Cocoyster is the only one of the four white Salums that can boast a somewhat decent drydown a day after spraying. The overnight drydowns of Blue Mai Tai and Strawberry Pool are both such a chemical accident that you have to wash them off. (Still, I will buy both next summer, because the two are otherwise just simply great.)
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The relatively unsweet coconut perfume Cocoyster receives a note of "oyster" - urgh, hopefully it's vegan synthetic stuff and not tiny shredded sea creatures that have to be used for this - a tiny "Oops, wow" note.
And exactly the one that you smell first as a little child when mom cuts open the first coconut for you.
As a fat fan, I like that it somehow smells quite "greasy."
Rich, almost slimy - in a good way, difficult to convey with that negatively connoted word, in a society that is generally not made up of fat enthusiasts... Hehe. - Well, anyway:
It's as if you are observing on a beautiful summer day how the coconut oil in the glass is sometimes firmer and opaque, and then again transparent and liquid…
It fits that you can definitely see where you've sprayed. It's more of an oil than a liquid, there in this summery beautiful bottle (which, in reality, looks more valuable than in photos, somewhat reminiscent of porcelain).
The scent has good longevity and a nice sillage that everyone, and I mean really everyone around you perceives as "great sunscreen," even the kids. - In summer, it's an almost indispensable, relaxing dependency perfume that I've also had with me (or on me ^^) during two or three intense adventures (I love it when the respective scent is then imprinted on the respective adventure, memory-wise, do you too?).
The subtle saltiness keeps it interesting. It almost reminds you a bit of roasted coconut shells. (By the way, that's one of the most beautiful scents there is - no idea if it has ever been used in a perfume.)
Well, anyway. Nothing more happens. Or, actually: Occasionally, the overall scent slips associatively to something that reminds you of the proximity to a living being… So, not the proximity to a huge, friendly oyster XD XD. Because it's not particularly fishy. More like the direct proximity to a friendly, sun-warmed mammal; as if you were smelling a human, cat, or dog up close.
Alright. In my comment on Blue Mai Tai, I already wrote that Cocoyster, despite all the realistic coconut nuances, is a kind of science fiction scent. Like all four white Salums.
I went so far as to write that if an alien wore this scent, it would probably be Rok-Tahk from Prodigy (the second animated Star Trek series ever made). So, when she eventually comes of age in the perfume world ^^ -
And indeed, wearing this perfume, which is simply what it is, is as nice and friendly as Roh-Tahk's smile... An alien you want to bring into your own gang as a buddy.
The only thing I really find annoying about these Salums is their prices. What’s up with that? Such "far-out synth scents" should also be accessible to younger people, and given the poor drydowns of three out of four perfumes, I find no justification for them in my opinion.
