Bellodgia Extrait

A golden-red flame flickering in the boundless darkness illuminates people's hearts with the faint light and heat. Bellodgia is the candle that serves as the focus of sight in the painting "Magdalene with the Smoking Flame". The boundary between light and darkness lies in the Bellodgia is sometimes distinct and sometimes blurred. Ernest Daltroff loves the harmony of carnations, which are perfect for chiaroscuro. Bellodgia is named after the Italian town of Bellagio. When Ernest Daltroff traveled there with his lover Félicie, in the garden of Villa Serbelloni at the end of the Cape of Bellagio, he saw carnations... dry and sharp pepper-cloves full of enthusiasm, Orris root is occasionally astringent, slightly bitter and cool. The bright and lively Bellodgia reminds me of Opium (YSL) and Fate (Amouage), which were brighter, full-bodied, huge, and gorgeous in the 1970s. The difference is that Bellodgia is beautiful and classic, not as wild as Opium. Sweet jasmine, sour green rose and violet light and elegant powder, jumping with carnations, roses dance very cheerfully, paired with Caron's smooth and delicate vanilla milk base note, Mousse de Saxe, warm musk, spicy floral fragrance like fireworks Exploding like a burst, gorgeous and colorful - Bellodgia is the reference standard for carnation fragrance.

I received a vintage extrait from the 1950s. It was a blind buy, but given the fact I love orientals this was to be acquired because if its history as an early made oriental and the house of Caron. She's a floral soft oriental that whispers come hither. She is not a powerhouse and the spicy cloves opening her introduction is not something for people that do not enjoy orientals and their spicy temperaments. I adore them. Its slightly creamy in a well blended way, notes of her florals pop up from time to time and her carnations are lovely. She's a grand whole than some note driven perfume. I find the extrait intriguing, different from modern formulations and beautiful in her way. Definitely a spring-summer oriental. The carnation and rose are gorgeous. I also tried vintage opium parfum on the other hand to compare. They share most notes with obviously more with opium. I always wished opium had a more floral presence than it did, and I found it in Bellodgia. I'm not saying these two are interchangeable, they aren't. But I do believe this is part of Opium's DNA and evolution of the great oriental genre, and even drugstore classic Incognito. I believe a lot of orientals genisis can be found here in Caron's Bellodgia 1927. Its beautifully done, and should be tried for anyone that loves the oriental genre.

Yes, the original formula is to die for, I have several sealed Baccarat flacon's in varying sizes of the extrait with the largest a 120 ml (4 fl.oz), for me the jasmine shines above both the rose and carnation, actually the pure carnation absolute is rather dull and smells not of fresh carnations but like clove oil and it's also quite expensive. Ernest Daltroff was a genius at blending & modifying florals, the formula for Bellodgia is extremely complex yet it's olfactive beauty wafts effortlessly around it's wearer, I enjoy the dry down with the exquisite rose and slightly indolic jasmine combo softening into the most warm, spicy, ambery & woody mid phase of sandalwood, vanilla and barely audible nitro musk, all components of this early 'Caron' classic are seamlessly blended and indeed evoke sunlit fields of exotic flowers refreshed by the waters of a nearby lake in the Italian alps, I zealously guard my considerable stash/hoard of vintage 'Bellodgia' for it will never pass this way again, most certainly not in it's previous vintage in'carnation's, also like most extrait's and pure parfums I find this wears much better when applied by vapo-spray/atomiser. .The Baccarat flacons are just amazing !!!

A very kind friend I met here sent me a decant of this precious liquid. I owned the toilette years ago before I got into perfume collection and used it all. Then we got house rabbits and I stopped wearing perfume for years. By the time I got back into it Belladogia was discontinued and was impossible to find. This extract version is even more beautiful then the toilette I remember so fondly. It is the perfect marriage of carnations, roses and violets on a spicy bed of spicy cloves and the most beautiful musk. How perfumes like this can be discontinued and forgotten is beyond me. Especially for the overpriced garbage gourmands, and "ethereal" fragrances from China that editors here claim are the new great second coming. Please, 1 ounce of Belladogia would last a lifetime, even if a person was inclined to share some with friends because this is real perfume. A perfume that lasted with very little applied but still filled the room. A perfume worthy of being a signature for life. Nothing will be made like this again which is tragic. French elegance like this will never be repeated and we are poorer for it. Class, elegance. One of the most regal fragrances I have ever smelled.

