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yuriy_kov – :
I have to agree with the reviewer below. It does smell more like a tropical glade plug in. It’s low quality even for Jo Malone.
I like the name though.
ulipka – :
When I first sprayed this perfume I thought I was smelling a Michael Kors perfume. It’s a familiar scent that smells like lots of things, none of them elegant or expensive. I’m not a fan. On dry down, it smells identical to the tropical glad Plug In. No joke, all I can smell is my grandmas bathroom plug in with a touch of “sunscreen” in there
ifzkurdi – :
Very sweet, synthetic mess. Cherimoya isn’t present at all. Disappointment.
popazermusht – :
Smells really good at first. But of course even after spraying myself 10 times, I could still barely smell this, and focused it faded so quickly as with every darn Jo Malone. Dry down is also unimpressive to me…. reminds of me of faint generic shampoo smell.
I like the initial smell but knew right away that it’s a scent I could find at Bath and Body Works for a better price and possibly even better staying power. Silly that I was tempted to buy this because I’m drawn in by the brand for some reason…. almost as if the high price makes the purchase feel so special. I did ask for a sample and I’m glad I didn’t purchase.
I will say though, the scent is something I haven’t smelled before from Jo Malone which was a pleasant surprise. If I had tones of money to splurge and enjoyed collecting lots of these, I would buy…… mixed thoughts here, clearly!
PanfiliJ – :
Sweet, fruity, apple and pear scent, like a fruit salad. Fresh, but not very good to my mind. Does not really smell like cherimoya to me. The actual cherimoya fruit has more of a vanilla ice cream scent. Also, doesn’t last more than an hour on my skin. Definitely will not be buying this fragrance.
Пытливый – :
This is a dupe for At The Beach by Bath & Bodyworks. Definitely save your money and get the original at B&BW. They even have a cute edp purse spray for $12 in addition to the body mist. Salty, coconutty and beachy. The notes list here is a joke.
lombardo130970 – :
I was so excited to see this cologne because I love eating cherimoyas and I’d love to smell like them, too!
This is not cherimoya.
This is sunscreen with maybe a hint of almond up front. Otherwise, nothing but generic sunscreen scent, with typical poor Jo Malone staying power. Disappointing. Why even bother?
Ever get the feeling they’ll put any garbage in a bottle and sell it for $70?
superslims – :
Regarding what FireFlySF said, I think the cap is not that bad in reality as it is metal rather than the plastic-like one in the picture shown here. But I somehow agree with the part of mediocrity as it is a sweet perfume which is commonplace in the market and nothing really special that catches your attention at once. Besides, it is not that suitable for humid hot summer as I am pretty sure it will annoy you with its base as tonka bean and you will not want to wear it in 35C or even above.
I actually don’t even know what cherimoya is before I saw this ingredient on the perfume but I still don’t know what it smells like after I searched for the translation. So I just assume the sweetness in the scent that I have never smelled before as cherimoya. It is a kind of floral sweetness, a bit like the tuberose kind of sweetness which I do not like since I believe it is a bit overly sweet for me. But this one seems fine probably because it is a cologne thus the scent is not that strong and hence its sweetness. Nonetheless, here comes to the part of tonka bean.
As FireFlySF mentioned before, the ‘cheromoya’ (the sweetness I believed to be) and the tonka bean is quite stand out though the tonka bean is not very intensive but you can definitely notice it as the base which further enhances the sweetness and gives it a bit warm thing. I could detect the pear in the very beginning but it faded almost within a few seconds and no more fruity notes. So this fragrance is not fruity one and therefore quite hard to hit the tropical line (in my opinion tropical scents must be fruity sweet containing mango and other sweet fruits). I actually found that the opening is a bit similar to mimosa and cardamom after the pear note disappeared. But later they diverged.
In my first impression, I don’t see the cherimoya and tonka bean forced to be together since tonka bean is not that intensie to my nose. Rather it just act as a base to enhance the sweetness. Nevertheless, as time passes by, it is like a sunny day changing to a storm all within a sudden with no transition period. It is very weird and it seems to jump from stage 1 directly to stage 10. A smooth transition would make it much better albeit I still won’t pick it as a summer scent due to its lack of freshness.
Last but not least, green almond and redcurrant is a successful piece to me although I did not buy one as I won’t be able to use up a full bottle. However I definitely agree with your opinion about jasmine sambac and marigold which smells more interesting and I like its woody over the sweetness of tuberose and angelica.
GopKakpouro – :
Smells very similar to Bond’s Chinatown to me….up close a waxy tuberose like candle. Not bad but a bit redundant if you own the Bond.
deniskin78 – :
I would call this perfume “spring cliche”, because it is a typical flowery scent, and the listed fruit notes do not make it unique as they seem to disperse in the cloud of jasmine which is dominant here, however not listed in the description. Very close to Gucci bloom.
verdy – :
I actually really like this scent. It reminds me of Chloe Narcisse, I’m guessing from the combination of the cherimoya and the passion flower. Perfect for the summer and a nice change from the overly tangy and musky Escada summer editions.
serega_kolcov_91 – :
I have 16 other Jo Malone scents. And I love or like most of them. This one is the worst one I have tried. Save your money. Trust me on this one.
SuetteUtilk – :
First of all, I did not like the bottle design for a limited edition. The Green transparent bottle is fine but that Pink plastic cap looks actually cheap in reality. I tested it at Nordstrom last week and the scent was just an average, mediocre one. I did not get “offended” by its smell, but did not get the “wow” factor either. It was just casually nice and had weak complexity.
The cherimoya and tonka bean stood out the most. Cherimoya was lightly sweet with a touch of sourness, and tonka bean was very strong and bold (too strong to be “tropical”, in my opinion). Passion flower “came and went” so quickly, leaving no memory of its existence. And I smelled NO pear note. So the “bridges were already burnt” :))
I’m not sure I like going from cherimoya straight to tonka bean. I need something in between to “ease” me in, to the next step. I did not sense a great and smooth transition as cohesive bond between the notes. I felt as if they were a little “forced” to be together (as in “arranged marriage” 🙂 ). If I myself can CLEARLY detect notes in a fragrance, believe me, it would not be a great thing for that fragrance itself, as I’m at a child’s level in noticing notes :)) My opinion and “definition” of very good fragrances is that, a great one is the one that does not confuse me, and I cannot detect its notes easily, as they all well blend in together in harmony.
To me, another slight disappointment after the limited edition Green Almond & Redcurrant last year. I would not pay $140 (plus tax) for a 3.4 oz 100 ml bottle (the 1 oz 30 ml is $70, I believe).
The newest Cologne Intense “Jasmine Sambac & Marigold” however, is more interesting (I know that this is like comparing “apple” and “orange” but I actually much prefer that new Intense over the Tuberose & Angelica Cologne Intense).
LATEST UPDATE: I held the bottle cap in my hand and it is actually made of metal, in bright neon Pink color. And this time I was testing the bottle in Sephora. It did not smell the same as I first tested it at Nordstrom. It was not cherimoya scent (sweet and sour). It was more like “floral tropical sweetness” (something close to “white flower” scent. Maybe that was why it reminded others the scents of “At The Beach” by Bath and Body Work). But the sweet scent that I smelled this time was definitely NOT coconut as found in At The Beach. That’s I’m sure of. It was probably the passion flower this time that I smelled. However, the Tonka Bean stayed the same, compared to the first time I sniffed it. Still a no from me.