Eau D'Italie

This is so pretty and fun! I had no idea what was in this when I smelled it and I said to my husband I smell a very intense black currant, like a really intense one mixed w/ magnolia and clover! I can't believe I was right! Gosh this is so nice! The lemon pie smell of magnolia is so strong in this, just like sticking your face right in the bloom! The black currant is not fake like in many fragrances but real and living. The clover is so special. I love that note. I grew up on a dairy farm and I love the smell of clover and I know it well. I have 2 perfumes w/ clover in my collection, and I treasure them both. This is just so pretty, and precious! I'm not getting tuberose or clay. Just a huge black currant, magnolia and clover. This is probably one of the best magnolia perfumes I've smelled. Just like sticking your face in a bloom. Stunning, I love this one.

Some of the most sought after classics were not understood when they came out and became disscontinued, like Givenchy Insense'. I think this original D'Italie is a masterpiece and the best one in the series. It is beautifull, subtle, transportive, the green clover, light citrus, florals, and then you get the awsome contrasting warmer, richer notes well balanced and blended, the clay Terra cotta adds a beatifull earthy smell. This fragrance whispers softly. It's relaxing refreshing truly transportive to a wonderfull place. It's a bit like Duchaufour's Timbuktu, with freshness, floral aspect, and balanced complexity added. I'v tried many Duchoufour's fragrances, this may be his best. Great Spring fragrance, performance is good. Rating: 9.5/10 God bless. John 3:16

No doubt reviewing a perfume will always be a subjective matter. Tastes and noses a so different, and that is present in every review I read. At the end, just follow your nose. Remember, every reviewer opinion is their opinion. Eau D’Italie is for me, a beautiful scent. It is harmony in a bottle, summer in a bottle, literally. You wake up in the morning and take a shower, sun is shining, your get your coffee or tea ready, some fruit and some bread. Then you get out and sit outside your backyard, ready to enjoy your breakfast. Suddenly you realized that something is missing. You rush to your room, and spray Eau D’Italie on you. Then, back to your breakfast and chair. The smell complete the experience. Harmony and summer are there.

Bois D' Ombrie reminds of Mom's beautiful tomatoes she grew in our hometown Dana Point yard...she comes in scented with the "jungle-vines" & fresh tomato juice..."green ness" staining her hands before she washed off the magic...fond memory... Then the sea, salt & slight roses enter yet most prominent on me are the fresh green and red of "tomato jungle" and this lovely "I'm on vacation air" explodes through moving me from garden to vacation... Yes to the minerals, herbs, forest, clay, yet prominent are the waves crashing on the cliffs below and the mist rising up into the sunlit air, filling the lobby of the Le Sirenuse Hotel...and the scent of this candle burning throughout the open air blue sea background lobby...

This is so unusual. I feel like i am falling in love with this perfume: there is nothing sweet or floral in it, so that is a big plus for me. I love the mineral accord of clay, I perceive it as something salty, although I would never compare it to smoked ham, as some have :) . Salty air in the shadow. Some herbs. Very unique, making me think of the sea. This is one of these scents, like Dior's Dune, which is also the sea scent for me, that one wears for themselves, not for the world. Very introspective beauty. PS. I've been to Positano once and I want to come back and see the place that this beauty comes from.