Bombay Bling! Neela Vermeire Creations for women and men

Bombay Bling is like the spirit of Mardi Gras or Carnival captured in a bottle. Ebullient fruits, a decadent mixture of both tropical and white flowers and a generous dose of spices make for an olfactory celebration. This is one of the most non-linear, kaleidoscopic fragrances I've ever tested. Wearing it is like being inside a soap bubble and watching the iridescent colors swirl by.

BB opens with Duchaufour's signature sourish black currant, tempered with the sweetness of lychee and mango. The presence of caraway and cardomom adds zest and depth to the fruity opening. The heart of BB is comprised of gardenia, tuberose and jasmine, rendered exotic by the addition of lush ylang ylang and sultry frangipani. Just when you begin to think BB is a femme fatale of a fragrance, she drops the mask and morphs into a somewhat masculine, robust blend of patchouli, tobacco and woods in the dry down.

BB has great sillage and longevity. It is brilliant and adventurous without being at all weird, and would be a great choice for a party or celebration, especially in hot weather, which suits this fragrance perfectly.

I chose a sample of this based on the name alone and because the perfumes were getting a lot of hype on forums and blogs alike, I tried to ignore the hype for a long time but as they say curiosity killed the cat.
I have to say that ordinarily I would not have tried any of these perfumes as Bombay Bling has Cumin listed, Trayee has Incense and Mohur is a Rose perfume, all of these it would be fair to say that I usually dislike.
The opening is divine, a fruity lushness that just makes me smile, then the florals start to waft their way in, the cumin in Bombay bling is there but it is not the usual curry smell that I normally get on my skin, instead it is so well blended with the florals that I get a lovely sweet cumin that I really love, the dry down is also amazing, the sweetness of the florals and cumin is still there but it is somehow dryer with the faint smell of the tobacco, woods and vanilla.
Happiness and sunshine in a bottle, this makes me see the perfume in rainbow of colours.
Full bottle worthy???? Every last penny of it to me.

Lots of tropical fruitiness and some grapefruit on first spray. I like this part! Then it dries down to something so very sweet that I can hardly bare it. It's a combination of jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla and it's translating on my skin as cotton candy. Later I get tobacco and vanilla combined. This is a very long lasting scent and if these notes are your favorites I would highly recommend. On me, it's too sweet and makes me feel like I need to open the windows and air out the house.

i received a sample, put it on the inside of both wrists and immediately got a rash. so i don't know what that's about. the scent is ok, but obviously i'm not reacting well to it.

Wow, so fruity and luscious! I do get the grapefruit, mango, blackcurrant! Then the flowers come gently wafting through. This is definitely a keeper for me. The dry-down is warm, gentle and thoroughly sniffable!

I don't get the labdanum or cardamom or even caraway in the opening - usually scents with cardamom can be heavy - but this has been crafted so well that all the notes mingle perfectly. The middle notes are made in exactly the same way - not a blast of jasminy white flowers - just a gentle, almost perfect, floral. And the warmth of the drydown is quite something! I have to agree with Jeca in that there is definitely an animalistic, slightly sweaty stage but it is not unpleasant!

Initally, I thought spring and summer but as it dried down I thought, no, this is something for all year - day and evening. Quite unique and worth buying. Keeps me smelling my wrist with joy!

I also liked the personal note from Neela enclosed with the perfumes! Very nice touch. Thank you Neela.

What a great mix of fruits, tart green notes and white flowers! I've just sprayed it on my hand, I got mango and black currant at first sniff, then delicious greenness and now I am smelling white flowers... but I can't say it's a very feminine fragrance. It's unusual very interesting perfume, fresh, very fresh. 20 min later: now it turns animalic, warm and even slightly sweaty (magical black currant, it has something that it shares with grapefruit, urine-like note, but not explicit), but I like it! Amazing scent! I smell now tobacco. It now smells like a warm skin, but not clean, very-very sensual.