Hey fellow vintage frag heads! I have an extra bottle of Extrait if anyone is looking. Here is my conundrum! I purchased both bottles from a lovely gentleman whose wife had passed and was a Bellodgia lover. She had the Extrait (2 bottles) a bottle of Toilette as well as a bottle of Cologne. One of the Extraits (the one I’m keeping) has about 85-90% remaining and comes in its original box. The one on offer was sealed until I opened it to test its authenticity. The labels on the baccarat bottles are different so I can only assume from different times/batches. The juice is the real deal just a bit darker on my keeper bottle. I e read a number of articles regarding Bellodgia through the years but still am not entirely sure of age for either. I have not set a price on the available Extrait so PM offers. The goal is to basically recoup my spend (which was nothing close to some of the retail prices I’m seeing) and make sure a fellow Bellodgia aficionado gets this lovely Extrait!

The parfum concentration of Bellodgia detonates with a perplexing announcement: a musty austerity framing a peppery violet and the star carnation that seems to say "Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up!" It's incredible. This arresting peculiarity quickly transforms into a spicy, rosy, trickling bouquet of clove pink. It's champagne cola, bubblegum cream and plasticine, it smells like a black and white movie on a slightly worn print, pops and crackles and patina. It blooms like a warm vapor, sumptuous and moist—a cinnamon "hot ball" woody violet weaves in and out, like baroque embroidery. Lines blur between incense and finishing powder, a vanilla musk lolly rolls in, the eugenol prickle persists, and a white floral tone is sensed on the perimeter. Then it smells like a clean and dreamy sandalwood-benzoin soap. I want to retreat in a safe and sound cocoon that smells like this forever and ever and ever and ever...

Upon first discovering the original vintage formula in Baccarat it was love at first sniff. Head over heels! Floral oriental spice blend opens with jasmine carnation and clove. Rose, moss and sandalwood develops on the dry down. I agree with Suzanne in the comparison to the original Opium. Bellodgia has a rich floral missing from the vintage Opium. Bellodgia is expertly balanced and complex, deep with rich spice, balsam and florals. Although I don't pick up the animalistic elements on my skin, it does provide a sultriness. This is everything a perfume should be and lasts all day into the night on me. I love this fragrance so much that I often try to smell it as I drift off to sleep to bring me the most luscious of dreams. Do I sound obsessed? I admit it...I am!

Awesome blind buy, so happy with this carnation-y violet amber goodness. I love when I smell something totally new. This is like nothing else I own. Now, how to remove the glass stopper that seems stuck, so I can enjoy more than the packaging from the ebay seller?! 😂😭🤔

Carnation and cloves, all the way down. Opens a little spicy, but definitely reads more floral than spice to me (and apparently to my husband who asked, “does it smells like flowers in here?” when I walked in earlier.) Review for a vintage (60s?) extrait.

The modern version is a weak sister. This is intense. clove and carnation bomb. Wow. I am so glad I snagged a partial bottle in baccarat.

Ok, I have some experience here. I've worn Bellodgia on and off since 1968. It was just everywhere in the 1960's, and the 1970's, right out on the perfume counter of every major department store and even the ones that were in towns of less than 50,000 people. Most of the stuff people smelled were the cologne sprays, which were plenty strong, followed by the edt sprays. Then it gradually got eclipsed by other fragrances and Caron itself gradually disappeared. I love Bellodgia, but even then it was one of those fragrances that didn't hold up well. I used to think it was because women seemed to buy perfume to display the bottles as much as they bought them to wear the juice. And the Bellodgia Baccarat designed bottle certainly is iconic. But the Bellodgia juice itself seems to go bad faster than many fragrances. I opened an edt bottle around 2010 I'd probably bought in the 1980's that I'd kept in a dark closet and seldom wore, and it was totally unwearable. The current bottle of extrait I'm using is probably from around 2010 and I can tell its beginning to go, whereas my Caron Fleurs de Rocaille parfum bottle sitting next to it that I probably bought around 2000 is just fine. So when you buy one you have to go against everything you know, and can afford, and use it right up within maybe 7-8 years. Using it sparingly can leave you with a pretty bottle and bad juice. Having said that, you want an older bottle. Pre-2010, I'd say, or whatever year France's regulations went in where manufacturers had to take out the chemicals that make perfumes last longer. (There is a word for this that escapes me right now; sorry.) So when looking online, dark Bellodgia juice pretty much always indicates the bottle has gone bad. Even though the good juice starts out a golden yellow/russet tan, anything darker is very risky. There's a lot of Bellodgia online though, and probably not much of it in stores, although I think Saks still carried Caron fragrances. But I haven't been in stores lately. And unlike buying in stores, you can get a good look at it online, specifically eBay. Sealed bottles aren't immune from spoiling either, but at least they weren't being displayed on someone's shelf for 20 years first. It's all worth the hunt though. Bellodgia is fabulous, one of the best carnation/clovey fragrances ever. Old school. Adult.

