Soleil Blanc

Soleil Blanc is Scentleys' interpretation of Tom Ford's Soleil Blanc, a lush floral-amber that opens on pistachio and bergamot before a tuberose-ylang-jasmine heart settles into coconut, amber and tonka - Tom Ford's take on suntan lotion in perfume form. The dupe keeps the coconut-floral-amber idea intact but the white florals read thinner and less sultry than the original's layered tuberose-ylang-jasmine bouquet, and the coconut note arrives more directly and sweetly rather than blended into the amber base. The pistachio-cardamom opening is largely absent, replaced by a simpler fruity-sweet top. It performs at four to six hours of moderate sillage, similar to the more modest end of the original's own mixed longevity reports. A pleasant beachy, coconut-forward scent for summer wear, casual days and warm-weather dates, though it trades the original's sultry complexity for straightforward sweetness.