 ml.
If you wanna try this scent or re-stock, grab it while the supplies last as I’m not sure it will be for sale for how long.
@dannysmom: THANKS for letting us know!
Updating: this is by far my No. 1 like from the Sugar and Spice collection (the 2nd one is Bitter Orange & Chocolate). One word: Yum!
fkoeipows – :
Not a review, but news for people in the US. This will be available for a limited time this holiday season in department stores and Jo Malone boutiques!
кruslan 84 – :
This. This right here, is EVERYTHING. Hands down one of THE best gourmand fragrances that I have ever smelled. It truly captures the spicy richness one encounters when they first bite into a ginger nut biscuit. To my nose I can detect ginger coupled with cinnamon sugar and an ooozing caramel note. This scent also reminds me of a cosy Winter evening. Absolutely fabulous.
945198 – :
This smells EXACTLY like the ginger cakes you get in colonial Williamsburg. Fresh out of the oven, dusted with a little flour, warm and delicious. Jo Malone is a house that has yet to disappoint me. The tragedy is that this fragrance was discontinued..I’d give a couple of my fingers for a bottle but the prices this is going for now are beyond my budget. Such a shame, this was a real treasure. I’m going to be guarding what remains of my sample VERY carefully.
LenochkaRose – :
I’m not sure what to think about this one yet. I got it the other day and was only able to do a general spritz. My boyfriend; however, really liked it – men always seem to like the foodie or sweet candy scents. I wasn’t sure what I was smelling as a top note (I certainly didn’t smell ginger cookie) but the dry down was pretty with the caramel and vanilla scent (I believe that’s what came to mind). I’m very anxious to layer this fragrance with a fruity fragrance, perhaps the Love + Toast sugared grapefruit might be a nice combo.
I had been absolutely desperate to try this perfume. All the reviews really intrigued me. And while the jury is still out I’d say it was a good buy.
demaTeams21 – :
Ginger biscuit for me was an instant hoorah, I smelt the perfume and found myself obsessing over it for a month, till I finally bought a bottle. Then obsessed over it being an LTD and bought another. The only thing I can say that I sort of regret is not buying a 3rd.
Ginger biscuit has a sharp spicy ginger surrounded in a creamy cozy envelope of milky caramel, cinnamony vanilla, and hazelnut. Since I love all of those notes I just about died when I found a fragrance that had them all combined. This is plenty spicy and is unlike a lot of gourmand fragrances on the market, it’s unusual and quirky. It gives you a warm snuggley feeling inside, and develops well on a person with low body heat. On me the fragrance lasts 8 hours and projects around 3 feet around me in soft smolder y sweet way.
I catch whiffs of it all day. I am just in love how quirky and charming this fun little scent is! I wore it once to a bingo hall and got like a million compliments, this could be the perfect perfume for visiting grandma. Which is kind of an odd observation I know, but it has an old time-y charm to it since I think ginger cookies are less popular nowadays then they used to be.
I think this is a good fragrance to buy if you are looking for something comforting yet fun. I really hope Jo Malone brings this fragrance back!
oxalis – :
Warm and gingery. Not too sweet, and does not smell like fresh baked ginger cookies but has a warm vanilla/ ginger base with a slightly bitter edge. The first time I tried it at Neiman Marcus I didn’t care for it, but sampled again it gew on me. Nice fall or winter scent.
merspasha – :
Discount Snickerdoodles and Vanilla-Spice tea…
Ginger Biscuit opens with a distinct sweet milk note, like the milk remaining in the bowl after the sugar-coated cereal is gone.
There’s a dusting of spices through its development: cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg, but it really is just a light dusting. A “vanilla” snickerdoodle cookie brimming with artificial ingredients and a visible sprinkling of spices on top. I am also reminded of artificial vanilla-spice tea bags, though there’s no actual black tea note here.
Ginger Biscuit does not smell like true to life cookies, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, like a few other of Jo Malone’s weaker offerings, e.g. French Lime Blossom, Vintage Gardenia, and the rest of the Sugar & Spice collection (with the exception of Bitter Orange & Chocolate), Ginger Biscuit suffers from a surreal transparency – the overall composition just seems to miss the mark.
GB projects pretty poorly so you can wear it wherever, whenever. I can’t imagine it offending anyone. It reminds me of Bond No 9′ I Love New York For All, sans the black pepper, leather, and monster projection.
Ginger Biscuit lasts a good long while, and if you dig artificially flavored mildly spiced cookies, this could be your (go-to fragrance for a) cup of tea.
Personally, I would go for JM’s Dark Amber & Ginger Lily, or L’Occitane’s Eau des Baux if I were in the mood for a soothing spiced vanilla.
On the other hand, I could see Ginger Biscuit layering beautifully with the majority of the fruit-centered JM offerings, (I’ll bet the English Pear and Freesia layers with this amazingly) so if you love all things JM, this one is worth a sniff.
gonval – :
This collections was just released in france and I knew I had to try… I didnt expect to like this smell but I do!! Its not as spicy as it is sweet. It smells like nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla cookies with caramel… Delicious, spicy but definitely sweet.
CaleToopelt – :
I bought this on a whim for my birthday, hoping it would be warm and, well, gingery! The initial spritz and top notes remind me of Prada Candy. As it dries down, the cinnamon notes are reminiscent of L de Lolita. Since I enjoy both of those perfumes, I find this new Jo Malone one to be delightful. It has excellent sillage and lasted approx. 8 hours, which is not bad for a cologne. I found most of the notes were detectable, and lovely. However, the only note that I couldn’t really detect was ginger. I suppose I expected it to be a little spicier. Nevermind, all in all, a good perfume which I will enjoy anyway.
KumAsyA – :
I was looking for something like SL 5’Oclock Gingembre with staying power. By some sad twist of nature, SL literally fades away on my skin within 30 minutes. Ginger Biscuit is to 5’Oclock like a biscotti is to a fresh ginger snap. Ginger Biscuit had great lasting power and nice sillage. It’s just not as spicey and ginger-y as I hoped. The vanilla and hazelnut mute the sharp snap of ginger and turn this truly from a cookie to, well, a biscuit. It’s warm, milky, dry and a little sweet – not a boring vanilla, mind you – but it’s lacking that spicey zip I wanted.
hgj132speagoessenda – :
Jo Malones fragrances are for layering. This is no exception. Layer this under a citrus based fragrance (including those not from the house) and it adds a nice dimension to it. It smells exactly like the name. warm ginger biscuits with sweet powder sugar on top. makes me hungry when I smell it on its own. Don’t expect anything to last to long from this line on its own. They’re cologne concentration because you wouldn’t want to layer something heavy and thick like an edp. Although, this does seem to have slightly above average longevity.
fertibertik – :
Sweet warm ginger delicious-ness (pleaser for gourmand lovers), I tested the whole line just last week @ Nordies, they’re all pretty wonderful. I loved the Ginger Biscuit the most, it’s like eating fresh buttery ginger snap dipped in milk && coated with caramel…mmm! && actually this is more sweet then spicy && the dry down is absolutely amazing, on me I was getting a scent that was faintly familiar, then it hit me on the dry down w/ the caramel, it smells slightly like a very light version of prada candy, I’m not saying it smells like it entirely just an undertone from the caramel && it also faintly reminded of B&BW warm vanilla sugar. It’s so edibly yummy && sexxi, I got it to layer w/ my candy, && they’re limited edition so I deff. needed this! go give em a try! Apparently they’re all targeted for woman, but it’s Jo Malone if you like it wear it! 🙂