Delizia Oscura

Hopefully at this point I have been given enough fagrantica clout for people to trust my opinion on how fragrances behave. This was quite the stunner for me. What I enjoy doing nowadays is sampling a fragrance without looking at the notes before and not reading any reviews. I want my reaction to be as authentic as possible with as little influence as possible. I am a huge fan of chocolate in fragrance. I am not the biggest coffee fan when it is in my fragrance wardrobe. The initial hit of coffee in the very beginning was not my favorite by any means. My instant reaction was that this was not going to be good. However that was short-lived and the hazelnut chocolate Violet concoction began to be sculpted. There is no getting around the resemblance to the infamous chocolate hazelnut spread that we all know. If you don't like that, you are not going to like this in the slightest. Is it a gourmand fragrance? Absolutely without a doubt. Does the violet give the fragrance complexity? Absolutely. This is not your typical synthetic cheap Bath and body Works sweet adolescent body mist. This is done very well and has a deep complexity that I appreciate and I want to wear and experience. It is very much an adult gourmand. Similar to how you would say you are having an adult hot chocolate. There is something in the composition that gives the illusion of contemplation. Meditation. Violet works as almost a foam-like olfactory texture on the top of the dark chocolate mocha. Not too sweet though. Chocolate used I'm sure is guittard and is served in a porcelain white cup and saucer. If you would like to eat a pastry, perhaps a chocolate croissant is the best match this evening. Delizia Oscura hits the spot for those of you who crave great chocolate fragrances, but have a hard time finding one that is not juvenile.

Being a gourmand and also a violets lover in perfumes, I couldn’t wait to try out Delizia Oscura by Calaj. I was familiar with other works of the perfumer, so I already knew that when Flavius Calaj starts playing with notes and ingredients, some real good magic is about to happen. And it did. Let me just start by saying that the opening is majestic. Divine. A gourmand lovers dream! It opens with a blast of violets wrapped in waves of black chocolate, with a couple of hazelnuts sitting patiently in the background. It immediately transported me to my childhood days, when I used to pick up all the violets from my grandma’s garden and make little bouquets that would make the kitchen smell like heaven all day long. The same authentic, pure note of violets I found in Delizia Oscura, especially in the opening. Yes, you also get a high dose of chocolate but the notes blend so well together, that they never become overly sweet. It's a perfect balance that somehow allows you to enjoy the notes both together and separately. After 2-3 hours, the hazelnuts and the milk note start to dance on my skin, leaving the chocolate and flowers lingering nearby, never dissapearing completely and for the next 8-9 hours, it feels like something delicious and creamy melted on my skin, with chocolate and violets appearing just when I thought they were gone. 12hours+ after, what remains on skin is a coffee-caramel-latte scent that sticks with me untill the next day. What a journey in a bottle it has been! From start to finish, this is a very well blended perfume, a piece of art and a very unexpected journey on skin! In terms of performance, saying it's a powerhouse seems like an understatement! For me, this is what art is all about in perfumery! Definitely give it a try, especially if you are a gourmand lover.

I got to test it and it is really good. I mean, violet and coffee lovers beware, for you will encounter a long lasting trail of delicious hazelnut waffle, violets and coffee. Closest perfume to it I can think of is Akro Awake, but the image painted by Delizia Oscura is even more nuanced, as all the notes are revealed the more the fragrance sits on the skin. I love the fact that the gourmand elements are balanced by a sort of cold, almost metallic feeling, very suited to the vicinity of violets. From the huge blast of violets and coffee in the opening, the fragrance then emerges as a vivid picture of eating waffles as a kid, yet it is not a juvenile gourmand. Really, thumbs up for this one. Edit: the more I wear it, the more it seems gothic, as in a Transilvanian castle movie. Total unexpected love and the performance is great.

Delizia Oscura smells like a place you carry with you. That place being a beautiful, charming cafe on a hillside somewhere in Italy. You are sitting outside at a table being served chocolate-hazelnut pastries, raspberries, and coffee. As you look down the hill, you see little purple violets and white lilies blooming down the edge of the road towards the water. Your mouth tastes like delectable nutty, dark, chocolate treats, and rich coffee beans--you don't even want to brush your teeth, because you want to keep that flavor with you as long as possible. You ride your bicycle down the hillside road, and think about coming to this cafe again tomorrow, and perhaps each day after.

Delizia Oscura Calaj- is sooo freaking yummy with out having loooked qt the notes this is what i smelled blind from my bottle...I smell sweet Roasted hazelnuts almonds prailine and a touch of maple syrup its very sweet but it's done it a way it's not too sweet or cloying I'm getting chocolate powder dusting over like a violet flower maybe lily of the valley or something that keeps this from going too sweet its really yummy!! I get coffee and it's powdery but Also gooey caramel melted things and milk this is just nice so warm sweet and delicious kinda c comforting too as well.