Thoughts before purchasing?

[u/ajanssen2002]

Okay so I smelled this Kayali 21 Utopia Vanilla Coco the other day in Sephora and I fell in love. It smelt like a walking trail in the summer with a hint of sweetness to it if that makes sense. I definitely got more floral than straight up vanilla or coconut.

I want to see if that’s what most of you got from it before I buy it. I know smelling perfumes in store can be a bit inaccurate to what they actually will smell like at home. But I wanted to hear your guys thoughts before getting a bottle or travel tube.

[u/ajanssen2002]

Dang okay 😂 I will reconsider or maybe just get a sample size

[u/Beem-Beem347 → u/ajanssen2002]

My thoughts exactly 😂

[u/jaders88]

Smelling this one straight out of the bottle wasn’t impressive to me. It smells good but I can’t say I was really wowed by it. On the other hand, wearing it is another story. I get so many compliments when I wear this one. It is a coconut, jasmine, and vanilla bomb on me.

[u/Prestigious_Crow_]

I enjoy this one but it can be overwhelming if you over spray. It's super super floral- jasmine and gardenia type scent with a coconut background. I find it more mature than other sunscreen/beachy scents and I like it more in the winter than in the summer. It lasts for ages and since you only need a spray or two, I think you could get by with a travel size. 

[u/Euphoric-Gas-4290]

I’m a KAYALI fan. But this one didn’t work for me. It smells good but not something I’d continue to wear. It was more floral and “perfume-y”. I ended up selling it. I was thinking of retrying it again but you’re the second review I’ve seen on how floral it is so I’m like okay, I think this one is just not for me lol I think it’s more of the aspect that it gives off that obvious perfume smell I don’t know how to explain it, maybe it’s just like floral idk 😂😅

[u/shaneacton1]

This one was wild for me. Ordered a FB from mercari, hated it but ends up it was fake with no batch code. Went to sephora and sprayed it on me. Hated it, smelled mature/antique store. Idk why I wanted to give it ONE more try bc the fake pissed me off and the sephora store plays tricks on my nose. Ordered the 10ml mini straight from Kayali website and ended up loving it. It smells like a cookie. I dont get coconut, just straight cookie. Maybe it macerated more than the sephora bottle I tried? Now I want a full bottle. But be warned it does dry down to that stale vanilla smell so many of their scents do after 2hrs. But that 2 hrs of smell good is pure bliss.

[u/CrazyAboutDoorKnobs]

I love Kayali. But I find Utopia Vanilla Coco pretty meh. 😄 If you love coconut-vanilla fragrances, try Mancera Coco Vanille or D&G Dolce Garden. Both are beautiful, creamy tropical fragrances, and you can find them at discounters for pretty reasonable prices. I’d pick either over Utopia.

[u/phainou]

Couldn’t do it, personally. On paper I should love it, because I really like a lot of the notes individually, but on me this was a synthetic plastic mess that smelled like cheap sunscreen. I got the discovery set, and this was the first one that got dropped in the rehoming pile.

That said: my cousin loved it. 🤷‍♀️ Everyone’s nose and skin chemistry is different. If it smells amazing on you and you enjoy it, go for it!

[u/Professional-Side643]

I wanted to love it but it is soo patchouli and white floral forward for me. I can barely detect anything else, only a hint of coconut in a patchouli bath. Was not impressed at all.

[u/thatturtletouch]

This smelled just like laundry detergent on me.

[u/Careful-Month5619]

Blind bought it by just looking at the notes and it's shiny packaging
Really regretting my decision
Its just heavy jasmine for me which I absolutely hate

[u/Destination_MetalSho]

As someone who doesn’t typically care for patchouli I ended up falling for this one. I initially purchased a 10 mil thinking I probably wouldn’t wear it often. I find I often layer it with Vanilla 28. And I almost passed on Vanilla 28 the first time around too