Juliette Has a Gun Banana Rush: A Banana in Very Good Company
Juliette Has a Gun Banana Rush is a warm gourmand Eau de Parfum built around ripe banana and maple syrup. The brand introduced it in March 2026, and its European shop lists three sizes, from a €30 travel spray to a €145 bottle. The perfume itself is somewhere closer to home. I’m fairly sure there’s a sample on my desk, which would be reassuring if there weren’t also several hundred other samples on my desk.
Until I find it, I’m working from the notes and the campaign. Romano Ricci wanted to give banana a more sensual role in a perfume, and the choice of maple syrup tells you how far he’s willing to take the idea. What I want to know is how long the fruit stays recognisable once the coconut and sandalwood come through.
Juliette Has a Gun Banana Rush notes
The official Banana Rush page describes a warm gourmand with a tropical floral heart. There’s a pleasing economy to the pyramid. You can see how each pair might change the character of the banana, from the stickiness of the maple syrup to the softer feel of the woods.
- Top: Banana and maple syrup.
- Heart: Coconut and frangipani flower.
- Base: Vanilla and sandalwood.
The opening is the bit everyone will want to smell first. A banana accord can take you in very different directions. I’d like to see whether this one brings to mind the soft flesh of a ripe banana or something closer to the bright, almost fluorescent banana of a sweet shop. Maple syrup adds another question. Does it deepen the fruit, or does it take over once that first burst of banana has had its moment?
What the coconut and frangipani might change
The coconut and frangipani are what make me want to wait for the heart. Coconut could carry the creamy texture of ripe banana forward as the fruit itself fades. Frangipani could give that creaminess a floral lift. I’d be especially curious to see whether the flower has a shape of its own once the syrup quietens down. That’s the point where I’d expect to find out whether the perfume feels like a tropical floral with a sweet opening or stays firmly in dessert territory.
Vanilla and sandalwood make sense at the end of that progression. Vanilla can pick up the sweetness from the first spray, while sandalwood gives the composition a woodier place to land. The part I’m most curious about is the overlap between the heart and the base. I’d like to catch a little frangipani there, especially if the vanilla starts to make the fruit and syrup feel rounder.
I have a soft spot for these bottles
Can I say how much I like the Juliette Has a Gun bottles? The shape is clean, and I find the colour gradients genuinely hard to resist. Banana Rush goes from almost frosted white at the shoulders to a rich orange at the base, with a silver cap that lets the colour do most of the work. My eyes tend to get on very well with this brand. So does my nose, most of the time. Yes, Miami Shake, I’m talking about you.
The campaign lets itself have considerably more fun. The bottle sits under a banana dripping with syrup, surrounded by flowers, coconut and a vanilla pod. Ricci cites Wes Anderson as an inspiration for the campaign film. Looking at that still life, I can see the appeal of taking a banana very seriously for the duration of a photograph.
Banana Rush sizes and European prices
Juliette Has a Gun lists Banana Rush at €30 for the 7.5 ml travel spray, €105 for 50 ml and €145 for 100 ml on its European shop. My first spray, if all goes to plan, will come from the vial I’m hoping to find on my desk. I’ll come back with a review once I’ve found it and given the banana, syrup and woods a proper wear.
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