The Alchemist's Garden A Chant for The Nymph Eau de Parfum GUCCI

Tropical scent at its best 🌴🌺 Gorgeous blend of vanilla with the tropical flowers in an exquisite bottle with decent longevity ( for Gucci ) and moderate sillage. I can still smell whiffs of it after an 8 hour wear. It radiates serenity when you need a peace of mind. One of the best blind buys for me in a long time❤️

Beautiful presentation with a lovely tropical floral scent, similar to others. Very good performance. I like everything except for the price.

I am in between in love and like with this perfume. The bottle is gorgeous. For me, this is a luxurious and comforting slightly powdery interpretation of 60's doll head meets Tipanie Monoi Oil meets a subtle grape-y bubblegum. It smells like modern take of a wealthy jet set woman in the 1960's all dolled up for vacation somewhere tropical--white eyeliner rimmed waterline, mascara on the lower eye lashes, pale pink lipstick, Monoi Oil on the skin and the hair volumized big. This isn't the local beauty of tropical places like Coqui Coqui Fleur Des Ilhes but a very beautiful visitor.

I agree with other reviews that this fragrance is more on the subtle side. Upon the first spray, you get a wonderfully creamy frangipani note, that then settles down to a warm skin-like scent, that smells like you've just spent the sunny afternoon laying in a field of tropical flowers, and slathering yourself in sunscreen. It's also a simple, linear fragrance, that sadly only lasts for an hour or so.

While the scent is genuinely nice, this is extremely overpriced. Right now, I can't find a bottle anywhere for less than $299. Honestly, I don't even think I'd buy this for $50. The scent is pleasant enough, but it isn't anything special, in my opinion, and the performance of the fragrance is sadly lacking.

I have a fantastic clone of it by Maison AlHambra called ‘The Chant’, even the bottles look similar. It’s overpowering at first (pure loud FRANGIPANI), but after it settles, it smells like an exclusive bouquet of creamy, buttery tropical flowers, frangpani, ylang and tiare, with abit of warmth and sweetness from (non-gourmand) vanilla…the tiare and vanilla combination may come off abit coconutty, like freshly shredded coconut. I also detect an unlisted turmeric root or curcumin note in the background, adding a mild bitter-sweet-spiciness. It’s a STRONG scent and can be headache inducing (it does soften considerably after about an hour), do not overspray, it lingers almost the entire day too, especially when sprayed on fabric. I don’t think it smells particularly beachy, but it does bring to mind beautiful island girls wearing leis. It smells like something that Guerlain and Lush would collab and release, if you can imagine that, naturalistic Lush-style raw floral scent, but with that powdery Guerlain-esque feel in the drydown. Very feminine, sensual and mature. Not worth the Gucci money for me…if you really like this scent but can’t afford it, get the clone, it’s disgustingly fabulous for the price. I do like tropical florals, and this is a very straightforward, intensive, and luxurious one, no fruits, no woods, no citrus, just straight up flowers with a tiny pinch of vanilla and spice. If you enjoy Guerlain’s Terracotta, Lush’s Lust or Sikkim Girls, you will most likely enjoy this (and it’s clone) too.