Ingenious Ginger Goldfield & Banks 2023

Ingenious Ginger opens so promising with a powdery, woody and fizzy, zesty ginger ale scent upon first spray.

Within 10 seconds the citrus party arrives. The mandarin orange is very prominent here. It’s a softer floral orange, much smoother and well rounded than its larger tangy and zesty cousins. Here is when the disappointment hits for me. I was expecting zingy ginger, maybe a warm or fresh citrus ginger spice and I really loved the first few seconds of ginger ale accord.

But rather than ground ginger or crystallised ginger, I’m getting a creamy yet fizzy orange amber. So I had to do a little digging after realising that the listed note is ‘ginger flower’ not ginger.

Goldfield & Banks state that this perfume was inspired by Australia’s native Red Back Ginger plant. I haven’t whiffed this plant personally but it’s cited as its flower having a rich and potent aroma similar to tuberose with a lily like undertone, distinct from the spicy and peppery scent associated with ginger root. The Red Back Ginger plant also has edible shoots and rhizomes that have a mild ginger flavour and aroma.

So that’s starting to make a lot more sense to me. Don’t get me wrong, there’s maybe a tease of ginger in this perfume that gives it little bit of zingy freshness, but it’s a very, very thin slice of raw, uncooked ginger root.

As Ingenious Ginger continues to dry down the mandarin remains prominent. The florals are well blended and indistinct and merge beautifully with the vanilla, amber and woods to create a smooth, soft solar, creamy, fuzzy, floral orange that has a delightful soft powdery edge to it that makes this a very comforting and soft fragrance.

It’s nice, it’s well made, it’s different. But it’s not for me. It doesn’t feel like a perfume on my skin, it lacks the sensual spiciness I was expecting from its name. Instead, it’s more like a fruity floral body lotion of a soft, smooth gourmand. It smells, to me, like a Solero ice-cream ginger ale float, a yummy sweet vanilla ice-cream bar on a stick that’s encased in frozen orange purée.. it’s been popped in a sundae glass and a bit of ginger ale poured over it. Delicious, but just not my thing.

Ingenious Ginger. I’ve heard People say that this limmensite and Vibrato are the same. If you own all three it’s redundant. I own all three and to my nose each has thier own thing going for them. Yes they are all ginger fragrances but Ingenious ginger is the seeetest of them all. I really enjoy the sweet ginger that comes from this fragrance. Performance is good as well. This is by far my favorite out of the three above.

I was really hyped to try this scent since everyone was hyping it up over the summer and I finally got a chance to get a decant. Dont believe the hype. I really dont like it, its very in your face, reminds me of those unpleasant sweet candies your grandma gives you that have been laying on the dining table for years.
Sweet lemon & mandarin mixed with a non spicy ginger with no sparkling quality (which is for me a need in a ginger fragrance) VERY loud. Then it dries down and gets less annoying, but you get this designer-ish base that im not very fond of for a fragrance worth 150 euros, I would like to sample this brand more, but this is a pass for me.
I brought with me to school to test some other opinions, but no positive feedbacks. Not worth the money, if you do want a sparkling ginger frag that actually smells like ginger, check out Prada's Infusion de Gingembre .

Ingenious ginger opens up with a beautiful fizzy note with a ginger scent sooo beautiful that you cant even imagine it. In the drydown i get a smooth vanilla and some citruses and the ginger note is still there! cant get enough of my bottle and i strongly recommend it! I havent met anyone that hasnt liked it and i have recived many nice compliments!

I’m split on this one…
On one hand I appreciate the care put into this, but on the other I just don’t vibe with it?
About the only time I see myself wearing this, would be to a more formal style gathering, and that’s far too few moments to warrant a full bottle for me.

The scent has a very bright and citrusy opening, it honestly reminds me of the smell of a Lemonhead candy, with its sweet powdery coating. Underneath the orange and lemon, I get vanilla and musks creating a very-very sweet and delicious aroma, but it plays a fine balance of almost being too sweet for my taste? The citruses come off very shear, and in combination with the vanillic notes, I’m torn.
A few florals smattered in to add some balance to the sweetness, but the star of the show is definitely the sweeter notes.
I get more longevity than sillage from this, lasting around 9-10hrs, with about a conversation distance sillage.
Not my everyday vibe, but it’s not a bad scent.