Top Notes 
Aldehydes
Bergamot
Ginger
Pink pepper
Red mandarin orange
Rosemary
Spices
Tangerine
Tarragon
Yuzu
Heart Notes 
Thai blue lotus absolute
Indian pink lotus absolute
Jasmine sambac
Chinese gardenia
Red champaca absolute
Red Frangipani Absolute
Ylang-ylang
Base Notes 
Burmese oud
Muskrat
Cypriol
Indonesian patchouli
Paraguayan vetiver
Resins
Thai oud
Balsam
Castoreum
Civet
Musk05/29/2025
Halolo
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Halolo
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Luxury lotus with a rather smoky, earthy oud and typical Nebiru signature
Ui, the Mandalay is a really interesting, horizon-broadening Nebiru with a certain beginner-friendliness and suitability for daily use. First of all: I didn't know that lotus could smell so beautiful and multi-layered! I can imagine that the Mandalay needed a few more attempts to achieve the perfect balance between a "limelight lotus" with depth, spice and a changing fragrance progression. But: Frederic has definitely succeeded :-)
Mandalay starts with a sweet, alcoholic note, amber, musk and strong, spicy citrus. You notice a certain florality in the first 15 minutes, but without being able to smell lotus more dominantly. The lotus is (still) very 'tender', rather contributing with a strong sweetness. Oud can also be smelled directly in the first 30 minutes, but this goes in a more earthy direction.
After 30 minutes, Mandalay presents itself as a resinous-sweet, intense floral/lotus fragrance with a clearly perceptible champaca component as well as an earthy, very little animalic oud and patchouli.
After 1 hour: I only noticed the citrus and spiciness of the top notes on my skin for a relatively (very) short time. After an hour, the fragrance takes on a floral-spicy development. Very interesting is the lotus, which literally "lulls you in", is supple and very elegant.
In the time between hours 1 and 2, a certain earthy animalism develops, but by no means a stinker. The oud-patchouli accords take a little space away from the flowers for a short time, but they become more noticeable again towards the end of the 2nd hour. It has a floral-resinous tendency in hour 2 - 2.5.
Up to hour 4, it is balsamic-woody with this distinctive sweet note of lotus flower.
Funny: between the 4th and 5th hour, the sweetness even gives me slight bubblegum vibes :D
The scent is now best described as sweet, balsamic, floral, woody.
Between hour 5-8 it develops into an airy, resinous-balsamic floral scent with woods.
On the "home stretch" from hour 9 (to ~12/13), there is only a little (lotus) flower -- more of an incensey, resinous finish.
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Conclusion:
A thoroughly floral nebiru with a very subtle (you wouldn't think so from the base notes, would you?!) animalic/"dirty" note. The development of the fragrance is very interesting with an exciting, changing drydown. Nothing is (too) straightforward, it's really fun to "listen" to 8-)
Very like-able DNA and an absolute must-have for flower and lotus fans (anyway).
Was about to buy it - but then decided on the Ruby ^^
Clear purchase recommendation!
Mandalay starts with a sweet, alcoholic note, amber, musk and strong, spicy citrus. You notice a certain florality in the first 15 minutes, but without being able to smell lotus more dominantly. The lotus is (still) very 'tender', rather contributing with a strong sweetness. Oud can also be smelled directly in the first 30 minutes, but this goes in a more earthy direction.
After 30 minutes, Mandalay presents itself as a resinous-sweet, intense floral/lotus fragrance with a clearly perceptible champaca component as well as an earthy, very little animalic oud and patchouli.
After 1 hour: I only noticed the citrus and spiciness of the top notes on my skin for a relatively (very) short time. After an hour, the fragrance takes on a floral-spicy development. Very interesting is the lotus, which literally "lulls you in", is supple and very elegant.
In the time between hours 1 and 2, a certain earthy animalism develops, but by no means a stinker. The oud-patchouli accords take a little space away from the flowers for a short time, but they become more noticeable again towards the end of the 2nd hour. It has a floral-resinous tendency in hour 2 - 2.5.
Up to hour 4, it is balsamic-woody with this distinctive sweet note of lotus flower.
Funny: between the 4th and 5th hour, the sweetness even gives me slight bubblegum vibes :D
The scent is now best described as sweet, balsamic, floral, woody.
Between hour 5-8 it develops into an airy, resinous-balsamic floral scent with woods.
On the "home stretch" from hour 9 (to ~12/13), there is only a little (lotus) flower -- more of an incensey, resinous finish.
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Conclusion:
A thoroughly floral nebiru with a very subtle (you wouldn't think so from the base notes, would you?!) animalic/"dirty" note. The development of the fragrance is very interesting with an exciting, changing drydown. Nothing is (too) straightforward, it's really fun to "listen" to 8-)
Very like-able DNA and an absolute must-have for flower and lotus fans (anyway).
Was about to buy it - but then decided on the Ruby ^^
Clear purchase recommendation!
BertolucciK
