Top Notes 
Finger lime
Lime
Orange
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Smoked vanilla
Base Notes 
Patchouli
Vetiver
Virginia cedar
Alexza74
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Alexza74
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I wanted to test Tropical Sunset last summer, but no one offered a sharing or a decant. I contacted Comptoir Sud Pacifique, but they also didn't want to sell me a decant outside of a Discovery Set. Buying a 30ml bottle for €124.00 (excluding shipping) blind felt too risky for me. By chance, I was able to order a sample from an Italian perfumery online.
The scent starts off very citrusy. I don't know if it's Virginia cedar, but I don't feel transported to the tropics; instead, I feel like I'm in the spa area of a wellness oasis. Instead of thinking of warm, balmy sunsets, I think of a cold winter day in the sauna. I smell lemon with herbs. Later, a pleasant, sweet vanilla joins in. Overall, Tropical Sunset is light and zesty, and maybe others immediately associate this scent with summer while my synapses are somehow misfiring here. It is a rather masculine scent that in the drydown resembles Ani Extrait de Parfum or "Nasheet | Lattafa / لطافة." At first, I felt the longevity was poor, but in the second test, I was able to perceive the scent on my skin for a good 8 hours at 32°C.
I find this scent to be quite high-quality compared to all the other scents from Comptoir Sud Pacifique that I have smelled so far.
Postscript: During my summer vacation in the hot south, I actually enjoyed wearing the scent. It was not unpleasant even at 32 degrees. And the longevity is truly top-notch.
The scent starts off very citrusy. I don't know if it's Virginia cedar, but I don't feel transported to the tropics; instead, I feel like I'm in the spa area of a wellness oasis. Instead of thinking of warm, balmy sunsets, I think of a cold winter day in the sauna. I smell lemon with herbs. Later, a pleasant, sweet vanilla joins in. Overall, Tropical Sunset is light and zesty, and maybe others immediately associate this scent with summer while my synapses are somehow misfiring here. It is a rather masculine scent that in the drydown resembles Ani Extrait de Parfum or "Nasheet | Lattafa / لطافة." At first, I felt the longevity was poor, but in the second test, I was able to perceive the scent on my skin for a good 8 hours at 32°C.
I find this scent to be quite high-quality compared to all the other scents from Comptoir Sud Pacifique that I have smelled so far.
Postscript: During my summer vacation in the hot south, I actually enjoyed wearing the scent. It was not unpleasant even at 32 degrees. And the longevity is truly top-notch.
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