Desnuda

I know this sounds crazy, but I find Desnuda to be so gorgeous, so sexy, so well made, and so wonderful that it hurts my soul that it sells for pennies on the dollar! Isn't that insane? But I'm like offended on Desnuda's behalf that 100 mls of this perfume can be had for less than $25, or if you're not picky, less than $15 for a tester without a cap. Especially with all the crap perfume out there that sells for literally, LITERALLY 10x the price...It is just a sin and shows how great perfume doesn't have to cost a fortune. What it does: Desnuda has tremendous longevity, moderate sillage, and follows a classical perfume period in progression. She is beautiful and interesting the entire time. She's not just some linear thing that fades out as the day goes on. Plus she just...acts a certain way, like you can smell her great with a few generous sprays, and yes those around you will detect your scent as well, but in a subtle, tantalizing way--more "come hither" and less "My perfume precedes me into the room." And my God this is a sexy as hell perfume. A spicy, woody floral filled with fruit and musks. The top is fairly woody--a gorgeous blend of cardamom, cinnamon, and vanilla incense blended with peach--a rich ripe peach, more Mitsouko in nature, ripe peaches stewed in cinnamon and cardamom. The spices aren't overwhelming, they are rather sanded down in tone. The bouquet of flowers arrives after the spices and incense: Lots of sweet mimosa, rose, iris and cyclamen. The flowers are on the sweeter side, and lean "white" in tone...they kind of weave in and out, at first I can smell the rose more, than with time I can smell the iris more. Desnuda has a beautifully blended bouquet of flowers for sure. Behind the flowers is this creamy musk, that later dries down into sandalwood heaven, still flanked by white flowers, musk, and a hint of peach. I love the cooler toned unlit vanilla incense note combined with the cardamom and cinnamon... Seriously this is like "Take me to bed right now" perfume--something about the peach note, the sweet creamy flowers, and the soft spices. And the drydown is heavenly! I love wearing this after I shower before bed, I enjoy the top and middle notes a ton, and when I wake up, I get to bask in the powdery, creamy sandalwood. I just have to laugh because I've smelled $300 perfumes that don't perform like this does, or have terrible synthetic copout drydowns...Desnuda was definitely love at first sniff, and I can't recommend this enough, especially for the ridiculously low price.

I want to address the issue of vintage vs modern formula that some mention here. I have a vintage mini with the brush and the newer spray bottle. To my nose, and by comparison testing, they are exactly the same. I am not getting any difference in scent, longevity, or silage. This was never a beast mode fragrance in the first place, always laying close to the skin. What it does give is this delicious aura that you can smell all day. The key to getting it to last and getting a nice silage is to spray heavily. Very heavily. (I do sides of neck, décolletage, wrists, and a light misting on clothes.) Have no fear, this is not the type of perfume that will knock anyone out. Instead, you will just smell a soft fragrance surrounding you all day, only noticeable to those who come within your space. As to the scent itself, after the peppery bergamot opening, I'm getting a woody, not creamy, sandalwood, which is throughout the fragrance from beginning to end; mandarin; cardamom; a dry, almost powdery vanilla; a smidgen of cinnamon; a little sweetness from the tonka; a little fruitiness from the peach and plum notes; and a soft, slightly powdery musk. Unlike other scents with incense, this doesn't hit you over the head with that note. It's extremely subtle. The floral notes weave in and out. All the notes compliment and work very well together in this scent. Before I owned both, I imagined this was how Dolce Vita would smell from that perfume's note profile. It doesn't. Though they share a lot of notes, I actually prefer Desnuda over Dolce Vita. It doesn't have that distracting, sweaty armpits, cumin note to deal with. Best yet, you can usually pick up a bottle for under $20 bucks. If Desnuda were no longer in production I wouldn't hesitate to get a back-up. That's how much I love this scent. I hope they never stop making it.

