Hey guys! Unlike the previous collections for BBW, I haven't really been covering too much on the Aloha collection. The last few weeks have been insanely busy, but I'm back!
The Aloha collection includes three new scents, Oahu Coconut Sunset, Maui Hibiscus Beach, and Hawaii Passionfruit Kiss. While I have WAAAAY too big of a Bath and Body Works obsession, I couldn't help but pick this up when they had the Nation Fragrance Day promotion earlier this week.
"Lavishly splash or lightly spritz your favorite fragrance, either way you'll fall in love at first mist! Our carefully crafted bottle and sophisticated pump delivers great coverage while conditioning aloe mist nourishes skin for the lightest, most refreshing way to fragrance!
- A sexy pairing of exotic passionfruit & papaya blossoms wrapped in creamy macadamia
Sun shines brighter. Scents smell sexier. Life gets better. Escape to beautiful Hawaii where lush, tropical flowers and exotic fruits are the perfect background to an island adventure." -B&BW
The notes include, like the description said, (top) strawberry, guava, kona passionfruit, kiwi, (middle) pink hibiscus, pineapple, white papaya blossom, heliconia, (base) coral sands accord, macadamia, and skin musk.
When sniffed from the bottle or freshly sprayed, the perfume seems to be a completely fruity scent with a tad of floral. After that, it progresses to a bit of a darker scent, more florals (but with some pineapple) and then to a musky-fruit-floral scent.
It's almost as if it's like the fragrance is in sync with the day, starting fresh and fruity in the morning, darker and sweeter in the afternoon, and musky-florally in the night.
There's a certain note that stands above the others in all of the scents in the Aloha line. There's not really a word for it, to the best of my knowledge, but it's a result of the skin musk. There are two ways I can think of describing it:
1. A matte perfume. (Does that make sense?) Or fuzzy, like the fruit they used was warm.
2. Smoke. It kinda smells like there was a campfire luau and they captured a tiny vial of the fire's smoke and put it in the bottle. It doesn't smell like smoke, but the texture is there....
Because smoke totally has texture. Either way, you'll have to smell it for yourself.
The scent isn't my favorite from Bath and Body Works, but as a lot of my perfumes are either darker and sweet (like Velvet Sugar and Be Enchanted) or for the most part florally, I really like this scent and I think it's perfect for the summer time or a beach day.
On the technical side, the staying power, unfortunately is not very long, but you can expect that with any fragrance mist, as the amount of alcohol in them disintegrates very quickly.
I reviewed Hawaii Passionfruit Kiss in the fragrance mist form, but it's available in the following:
-Fine Fragrance Mist (what I reviewed here, travel sized and full)
-Lotion (Travel sized and full)
-Shower Gel (travel size and full
-Triple Moisture Body Cream
-Beach Glow Bronze Lotion
-Pink Sands Body Scrub
-Lip Gloss
Have you tried this perfume? Let me know in the comments if you did and what you thought! Also, don't forget to follow to make sure that you're the first to know about new posts, giveaways, and more! xx
