The opening is tropical to me, but in a weird and sour way on my skin unfortunately... like sour mango and coconut.
Then it dries down to a beautiful vanilla, really reminiscent of golden vanilla from athena club, which I really like. I got a sample of this to try, and it doesn't really last all that long in my opinion. Like 3 hours at most when I layer with lotion. Which is really sad considering how nice it smells in the dry down and how expensive it is!