Covet Pure Bloom Sarah Jessica Parker 2008

Just for this beautiful bottle, which shimmers in a wonderfully delicate lilac. I really like this color! However, after the first spray, I thought it should actually be much brighter and pinker to match the scent, because it starts off very oriental sweet with a strong alcohol note and a slightly scratchy coconut opening. I'm not a big fan of coconut; I don't like it in shampoos or body lotions, and consequently not in perfumes either. I hate Pina Colada, and for me, it's only indispensable in Thai food. Real coconut milk isn't overly sweet, unlike most perfumes in this direction.
After a few minutes, this scent becomes much milder, and a very special note comes in that immediately reminds me of another perfume, namely Poison by Dior! Only much more delicate and blended with creamy coconut. Poison was my very first perfume, and when you, as a teenager, joyfully douse yourself in it every morning before school and then feel all grown-up while torturing teachers and classmates with this wonderfully thick cloud, the scent stays in your mind forever. I would have never thought to add coconut to this composition, but what can I say, it's good. Very good, in fact!
Jasmine and coconut push each other back and forth, while the tuberose plays more of a supporting role, just like the slightly zesty mandarin. I perceive the plum much stronger, which gives everything a nice, slightly fruity dark depth that eventually transitions into a pleasantly delicious creaminess of amber and musk. After a few hours, all that remains on my skin is a delicate floral, soapy hint of sunscreen, which, despite all its fluffiness, cannot be denied a certain freshness. And now the color of the bottle fits as well. The scent really has something lush about it and instantly transports me to a hot, steamy summer night after it has just rained. I LOVE that! At every pool party, Pure Bloom would be my very first choice; it is delicious, lightly fresh, elegantly grown-up but still carefree, seductive and close to the skin, even somewhat erotic, for me an absolute feel-good scent. Also for summer nights when you’re barefoot but with a flower in your hair, relaxing on the beach sipping a cocktail while music from Enrique Iglesias plays somewhere in the background or something. I think that comparison fits quite well, because I can't stand Iglesias' mushy songs every day, but there are moments when it fits wonderfully. Pure Bloom is just like that. I can't imagine taking it to the office every day or wearing it for shopping, etc.; it’s just too special for that. While it does have something "clean" about it in the broadest sense, especially in the dry down, the exotic clearly prevails, and I personally associate it more with relaxed evening hours.
Anyone who actually likes coconut but has so far kept their distance because most scents of this kind drift into the squeaky fruity sweet teenage direction should definitely give this one a try ;-)