Nino Cerruti Pour Femme

The bold, honeyed plum floral decadence of Nino Cerruti Pour Femme was released at the apogee of this 80s trend and is among its best. A boss tuberose and its sidekick soapy soapy ylang-ylang is the heavy flesh at its core, wild and redolent, spiked with coriander, and it feels like jungle tendrils are reaching out and grabbing you lustfully. If Dior has Poison, Cerruti has Cyanide. Say your prayers when wearing this, and buckle in. Brace yourself and take caution: this is not for the pantywaist. When the come down arrives, things soften—just somewhat mind you, there's still some sharp tang. It veers into a more carnation-rosy woodiness and sweet muskiness, a lasting statement that will still enter a space before you do, trust and believe. It's my belief that this would be just as sexy on a person of masculine persuasion as well, complementing a certain swagger and twinkle in the eye. This number's oblique angles would complement a sharp jawline just as much as a high cheekbone. It's hot stuff.

parfum sensuel et élégant parfait en Automne. Sillage: fleuri, fruité et boisé (subtil et délicat) Notes de tête un peu froides: éclat de la mandarine, charme de la pêche, rondeur de la cardamome et osmanthus de Chine. Le coeur est un somptueux bouquet floral: ylang-ylang, tubéreuse,jasmin,rose,fleur d'oranger,iris,jacinthe et muguet. Les notes de fond sont provocantes par la sensualité de la mousse frottée de santal; la vanille et le patchouli. conclusion: ravissant bouquet de fleurs comportant un accord original excitant (pêche- ylang ylang- osmanthus)qui se conjugue aux notes acidulées et délicates des fruits et des fleurs, sur un lit de santal! C'est à la fois un jardin chinois et un verger de Provence.

Just found my treasured mini in a stash and oh yes, it is still as potent and richly gorgeous as it was when fresh and young. Pour Femme takes no prisoners, and in this respect it captured the zeitgeist - big and bold, no holds barred. Of course, it is strong and laughs in the face of anodyne impostors daring to suggest it is too, too much when it is rather the new ones which are not up to scratch. Plum, honey, tuberose, oakmoss - all present and correct; some ylang-ylang, carnation and woods pop up too. Although it is of its time, it is - like all the best things in life - timeless. Buy it if you find it; this is wonderful.

One of the loveliest fragrances I've recently purchased, NCPF features honey in a way that isn't overly sweet. I don't get anything resembling woods or rose. Ylang-ylang is present but not overly strong. So what's so great about this fragrance with the weird spiky top? Honey is a wonderful note and a personal favorite, as is oakmoss. This is a non sweet mossy musky fragrance devoid of the sharp, bitter notes oakmoss sometimes aquires. Expertly blended, the perfume should work for women as well as men. NCPF is a big love. I keep smelling my wrist, delighted with the scent. So glad to have this in my collection!

This is a very well blended perfume, to the point where I can barely pick out the different notes; I can say only that it is a warm, creamy floral, slightly ambery, slightly woody, with just enough sweetness. I find it very far from being like Poison, which I also love, but which is considerably less subtle. Perhaps it's similar in conception, rather than execution. To me NCPF is a classically Italian perfume: beautifully blended, beautifully balanced, complex without being complicated, simple without being basic, and elegant without pretension - like Italian cuisine. I like it very much.