Reviews of Mojito Chypre by Pierre Guillaume
The combination of mint, strawberry, and lime creates a lively and vibrant opening that is undeniably intriguing. The freshness and uniqueness of this blend are captivating. However, as the fragrance progresses, the mint gradually fades away, leaving behind a candy-like strawberry note. In the drydown, the scent takes on a slightly artificial character but remains pleasant, reminiscent of a strawberry shortcake. Considering the overall experience, I would rate this fragrance around 3.5 to 4. The mint and strawberry combination adds a distinctive and uncommon element, earning it an extra point for uniqueness.
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The opening is fantastic, but then as time goes on you get less enthusiastic. Everything that makes it great fades rather quick. The top notes are what sells this, after that its ok. Just....ok really. It kinda reminds me of a 4160 fragrance.
Fragrance in three words: Strawberry Mint Vetiver
This reminded me a lot of a friend's Peppermint Candy Cane vape e-liquid. It has a candy strawberry which can't be mistaken for anything, but strawberry. The mint is more of a peppermint than spearmint and is as plasticy as the strawberry. I got a slight whiff of nondescript alcohol on paper, not white rum like just the pungency of grain spirit.
As this evolves a medium-sweet lime comes through with some grassy vetiver and sweet, creamy vanilla.
Sillage and longevity are both moderate with it projecting above hugging distance. Lasted around 5+ hours on skin.
Value: UK Price (March 2021) is £144 for 100ml EdP and £99 for 50ml. These are standard prices for Pierre Guillaume's Croisiere range. It is midpricing for a niche fragrance with limited availability and about on par with Perris Monte Carlo fragrances.
It's a like, but not a love. There's something tacky and fun about it which I like. I found it performed better in hot weather and was uplifting to wear, but I won't be purchasing a big bottle.
Scores: 7 out of 10
Source: 1ml sample (Bloom).
This reminded me a lot of a friend's Peppermint Candy Cane vape e-liquid. It has a candy strawberry which can't be mistaken for anything, but strawberry. The mint is more of a peppermint than spearmint and is as plasticy as the strawberry. I got a slight whiff of nondescript alcohol on paper, not white rum like just the pungency of grain spirit.
As this evolves a medium-sweet lime comes through with some grassy vetiver and sweet, creamy vanilla.
Sillage and longevity are both moderate with it projecting above hugging distance. Lasted around 5+ hours on skin.
Value: UK Price (March 2021) is £144 for 100ml EdP and £99 for 50ml. These are standard prices for Pierre Guillaume's Croisiere range. It is midpricing for a niche fragrance with limited availability and about on par with Perris Monte Carlo fragrances.
It's a like, but not a love. There's something tacky and fun about it which I like. I found it performed better in hot weather and was uplifting to wear, but I won't be purchasing a big bottle.
Scores: 7 out of 10
Source: 1ml sample (Bloom).
One of those honey, they shrank my brain' perfumes. I find this neither particularly alcoholic (ok, the littlest touch of some cane spirit) nor chypric, but it is a lorra lorra infantile fun combining strawberries with a pink latex cast, icy mint, light grassy notes and just a spritz of lime. It's fluffed up with aldehydes and feels like it's been served on ice. Not a lot of finesse to it, but it's going ta ra ra' and searching for a summer party to crash.
I smell only pine in the opening, and then some mint appears. You get the strawberry a bit later. It would be interesting if the fruity aspect stayed a bit longer. I don't hate it for its smell per se, but it's a bit too weird to be worn.
The strawberry note blends into a punch bowl cocktail of lime, mint and aldehydes that is layered upon a very green fresh vetiver patchouli. This opening is very fantastic. I wish it lasted longer than 30 minutes because as this strawberry mojito aspect wears off so does my interest in this fragrance. It evolves into a fruity, green strawberry tart candy flavor which is unusual in a fragrance but also kind of simplistic and one dimensional. The mint and sparkle leave quickly, then just smells like a fruity hard candy. Doesn't smell bad, but just not great anymore. Like the others in the series, the blue color and presentation is really a distraction more than a benefit for Mojito Chypre and it doesn't really add to the peach strawberry smell. Meh!
This is an interesting one, it opens with a citric lime note and a minty strawberry, which interestingly comes across as just starting to turn/ferment strawberry. The heart pushes the strawberry harder, and it just keeps going. L'Oreal Kids Shampoo with Very Berry Strawberry flavour has a really similar scent profile, so one may consider the endless aromachemical mix is similar.
Overall the impression is of some kind of cheap fruity slaggy overstrong perfume, but this I think is all part of the genius of PG who must have authored this fragrance as some kind of ironic art parody as a statement against the lowest common denominator of cheap commercial perfumery. I mean, even the text of the release is brilliant, using sarcasm and wit to poke fun at the industry, This perfume reinterprets fun on the beach … from Ibiza to Miami.
I actually kind of love it, when I'm feeling cheap and sleazy this is my reach to bottle, so a big thumbs up. Only issue is the price, which is also a joke. But hey, this is niche man…
Overall the impression is of some kind of cheap fruity slaggy overstrong perfume, but this I think is all part of the genius of PG who must have authored this fragrance as some kind of ironic art parody as a statement against the lowest common denominator of cheap commercial perfumery. I mean, even the text of the release is brilliant, using sarcasm and wit to poke fun at the industry, This perfume reinterprets fun on the beach … from Ibiza to Miami.
I actually kind of love it, when I'm feeling cheap and sleazy this is my reach to bottle, so a big thumbs up. Only issue is the price, which is also a joke. But hey, this is niche man…
I'll go out on a limb and say that this is the most adventurous of the five releases from PG's new teal line, but I'll also add that it's the one that turned my stomach the fastest. It smells like a strawberry-tinged air freshener – harsh and enormously unpleasant. Camphorous pine provides a just bleached bathroom effect, and the strawberry is more tart and leafy than sweet and jammy. The result is medicinal and chilling, and it made me feel sick within minutes of application. There's nothing chypre about this; it's an astringent fruity aromatic, and if you've smelled 2013's Cape Heartache, you'll recognize it immediately. Horrifying.
