Possible Clues:

• Pearl fishing locale
• Island where Gauguin painted
• Island that I confused with another island
• Note about a great success on the island
• After this turns on ahead to it, one is pacific
• This oddly includes a success for an island
• Pacific island - one that enthralls one in reflection
• The army reached one island
• Island - one which has captivated one going west
• Paul Gauguin's island