Top Notes 
Durian fruit
Mung bean
Pandanus
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Mango
Rice
Base Notes 
Coconut milk
Sandalwood
Sugar02/02/2025
JoanaPaula
5 Reviews
JoanaPaula
1
Tropical ripe yellow fruits
My perfume friend Marina Ivanova invited me to write my opinion about this perfume. As I had an easily accessible decanter (in my father's collection), I accepted the double challenge of writing some notes about a single experience with a perfume for which no public reviews are available. The challenge is doubled because this perfume has some unusual notes...
SIAM 1928 is a Thai niche perfume brand founded five years ago by Nutt Wesshasartar. According to the brand's website, SIAM 1928 defines itself as a producer of "fragrances created under the concept of Art of Alluring Scent, which is about Thai stories telling from the past to the future, history, legends, culture, tradition, art and travel".
Durian fruit, Mung bean and Pandanus are announced as the opening notes.
The smell of durian is very strong and has been described as a combination of sulphur, sewage, fruit, honey and roasted and rotting onion. There are 'only' 44 aromatic compounds in a durian, including some that contribute to the scents of skunk, caramel, rotten egg, fruit and soup seasoning... what a mix! Durians are banned from public places in several countries because of their very unpleasant odour.
The Mungo bean looks like a green pea and has a mild, slightly nutty and earthy taste.
The pandanus (known to me as the hala fruit) has a taste that can be described as floral, sweet, grassy and vanilla.
The "suspect" here is clearly the durian, because its smell is (really) offensive. Of course, this is not the case in this perfume. In fact, the smell of durian is easy to detect, but in the form of a sweet and fruity scent. In fact, it smells like jaca (also known as jackfruit, a Brazilian fruit that looks exactly like durian but is twice as big. Jaca smells invitingly sweet and similar to other tropical fruits such as mango, pineapple and banana. The smell of Jaca is inviting and not overpowering, unlike the smell of Durian.
The scent of Golden Hour is warm, sweet and refreshing. It is quite exotic. It's all about tropical fruity accords like jackfruit (it smells of tart banana), mungo (nutty facets), pandanus (sweet vanilla facets) and mango (peachy and piney facets), with added nuances of milky coconut. It's a joy to wear. It smells like a tropical holiday :-)
SIAM 1928 is a Thai niche perfume brand founded five years ago by Nutt Wesshasartar. According to the brand's website, SIAM 1928 defines itself as a producer of "fragrances created under the concept of Art of Alluring Scent, which is about Thai stories telling from the past to the future, history, legends, culture, tradition, art and travel".
Durian fruit, Mung bean and Pandanus are announced as the opening notes.
The smell of durian is very strong and has been described as a combination of sulphur, sewage, fruit, honey and roasted and rotting onion. There are 'only' 44 aromatic compounds in a durian, including some that contribute to the scents of skunk, caramel, rotten egg, fruit and soup seasoning... what a mix! Durians are banned from public places in several countries because of their very unpleasant odour.
The Mungo bean looks like a green pea and has a mild, slightly nutty and earthy taste.
The pandanus (known to me as the hala fruit) has a taste that can be described as floral, sweet, grassy and vanilla.
The "suspect" here is clearly the durian, because its smell is (really) offensive. Of course, this is not the case in this perfume. In fact, the smell of durian is easy to detect, but in the form of a sweet and fruity scent. In fact, it smells like jaca (also known as jackfruit, a Brazilian fruit that looks exactly like durian but is twice as big. Jaca smells invitingly sweet and similar to other tropical fruits such as mango, pineapple and banana. The smell of Jaca is inviting and not overpowering, unlike the smell of Durian.
The scent of Golden Hour is warm, sweet and refreshing. It is quite exotic. It's all about tropical fruity accords like jackfruit (it smells of tart banana), mungo (nutty facets), pandanus (sweet vanilla facets) and mango (peachy and piney facets), with added nuances of milky coconut. It's a joy to wear. It smells like a tropical holiday :-)
