top notes: Grapefruit, Lemon, Rum
heartnotes: Acacia, Magnolia, Pina Colada
basenotes: Vetiver, white Musk, green tea
The fragrance does open up with a good portion of Grapefruit and Lemon, moreso Grapefruit on my skin. Later on the bittersweetness of acacia joins in. It reminds me of acacia honey. The smell is for me just like the honey smell the way I remember it. I can smell a slight hint of Magnolia. Very delicate touch of this beautiful flower. The Rum in the top note and the Pina Colada in the heartnote melt into eachother very quickly on my skin. As a result I do get a real coconut note. Not dominating at all, but putting some emphasis on the fragrance which does make a real fruit punch with a slightly boozy note out of it. More like a tropical cocktail which one would sip in a tropical lush setting, like the carribean.
I can envision myself sipping a pina colada in a nice bar on the beach of Playa del Carmen in Mexico, looking out to the turquoise water. Palmtrees waving in the light breeze which is very refreshing. Surrounded by this tropical fragrance cocktail. Almost time for sunset and enjoying the pre-dinner, after the day on the beach drink.
Enough daydreaming
The top and heart notes are resting later on on a nice layer of Vetiver. Not too much, just enough so the fragrance does not get a sweet and artifical tropical touch. We all know how bad such a sweet and artifical fume can smell. Green Tea gives it a certain freshness. Both the Vetiver and the Green Tea are framing the tropical punch. White Musk provides a good base for this cocktail not to disappear to soon.
Would I have to categorize this one it would be in my personal categorie along with Bahiana from MPG (although Bahiana does not have this nice little boozy pina colada note the Tepidarium has), Virgin Island Water from Creed.In my personal opinion the Tepdiarium is a nice addition along with the ones I just mentioned. Unique, not a copy of the others. Yes, there is some similarity to my nose. So that is my subjective impression of this nice summer time fragrance
