07/29/2021
Landshark321
517 Reviews
Landshark321
Helpful Review
4
Boozy, grapey delight, quite unique and special
Happyland El Goodo is a 2020 release that dropped around the beginning of the pandemic, and it’s been sort of a comfort fragrance ever since as its blend is boozy and grapey (with a featured note of brandy) but smells a bit like grape bubblegum, which provides its own nostalgia for me. Added to the mix are other fruits, beeswax, oakmoss, cedar, labdanum, and white musk, per the note list, and they mostly feel correct, as the mix has a resinous, creamy side to it and a sort of generally fruitiness.
The grape aspect fades slightly over time, with the dry down being a bit more centered around the beeswax, labdanum, cedar, and white musk, I’d say, but there’s still an aspect of brandy in it throughout its life. I’ve really never tried anything quite like it, either—it scores very, very high on account of its uniqueness and general appeal, attributes common to the growing Happyland catalogue.
And overall the fragrance performs well, like most releases from the house, and it is priced very reasonably, at $55/$42 for 50/30ml. I’d certainly recommend trying it out if you haven’t; 5ml samples are very conveniently sold on the site.
8 out of 10
The grape aspect fades slightly over time, with the dry down being a bit more centered around the beeswax, labdanum, cedar, and white musk, I’d say, but there’s still an aspect of brandy in it throughout its life. I’ve really never tried anything quite like it, either—it scores very, very high on account of its uniqueness and general appeal, attributes common to the growing Happyland catalogue.
And overall the fragrance performs well, like most releases from the house, and it is priced very reasonably, at $55/$42 for 50/30ml. I’d certainly recommend trying it out if you haven’t; 5ml samples are very conveniently sold on the site.
8 out of 10
