Godimenta

Although there aren't many reviews of this and two out of the three here are saying this is mid, I've still decided to blind buy this, and oh my, it is fire from start to finish. Starting with the packaging, which is beautiful, btw, it also does give a hint about this scent's personality and it being unisex with a man and a woman on the box (they also have this JoJo-esque style, i.e., pre-Demna Gucci or even Galliano's Dior vibe). And by "unisex," I must say this is the most unisex scent I've gotten to experience; it feels like if a female wears this, I would absolutely register this as a 100% female scent, and alternatively, if a male (me) wears this, I see this as quite masculine, in a realm of scents like Aventus Absolu. Anyway, let's get back to the scent itself. There are plenty of notes, so I won't bother you with listing them, but the opening feels like an ice-cold raspberry smoothie with mint and herbs. The opening is very cheerful, light, and sort of tasty, while the herbaceousness maintains a unisex profile and can be said to complement your image. That is, it can be interpreted as a casual scent for walks and dates and, at the same time, a rather strict scent for the office. I think it's cool that this property of duality, starting with the packaging, goes through the entire experience, including the scent. Once the heart of the fragrance opens, the fruity smoothie vibe is still ongoing but becomes even more herbal, and now the key player is a metallic rose coupled with cold, airy jasmine. Despite the previous playfulness, the heart adds maturity to the overall scent. It even does feel a little bit gothic in a way, which is a win in my books. Then after a bit, base notes start to appear gradually, and here you get this airy, clean molecular musk, some woods, and a little bit of amber's warmth. Nothing is offputting. It dials everything nicely and complements each aspect of the fragrance. It almost feels like an ode to vintage French (although the house is Italian) perfumery, with its aldehydic diffuseness and complexity, but it's completely remade with a modern approach. Another fun fact is that they included a complete list of ingredients for this on the box, and the scent is made with about 90-95% natural ingredients, which is crazy lol.

This is a truly unique scent. In the opening you get a gorgeous mix of freshly cut spearmint or Moroccan mint leaves just after the rain, a garden covered in fuzzy wet raspberry leaves. I have never smelled a perfume with mint I loved till this one. I also smell the lemon leaves in the opening. This hangs around for about an hour (wish it were longer...) after that the mint fades a little and on my skin I get the guaiac wood come forward and it warms up to almost woody vanilla. I normally don’t like guaiac on my skin, but here it is fresh and it works even in hot sticky summer. So don’t shy away if this is a scent you normally don’t like. There is a metallic quality in the base that makes it really unique and interesting. I don’t get much rose. In my opinion it’s a perfectly modern unisex. If you want it to lean more feminine layer it with something fruity fresh and sweet so you get magic for summer!

I have to be honest, this is an indeed good fragrance but it doesn't have that sparkle that makes me want to jump of joy. It's a simple fresh spearmint and lemon fragrance with a good dose of flowers in the middle. Do I love it ? no, Do I hate It ? would I buy it ? no. To me it lacks a bit of orginality it reminds me a lot of things, defenetely Torino 21 but with less lemon and more mint. The only thing I would mark as memorable is the mint in here, it's very very realistic, it smells like the actual leafs of mint, pungent a bit earthy. It reminds me of the Moroccan tea my mum used to buy from oversea, after the mint settles down the rose the jasmine and the musk takes control of everything unfortunately making it at least in the dry down female leaning to me. If you like mint, give it a try, solid fragrance nonetheless: 7/10

The opening of this scent was a WOW for me. The fresh, uplifting mint note was absolutely stunning! Sadly this scent quickly changes on me to a musky rose and woods before disappearing completely after less than an hour.

All I smelled in this was mint and green leaves like as if it’s summer and you spent all day rolling around in green leaves or walking through tall grass. Smells like outside. It’s not bad, I just don’t wanna smell like that. But either way you wouldn’t have to worry about it because this is a skin scent, the projection isn’t strong at all. I do like the mint note but that’s about it.