Jo Malone – Blue Agava & Cacao CologneJo Malone – Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne (parfum)

Jo Malone – Blue Agave & Cacao Cologne is one of my favorite perfumes at the moment. When I first sniffed it, I was amazed at how different the scent is. It is nothing I have in my collection of perfumes and it is nothing I ever smelled before. The opening is sweet but a tiny bit sour at the same time. After a while the sourness disappears and you are left with a very warm scent. The official description of the perfume:

The rhythm of Latin music — sexy, edgy and persuasive. Fresh limes and zesty grapefruit dance over a heart of blue agava flower. Sea salt cuts through the primitive rawness of cacao to reveal the sensuality of vetiver, cinnamon and musk. A provocative fragrance.

It is always funny to read the descriptions of scents and all the notes. Sometimes I do not smell one single note or I just can not describe / specify what I smell. I couldn’t say that I smell grapefruit in the Blue Agave & Cacao perfume. There is something fresh, but the sweetness messes with my head and my perception of scents. I have no idea how the agave flower smells like, so I do not know if I can detect it. The cinnamon in this perfume definitely isn’t overpowering, since I can’t smell it (and I love cinnamon). As I said … very lovely perfume. Sexy, edgy, persuasive and provocative? In my opinion … Yes!

The outer packaging is very cute with the black bow. The bottle (small version) itself is very simple and nothing special.

Perfume: Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Perfume: Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Perfume: Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne

I love this perfume. The scent lasts on me very long time and it is so unique. I would wear it all the time if I would have the bigger bottle. Since this is my very first Jo Malone perfume and the Jo Malone perfumes aren’t cheap, I only bought the small bottle (I bought it in Paris). But when I run out of it, I’ll buy a bigger bottle.

The cool thing about the Jo Malone perfumes is that you can layer them. Well, you can layer all your perfumes, but these are sold as “layering perfumes”, so you get ideas from the sales person (or the web site) which scents are nice to layer on top of each other. I loved the combination of Blue Agave & Cacao Cologne with the Lime Basil & Mandarin Cologne. Mmm … I loved them together and I loved them separately. Lime Basil & Mandarin Cologne is definitely on my wish list!

Have you ever tried / smelled the Jo Malone scents? What do you think? Like them? Do you have a favorite Jo Malone scent?

Jo Malone – Blue Agave & Cacao Cologne je trenutno eden mojih najljubših parfumov. Ko sem ga prvič povonjala, me je odneslo iz čevljev, saj je vonj tako poseben. Česa podobnega še nisem vonjala. Za začetek je vonj mešanica sladkega in kislega / citrusnega, morda celo svežega. Kmalu citrusni del izgine in ostane le še prijeten topel sladek vonj. Uradni opis vonja (v angleščini):

The rhythm of Latin music — sexy, edgy and persuasive. Fresh limes and zesty grapefruit dance over a heart of blue agava flower. Sea salt cuts through the primitive rawness of cacao to reveal the sensuality of vetiver, cinnamon and musk. A provocative fragrance.

Zmeraj mi je zabavno brati opise vonjav in vseh not. Včasih ne vonjam niti ene navedene note ali pa vonjev ne znam opisati oziroma določiti. Ne bi mogla reči, da v opisanem parfumu vonjam grenivko. Vsekakor je na začetku nekaj svežega, kiselkastega, a sladkoba popolnoma zmeša mojo glavo in percepcijo vonjav. Dalje pa se mi enostavno ne sanja, kakšen je vonj agavinega cveta, zato tudi ne morem reči, ali to noto sploh zaznam. Cimet zagotovo ni glavni akter tega parfuma in ga praktično ne zaznam (pa sicer obožujem cimet). Kot sem napisala … zelo všečen parfum. Seksi, poseben, zapeljiv? Moje mnenje … Da!

Zunanja embalaža je izredno lutšna s črno mašno. Sama steklenička (manjše izvedbe) je zelo enostavna in čisto nič posebnega.

Perfume: Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Perfume: Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Perfume: Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne
Jo Malone - Blue Agava & Cacao Cologne

Obožujem ta parfum! Na meni je vonj obstojem precej dolgo. Všeč mi je, ker je tako poseben in čisto nič generičen. Nosila bi ga neprestano, če bi le imela veliko stekleničko. Ker gre za moj prvi Jo Malone parfume in ker njihovi vonji niso ravno poceni, sem si privoščila majhno stekleničko (kupila sem ga v Parizu). Ko mi ga zmanjka, se bom definitivno potrudila, da nabavim veliko izvedbo.

Pri Jo Malone parfumih mi je všeč tudi to, da se jih lahko sloji. No, saj sloji se lahko čisto vse parfume, a teli se prav prodajajo kot “parfumi za slojenje”. Tako že od svetovalke / prodajalke dobite nasvete, kateri vonji se lepo podajo drug z drugim. Moja najljubša kombinacija je bila Blue Agave & Cacao z Lime Basil & Mandarin. Mmm … všeč mi je bila tako kombinacija kot tudi vsak vonj posebej. Lime Basil & Mandarin Cologne je definitivno na moji listi želja!

Ste že preizkusili Jo Malone parfume? Kako se vam zdijo? Imate morda favorita med Jo Malone vonji?

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  1. Nisem še preizkusila, me pa zdaj zelo firbca vonj, zveni namreč zelo všečno. Sita sem že generičnih parfumov in iščem nekaj bolj posebnega. Morda ga kdaj v tujini najdem, v Sloveniji namreč te znamke še nisem zasledila.

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    • Mislim,da te znamke pri nas res ni. Žal. :( Imajo pa nekaj luštnih zadev in res nekaj malo drugačnih kombinacij. Priporočam, da prešnjofaš, če boš imela kdaj priliko. ;)
      Zelo poseben in drugačen je tudi parfum od Illamasque. Sprva se mi ni zdel tako zanimiv, ker je res poseben, a mi je s časom izredno prirasel k srcu in zelo veliko posegam po njem. Sploh, ko si zaželim posebnega, sofisticiranega vonja. Gre za eno dobro kombinacijo ženstveno-možatega vonja. Vsekakor za samozavestne ženske z močnim karakterjem.

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