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Tropical fruit smoothie
Juicy Melange is well-named, but confusingly marketed. I feel over-primed by the note breakdown considering how simplistic this smell is to my nose, even after letting it sit for a few months.
8 top notes: fruits + basil & nutmeg.
5 heart notes: all florals.
7 base notes: musks, woods, moss, vanilla & tonka.
that's a lot of notes, and a lot of variety amongst them!
the actual experience is a photorealistic tropical fruit smoothie, blended with whole fruits... or perhaps a hand soap inspired by said smoothie. i smell fruits, basil, and vanilla with nothing to ground or carry it. the basil evokes the stems and leaves of the fruits, and the vanilla adds a subtle creaminess.
otherwise, this is just... fruit. it's extremely one-note and linear despite what the notes would have you believe. the nutmeg, florals, musks, woods & moss are all undetectable to me. of the fruits listed, i can make out apple & coconut, while the others may as well have been added to the smoothie in the form of a mixed fruit juice.
overall, this is absolutely not offensive or polarizing, it's just boring. fruit-only scents have never been my thing, so this is a fail for me, despite the effort put in by Paris Corner to make me think something beyond fruit is happening here. compliments to its smooth texture and realistic smoothie scent - perhaps if they had gone that direction with the marketing this launch would make more sense to me.
i do think this is a nice scent for a certain type of person. i'm 29, and i visualize that person as at least a decade younger than me. i think even my 19 year old sister would find this uninteresting. that said, i wouldn't recommend full-concentration perfumes to someone much younger, so perhaps my
i didn't rate performance, because i struggle to tolerate smelling like this long enough to get a good read on longevity.
8 top notes: fruits + basil & nutmeg.
5 heart notes: all florals.
7 base notes: musks, woods, moss, vanilla & tonka.
that's a lot of notes, and a lot of variety amongst them!
the actual experience is a photorealistic tropical fruit smoothie, blended with whole fruits... or perhaps a hand soap inspired by said smoothie. i smell fruits, basil, and vanilla with nothing to ground or carry it. the basil evokes the stems and leaves of the fruits, and the vanilla adds a subtle creaminess.
otherwise, this is just... fruit. it's extremely one-note and linear despite what the notes would have you believe. the nutmeg, florals, musks, woods & moss are all undetectable to me. of the fruits listed, i can make out apple & coconut, while the others may as well have been added to the smoothie in the form of a mixed fruit juice.
overall, this is absolutely not offensive or polarizing, it's just boring. fruit-only scents have never been my thing, so this is a fail for me, despite the effort put in by Paris Corner to make me think something beyond fruit is happening here. compliments to its smooth texture and realistic smoothie scent - perhaps if they had gone that direction with the marketing this launch would make more sense to me.
i do think this is a nice scent for a certain type of person. i'm 29, and i visualize that person as at least a decade younger than me. i think even my 19 year old sister would find this uninteresting. that said, i wouldn't recommend full-concentration perfumes to someone much younger, so perhaps my
i didn't rate performance, because i struggle to tolerate smelling like this long enough to get a good read on longevity.