Florabellio Eau de Toilette

Will have to come back with a more detailed review - but since there has been so little buzz about this, I thought I'd share my first impression. Waited, waited, waited weeeeeks to sample this! Sounded exactly like what I was looking for, but was hard to imagine. Mainly I was in the market for a fresh sea-inspired fragrance. Finally went to Nordstrom to sample - at first sniff, I knew I loved it and went ahead and bought it. The first notes that came to me were bright, airy florals - then the sweetness of the fennel makes an appearance, which really compliments the salty/marine aspect that really comes out in the heat. Indoors I mostly caught the apple blossom, fennel and slightest watery notes. Once outside, in the now 80+ degree weather we have in inland Northern CA, the osmanthus and salt became louder, rounding it out. The sesame I still have not gotten to, maybe that's in the dry down. The coffee and fennel actually kind of mask each other at times - maybe that changes with the weather. Altogether, the perfect balance of subtle and unique qualities that most houses just don't have. Anyway, this wasn't as short as I expected it to be - woops. Love it, so glad Diptyque is branching out and has created another lovely masterpiece. Can't wait for the next one!

Opening notes: Apple blossom, coffee, and osmanthus. Categorized by Diptyque as a floral but I get a very light gourmand with sweet apple and cacao coffee notes. As it dries down the sweetened coffee note smells a bit cacao to me with a little saltiness which I love, and can't stop sniffing from my shirt and arm. It's so unique. A very elegant springtime eau de toilette. The sillage at opening is arms' length then becomes a skin scent, and I recommend spraying on your body but also spritzing the air and walking through it to get some on your hair and clothes. This helps boost the sillage and it won't overwhelm anyone immediately afterwards. I hesitate to recommend to serious dessert, gourmand lovers, this isn't sweet like Prada Candy and the notes are light, but try a sample and decide for yourself. Great for spring days that are both cool and warm as the coffee note is comforting and the green apple blossom/ salty sea air notes are so fresh and pretty. I love this one. I had 3 samples used up and finally added a full bottle to my collection.

I read a lot of comment in here and yes! it’s not a good one for everyone. I wearing it for a 3 months, someday I feels like I can see a lot of apple blossom in Thailand and unfortunately, some of the day I feels like I standing in front of the sea in the very very hot weather that make me feels so bad. It was a question without answer when you wearing this one in your country but for me it was like a lucky draw, I cannot telling myself that on this day what is the effect from this fragrance. And yes! it was so very excited that you have to find the answer by themself for the day that you worn. It was a love hate relationship for me about Florabellio and I totally buy it because I love that I cannot predict it (it was like ypu love someone only one side, you won’t know it was good or bad but at the end you still love it!). (Update on 5 Aug 2020) When I wear this one for 3 months I found that the scents remind me to a white wall that the color is not already dry, I feels like it smell like wall of a new house.

I like this one. But like the others, how I wish the coffee here were dialed down several notches if not omitted completely from the composition. I found, though, that the trick with Florabellio is to spray it on liberally immediately after a warm shower and then allow it to mellow down (a good 20 minutes) before putting on your shirt. After the first 20 minutes, the coffee weakens and almost disappears leaving behind a unique salty- fruity-floral note that evokes a warm (because of the sesame) and lazy day at the beach. It's bright, bitter, complex and unique; perfect even for warm weather. This one I would highly recommend to be reformulated by taking out the acrid coffee smell and replacing it with a woody or green note. But I appreciate this one!

Fantastic! Reminds me of camping on the Oregon coast, by the sand dunes and the beach, when campers would wake up early to make coffee on their little stoves, and just sit around in the morning light enjoying it. What's original here are not the unusual notes per se, but the way the scent finds the spot where warm and fresh, and cozy and light intersect. I heard this was the last scent that the last surviving founder of Diptyque created after many years of trial and error before she passed away. I think its original without trying to be exotic, and the perfect morning scent that still has substance. Amazed at all the negative reviews... Are they still too cool for aquatics?