Bombay Bling’s opening does an incredibly convincing impression of a ripe, Bowen mango: close your eyes and you can easily think yourself tucking into that deliciously pulpy, yellow flesh, all sweetly tropical smelling and undercut by a green tang from the skin.
It’s a cheap trick though, for the magic is short lived: first the fruity notes disappear, then the green notes, leaving behind only an excessively sweet, ambery floral accord. Or perhaps that should be an ‘expensive trick’: Bombay Bling is £150 for 60mL.
Nose: Bertrand Duchaufour
House: Neela Vermeire
Release date: 2012
Notes (per Fragrantica): labdanum, cardamom, caraway, blackcurrant, mango, litchi, jasmine, gardenia, ylang-ylang, tuberose, rose, frangipani, patchouli, woody notes, sandalwood, vanilla, tobacco.
Notes (per Fragrantica): labdanum, cardamom, caraway, blackcurrant, mango, litchi, jasmine, gardenia, ylang-ylang, tuberose, rose, frangipani, patchouli, woody notes, sandalwood, vanilla, tobacco.