I always strive to get unique perfumes and I think that this is one of them. Of course, it reminded me of other perfumes - Dune, Pure Poison, Dior Addict, Bulgari Pour Femme, Rose Esential, Rochas Femme, Eternity, Contradiction - but not to the point where I could say it was a dead ringer, or even remotely close to any of them. When I first smelt Desnuda, I got a blast of rose (Bulgari style), fruits (peach was most noticeable) and spices (I detected cardamon and pepper). Shortly after this arrives the musk, in all its glory. Then comes tonka bean, sandalwood and vanilla. The base is what reminded me of some heavier perfumes, in particular Dior Addict and Pure Poison. Overall the scent is soft, warm and complex. It has a weak sillage, and the lasting power's not that great - but you either accept it as a skin scent, or load so much of it on that people are forced to notice. There is great complexity with this scent, which I think revolves around a "power struggle" between the main accords: 1.) uplifting scents (rose and peach), 2.) spicy scents, and 3.) heavy scents (particularly musk). I could also swear there is something salty included. It is due to this bizarre love triangle that I am reminded of Dior's Dune. There is the same playful tugging of different accords. Though I am not a Dune fan, I find Desnuda more accessible. Finally, I would like to say that wearing Desnuda is a very pleasurable experience. Despite the lower price and lack of conspicuous advertising, I consider the quality of the composition to be close to, or equal that of Dior's best...

Desnuda is a great "skin" scent. It's warm and soft, starts off spicy and then ends up sweet. It's got only moderate sillage in the first 30 minutes or so. After that if you want someone to notice you, you're gonna have to hug them, or maybe get them to bite your neck! It stays so close to the skin, even you will have to sniff yourself closely to even smell it. I love it, but I find the "zero" sillage to be a little annoying. I want to smell it, and while I don't want to knock others out, I want them to smell it, too! I added a little Rochas Tocade to Desnuda in a sample vial in an effort to copy my beloved Sotto Voce by Laura Biagotti. I see a similarity, but it's not really working for me. I will say that Desnuda by itself is reminiscent of Sotto Voce, though not a "smell-alike" by any means. And that is a BIG compliment!! Edited to add: Sometimes, you don't need to stand out and make everyone around you smell your perfume. Sometimes, you need to sit and bask in your own sweet cloud, knowing that you smell awesome, and that's enough. I've grown to really love Desnuda. It's quiet but so comfortable and pretty. It's quite alright that the only compliment I've gotten was when I had someone standing directly over me in my cubicle. I always appreciate that, "Man, you smell good" compliment, especially coming from the opposite sex.

This was a successful blind buy, naturally owed to Fragrantica. I'd never heard of this perfume, and just happened to stumble across it in one of those accidentally hours-long treks through If-you-like-this-you'll-like-this...and this, and this, and that... And 26 this-and-thats later, I was picking up a mini of this on ebay to test. I got the one with the little nail polish brush, and loved it so much I went back in for a large bottle. I'm scared the spray might smell different, but I'm holding out hope. This is a beautiful soft, feminine fragrance on me. It's not cloying, not heavy, not too powdery; it's fresh, clean, but not what I'd call light. This one is hard to describe, it's just...nice. My first sample application held on for hours, but I'll admit that it may be due to the vintage. Older perfumes tend to get a little thick and sticky, giving them better staying power than their younger counterparts. The spritz bottle may prove more fleeting, as remains to be seen. A bit light for winter, this little mini-gem will take its place among my favorite spring and fall scents. Edit: I take it back. The cinnamon and warmth in this worked just fine in winter weather. After several wears, I think it's actually better suited to fall and winter--warm, cozy, intimate. A new favorite.

Fragrance Review For Desnuda By Ungaro Top Notes: Tuberose Mandarin Pepper Bergamot Peach Cardamom Middle Notes: Cyclamen Iris Plum Rose Freesia Jasmine Base Notes: Mimosa Sandalwood Tonka Cinnamon Musk Vanilla Osmanthus Desnuda is Spanish for nude. So you'd think this is the kind of fragrance you put on while you're nude to get your lover into bed right? Wrong. This is a skin scent so it's meant to evoke the sexy scent of fresh nude skin on a young woman. They do a fine job but it literally sits on your skin and only if your lover is kissing you or putting his nose to wherever you applied the perfume, he'll know you're wearing it. Otherwise there's no way anyone can smell this on you. It's tame and sweet, feminine and soft. The tuberose is asleep. This is the most invisible tuberose of all time. On me the fruity-floral notes were there: mandarin, peach, plum, freesia, jasmine, rose, iris and mimosa. There were some spicy notes as well: some pepper and cardamom and cinnamon, all which sort of reminded me of Classique by Gaultier. This has a powdery sweet deliciousness. It smells of vanilla after the fruit and flowers subside. Very simple, easy to wear, and something to wear with lingerie to bed. Or naked to bed. Desnuda to bed.