My goodness. Carnation bomb. This will not appeal to everyone, but carnation lovers should definitely seek it out. I have never realized that carnation shares similarities with clove, but actually I can sense it. It's just that the clove here is not so sharp and unctuous as the clove powder you put in pumpkin pie or the whole pods you chew for a tooth ache. However, the opening of this extrait does feel a bit medicinal. I find that stage a bit unpleasant, but it is fleeting, and then the middle stage just lasts forever for me--even on skin, which I just can't believe. Carnation, muguet, amber, sandalwood. What I wouldn't give for Narcisse Noir extrait to last this long. Nuit de Noel performs similarly, and I believe they share the same deep resinous base. Overall though, this perfume reminds me of L'air du Temps, but without the shimmering, breath-like Ricci synthetics, which to me make L'air a superior perfume.

Bellodgia Extrait has been a family staple for generations. I have always owned a bottle (and, oh, are they lovely) and I enjoy wearing it from time-to-time. Interestingly, this beauty does not smell 'old.' It's a beautifully dry, spicy floral. It still carries itself more than 90 years after it was created.

The first encounter with a vintage Caron perfume can be challenging, and my experience with vintage Bellodgia has run through many stages of emotional extremes. Some time ago, I blind bought a flacon of vintage Bellodgia extrait in pristine condition. I opened it ever so carefully, dabbed it on, and was immediately very disappointed. I tested Bellodgia a few more times, and then I transferred some to an atomizer and began to apply it that way, and slowly, I began to appreciate this classic Caron. The carnation and clove notes in Bellodgia are quite sharp and peppery upon application, with an almost sinus clearing impact initially. Then, a positively musty mossiness rises up from my skin--L'Air de Damp Basement. Gradually, Bellodgia comes together and becomes a beautiful perfume. The carnations and cloves become softly spicy, the moss quiets down and provides a deep base note, and the mysterious alchemy of the Caronade begins to work, offering up its slightly sweet, beautiful incense notes. Vintage Bellodgia extrait is always an intimate, close to the skin scent, but it lasts all day and goes through a full and quite fascinating development. Vintage Carons such as Bellodgia are so different from modern, topnote-driven compositions that they can be very puzzling at first, but they can win you over after long, repeated wearings.

I haven’t found a way to date my bottle, but it looks like the image here. It’s in a white box that says CARON on the outside with the address printed in the inner lid. The fluid is still golden, so I suspect the box helps protect it? Absolutely gorgeous, rich resinous carnation. Love, love, love. The only other flower that comes through is rose. A must for carnation scent lovers. Lasts, but doesn’t seem to project a lot. But I only use a drop or two.

I find carnation a "humid floral" as a fragrance, and maybe this is why it's seen as sultry in perfumes of this generation? It's sultry and fresh at the same time. I have a newer (modern you could say) tester 30 ml bottle of extrait and i love it, it's potent and smooth and sweet in an elegant way.

Mon Dieu ce flacon !! Encore et toujours ces flacons qui me font tourner la tête... Et quand je sens les jus ! Alors là !! Je la perds.... ma tête ! Je crois que toutes les bases modernes du parfum tant en jus qu'en contenants ont été inventés les cinquantes premières années du XXème siècle....

I just bought the remains of a bottle of this via Etsy seller I put some on It really reminds me of walking into an old musky / musty vintage store I have had it on only ten minutes I’m curious to see how it develops on my skin ...definitely smells old