Hi there! You might know that I’m not the biggest fan of the fragrance and the flavour of coconuts. So I wouldn’t have chosen these coconut-scented products for myself. However, these products were part of a humongous gift box (no, not a set – it was a huge box) which was incredibly cheap – so I just had to have it. 🙂 Now let’s look at Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar Body Wash, Body Butter & Perfume.
The Body Wash is quite nice. It smells like coconut and vanilla, but it doesn’t have this sickly sweet scent which many coconut-themed products have. The body wash lathers up nicely and it feels good on my skin – it’s not drying at all. Well done, Pacifica!
The Body Butter is a weird product. First of all, it’s not a butter but more like a body lotion. And it’s brown. It doesn’t stain. But for a moment I really thought they might have accidentally filled this tube with a self tan lotion. 😀 I think this product is very moisturising, but the fragrance is totally off. I looked up reviews elsewhere, and about half the reviewers noticed the weird scent too. Most of these guys (or rather gals) found the scent plasticky, and someone likened it to furniture polish (not that far off). I’d describe the scent as that of a wet gym towel. Unfortunately the scent is also quite long-lasting – and no, it doesn’t get better.
The Rollerball Perfume is excellent. When I roll on the fragrance, it’s quite strong and harsh at first. But that’s just for a few seconds. And it develops into a really beautiful summer vanilla fragrance. It’s tropical, exotic, sweet, warm and creamy. Yes, the coconut is definitely noticeable but it doesn’t smell cheap. And (fortunately) the vanilla note is stronger than the coconut note. The fragrance stays close to the skin, but it’s really long-lasting – twelve hours plus!
Based on my experience with these products, I’d recommend the fragrance and the shower gel. In regards to the body lotion, if you can sample it in-store, you should do it!
Pacifica Indian Coconut Nectar is available as body wash, body butter, rollerball perfume, spray perfume, solid perfume, soap, candle, reed diffuser, body oil, hand cream and wipes. There’s something for everyone! 🙂
Haha, wet gym towel!! Think I’ll avoid that one! The perfume sounds nice though 🙂
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If you like vanilla and coconut, this is definitely a lovely fragrance.
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I had the Indian Coconut Nectar Body Butter, as well, although I don’t recall it being brown…maybe off white/cream? But I agree with the scent, I didn’t like the plasticky smell! I don’t know why Pacifica’s scents are so popular as I always find their body products to smell plasticky! The candles are very nice, though.
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I checked the body butter again – it’s brown. Not like chocolate, but more like Bambi. Maybe it was a dodgy batch? That would explain a lot…
I think some of the Pacifica scents are nice – but some aren’t. I can’t stand the mango/grapefruit and the California star jasmine fragrances, but I LOVE the Island Vanilla and the blood orange fragrances.
I haven’t tried their candles, but I think I should!
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Weird that the products in the same fragrance line would have different smells! And that body butter sounds really unappealing…
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