Radio Bombay Eau de Parfum

The fragrance experience is a combination of actual ingredients body chemistry plus individual nasal perception, and it is always interesting to see how it differs for different people. A fleeting whiff of pure coconut, then an interesting warmed /scorched note - I understand the reference to overheated radio components, it is a sort of hot dust slightly scorched cedar underneath (like the overheated dusty air before a storm at the end of a heatwave). I think there is a some ginger in there largely responsiblefor this, but it is very hard to separate this from the whole. On my (male) partner though, the opening is much cooler and fresher, without the impression of heat this produces on me. He also did not detect the same impression of heat from it on me as I did, so I think it that is my sensitivity to ginger which is not a note I like. After 15-20 mins, it was straight cedar on both of us. Another 10 mins or so, and some shy iris starts to peek out but it is still mostly drowned by the cedar. That was the first half. Over the following 30 mins, the iris increases with some indeterminate woody base notes and the cedar recedes, though the cedar never quite goes and remained stronger on my partner. That's pretty much it, after an hour the whole lot dies down and by an hour and a half there is just a whisper left. While I liked the 2nd half, I'm not a fan of the hot dusty cedar that preceded this, and I'm unlikely to buy a fragrance I only enjoy half of. Most of all, the short longevity is dreadful given the price point - if this was a cheap body spray or flanker that would be fine, but not at £70 for 10ml.