08/26/2023

Belletrist
31 Reviews

Belletrist
1
Pineapple fruit roll up
On my skin, the opening is incredibly sweet fruit, and I thought pineapple (probably influenced by the name and tagline, though I think the combination of mango + lime is probably close to pineapple, and all these tropical fruits are bouquets of overlapping terpenes, lactones, etc anyway) but fruit roll-ups if they had a ~*tropical*~ flavor. Over time it gets less sweet and more nondescript tropical fruit. I don’t smell guava, or coconut, although the fragrance does become a little creamier over time and I don’t smell the sandalwood either though I can tell the fragrance is grounded in *something* and it doesn’t smell like it doesn’t have a woody base, if that makes sense. The hibiscus comes out more and more in the drydown with a tart aromatic edge while the sweetness dies down and 17hrs later I get very faint and not very sweet hibiscus mango skin.
It's actually a shame, because the hibiscus mango skin is absolutely wonderful.... but the first 8-9hrs are a wild ride to sit through if that's what you're looking for.
Sprayed on from the tester bottle at Ministry of Scent.
It's actually a shame, because the hibiscus mango skin is absolutely wonderful.... but the first 8-9hrs are a wild ride to sit through if that's what you're looking for.
Sprayed on from the tester bottle at Ministry of Scent.