Coco Vanille Mancera 2016

This scent is absolutely gorgeous. I absolutely love it for Spring and Summer. I will update once I have actually worn it more, but for now I can say that my first impression was a great one. This was my first buy from mancera and now I want to smell others. This gives me total beach vibes & I am totally here for it

I have a decent number of perfumes with this general scent profile of Ylang-Ylang, Coconut and Vanilla as it's probably my favorite three notes like ever. That said, Coco Vanille is pretty average all things considered.

Personally, I think this smells almost exactly like Alien Goddess Intense. The Ylang-ylang is fine and the vanilla is nice but the coconut itself is pretty cheap and synthetic smelling. It's not an awful scent but there are other perfumes that do this same thing but better. Also, I think it may be the Tiare flower, but there is something in this that makes me sneeze like crazy every time I spray it.

Longevity is good actually 6ish hours with moderate projection, but the basic coconut and sneezing issues mean I don't reach for this all that frequently, even in summer.

A very sweet, cloying scent. At first one can even smell a bit of coconut, but later it disappears into a ultra-sweet sunscreeny smell. It is sadly very cloying and headache inducing, even though usually I'm not prone to that with most scents. It's definitely not a gourmand scent, as it doesn't feel "yummy" to me.

Later in the day it simmered down to a old timey cologne-like scent. That was unexpected, but some fragrances do that on me sometimes. All in all it's not a perfume I would be buying a full-size bottle of. It's not revolting exactly, but nothing to be excited about. I believe it might make someone else happy, but it's a bit too sweet and too boring to my tastes.

This fragrance isnt for everyone and i should say it leans feminine for me as i would not want to smell this on a man. The name coco vanille is actually pretty self explanatory and it smells just like i would imagine. Some may not enjoy these kind of fragrances but if you like sweet vanilla coconut scents this is worth a shot. Its my perfect beach vacation scent and it has great florals in it to break up that vanilla and coconut. Kind of like a nice sunscreen. I get a decent amount of projection and longevity as well. Not in a way to choke you with sweetness in summer heat. I really enjoy and cant imagine myself in summer without this. When i was a teenager i would always use coconut passion by vs and this kinda reminds me of it just a more mature and better blended version of it. Overall an amazing fragrance

honestly, Coco Vanille was guaranteed to be a safe buy for me. coconut and vanilla are two notes I naturally gravitate towards, especially in summer, so this was always going to be right up my alley.
after finally finding a great deal on a 120ml bottle, I couldn’t resist adding it to my collection.

what surprised me most is actually … how unsurprising it is.
if you’re expecting a unique twist, an unusual interpretation of coconut, or something that reinvents the genre, this probably isn’t it. in many ways, Coco Vanille is exactly what its name suggests: a tropical coconut-vanilla fragrance with a sunny, beachy personality. it’s familiar, easy to understand, and instantly recognizable. some people might see that as a weakness, though.

the reason I still enjoy it so much is because it delivers precisely the kind of scent profile I want during the warmer months. the coconut has that classic sunscreen-like quality that immediately evokes beaches, holidays, and sun-kissed skin. it’s sweet but not too sweet.
the best comparison I can think of is this: if Beach Walk and Alien Goddess had a baby, it would probably smell something like Coco Vanille. it combines that sunny, vacation-ready coconut vibe with a warm, creamy sweetness and white flowers that feels incredibly easy to wear.
but if you’re familiar with tropical coconut-vanilla fragrances, you’ll likely find similarities to plenty of other perfumes in the same category.

what truly elevates it for me, though, is the signature Mancera performance. this projects, it lasts, and people will notice it. the strong sillage and longevity are exactly why Mancera continues to be one of my favorite fragrance houses.

overall, this isn’t groundbreaking, niche, or particularly innovative. it’s simply a very well-executed tropical coconut vanilla fragrance with fantastic performance.
but sometimes that’s all you want: a scent that smells like summer in a bottle, makes you feel like you are on vacation, and leaves a beautiful trail wherever you go. for that purpose, Coco Vanille does its job exceptionally well.