Bold, to vary one of the less popular Salums. They really dare to do something, well. However: Üüsch is totally celebrating Cocoyster, and so it was clear that I had to test the new Wörschns quickly.
Spoiler, I was not disappointed by BANANITA - at most by how similar this variant is to the original... I would have wished for a few more differences. Nevertheless, Bananita, whose name in my opinion only fits the top note, is clearly a qualitative improvement. Look: Bananita does not correspond at all to its name reminiscent of embarrassing little grass skirts, but is actually much more unisex than the softer, sweeter original. However, it is also really crazy. So, succumbing to madness...
Well, how...! Just a moment.
So. - This time everything is thickly underlined and drawn with bold lines. This is by no means the thick, cozy, slightly simple little Cocoyster that I loved more than all the other bottles and samples in my collection last year.
This is more like the much older teenage sister. Or better, the adult, big brother -
A scent like a writing in neon colors; the start comes with a truckload of banana jelly. You can almost smell the bright egg yellow, in the middle of which a disco ball pulses, and it is so artificial that it sparkles. Immediately after this intense, children’s perfume-like start, which I wished would last much, much longer because it’s really funny, familiar Cocoyster vibes appear.
Too quickly, as I said. The contrast to the "middle part" is enormous, from the winking little joke to the adult summer scent... the surprise would have been better if the top note lasted a little longer than just a few minutes.
Yes, yes. I would have liked to celebrate this childish cheeky jelly banana much longer - but, nooo...
OK. Back to the progression. If you smell closely, after the original Cocoyster phase following the top note, you gradually perceive realistic, crunchy green banana peels.
This very natural nuance has absolutely nothing to do with the synthetic giant jelly banana from the beginning.
Plus: It’s probably this natural, green, crunchy fresh banana peel that plays the main role in a very strange phenomenon that I thought was just my imagination during the first testing:
After about an hour, the scent exhibits an almost unearthly perfect creaminess that I can hardly describe.
Alright, alright, I’m getting to it. Let’s say: It’s as if you sit in front of an absolutely beautiful painting on a hectic day, and take a moment to observe it, experiencing almost complete tranquility.
As what seemed like an optical illusion, like the aforementioned wall spray, reveals itself, when changing the angle of view, as a photorealistic depiction of a thoroughly harmonious landscape in white, gold, green; as the land where the pepper grows, and the coconuts roam free.
As a bustling large restaurant suddenly transforms into a - ballet... Unfortunately, this story doesn’t last long.
The drydown comes early, lasts forever - fortunately - is more powerful than most drydowns, and qualitatively not in the slightest (!) comparable to the usual Örks-DDs of the older Salums.
On stage, this calm, even thump appears like a slow giant wave that initially becomes sharper, more crashing, frothy, icy-peppery for a brief moment, and then remains constant for a long time. The longer this powerful, resinous frothy drydown lasts, the clearer a serious drama unfolds, in which a bearded, khaki-turquoise sea monster plays the skin role in a black tutu. (You can Google how to spell tutu correctly.)
In any case: Everything else was just a prelude!
That mentioned power takes its time. The surf rolls slowly, clears the airways, crushes a few green coconuts along the way, and reminds one of the essentials... Somehow, like that.
“Somehow/Like that”… Sounds funny. But it’s what philosophizing children almost always say at exactly the moment when their clever little words run out - because their maturing thoughts begin to scratch at the Great Whole for the first time...
Yup, this drydown also has something of greatness, of wholeness. No kidding, now…! At least for me.
Alright. And exactly this long, polar bear-strong ending makes Bananita also a bit more unisex (if not even “masculine”). And I admit, as a bottle, I would prefer t h i s scent over the original. And that really means something given my great sympathy for the chubby, cozy, little sister.
Yes, yes. With so much similarity, I of course checked the pyramid here. So. The oyster is back in, giving both Cocoysters that peculiar, but successful “coconut bobbing in brackish water” vibe. (OK, the German word BRACKWASSER sounds disgusting, but I mean it semantically correct: a mixture of fresh and seawater in the broader beach area.)
The salt note not listed this time is present for me, I like such scents.
Frankincense is indeed also in the original; I didn’t even know that, it surprised me when I just checked. However, with Bananita, I would have expected something like red pepper against the refreshing, cold sharpness towards the end, instead of the mentioned frankincense.
“Elemiharz” (whatever that is) is replaced in Bananita by “Kopaivabalsam” (whatever that may be), coconut MILK was kicked out, and - amber replaced by ambra...
New additions include musk, papyrus (which SMELLS like what??), myrrh, violet leaf, and - vetiver. Hence the certain cold, sharp, harder frothy power at the end, I assume.
OK, now it remains to classify where, when, and who.
For office and public transport, this pure summer perfume is really not for me, the crazy stuff is better taken for a walk on the halter. And, forelast but not least, it should be noted, by ego-conscious people who like to mark their territories. Despite all this, I would say the clear two-spray scent Bananita is more pleasing than Cocoyster, because: The oyster and sweetness disappear faster, and the anvil cloud of coconut dust is not quite so dominant - plus the attractively contrasting progression that can also be observed by beginners like me... Need a closing word?
- Yaringa can pack it up.
And that’s for sure!
Updated on 05/23/2025
Top Notes 
Banana
Papyrus
Myrrh
Heart Notes 
Oyster
Ylang-ylang
Coconut
Frankincense
Jasmine
Violet leaf
Base Notes 
White musk
Tonka bean
Ambergris
Copaiba balsam
Patchouli
Vanilla
Vetiver
Mepthurax
XyzXyz
DANA17
Arekk
Schnüffelnix
kuschelmaus9
mariemipi
Emiely
