Coconut Mango. Coconut has a fresh, clean scent that cuts the sweetness of the Mango a bit so it's lighter, a little less . . . well, mango-y. It's probably the best-selling fragrance for any toiletries company in Hawaii, as both men and women enjoy it equally.

Gardenia is a heavy floral. Picture that heavy-cream color of old satin, then add the memory of the wrist corsages that women used to wear.  Rich, heady, probably our heaviest floral fragrance and a favorite of many. If you like Gardenia, you'd probably like Tuberose, Puakenikeni and probably Jasmine, too. 

Haiku Rain is a light scent, neither fruit nor floral but the clean, fresh scent left after a light summer rain (or heavy trade shower, in our case).

Hawaiian Ginger is a warm, sunny floral. While there are over 1000 varieties of ginger (many of which smell lovely) we chose the beautiful yellow variety that grows in the steep windward valleys throughout the islands. You'll smell it on the breeze during the drive to Hana. It's not our lightest floral, and it's not our heaviest, either. In between. Like a honeysuckle, kind of.

Tropical Hibiscus. Most people think that the hibiscus (and there are many different kinds) doesn't have a fragrance, but it does. It's just that it's only evident when the flower opens for the very first time. It's light, sweet, soft, powdery. We love it, or we wouldn't make it!

Jasmine. Once again, many different kinds of jasmine grow around the world, and we chose this one because we loved it. It's close to a gardenia or tuberose, but not quite as heavy. In between, but closer to them than to the Rain or the Hibiscus. Also, see Pikake for another kind of Jasmine.

Lavender. We use an organic spike lavender essential oil, made from only the heads of the organic lavender plant, not the woody stems and leaves. Kind of eucalyptus-like, not really floral at all, even though it's made from flowers.  Very relaxing, aromatherapeutic, if you will. And pure. 

Mango (Fresh Mango or Mangos & Cream). The mango has been called the "peach of the tropics" so we usually describe it as a citrus-peach fragrance for those who have never tried one. Our mango fragrance is exceptionally fresh smelling, like ripe fruit heavy on the tree. Delicious!

Pikake (pe-kah-kay) is known in other parts of the world as the Arabian Jasmine, or Chinese Jasmine. The Pikake was brought to Hawaii in the 1880s and grew lushly around Ainahau, the estate of Princess Victoria Kaiulani. It is said that she called the flower 'Pikake' because her beloved peacocks used to roam through the plants (and Pikake is also the Hawaiian word for peacock). It's lighter than our other Jasmine, but not as light as the Plumeria or Hibiscus scents.

Pineapple Coconut is just a bit less sweet than pineapple on its' own. The coconut is fresher smelling, and cuts the sweetness just a bit. If you want to know exactly how it smells, go to a cocktail lounge and order a Pina Colada.  Drink half of it, then pour the rest on yourself. There. That's how it smells. 

Pineapple Mango combines the sweetness of both fruits and smells good enough to eat. (Don't! It smells way better than it tastes!)

Plumeria (aka Frangipani) is one of our lightest fragrances, a light, lemony floral. Also known as the Lei Flower, the Plumeria is native to warm tropical areas of the world including the Pacific Islands. They can grow to be large shrubs or even small trees, and feature fragrant clusters of showy, waxy flowers. There is absolutely nothing like the sweet fragrance of Plumeria (except of course another Plumeria!). They are treasured by the Polynesian Islanders for their durability, fragrances, and varying colors of whites, yellows, pinks, reds, and multiple pastels. We chose to duplicate the one that grows in our front yard for our products.

Puakenikeni (pu-a-kay-ne-kay-ne) means “10 cent flower” and was so named because the blossoms sold for 10 cents apiece (in a time when a dime was money).  Beautiful and fragrant, the blossoms were highly prized for leis and other special-occasion arrangements or to perfume coconut oil. You don't see them so much now because it's too much work to collect them, but it's a rich, creamy smell, somewhere in between Jasmine and Pikake on the light-to-heavy scale. The Puakenikeni is native to the South Pacific, with fragrant 2” funnel-shaped flowers that open at sunset. The blossoms are at first an old-satin heavy-cream white, and then turn to a golden color over the course of 5-6 days. Also known as Pua-lulu in Samoa, this is the blossom we're currently using on our banner in this site.  Scroll up, and you'll see what we're talking about.  We took those pictures 4-5 days after we picked them in a neighbors' yard. (Yes, we asked first.)

Tuberose has a heady scent in the heaviness-range somewhere just this side of gardenia.  The blossoms are white with a pinky blush on the buds, and they continue to produce scent even after the blossoms are picked. (We're told that most flowers don't, but not sure we're buying that.) It used to grow wild all over Mexico, where Aztec healers called it omixochitl [bone-flower] due to the waxy, luminous white flowers that actually contain anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic properties. It was thought that young virgins shouldn't smell the blossoms after sunset, as the scent would make them too "frisky." The Tuberose has long since migrated to many warm, tropical areas of the world, and for millions of visitors to our lovely islands, their first warm greeting is the lovely scent of the tuberose lei where it's often combined with the purple Vanda orchids that grow easily in our climate.