08/26/2025
rachelpapaya
3 Reviews
rachelpapaya
1
Soapy, fresh ginger
This is the perfect post-shower body mist. Awapuhi means ginger in Hawaiian. I live on Maui and found it at the ABC store here years ago. It’s pretty unisex. I have gifted this brand and fragrance to family in the past. Very clean and not *too* gingery- I am new to perfume and can really only compare it to Goldfield & Banks Ingenious Ginger, which is way more herbal/spiky/aromatic/candied. MSC Awapuhi almost has a “slippery” smell, like an actual bar of soap infused with ginger (or for those who know, squeezing a ginger flower to get the “shampoo” from it)! Slightly cloying/oily- this one hangs in the air just like wet pearls of steam from a shower right after spraying. Would be perfect after an outdoor shower! Awapuhi was truly designed for its environment. If a jungle waterfall mermaid had a signature scent, this would be it. I also think this fragrance would be great in a deodorant. Sadly, I found out this morning that my bottle had turned bad after 7+ years of lazy storage in my bathroom- not a bad shelf life for a gift shop body spray! I would repurchase for sure.
