Peonia Nobile

This was an immediate, head-over-heels love for me, I still remember it clearly. I accompanied a friend to Selfridges in London one day, and that was the first time I had even heard of the house itself. As someone who had always skimped on perfumes before, I bought a bottle then and there without giving any thought to the cost. I found it airy and elegant, just drop-dead gorgeous. I wore it with such pride that I even sprayed a little on my pillows; I wanted to be surrounded by it. What surprised me was how no one ever complimented me on it, including my husband, whose response was an underwhelming “it is nice” when I first showed it to him. I found it strange that no one else seemed as enamoured as I was. But it didn’t change my feelings, as it's rare for a scent to move me so deeply. After I used up my first small bottle, I tried to snatch one from eBay. It turned out to be a deal a little too good to be true, and I’m convinced it wasn’t authentic, as it had none of the power of the original. While I’m now gravitating toward different types of scents, this one still holds a special place in my heart, and I’m fairly certain I’ll return to it someday.

I have owned and loved (still do love) a few Aqua di Parma perfumes. Someone was unloading a new bottle of Peonia Nobile, so I purchased it. As an aside, there are many types and genres of perfumes that I love. I've always loved a nicely blended rose note. And I adored smelling the clusters of fragrant peonies in my garden (in a previous home) when the flowers were in full bloom. Peonies are beautiful and their fragrance is lovely. I go through phases with fragrances. And sometimes, I just crave a non-complicated, straight-up, uber-feminine floral fragrance. I adore blended jasmine. I love certain tuberose perfumes. I love certain gardenia fragrances. What's there to say? Uplifting, bright, slightly spicy, feminine, rosy peony with a gorgeous amber-patchouli backbone. The raspberry makes the opening bright. The geranium keeps things from becoming too sweet. The drydown is heavenly. This perfume is gorgeous. This fragrance is a complete and total love.

You ever look at a set of notes and go, hmmm I wonder... then you get the fragrance and still wonder??? Not this one. This fragrance smells like its notes and it’s gorgeous! I understand the comparisons to Mon Paris Intensement, the raspberry, rose, and patch easily draw similarities. But this is just done so much better. SO much better. This is a natural beauty, but she’s not quiet. She has presence and strength. Unapologetically and relentlessly feminine. This is one of the better presentations of this style of patchouli. No chemical tinge... pure, rich, sweet, and fresh. Perfect. If you are not a floral lover, and I really mean this, steer clear. This is not at all a beginner friendly floral. However... If you love true florals, this scent will be a welcome and captivating assault.

Peony is one of my favourite notes so by name some I figured I would love this, and after waiting patiently for my online blind buy it arrives, and I absolutely love it! It is very peony, light floral, girly, airy, summery without being something that is exclusive to summer only since it does have that clean lightness to it. It’s office safe in small amounts the floral could make it absolutely obnoxious to someone hyper sensitive to fragrances. I was so excited to get this, and I love it so don’t get me wrong, but for the full price (I bought a small travel size for 20 bucks ish) I just don’t think I could justify it because there are many similar perfumes out there at a more affordable price point.

Opens with a very punchy geranium and rose. After ten minutes everything rounds out a bit and the peony takes over. There's tge herbaceous floralcy of a pink garden peony with none of the nose-wrinkling spikey-ness. I was surprised by how much of the drydown echoes Magnolia Nobile - definite "DNA" similarities - though of course this pulls pinker and rosier vs citrus. I think this calls for slightly cooler temps - the sweetness of the raspberry and the heady strength of the stuff reads a little dense for high heat - to me at least. I don't believe in perfume genders, but this is one of the most traditionally feminine scents I own.

I Love You, I had to have you right away! This is such a beautiful fragrance, I could bathe in it. It is fresh, sophisticated floral with a beautiful dry down. At first sniff, I knew I need this in my life. I bought a full bottle right away. I love the entire collection, it was hard to choose just one, but Peonia definitely made me return to the store for more sniffs, over and over again. WEAR UPDATE: It is now May and the weather is getting warmer. My fragrant Peonia is turning into a cloying, sticky mess. I will put it aside during the hotter months in hope that she will behave better towards the colder months. Bye for now.

This perfume is my signature scent along with Izia by Sisley. They have a much of a likeness between the two of them. This one is a little bit sweeter. I love the zingy burst of the raspberry and the geranium that grounds it a bit and prevents this from becoming another soapy peony forward scent. IMO it is a masterpiece. Timelessness and classic. This will never go out of style. It is like Chanel but the Italian version. The patchouli is not bothersome as it is in some other fragrances. I wore this the other day. It’s gorgeous and I adore adore adore it! It is elegance through and through.

