Crème de Banane

Crème de Banane sets out to be a banana perfume with manners. The maker calls it a warm, creamy, lactonic fruity gourmand, with whipped cream around the fruit, and describes it as elegant, playful and sexy. The opening is the banana: bright, creamy and sweet, helped by whipped cream, lactones, ylang ylang and a citrusy litsea note. Wearers compare it to banana hard candy or a banana-scented bath bomb. Within minutes the heart takes over, and this is where opinion divides. Honey, honeysuckle and chamomile turn it into a soft yellow floral, with mango and a touch of cinnamon leaf, so the banana fades while the floral side grows. Some wearers like this because it keeps the scent from turning sickly, and call it balanced and wearable. Others wanted banana cream throughout and find the dry-down a honeyed floral instead. The base is vanilla, caramel, toffee and benzoin, a soft sweet finish. Performance is generally strong. Voters mostly describe the wear as long or eternal, one wearer still smelled it twelve hours on, and another calls it extremely strong, even synthetic and sugary. It leans feminine in the maker's description and in the votes, though a good share of voters call it unisex. Spring and summer lead the season votes, with daytime wear preferred. Choose it for a playful, creamy fruit-floral. Skip it if you want a banana that stays banana.