I bought this years ago when it had a little brush to apply it with. Honestly, I think I bought it more for the novelty of the brush applicator, but I ended up falling in love with the fragrance. Unfortunately, the applicator system meant it was easily contaminated, and it went off - and into the rubbish. I found it again a few years ago in a spray format, and remembered how beautiful it was...and still is. It's a subtle, sensuous skin scent. It invites nuzzling, and makes me feel warm and cozy. This is not a BIG fragrance, it is complex, well balanced, perfectly blended and just as beautiful today as it was years ago. I just found it at the back of a cupboard, blew the dust off...and there it was again. Just as gorgeous and relevant today as it was all those years ago. It's found it's way to the front of the cupboard - I'll be wearing this a lot - it doesn't give me a headache, has no sharp corners, and lasts for hours. Wear it close and invite someone you love to lean in for a sniff. I guarantee they'll want to know what you're wearing and will be heading for the shops. It's a good buy for a quality fragrance. I love welcoming back old fragrance friends.

19. january 2011 I bought it without knowing (remembering) how it smells like and very first impression was negative: "This is pure pepper spray", but THEN... it becomes incredibly soft and melts with your skin. Pepper doesn ́t go away, but all the cardamon and flowers come to the front and it makes my soul sing! Very intimate fragrance indeed, the name is absolutly right for it! You have to smell it really close on your skin to feel it, that ́s why i think it is very intimate. I will try to wear it for some intimate moments. The brush is really interesting accsessory, but i wouldn ́t recommend to put it on with a brush, as it is a truly waste of a fragrance (unless you have 5-6 bottles stocked up). Gave to try it to my friend and she instantly liked it! She went nuts for this one. And so my other friend! And her mother! Now there are 4 of us at least who love it, but only me who has it :)) The review is for original formula with brush, not the modern one, which is very true to the original formula, though lacks that soft side of the "nakediness" of original.

I adore this fragrance ❤ it doesnt happen often but I consider this fragrance to be absolutely perfect. It's worth 10 times more and if you think different because of its poor performance then I say you completely misunderstand the beauty of it. Desnuda couldn't be any more powerful or intense, it's not her purpose and also i think she wouldn't be wearable for a long period of time if more powerful. But she works fully on a warm body. She's got a lot to say in such a smooth but loud way, it makes me mesmerised. She's full bodied, dense and complex in a mature, sexy, warm way but she's also joyfull, bright and uplifting. She shouts with womanity. What a shame this fragrance has been discontinued, it has all of features to make a great niche fragrance. It's dynamic, tells a story, it's surprising and the composition is really beautiful and smooth. The opening evokes the memories of Kenzo Le Tigre :) but that's all, then Desnuda gains a personality of its own. If you still have a chance, buy it try to understand it and accept it as it is, and you'll not regret ☺

This is unbelievably gorgeous! A blind buy that has turned into one of my absolute favorites. As mentioned a million times already this is soft, that is part of it's charm. I like perfumes with killer sillage, but I still enjoy this more than most of my sillagemonsters. It is so easy to wear and every morning I wake up after wearing this the day before I get whiffs of it still - usually nothing lasts on my dry skin, so the longevity of this is seriously impressive! It is not as spicy as I expected, but enough to keep me satisfied (cardamom is my favorite note!). It is beautifully blended, all the notes together takes on a new life as one breathtaking and unique scent that is hard to describe. But I can say that I do notice a bit of the tuberose throughout and the peach gets pretty intense in the far, far drydown. This is one of the few scents that seems to get stronger a while after application. If you find it very faint after spraying, do not worry, soon enough you'll catch lushious whiffs of it. So, soooo good and highly recommended. A total LOVE from me!

Again, another treasure for me! I saw the negative reviews as well as so many positive ones and this was a blind buy for me as the price was right to try it and it had all of the notes that I just really enjoy. I LOVE cinnamon fragrances, and I was looking for something quiet, soft, elegant, good for daytime wear but still sexy and ladylike all at the same time. That is Desnuda. She is bright and beautiful, warm, sexy and elegant and self confident enough to blossom quietly without needing to be the center of attention. This is not a sleepy, powdery scent. I don't detect much in the way of florals, but there is a bit of a soft fruit fragrance in the very beginning but quickly becomes a creamy warmth. This may well be my signature, but I think I need a bit more time and experience to find it.

