MANCERA HOLIDAYS Eau de Parfum

🎶If you like Piñacoladas and getting caught in a rain, and the smell of sunscream, if vanille's not your pain. If you like to make love at midnight in a dunes of a cape, go and get this sweet perfume, it's the perfect escape!🎵

This is my favorite Mancera, by far! Smells exactly like my favorite sun oil, which is Garnier Ambre Solaire.

I only wear this fragrance during my summer holidays. Therefore it brings back summer memories year after year.

For me this is a 9/10. So peaceful. But please try before you buy, it's anything but generic.

I just want to preface that the houses of Mancera + Montale are not for everyone and that’s totally fine. Yes, some of their fragrances are obnoxiously loud and sometimes a little too synthetic, but they’re made for people who want their fragrances to perform.

That being said, Holidays is another coconut-sunscreen scent on the market. But what sets it apart from other sunscreen scents that I’ve tried is the seawater note in this. It’s cuts through all the sweetness of the coconut, vanilla, tiaré, and just the overall sweetness of this scent, and makes it different enough from Coco Vanille by Mancera and other scents in this category. To compare it to Soleil Blanc, Terracotta, Bronze Goddess, etc. isn’t right because none of those have that aquatic, salty note in them.

From my experience, the aforementioned scents don’t have a good performance (especially Terracotta - which is pretty, but painstakingly boring with horrible performance) but Holidays does not lack when it comes to performance. Yes, it’s loud in projection, but to say “this is for people who want to feel obnoxious” is childish lol. Again, scents are subjective so if it didn’t work for you, just say that instead of turning people away from trying new things. The lasting power on this is great, as are most Mancera frags. And for the size of the bottle you’re getting and how little you have to use, I think it’s great compared to something way overpriced like TF Soleil Blanc.

As expected, this a scent for the warm weather, spring and summer, and I see it more as a daytime scent than an evening one. I can see someone wearing this out on a yacht party, or getting brunch by the water and having oysters and cocktails. This is easily unisex and I’m happy to have it my collection. I can’t wait to wear it out more this summer.

Edit: I’m coming back to my comment and seeing that I may have triggered some folks with what I said. I’m only comparing Holidays to other popular sunscreen scents on the market and giving my review of Holidays. I’m not comparing my personal opinion of Mancera frags or their quality to that of other houses.

Coconut - Vanilla - Slightly Floral. A luxury suntan lotion. A pina colada, minus the rum. It’s exactly as advertised.

I’ve been on a long journey trying to find my ultimate Summer, tropical vacation, suntan lotion fragrance. I’ve found it.

I live in a climate where it’s extremely hot for 8 months out of the year. Most summer fragrances burn right off me rather quickly in this high heat. Not Mancera Holidays. It sticks with me for a good 12 hours. I have yet to find another similar summer fragrance that can do the same.

TIP: While amazing on it’s own, there is also so much potential here for layering options. Using 1-2 sprays of Holidays as a coco-vanilla base; then adding a few additional sprays of something smoky, spicy or boozy blends together beautifully... Creating an even deeper, more rich olfactory experience. Ex. Holidays w/ Aventus or CDNIM for a smoky, tropical, pineapple and coconut.

I love this fragrance, and am so glad I found it. If you’re on the hunt for your tropical, luxury suntan lotion, Summer vacation in a bottle like I was; look no further than Mancera Holidays. Highly recommended.

Don't know what's the point of all the bad reviews and blah blah blah about dryer sheets lol. Tell you what, my batch of 21K323F is perfect! I know this is a forum but some of these reviews are really silly. I am a man and I love the batch and scent. I blind bought mine last year. A beautiful coconut 🥥 and floral composition is lovely. I've had many compliments and I can pull it off better than some women from what I've heard! Mancera Holidays a 9 out of 10 in all categories 😎👊🔥