Mystic Bloom For Women

Mystic Bloom chases Sol de Janeiro's Dança Mística, a fresher, greener departure from the brand's usual gourmands. It opens juicy and bright - purple fig with a sparkling champagne-rosé fizz - the swirl of fig that the original is built around. The heart turns green and floral: crisp green Anjou pear, powdery orris and dewy lily of the valley, fresh and a touch sophisticated. The drydown is the part that lingers - creamy sandalwood warmed by soft vanilla and amber, sweet and gently woody with a faint unisex edge. Where the original is sparkling, rich and surprisingly long-lasting (settling into hours of sweet sandalwood), this dupe keeps the fig-and-pear charm but loses some of the effervescent lift and reads slightly flatter and shorter through the drydown. It is still a pretty, juicy green-floral with a cosy woody finish - fresh and versatile - that wears beautifully across the warmer months, an affordable budget stand-in for the Sol de Janeiro.