Palacio de Oca

I also got this fragrance while visiting Casa Pilatos in Seville. It was so hot and the gift shop was the only section that had any sort of air conditioning in the 40 degrees heat. Smart :) I loved all the scents by Duquesa de Medinaceli on display but went with Palacio de Oca because it's so fresh, green and has a note of orange blossom that in Seville is symbolic I also like the mossy base that to me smells like "old-money" wealth. And to be 100% honest I chose it because it's called Palacio de Oca and I just discovered the game called Juego de la Oca and I thought it would be a great fragrant souvenir. It's not a masterpiece of perfumery tbh but it's a nice smelling souvenir and was totally worth it, because re-smelling it takes me back to that hot day and memories of my visit to Spain.

I bought a new bottle of this perfume at a palace gift shop (Casa Pilatos) in Seville 2016. This is such a lovely, light fragrance. I bought it whilst on holiday in Seville last summer. It was averaging 40 degrees every day on that holiday and I wanted something fresh but still woodsy/spicy to spritz. My usual Diva by Ungaro was way too heavy and cloying for the searing, Spanish summer. It opens with delicious fresh, citrusy notes which were so refreshing. Beautifully partnered by simple floral notes and then the lovely woodsy/musky dry down which I am always drawn to. I adore it. It's a cologne i think, so it doesn't last for long so you have to keep spritzing it to smell it. I had some left when I returned to the UK and I used most of it up during that summer (English summer temps average 18-25 degrees). I had so many people in the UK asking me about that 'beautiful perfume you're wearing'. I couldn't smell it on me anymore but everyone else could! It's a winner in my book. Gotta try and find another bottle from somewhere...