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Khadlaj Island Extrait de Parfum (U) 100ml NIB Most coconut fragrances smell like sunscreen or a piña colada mix. This one gets the actual note — creamy, a little green, closer to the flesh than the suntan lotion. Top: Pineapple, Iris, Ginger, Cypress Heart: Coconut, Woodsy Notes Base: Tonka, Sandalwood, Amber, Ambergris Pineapple opens juicy with ginger giving it a spiced edge, and iris underneath is the surprise — powdery and refined, which is what keeps the tropical opening from reading like a body spray. Cypress adds something dry and green. Then the coconut takes over, creamy against soft woods, and it lands on tonka, sandalwood, and ambergris for a finish that’s warm and skin-close rather than sweet. Extrait concentration, so it holds. Reviewers put it directly next to Jean Paul Gaultier’s Le Beau Le Parfum, and more than one says the coconut here reads more real than the original’s. Retails $40. Shipping weight: 16 oz.