Omnia Crystalline

Bvlgari’s Omnia Crystalline will always have a special place in my heart (and my collection) because it was my first perfume I have ever bought when I had my first job and money to splurge on perfume! I might be biased here with my review, but Omnia Crystalline was the perfume that captured my senses and got me into this hobby... Twenty years ago there’s wasn’t so much variety of brands and niche houses and artisanal creators. There were a few of well established, worldwide famous perfume houses and Bvlgari spoke to my soul with Omnia Crystalline EDT! I always had a thing for Italian perfumes and Omnia Crystalline is such a unique, distinctive creation that I don’t know if anything else exists similar to it. It’s such an a temporal scent, classic and clean, woody and floral, watery and aquatic, ozonic and fresh. Yet ethereal and simple. Smells natural and expensive! It’s one of a kind scent for me! Dare I say... a masterpiece! I can’t recollect how many bottles I had since I discovered it because I always had and will always have a bottle in my collection. It’s the perfect spring scent, light and bright, uplifting and beautiful. It’s my most favourite scent Alberto Morillas ever made. I have found last year another Morillas’s creation that resembles a lot to Omnia. It’s another Bvlgari creation, labelled for men, Rain Essence. I find it very unisex, if not more feminine leaning. Instant love and purchase. I have not tried his personal brand, Mizensir, but from everything I’ve sampled or have from what he made for designers brands, these two are hands down the apogee of his creation in my opinion! Bear in mind that there are over 450 perfumes that Morillas created so take my objective opinion with a pinch of salt. And I am not even a fresh, clean, out of shower, aquatic type of perfume wearer. I normally love deep, rich, dark, sweet, ambery, incency, gourmand perfumes but this divine scent spoke straight to my soul...

This is the perfume I have been searching for this whole time. It’s like that Savage Garden song “I knew I loved you before I met you”. I’ve been reading reviews on this, nonstop, for two weeks now, and even when I saw it at the stores some years ago, I wanted to try it, but I didn’t get to. So fast forward to today, I ended up blind buying it. I couldn’t wait for my package; it was all I thought about. Finally, it’s here, and I’m holding it. It’s beautiful and everything I could dream of. I guess it’s the older/ original version? It’s the silver/metallic-looking bottle. I didn’t know exactly which notes I was expecting. I was just hoping for a classy, clean and feminine scent, and this delivered to a T. It reminds me of Chance Eau Tendre EDP, but more reserved and half the intensity. But this scent, even though it’s mild, it’s present. When I smell Chance Eau Tendre EDP, I instantly think of shampoo or hair products...that’s not really want I want to smell like when wearing a perfume—I want to smell and feel luxurious. This is fresh and sophisticated, and when I sprayed it, I couldn’t help but gasp and say, “Gorgeous!” It’s light and has this very faint grass smell that does distinguish it from Chance Eau Tendre EDP. It’s like you’re shampooing in the rain, in a bamboo forest, then you dry your hair with the air conditioner of a new car, mixed with the smell of leather seats, and it somehow becomes this soft, insatiable, angelic cream scent. As @faevert42 mentioned before me, it’s a simple fragrance, but it takes art and skill to make simple a masterpiece. I don’t know, I’m just raving and rambling now. TL;DR: Light and Timeless Feminine scent. It’s not the most distinct fragrance, but I can’t stop sniffing. It’s delicate and sophisticated. An instant favourite.

Delicate, clean and crisp. Calvin Klein’s Truth softer, more refined, less citrusy sister. It plays peekaboo with me for a few hours, I smell it for abit, then I don’t, and then a couple of hours later it gently wafts up to my nose (tip: spray it on clothes too, it evaporates way too fast on skin). A good perfume for those who work in the medical field. It’s very safe and very pleasant, low sillage. The note listing is incomplete, because I’m quite certain I smell a soft bergamot note in the opening. It’s pretty darn expensive considering that I need to overspray it to be able to smell it on myself, and make it last beyond an hour...it wears like an eau de cologne, even my Bombshell body mist from VS lasts longer and projects better. Thing is, it smelled so spa-like, ethereal and serene, that I couldn’t resist purchasing a bottle as soon as I tried it at the store. I should have waited a few hours instead of making an impulse purchase based on the opening. I think Bvlgari’s Au The Blanc is a better performer and has a similar refined, gentle and clean aroma, but Omnia Crystalline is more ethereal and feminine, and I love the bamboo note here. I will enjoy my bottle, but I WILL NOT repurchase because of the terrible performance! They need to either work on the longevity or start selling it at half price. Update: Okay, so I’ve worn this out, and it turns out the performance is not as terrible as I thought. People could smell it on me 5-6 hours later and I actually got complimented on it...I myself could barely smell it, but when I move, the lovely scent would waft up to my nostrils. I still had to overspray though, and yes, do spray it on your clothes...to its credit, I did not have to re-apply, the scent remained on my scarf for over 12 hours.

I love aquatics. Specifically dewy, lotus 🪷 fragrances. When I first smelled this I was underwhelmed. I’ve had it for about a year now. Initially it was super soft. A. Very subtle perfume. However, the more I used it the more prominent its perfume came to be. It is soft but I think this is how it should be. It is one I go to when I don’t want want anything too distinctive, but just comforting and relaxed. It’s become one of my favourites. It isn’t loud, it isn’t obnoxious. It’s subtle and slightly sweet but has that slight natural purity to it due to the notes even if it has a very slight synthetic edge. Not that it smells synthetic as such it’s just that it’s not nature itself so it’s not going to smell truly natural. I had a 25ml and normally I tire of fragrances but this is one of those all rounder pleasing anytime fragrances and I still want it in my collection so it’s now on my repurchase list now that I’ve just sold another one i don’t wear often so I would say if you like soft aquatics that are on the sweeter side this should be a relatively safe bet, if you like strong fragrances no, it’s not a safe bet. However, at first I thought this didn’t have any longevity, but I’ve come to experience it really does last but I think you only notice this as time goes on because it’s an unusual fragrance that almost was non existent and now it’s somehow more distinguishable and I feel it for longer too. I would say it’s linear too and normally I like more complexity but it’s still got enough layers and prettiness and dewy wetness to keep me satisfied. I really like this fragrance. I wear this and Ibiza nights Carner Barcelona the most out of my quite large collection.

I bought this few days ago while it was on sale at Macy’s. I’m young (late teens) and I don’t like overly sweet or fruity fragrances which generally are the ones that are popular with my age group. I have school and also work in customer service so I need something that won’t trigger headaches or allergies. This is perfect for what I wanted. It’s light and without being too citrusy or “smelling like laundry”. And still very youthful (though I think perfume has no age boundaries and people should just wear what they like). I paid 83 dollars for a gift set (a bvgari travel bag, a small complementary mesh givenchy bag, a small bottle that could easily fit into a purse or a small pocket in a backpack, and a large bottle) and could not be happier. It smells great on me and so far has lasted me 6h and still hasn’t become skin scent (I apply to my neck, don’t rub the scent and spray once and walk into it for good measure). Though I would say it’s a great warm weather scent, I think it would be a great daily day scent. It’s good for school/work or when you can’t decide what to wear. I personally would consider this a safe blind buy for most people if you like these kinds of notes or looking for something safe spend your money. Or are looking for a good fragrance that’s under $100. The only caveat to that I would say is if your chemistry doesn’t take to lighter fragrances well. All of this also makes it a good choice for a gift for someone interested in more feminine fragrances, especially a younger person (late teens to 30s) or is headache prone.