Quattro Pizzi

Blind bought this, mainly because the notes looked promising (tuberose is a top 3 note for me), the bottle is gorgeous, positive reviews, curiosity for the brand and a HUGE discount (100 euros!) on deloox. I would not have blind bought this at full price but i felt like splurging 175 on something i wanted really badly. Im incredibly impressed. this scent is really hard to explain, since its surprisingly very multi faceted. Im gonna try to break it down The opening: this part threw me off a little at first. it is incredibly green & bitter (and almost industrial) for the first minute. as it settles on ur skin, the rum and the spices show up. while those notes are doing their thing, the tuberose and coconut in the middle start to say hi. this combination creates an unexpected effect, where it has the same bitter/medicinal yet sweet attribute as marzipan. it doesnt smell like marzipan, but it smells like what marzipan tastes like ykwim? That may not sound good, but it works incredibly well with this natural and delicious smelling tuberose and coconut combo. The sweetness in this perfume is far from synthetic smelling. its never cloying or sickening to me. As the marzipan fades away, the tuberose gets especially pronounced while maintaining its bitter green aspects. it remains sweet, but this time it becomes more honey like. middle/drydown: this is where i notice the base notes the most. it becomes quite bitter again, but this time theres no new sweetness. The tuberose is taking the lead and the coconut remains in the background, just like all the other notes. Its not Carnal Flower level of tuberose though, since its not being supported by other white flowers here. Even though tobacco and hay dont necessarily smell clean, the middle part becomes a tad bit soapy in some aspects and in some sniffs. I like this a lot because it feels like im smelling an unlit cigarette and expensive soap at the same time. This soapiness isnt too pronounced, so if you dont like soapiness, you dont have to worry. The perfume eventually retains this state and warms up slightly by the tonka in the most beautiful way. its a tuberose coconut combo that never smells like sunscreen. it doesnt smell tropical either. SOmetimes i do notice the coconut a bit more than other times, but i dont find that to be a bad thing. late drydown: after hours and hours of performing, i sudddenly find my arm smelling like Do Son ! It seems like once every note is gone, the tuberose decides to stay and make it known that she wasnt here to play. the end of Quattro pizzi is like the beginning of Do Son, and i really love that scent. its pleasant and natural smelling. Quattro pizzi is just warm and bitter enough to be enjoyable in cold weather. If you love tuberose, you might need to give this some time. top notes are important cuz they give u a first impression of what a perfume is gonna be like, but here its not the case. it goes from being borderline unbearable to a wonderful perfect green sweet tuberose. It doesnt smell like any other perfume either, until after 8 hours. dont blind buy it but definitely try it out and try to get to know her

This is my second review of this, and i still love it as much as i did before. I just needed to point out something about tuberose in general, and it has a lot to do with this perfume. Okay so i am a botany nerd and i love to garden and grow flowers. It got me into tuberose and perfumery as a whole. I have been a whore for tuberose for a while now, but i had never seen the flower in real life before. I didnt know what ‘realistic’ tuberose meant, so i basically went with other peoples descriptions of it. Do son and carnal flower were my reference points for a realistic tuberose, and quattro pizzi compared to those does not really smell ‘natural’ or ‘photorealistic’ Well i was very wrong! I decided to grow tuberose because i wanted a challenge and i was very curious about the real smell. Mind you, not a lot of people grow tuberose in the Netherlands, so i didnt have the luxury to come across a plant and smell it. Fast forward to october, my 10 bulbs have all pushed out wonderful flowers. And their scent is so amazing and so strong. To my surprise, out of all the tuberose perfume ive smelled, quattro pizzi was the most realistic! Especially in the drydown. The internet made me believe it would have a very similar scent to real jasmine, and it slightly resembles it, but it goes a completely different path. Tuberose smells sweet, mentholated, spicy (like clove), green, slightly indolic and RUBBERY. It has a prominent latex/rubber resemblance but in a very good way. Quattro pizzi captures all of these facets perfectly, even though it has other prominent notes like tobacco and coconut. It adds more beauty and uniqueness to this perfume and i might love it even more now. Carnal flower strays away from the rubbery spicy and sweet facets and focuses a lot on the green mentholated aspects of tuberose. It combines multiple indolic white florals so it becomes less specific and photorealistic. I still love it but i wouldnt consider it a ‘realistic tuberose’ anymore. It comes close, and it probably doesnt aim to be a soliflore anyway. Do son.. well. It smells too fresh and crisp to be realistic. It ends up smelling like just white florals once again without the intensity, uniqueness and ‘claws’ of carnal flower. Fracas smells NOTHING like tuberose Tubereuse absolue smells soapy bitter and green to be realistic Most other perfumes with prominent tuberose notes dont smell like tuberose at all. I wont name them all here because i cant recall many specifics, but tom fords soleil blanc and giardini di toscana’s almafolia are prime examples of fake tuberose. I know perfumery isnt about realism, and i know most brands dont use actual extracts of plants to use them in perfumes. i also know flower oils rarely smell like the real thing. But its fun to know that the perfume i once considered an unrealistic tuberose turning out to be the most realistic.

