Trend Radar: perfumes with tropical fruit notes

Perfumery trend experts reveal that fruity notes are on trend, even in niche fragrances. While fruity blends were traditionally focused on a young audience and were generally found in commercial perfumes with an affordable positioning, we are now discovering them in luxury fragrances. This is partly due to the rise of the gourmand family, which is making room for new, more sophisticated olfactory twists, including fruity accords.

According to trend consultants, brands are taking a new, more elegant approach to fruity notes by exploring new olfactory territories that elevate the creative level of fragrances.

Passion fruit, mango, pineapple, coconut, banana… appear as unexpected notes in the olfactory scores, sprinkled with fresh citrus notes to bring a touch of freshness and with creamy chords to seal the base of the perfume and enhance its sensuality.
Precisely from a tropical country like Brazil comes the custom of perfuming oneself with fruity tropical notes through the traditional "bahno de cheiro", which consisted of taking baths with infusions of plants and fruits that also had positive benefits for the body's skin and improved well-being. A tradition that has been updated to the present day in the form of fruity perfumes with a tropical soul.

The coconut note creates an exotic and creamy sensation in fragrances. Traditionally, it was introduced in perfume to produce the sensation of a sunny accord, combined with white flowers. Now we also detect it in [lactonic] chords (https://www.wikiparfum.com/es/blog/perfumes-con-notas-de-leche-un-toque-gustativo-y-cremoso-en-perfumeria-que-es-tendencia-en-2024), with gourmand nuances or even in sensual compositions.

Carolina Herrera's latest limited edition for women, CH Birds of Paradise, transports us to a warm holiday in the tropics. The sunny feeling of being in a tropical paradise is recreated through notes of coconut, neroli and creamy vanilla.
Men, meanwhile, can savour the coconut note in Jean Paul Gaultier's Le Beau Paradise Garden, an aromatic scent with green notes and coconut water, sprinkled with sandalwood to evoke a paradisiacal garden.
For lovers of genderless fragrances, there are several options. In Love With The Cocos, by Fugazzi, is a floral and fruity fragrance with a summery, exotic and cheerful air. Its creator, Bram Niessink, says that smelling this scent transports you to paradise with its irresistible combination of coconut water, musk, Calabrian bergamot, orange blossom and lemon zest.
Bain de Midi, by Maison Matine, blends notes of coconut and tiare flower with gardenia, which brings a floral facet, to transport us to an exotic beach.
Also unisex is Kilian Paris' proposal for this summer, a limited edition fragrance inspired by Monoi oil, which evokes the sensation of skin kissed by the sun. Hence its name, Sunkissed Goddess, a scent for which Kilian Hennessy has collaborated with perfumer Calice Becker, who has combined vanilla accords, coconut and a duo of tropical flowers. "It's the scent of summer, the scent of happiness," says Hennesy.

Juicy, tasty, fun. Pineapple introduces a festive and joyful feeling to the fragrances. Combined with coconut, it gives rise to the delicious piña colada.
We find pineapple in a classic and very appropriate for the summer season, the feminine version of Cool Water by Davidoff, which conveys the freshness of the ocean with a note of calone and a fruity touch of pineapple, quince, melon and lemon. Also, in Ellis Brooklyn's latest launch, an ultra-green scent that captures the sensations of a day at the beach in Miami. Hence its name, Miami Nectar, a juice with pink pineapple, coconut water, plumeria, sweet amber and salty woods.

In the composition of Missy By Rosie Jane, the echo of summer days of love and beach echoes through sparkling green mandarin, coconut, pineapple and frangipani. It's a scent more fresh than sweet that's almost palatable.
Is the pineapple note in perfumery also for men? Yes, it is. The new Ralph Lauren Polo 67 eau de toilette explores the brand's youthful character, fresher and sweeter, in which pineapple emerges with green, earthy nuances and also a touch of sweetness. Designed by Marie Salamagne, it blends bergamot, pineapple, lavandin, geranium, vetiver, sandalwood and patchouli.

The passion fruit note emerges sunny at the top of Cassiopea by Tiziana Terenzi, an olfactory journey to the freedom of childhood in which we also discover notes of lemon, blackcurrant and refreshing green fern.
An intense freshness takes over Tropical Wood by Montale, a juice that transports us to the happiest moments of the holidays, recreated through sparkling notes of bergamot, passion fruit, pineapple, Bulgarian rose, violet and an accordy, musky base with a hint of Madagascar vanilla.

Exotic, sensual, with a fragrance that evokes the smell of tanned skin, Paradis Lointains by Olibere is inspired by the film Eat, Pray, Love, a romantic comedy that combines love with a myriad of sensations around food from different countries. Its narcotic scent combines turmeric, pepper, bergamot and passion fruit.

The mango note radiates happiness in the perfume. Sweet and juicy or green and vibrant, it offers variations that allow you to work the chords differently, achieving multifaceted olfactory compositions.

Flowerbomb Tiger Lily Eau de Parfum by Viktor&Rolf presents the mango note in a sensual olfactory score that begins with an explosion of bergamot and a coconut milk accord, which brings warmth, before giving way to a lush floral bouquet of jasmine and freesia, with an exotic and wild tiger lily accord. The floral note is combined with an evocative mango scent, resting on a benzoin base.
Mango and orange combine in the top notes of Mango Manga by Montale, sublimated by Calabrian neroli and jasmine sambac oil.
A green mango from Egypt underpins the formula of Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, composed by Jean Claude Ellena for Hermès. The perfume evokes the fruity and vegetal aromas that surprise the traveller who crosses the waters of the Nile by boat. "The fruit has a complex and authentically exotic scent: it is rich and fresh at the same time, a rare combination. The smell is also ephemeral. The fruit only gives off a smell when it is on the tree. Once you pick it, the smell is gone; within sixty seconds, it's practically gone". This is how journalist Chandler Burr describes in the book The Perfect Scent, how Ellena was captivated by the green mango of the Nile to create the fragrance.

Banana is an unusual note in perfumery. Its unusually sweet scent connects us to candy territory and can be cloying. However, there are other parts of the plant that have a more subtle aroma, such as flowers, which is attracting the attention of brands to use it in new olfactory proposals such as Daisy Wild, by Marc Jacobs, a feminine fragrance that evokes the essence of nature by combining jasmine, vetiver, macadamia and banana blossom.

The sweet side of the banana becomes liqueur-like in Demeter Banana Flambée, a tempting cocktail scented with banana, liqueur and brown sugar inspired by the dessert of banana flambée.
Also very tasty is Borntostandout's Nanatopia, an almost edible fragrance based on ripe bananas with melted caramel, nutmeg, cinnamon and rum.