Goldfield & Banks Island Lush Eau de Parfum

What it smells like

Island Lush is a woody-spicy perfume — a sumptuous ode to the South Pacific, built around South Pacific sandalwood (Santalum austrocaledonicum). It opens with a warm, zesty ginger.

The heart adds aromatic nutmeg, spicy and rounded. The base is all smooth wood: creamy sandalwood, dry guaiac wood from Paraguay and earthy vetiver, radiant and refined. It is a warm, spiced sandalwood scent that captures the spirit of distant island shores — elegant, natural and enveloping.

Who made it

Goldfield & Banks fragrances are composed by Hamid Merati-Kashani, the house’s principal perfumer, working under the creative direction of founder Dimitri Weber. A classically trained nose who has spent his career with the world’s leading fragrance suppliers, Merati-Kashani has become the interpreter of a singular brief: to translate native Australian botanicals — sandalwood, boronia, finger lime, blue cypress, red-back ginger — into wearable luxury, often building world-first accords around materials no one had used in fine perfumery before. His signature balances bold, natural raw materials with polished, refined structures that wear beautifully.

Who it’s for

For lovers of creamy, spiced woods who want warmth and refinement. Fully unisex and sophisticated.

When to wear it

Wearable year-round but especially good in autumn and winter and from day into evening, its sandalwood warmth ideal in cooler weather.

About the house

Goldfield & Banks is an Australian niche perfume house founded in 2016 by Dimitri Weber, the first to build a luxury fragrance line around native Australian botanicals. Each scent is a journey to a specific place on the continent, from the tropical rainforests of Queensland to the lavender fields of Tasmania and the glowing sunsets of Broome. The range spans the accessible Native Collection and the richer, more concentrated Botanical Series, all crafted with a high proportion of natural essences and presented in weighty, gold-accented bottles. It is offered here at Redolia Perfumery as a full 100 ml bottle.