I had never heard of "Desnuda" until an ebay seller included a sample as a thank you. I was so impressed with the perfume I immediately ordered a bottle. Perhaps I should have waited a bit. This fragrance has a dual personality. I have never experienced another scent that changes so much between opening and drydown. Desnuda begins like a classic oriental: warm and sweet and laden with vanilla, spices, and oranges. It is remarkably like vintage Chantilly. After a few hours it turns into a floral blend dominated by roses and lavender. The effect is disconcerting if your mood does not change with it. The main characteristic of this perfume is its smoothness. It is creamy and so silky it envelopes you. If you like a fragrance that is close to the skin, this is the one.

Desnuda del nose Domitille Michalon Bertier for Emanuel Ungaro, is markedly feminine, structured and complex that with nudity in a broad sense has little to see. The opening notes on the dry appear slightly citrusy, the épices note of cardamom and pepper are disruptive, the central notes open onto a lush spring flower garden, where I feel freesia and jasmine with a slight hint of iris. Over time, vanilla, musk and tonka bean give a reassuring and powdery welcome that is completely unexpected. Probably the desnuda name of this feminine fragrance evokes the thousand facets and mysterious complexities of woman, putting her totally naked. Sillage of a structured perfume. Good durability. Not expensive at all.

I've been wearing a lot of niche scents lately and forgot about Desnuda. Well, shame on me! This is just as good as any perfume that cost 10 or 20 times as much. It is THAT good. And I agree that it is sexy and womanly, it must be a blessing for a man to smell this on a woman. Desnuda is not weak and does not deserve to have that implied, but it is soft and ever lasting. It is complex without being difficult and ridiculously smooth. Nude is a great description, it is like the scent of multiple skin and hair products that melds into the unique smell of that one woman, like an extension of her. I don't know many (any?) scents with that quality. Such a beautiful spicy, fruity, flowery scent. Pure bliss!

I can't believe they are almost giving this beautiful perfume away. I got a bottle for under $20 and think it an exceptional bargain for the price. It is soft but you can still smell it. Reading through the reviews I see that others people think it is similar to Dolce Vita. Bringing up the note profile to do a side by side, I am amazed to see that they are almost identical, yet this smells better to me than that. While I thought Dolce was okay, I think this it beautiful. I found Dolce very woody, which I don't care for in a fragrance. I didn't like that stinky cumin note either. Thankfully, this doesn't have that. I just like this fragrance more overall.

Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Thanks to my swap partner I got to try this beautiful little number. Ok I am reviewing the current formulation in spray form not the brush on version. This is absolutely fabulous. It is spicy and I do smell cinnamon very strongly as do I smell other spices. It is so gorgeous. This is not old or dated smelling and it just smells so comforting to my nose. Not heavy or cloying. I would love to get my hands on the vintage version now. All in all I am incredibly pleased with this beautiful fragrance. I think it might be signature scent worthy.

This is a beautiful scent. I will agree with everyone that this is definitely a skin scent and I do prefer more sillage. It's so warm and softly spicy smelling and I plan to try this out as a "love potion" when I see my boyfriend this weekend ;) Update: my boyfriend's reaction when he smelled this on my skin? And I quote, "Oh...WOW..." I seem to remember reading somewhere years ago, that cinnamon is a huge turn-on scent for men. Desnuda does seem very cinnamon-forward to me & it keeps that warm spicy-ness through to the end. LOVE this scent!

Dec. 2015: I have vintage bottle with brush applicator. Combo suggestion: Desnuda with Bvlgari Thé Blanc. They layer seamlessly. Individually, both are very light, but together they support each other very well. Both are classics. I'm grateful I have a second NIB vintage Desnuda. A little of Desnuda goes a long way with me, so I should be good for another 10 years. Very versatile. And now this combo has given me an entirely new fragrance!!! Very feminine scent you can wear just about anywhere, anytime.

Desnuda was a surprise blind buy! So very inexpensive, I presume it is discontinued. It is soft, spicy, and on me has very good sillage and longevity. Smells expensive. I got a bottle of dolce vita, and yes they are similar, I wore each on separate hands to compare, and I actually prefer the dry down of Desnuda more, and hands down Desnuda lasts longer. I like DV but for a great substitute at a cheap price Desnuda is a winner. Just bought a large back up bottle as I think this will soon disappear.

Well blended. So much so, that I really can't single out one ingredient over another, not even the mimosa. You can tell its there, it just doesn't over power anything else. Softly spicy. Creamy without being overly powdery. Very soft musk. Hint of Cinnamon. Hint of Cardamon. Hint of Vanilla. Feminine with a "barely there" masculine undertone. The silage is very light....unless you are active. The more active you are, the more others can smell it. It is best in the summer. I love it.