Kayali · 2024 · Gabriela Chelariu

Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Kayali asks $105 for 50 ml
50 ml$105

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Lemon, starfruit and banana blossom over ylang-ylang, mimosa and plumeria, drying to creamy coconut milk, sandalwood and vanilla.

Kayali says

You’ll smell Wild Lemon, carambola (star fruit), Banana Blossom, rosemary, ylang-Ylang, mimosa, frangipani (white plumeria), Coconut Milk, sandalwood, vanilla and Guaiac Wood.

More from Kayali’s description

It also mentions Silky coconut milk and Coconut.

The house’s page

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The drawn Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20 bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, carambola, banana blossom, rosemary, ylang-ylang, mimosa drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20, when you spray it: Lemon, Carambola, Banana blossom, Rosemary

As it settlesheart notes

Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20, as it settles: Ylang-ylang, Mimosa, Frangipani, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

What staysdry-down notes

Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20, what stays: Coconut, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Guaiacwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Kayali names

Wild LemonCarambola (star fruit)Banana BlossomRosemaryYlang-YlangMimosaFrangipani (white plumeria)Coconut MilkSandalwoodVanillaGuaiac Wood

What the label names

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 spices1 fruits

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

Methyl benzoateHydroxycitronellalCitronellolFarnesolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Fruits1

Ethyl benzoate
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterVitamin EPentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yetPropionic acid, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Frangipani Flower CologneJo Malone London · shares lemon, ylang-ylang, frangipani and sandalwood$124 for 100 ml · about half of Maldives in a Bottle Ylang Coco 20’s $105
Paloma PicassoPaloma Picasso · shares lemon, ylang-ylang, mimosa and sandalwood
Sunkissed GoddessKilian Paris · shares ylang-ylang, coconut, vanilla and guaiacwood$305 for 50 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.