Vanilla & Monoi Body Mist

Monoi is tiare flower macerated in coconut oil, and Coup de Coeur have built this mist around exactly that idea rather than around vanilla alone. Coconut water and bergamot open it, the bergamot giving a brief citrus lift that keeps the coconut from reading as heavy oil straight away. The heart is where the name earns itself, with monoi and frangipani producing a creamy white-floral warmth that sits somewhere between suntan oil and a lei. Vanilla and musk close it, and they are the quiet part, giving skin-like softness rather than a gourmand finish. Of the vanilla-led mists in this range it is the least dessert-like and the most convincingly tropical, which makes it easier to wear if you find pure sugar accords tiring. Body mists are light by design: expect it to wear close to the skin and fade within an hour or two, and treat any longer wear as a bonus. It is at its best sprayed liberally after a shower on a hot day, or layered under a stronger coconut or floral fragrance to soften its opening. Summer and spring are the obvious seasons. Vegan and not tested on animals, per the brand.