Goldfield & Banks
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pear and raspberry collide in a burst of unabashed sweetness, their edges softened and almost indistinct, like overripe fruit left in the sun. The mandarin attempts to provide structure but gets largely absorbed into the general fruitiness, whilst the first whispers of coconut cream begin their inevitable rise. It's immediately friendly, bordering on exuberant—there's no mystery here, just pure olfactory optimism.
The coconut cream blooms fully now, but the green mango prevents it from tipping into full Piña Colada territory, adding a verdant, almost lactonic quality that grounds the composition. Jasmine sambac weaves its heady, slightly animalic sweetness through the tropical fruits, whilst ginger and pink pepper create tiny pinpricks of warmth that animate rather than dominate. The interplay between the floral and the fruity creates something genuinely wearable—less "candle shop" than you'd expect from these notes on paper.
Australian sandalwood's characteristic buttery smoothness emerges, melding seamlessly with benzoin's resinous vanilla-like warmth to create a genuinely comforting base. The cashmere wood adds a subtle powderiness without going full laundry-musks. What remains is a sweet, woody-creamy skin scent that's lost most of its fruit but retained its warmth—like the ghost of sunscreen on sheets after a beach holiday.
Sunset Hour captures that precise moment when daylight softens into dusk at an Australian beach—when the fruit vendors are packing up their stalls and the coconut sunscreen mingles with frangipani on warm skin. Honorine Blanc has crafted something deliberately uncomplicated here: a frankly gourmand composition that leans into its sweetness without apology. The opening salvo of pear and raspberry creates an almost nebulous fruitiness, their individual identities blurring together in a way that feels more smoothie bar than perfume counter, lifted only slightly by the mandarin's citric brightness. But it's the heart where things become genuinely interesting—that coconut cream isn't the suntan lotion cliché you might expect, but something richer and less synthetic, whilst the green mango adds a fibrous, vegetal quality that prevents the whole affair from collapsing into pure confection. The jasmine sambac weaves through with its indolic warmth, creating an oddly compelling contrast with the fruit salad around it. The ginger and pink pepper provide texture rather than genuine spice—a gentle prickle that reminds you this is perfume, not dessert. By the base, Australian sandalwood's characteristic creaminess melds with benzoin's vanilla-adjacent sweetness, creating a skin-close veil that's genuinely pleasant if not particularly complex. This is for the person who rejected gourmands as too obvious, then realised they actually quite fancy smelling like a tropical holiday. Wear it when you want comfort without complete surrender to the obvious.
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