Lime Tropical

Lime Tropical, composed by Thomas Fontaine for Comptoir Sud Pacifique in 2024, is a sharp citrus with a herbal twist. Everyone who describes it calls it citrus, a good number add woody, and a minority mention spice, green and leather.

Lemon, citron and grapefruit open it with a bright, bitter-edged zest, and verbena with lemon verbena doubles the lemon with a greener, leafier version of it. Tarragon adds an aniseed, herbal note that gives the opening a savoury edge, and cardamom a cool, aromatic spice. The base keeps it dry: cedar brings a crisp, pencil-like wood, guaiac wood a smokier, slightly tarry one, and oakmoss a cool, damp depth that lends the finish its faintly leathery feel.

It is worn by anyone. The crisp, herbal-citrus character suits summer and daytime wear, holidays and hot afternoons, and a person who likes a lime cologne but wants more bite and a woodier finish than the usual.

Lime Tropical — unisex fragrance by Comptoir Sud Pacifique (released 2024). Notes: Cardamom, Cedar, Citron, Grapefruit, Guaiac Wood, Lemon, Lemon Verbena, Oakmoss, Tarragon, Verbena. — Parfica open fragrance database