MCoBeauty No.6 Coconut Cream & White Florals is the pale yellow one in the range, and it is the bottle that finally gave up a batch code after its amber sibling refused. Small thing, but it is the sort of thing this site exists to check.
It is a 90ml hair and body mist from an Australian brand, it costs very little, and it smells of coconut and something approximating white flowers. I have worn it through a warm week and photographed every panel on it.
If you want the other one, I reviewed MCoBeauty No.4 Vanilla & Macadamia separately, and the two back labels do not say the same thing.
1. First Impressions: Coconut, Then Sunscreen
The opening is coconut and it is the sweet, creamy, lactonic sort rather than anything fresh or watery. Think coconut cream in the tin, not coconut water.
That lactonic quality is why this immediately reads as sunscreen to a lot of people, and whether that is a selling point or a dealbreaker is entirely personal. It smells like a holiday. It also smells quite a lot like a product you would put on before going in the sea.
Coconut in perfumery almost always comes from lactones rather than actual coconut, which is why so many coconut fragrances share a family resemblance. This one is competently done and unambitious, exactly as you would expect at the price.
2. Where the White Florals Actually Are
The white florals are the weaker half of the name. There is a soft, creamy floral presence under the coconut, generically jasmine-adjacent, but nothing you could identify blind and nothing with any real character.
That is not a failure so much as an economic fact. Good white floral materials are among the most expensive things in perfumery, and a 90ml mist at this price cannot carry them.
Bruno Jovanovic, who built Armani My Way, told us what a serious white floral actually takes:
“From the beginning, we wanted a white floral bouquet revolving around tuberose. Once that was accepted by the Armani team, we were given the freedom to try literally thousands of different ideas to wrap the bouquet. This led to thousands of adjustments and modifications over five full years.”
Five years, thousands of trials, for one bouquet. No.6 is not that and was never going to be. It is worth holding the two facts next to each other though, because “white florals” on a budget label and “white florals” in a designer brief describe very different amounts of work. Our roundup of tuberose fragrances covers what the expensive version smells like.
3. The Back Panel, and Why It Matters
The panel reads: “Manufactured for MCoBeauty Pty Limited, Level 9, 10 Bridge St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. MADE IN CHINA.” Plus vegan, animal test-free, 24 months after opening, and the line about a summery tropical spritz.
Put that beside No.4, which says “Dist. by MCoBeauty Pty Limited” at the same Sydney address, plus “Proudly Australian Owned. Designed in Australia, Made in PR China.”
Same brand, same line, same bottle size, two different accounts of where the product comes from and how proud to be about it. No.4 gets “Proudly Australian Owned” and “Designed in Australia”. No.6 gets neither.
Nothing here is untrue and nothing is unusual for the category. It is simply inconsistent, and you can only see it by owning both bottles and turning them over, which is why it is in this review and not on any retailer page.
4. How It Wears
Two to three hours on skin. Longer in hair, considerably longer on fabric.
Projection is moderate and it never gets loud, which makes this the more wearable of the two mists I own. No.4 announces itself and then vanishes. No.6 sits at a steadier, lower level for its short life.
Coconut lactones are reasonably tenacious on clothing, so a t-shirt sprayed with this will still smell of it after a day in a laundry basket. Worth knowing if you are the kind of person who sprays and then changes their mind.
5. The Batch Code, Finally
N03001, moulded into the base rather than printed.
I mention this with some relief, because I could not get a code off No.4 at all. The amber juice in that bottle is too dark to backlight and the base stayed unreadable however I lit it. No.6’s pale yellow liquid lets light through, the moulded characters catch a shadow, and the code reads cleanly.
Moulded codes are also more durable than inkjet, which is the opposite of what you might expect from the cheaper product in a comparison. The Sol de Janeiro mist I own, sold here at several times the price, uses inkjet on the base and mine is partly obscured under a moulding seam.
For a budget product, that is a small point in MCoBeauty’s favour, and I would rather say so than only report the things that go the other way.
The Bottom Line
No.6 is the better of the two MCoBeauty mists I own. It is quieter, more wearable, less aggressively sweet, and it does not disappear as abruptly.
It is still a two-to-three-hour product with a generic floral half that does not deliver what the name promises. Buy it as a cheap summer coconut you will reapply, not as a fragrance.
If you like the smell of coconut sunscreen and want it in a spray, this is a perfectly sensible purchase. If you want white florals, the name is writing a cheque the formula does not cash.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does MCoBeauty No.6 Coconut Cream smell like?
Sweet, creamy, lactonic coconut with a soft generic floral underneath. It reads close to coconut sunscreen, which is a compliment or a complaint depending on your taste.
How long does MCoBeauty No.6 last?
Two to three hours on skin, longer in hair and considerably longer on clothing. It is a fragrance mist rather than a perfume, so reapplication is part of the design.
Where is the batch code on MCoBeauty No.6?
Moulded into the base of the bottle. On mine it reads N03001. Because the code is moulded rather than printed, it is more durable and easier to read than an inkjet code.
Where is MCoBeauty No.6 made?
China. The back panel reads “Manufactured for MCoBeauty Pty Limited” of Sydney, and “MADE IN CHINA”. MCoBeauty No.4 words its own origin differently, as “Designed in Australia, Made in PR China”.
Is MCoBeauty No.6 or No.4 better?
No.6 is the more wearable of the two. It projects less aggressively and is less sweet, though No.4 has the more distinctive opening. Both last two to three hours on skin.
Related Reading on Everfumed
- MCoBeauty No.4 Vanilla & Macadamia Review: the other mist, and the other back panel.
- MCoBeauty vs Sol de Janeiro: the side-by-side comparison.
- Sol de Janeiro Cheirosa 68 Review: the prestige comparison point.
- What Does Coconut Smell Like?: the note this is built on.
- Best Tuberose Fragrances: what an expensive white floral actually smells like.
- Perfumer Bruno Jovanovic Interviewed: the interview quoted above.
- Best Body Sprays: the wider category.
Selena Marc is a fragrance enthusiast, freelance writer, and dog mom living in Houston, Texas. When she's not writing about her favorite new perfumes, you can find her enjoying yoga or a morning hike.