I knew I was going to be biased when my first test brought me back to my grandmother's garden in summer. This is a beautiful peony rose blend. The black pepper adds a spicy note to it that I never realized was a part of peony flowers, but it is. Clean and slightly soapy in a good way. This beauty was made for warn summer days. Lasts on me about 5 hours. One or two sprays is all you need, more and it could overpower the weak! Nothing chemical smelling about it, this is pure class. Give it about half an hour to mellow out on and you will know this is a very well made, quality gem.

Absolutely beautiful Peony fragrance, but also strong and punchy. It is definitely a 1spray kind of perfume, 2 if you dare. I like to layer 1 spray with something a bit juicer and fruitier with a bit more raspberry. The rose and raspberry come through just enough but not over done. Too many sprays though and you can teeter from beautiful to headache inducing extremely quick so be advised. The first time I tried it I sprayed 2 sprays and I completely hated it. It has spring time notes but I feel it cuts through winter icy air with ease and grace.

This is sooooooo pretty, my goodness. Very peony-forward but also not like any other peony scent I've tried; until now I thought peony was just one of those notes that are always "large and in charge" but there's equal amounts of freshness here as well as something deep? earthy? in the base anchoring it. I had a feeling it'd be something like oakmoss or a subtle pinch of patchouli and I was right! It's that and a lil' pepper I'm smelling. A really clever combo that on paper sounds like it would clash horribly but works wonderfully.

Peonia Nobile by Acqua di Parma is a spicy peony with geranium and patchouli adding an extra punch! I definitely get roses and hints of fresh freesia but not too much raspberry. This is no quiet lady, but don’t be mistaken she is pure class. You can hear her stilettos click across the marbled floors of her office as everyone’s heads turn to face the door before she appears in her hot pink dress ready to do business. She knows what she wants, and by god your gonna give it to her! Stunning fragrance!

This was the first perfume I've smelled in a long, long time, that simply made me say, "Oh, wow! Wow!" I just love it. Really full of peony fragrance, especially at first, but then it seemed to me almost all the notes asserted themselves and created the kind of perfume we used to get, with this lovely blended harmony of a fragrance. The only notes I really didn't catch were freesia and pepper. There's something here for nearly anyone to love, I think, and what a delightful scent for May!

Absolutely heavenly. I feel like I'm floating on a cloud of springtime. On my second bottle and I have to say I love it even more this time. The essence of floral springtime here where peonies are a part of spring, and actually smells like them. The rose is perfect. And the amber and musk anchor it all sweetly in place. They didn't go overboard with the sweetness, either. I am SO tired of over-sweet perfumes. I want grown-up women's florals, not little girls strawberry bath gel.

Like all line ADP Nobile, this is again a very botanical peony (with important rose behind). A juicy raspberry is added and overall is beautiful and sublime. Among my favourite floral fragrances ever. My favourite in the ADP Nobile selection, even if they are all wonderful floral scents! The plus is that peony is quite a hard to find note. This perfume is not vintage at all and very versatile for age and season. Highly reccomended, safe office scent, safe blind buy. 4.5/5

I love this! For me this smell mostly of peony, and it is a natural peony smell. I don't understand the ones that says it is a syntethic smells, because for me it is not. There is a hint of rose and sweetness for me, but the peony is the one that sticks out. Quite good longevity and silage. It is very fresh and ageless, although it has the lightness of youth.

This is divine. Managed to secure a 50ml bottle, as I believe this is now discontinued. It is on my top 3 rose perfumes that I own. I love feminine perfumes that smell feminine. Kinda getting sick of all these unisex perfumes where they always tend to lean a bit masculine. This is decidedly feminine with that quintessential Italian dolce vita...

To me the rose is dominating, instead of peony. It seems rather linear. It starts with a very strong floral opening and the musk just slightly lingers in the background. It smells like Bvlgari Rose Essentielle, only slightly creamier. The longevity is good, i apply a few sprays in the morning and it stays until office hours end.

Out of these 3 sisters, Peonia Nobile is my favorite. Second is Magnolia. I didn't enjoy Rosa. The quality of these perfumes are excellent. A bit pricey, but worth it. You're getting the quality that you're paying for. Just make sure that you actually enjoy the notes, because a little goes a long way.

i've just tried this perfume and i like it: it contains peony and pepper that i love. It's very rich, juicy, fruity, you can clearly smell raspberry. But it's also wearable, not too strong. It's feminine and the package is so cool, pink and gold.

This is what I wanted Lola to smell like! Pure peoney bliss, yet wearable. Flowery, fruity, juicy peony with great silage and longevity which is where Marc Jacobs Lola let me down. Beautiful spring/ summer scent, very well made, love it :)