Fior di Chinotto

I can’t believe I was about to sell my bottle. I really liked it when I bought my first bottle at scent xplore. Then I had some moments of loving it, and also hating it (didn’t work with the hot weather). So I put the bottle away and didn’t wear it for years. Now I busted it back out and it’s a cold night in NYC and my god this perfume is magical. Spicy and SPARKLING white floral, chinotto, jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom mix. Slightly sweetened by that honey. Slightly tart from the citrus and oak moss. Magical magical magical. I think this is for someone with mature and classy taste in fragrances. Pale yellow and light gray colors. Leans very feminine, very mature, great longevity, moderate to loud projection. Beautiful and unique fragrance!!

This opens up smelling very feminine and pretty. There are the white florals, honey, and the bright chinotto which really lifts it and gives it a bit of an effervescent type of feeling; there's also the amber grounding it. As this dries down it becomes deeper, more unisex and reminds me a lot of Elie Saab's Le Parfum (as others have commented)--a fragrance which I find very unisex. I really enjoy this one a lot, and it lasts all day on me (I tested the edp version).

Another one who received this in a ScentXplore bag. One of my favorite citrus blossom scents. There's a tension between greenness and sweetness that is well-balanced. It doesn't evolve much from first spray - and that's fine by me. I could see this going astringent on some people - especially if they don't wear jasmine or orange blossom well. For me, an avowed orange blossom / neroli / white floral lover, this falls firmly into the dumb reach category.

This is absolutely gorgeous. Reminds me of Elie Saab's Le Parfum with the orange flower, jasmine, and citrus, but the citrus in Fior di Chinotto sparkles more and the chinotto flower adds an ethereal quality. I also prefer the oakmoss in this over the patchouli in the Elie Saab. I have had multiple people ask me what I was wearing, out of the blue, because they liked it so much.

I was so pleasantly surprised with this one. It smells flowery and citrusy at the same time, and it smells really bright and sunny too. Super sunny, like in August in Italy. Very pleasant, sweet and tart, airy and joyful. If you need some sun in the winter this is perfect haha. Performance is really good. I would totally buy this if I weren't broke lol.