The opening of this perfume is beautiful: citrus, sweetness and exotic coconut. The feeling you get from Virgin Island Water is quite astonishing: fresh, milky, it feels like being on a wonderful deserted island with only sand, palm trees and the never ending sea.
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After a few hours, the perfume changes its tone a little bit, and interestingly, you will smell ginger. In fact, is there any ginger in the composition? Surprise! Yes, there is. However, why it is that noticeable, beating even jasmine is unknown to me.
The base is with white rum, sugarcane and musk. The scent does get sweeter at the end but never gets heavy. Rather, it somehow dissapears to nowhere instead of getting hot and heavy. This can be either positive or negative. A soft dry down is rather appreciated during the summer, on the other hand, the weak ending of the fragrance can be considered as a weakness reflecting poor longevity and power. So it is what you make it in your head.
As far as the unisex nature of this fragrance is concerned, I would lean towards the female side. In fact, quite strongly! The perfume doesn’t convey much of masculinity in any way.
Overall, because of its up-lifting, refreshing and dreamy fashion, the fragrance is ideal for summer and a vacation. It’s the one you can always take on vacation with you and have a great time, and spray it back home to evoke the many fantastic memories. 70/100
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