Coco Extreme Comptoir Sud Pacifique 2006

That a coconut perfume only appeals to dedicated coconut fans is clear. But I can't recommend Coco Extreme to them either, simply because the price-performance ratio doesn't add up here.

The opening is dreamy. For a few seconds, Coco Extreme smells wonderfully like Batida de Coco. Intensely coconutty, rich, milky. With the alcohol, the scent of Batida also evaporates - somehow understandable, right?

What remains still smells of coconut, but significantly "thinner". The rich milky-creamy note is gone. It's logical that coconut scents smell synthetic and shouldn't scare off the coconut fan. In this respect, the coconut smell is okay, but not as great as at the beginning. After a maximum of two hours, the fun is over and it needs to be reapplied.

For comparison, I sprayed Coco Extreme on one wrist and the ridiculously cheap Noix de Coco from Yves Rocher on the other. And lo and behold: apart from the fleeting Batida note, both scents smell the same. Only, the YR scent lasts for several hours on the skin.

I recommend the budget-friendly option!