I just love this fragrance and I find it so unique, being quite different to my usual white florals that I love and yet it is oh so satisfying! It is a very grown-up, green and slightly spicy tuberose that you wouldn't expect at all. It is very creamy and is definitely a white floral perfume, but the davana gives it that fruity, sweet and boozy kick and the rum gives it that sweet and aromatic molasses-tinged character in the top notes. I smell touches of spice from the pink pepper and coriander as well. I definitely think that the coconut gives it that added bit of creaminess and vanilla-like nuttiness in the heart of the fragrance and it always stays there from beginning to end, making me of the summertime of course, which adds a needed lightness to this fragrance. Finally, I smell a sweet and green character from the hay and a warmth and caramelized sweetness from the tonka bean and tobacco leaf, the tonka bean having that almond like character instead of green and grassy nuances and profile. It makes me think of both Cuba and the tropics but interestingly also Italy all at once, but very subtly. It is an incredibly sophisticated affair. I feel like this perfume is very versatile, being for all seasons pretty much, including winter, unlike most people's votes suggest on here. It can also be worn from day to night and could work on both genders, but I feel like it definitely leans a fair amount more feminine, so a man would have to be confident to wear this one for sure. Quattro Pizzi's sillage was moderate on me and its wear time was brilliant, lasting altogether a good 16 and a half hours on me! It is an expensive fragrance for sure, but I really feel like you get your money's worth and then some with this Casamorati by Xerjoff creation. The pearlescent white bottle that the fragrance is in is stunning too and even more beautiful in person, having an opalescent shift that changes color in the light. I love the elegant blue and yellow/gold tassel as well, since it adds a nice touch and contrasts beautifully with the opalescent white bottle. I honestly can't stop smelling this fragrance on my wrist, which is why I give this an excellent 8.7 out of 10. Two thumbs up from me!

Oh this is pretty! I can't believe I don't see Carnal Flower listed in the reminds me of, this has got that DNA written all over it. When I first spray my tester I'm assaulted with a spicy peppery blend, like a bag of those cinnamon hot tamale candies I used to love eating as a child. As it begins to dry down and meld into the skin I get the unmistakable buttery signature of tuberose. This is good quality white floral oil though, not what they're using in Mugler these days, not that celebrity fragrance middle note "jasmine" that you could pick up in a Ross overpriced for $30. This is that vacationing at a resort in Mexico and the ladies braid flowers into your hair by a beach bonfire on a July night tuberose. It makes me long for and become nostalgic over memories I've never experienced but I can almost be transported there with the magical qualities of this fragrance. The spiciness dies down, but it never goes a way permanently which is another reason I think it reminds me closely of the eucalyptus that's present very strongly to me in Carnal Flower. There's a suntan coconut oil note in there as well but it's coconut oil that's been rubbed into cleanly showered skin and then radiating off once you're on the beach in flip flops and a brightly colored sarong, the sand sinking into your toes but the sun has now set so it feels cool to the touch. I can't believe what an underrated gem this is. And it's currently discounted online, whereas I never see Frederic Malle perfumes go on sale. If you're a lover of tropical white florals you cannot go wrong with this. Obviously test it first, because I'll be honest I wrote this one off pretty quickly the first time I tried it, but I fell in love with it the second time. Still it's a must try, and I fear I've become obsessed and will need to pick up a bottle before the Summer is over.

In reply to all the Rouge Malachite comparisons, there is only a slight similarity. Which is creaminess. Both are tuberose forward scents, but whereas rouge malachite is warm, resinous, balmy, cozy and sensual, quattro pizzi is green, bitter, waxy, rubbery and spicy. Rouge feels like a big abstraction of tuberose, it focuses on certain elements of the flower but leaves out some others. Quattro pizzi is an extremely true to life tuberose AND more. I think qp is only similar to rouge in its first hour, but then it starts blooming into its own thing. Weirdly, it only seems to get stronger and more diffusive as time passes which sounds like the opposite of most perfumes. Qp begins like a slightly vague creamy floral, just like rouge, but eventually comes to life and introduces coconut, hay and maybe a hint of tonka (i dont personally get it). So no, they are not interchangeable or the same fragrance. Qp is not a dupe and its not redundant to try this if you own rouge malachite. Also, rouge malachite didnt invent creamy tuberose so idk what all these comparisons are about... rouge malachite as a smell is pale ambery brown , while qp is dark lush green and pearly white (like the bottle). Rouge is wintery, soft and like a hug. Quattro pizzi is summery, lively and fun. Develop your noses yall