Description
Born in Puerto Rico, the piña colada was first reported as the drink offered by the pirate Roberto Cofresí to raise the morale of his crew in the 19th century. Lost in time, the recipe was only to be recreated in 1954 by Ramon Marrero, a barman at the Caribe Hilton, who determined the optimal ratio of pineapple, coconut and rum that synthesized the Puerto Rican identity. In 1978, the country finally declared the piña colada as their national drink. The secret of the cocktail is the shock of tangy and sweet, fresh and hot, creating a contrast that stimulates both taste and smell. Jasmiña Colada preserves the original concept of the cocktail, adding lush tropical flowers, and a soft and salty background that evokes the relaxing sea breeze and the skin tanned by the sun.
Jasmiña Colada by Daniel Barros is a Floral Fruity Gourmand fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Jasmiña Colada was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Daniel Barros. Top notes are pineapple, coconut, rum, neroli and magnolia; middle notes are jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, ylang-ylang and tuberose; base notes are milk, sugar, sandalwood and ambergris.
krash15 – :
Let me say, first, I’m not an expert nose, just an enthusiast for scents and colors, the natural and the synthetic ones.
I appreciate an olfactory statement, with an initial punch and a surprising, dramatic evolution.
The pineapple blast is lovely, even if it’s surrounded by a slight plastic aura, not exactly a fake candy note even though it’s sugary too. (Actually I’m a sucker for synthetic neon-like fragrances like Joop Nightflight so it may be a really biased opinion)
Then, it feels like a tropical party at the beach. Good feeling! I foresee beach lovers will at least respect it, but something happens when a strangely salty, dry aroma challenges my nostrils in a way I’m not really into. Beautiful flowers become evident while the tasteful pineapple keeps lingering over time with sugar and coconut on a warm base with a lot of good stuff I can’t identify.
So, it’s a surprisingly interesting fragrance. My nose insists there’s something weird there, although it provides depth, a good story, so I guess it’s worth the trial. By the way without that strange smell I guess it would end up being a sweet clueless cake flavoring agent.
Final word: like! And I’m gonna wear it on a sunny day with friends when I’m up to get drunk and in the mood – and I do have all the moods available 😮
lykovica – :
Hubby gave me Jasmina Colada for Christmas. I am SO happy with it! I love the creamy jasmine, which makes it good for year round wear, not only summer.
Right now it’s very cold and snowing where I live. But JC makes me think of a beautiful bouquet of jasmine near the fireplace, with just a touch of tropical pineapple to dispel the winter gloom. Dan is a very talented perfumer. He dosed the fruit just right so as not to overwhelm the lovely jasmine. And the dry down is divine! I also like the affordability of it. Thank you, Dan, for thinking of lovers of perfume on a budget! 🙂
Tobacognac will be next, I think. I adore boozy/smoky/woody/spicy scents, especially in winter.
SAgosha – :
Jasmiña Colada was a happy surprise for me. I love jasmine and all the white flowers, but I’m not exactly into fruity scents, specially pineapple. They often smell harsh and dull for me, since I’m often unable to ignore their synthetic nature and characteristics. I wanted to try this one specifically to know how Daniel would deal with this kind of aromatic substance, how would he blend it in a luxury perfume.
The first impression, right from the sniffer, wasn’t good. I got a whiff of the plasticky jasmine candied pineapple aura and thought “well, that’s gonna be a long ride”. The ride was actually long, but, oh boy!, what a pleasant one! Contrary to my initial fear, Jasmiña Colada doesn’t smell obviously synthetic and is more than delicious. Sure, you won’t be fooled and think that you’re sitting in front of an actual Piña Colada surrounded by jasmine flowers, it’s not that literal (and I’m glad it isn’t), but the mood it evokes is amazing! Since the first impression on the skin was that good, I decided to try it on a full wear in a hot and sunny day. If you’re testing something you’d better give it a proper challenge, right?
The initial burst, as others have mentioned, is quite strong and a bit off-putting, but this feeling lasts for a few moments, maybe less than a minute. The scent is deeply sweet, even sugary and plasticky, but there’s something in the background preventing it to become sickly so, maybe the ambergris. The pineapple emerges more like and idea than a fruit, mixing well with all the lactonic ingredients and the flowers to sing in a creamy, dreamy and happy scent that brings a smile to your face.
Happy, shiny and somewhat neon without being cloying, that’s the aroma profile for quite a long time. Development brings a little tweaks here and there to the original mix, the milky aspects of sandalwood and coconut become stronger, but the flowery-fruity goodness keeps strong for many, many hours.
Perfomance wise, this is amazing. Very good longevity with a nice aura and silage. My girlfriend loved it to the bone and couldn’t help herself from sniffing my neck every quarter hour or so. I got some unusual stares at the mall, mostly women confused by what I was wearing. Compared to many other fruity fragrances I crossed paths with, this one is absolute class despite the funny and joyful aroma.
An absolute LOVE from me and MUST TRY for everyone, even those who usually don’t go along with fruit accords. Only those who can’t stand white flowers should stay away.
kampot12 – :
Joyful,sunny,fruity and fun this fragrance is exactly what I’ll need to cheer me up on a long dark northern hemisphere night. I’ll dream of sun kissed beaches and watching beautiful boys go by as I sip a lush fruity cocktail.
makspwnz – :
Despite the drink that inspires the composition being popular we don’t know exactly the origin of Piña Collada, creation blending pineapple, rum and coconut milk, with some variations using condensed milk to replace the coconut. It is one of my favorite drinks, especially due the harmony of its sweetness with the fruity aroma and thealcoholic aspect of composition. In Jasmiña Collada, Daniel conceptualizes the drink in a floral composition of lactonic, vanillic and musky nuances.
The opening is a more challenging part of the composition and I imagine that not everyone will like it. Many of the synthetic available to play pineapple aroma have bitterest secondary nuances that refer to galbanum and is visible this contrast between the fruity pineapple acid and the bitter green tones. These, however, go away and one gets then the smell of pineapple which is not overripe neither too green.
The Jasmine present in the name is an important element to give the creamy lactonic nuance to the composition and it appears better as the scent evolves into the body and base notes. At times it is more delicate, in others more lactonic, but always present, wrapped in musks and the milky aspect of sandalwood in the base. The overall work gives me a strange feeling, something that is exotic and challenging but at the same time cozy and easy in its evolution. It’s not one of my favorites in the collection but it is an interesting creation, I do not remember other perfumes that combine pineapple with a woody floral structure where Jasmine predominates.
Mercu249JeomiWogkig – :
Right. I’ve read the descriptions for all these scents and I am tremendously intrigued. I would like to try all of them. Any chance these will ever make it to the States? I sincerely hope so.