Blu Indaco

If you are looking for a fragrance that smells like a "luxurious embrace", Blu Indaco by Giardini Di Toscana is probably one of the best candidates on the market. Silvia Martinelli has created a perfume that masterfully plays on the contrast between freshness and an almost edible creaminess. Don't let the name "Blue" fool you. It is not a marine or aquatic scent. The opening is sparkling thanks to Bergamot and Pink Pepper, but it is the Frangipane that immediately gives an exotic and sunny touch. It's a bright start that sets the stage for the real protagonist. Here Blue Indigo reveals its true soul. The combination of Almond and Vanilla creates a "fine pastry" effect. However, it is not a cloying or childish sweetness; the almond has that bitter and powdery edge that makes it extremely refined and adult. It's a velvety feel, similar to marzipan but much airier. The magic happens in the dry-down. The Ambroxan and Musk prevent the vanilla from becoming too heavy. These ingredients "fix" the fragrance on the skin, giving it an aura of crystalline cleanliness and modernity that balances the sweetness of the heart. Blu Indigo is the ideal choice if you love almondy and powdery perfumes but are looking for something more modern than the classics of perfumery. It is a "comfortable" fragrance: it makes you feel tidy, sophisticated and wrapped in a cloud of balanced sweetness. Unlike its very famous "brother" Bianco Latte (from the same brand), which is pure vanilla and caramel, Blu Indigo is more faceted, less sugary and decidedly more unisex.

An almond lovers wet dream A fizzy, fresh, and slightly floral bergamot and almond opening that dries down powdery, musky, and sweet. The focus never leaving the almond, but rather filling out the edges with clean white musks, vanilla powdered sugar, and an unmistakable yet unmentioned creamy iris. To be fair, almond is one of my favorite smells ever, so I may be a little biased but this is a very very good fragrance for any almond lovers like myself out there. Starts off super fresh and uplifting, and while it never loses its baby powder-esque cleanliness, the sweet vanilla/almond/iris combo is really really sexy. Because of this, it’s surprisingly versatile, as it’s clean and inoffensive enough to be worn to the office, yet sexy and sweet enough to be worn going out. One of, if not my current favorite from the house, and it deserves more attention and hype. Definitely recommend picking up a sample of this, whatever you identify as. Very good longevity with strong projection for the first hour or so then moose rate projection for another 4 or so hours. 9.5/10. Signature scent worthy. Song vibe - Might Be by Anderson .Paak TLDR - Supremely versatile almond focused fragrance that opens fresh and bright, but drying down sweet and inviting. A must smell if you’re an almond fan.

I will call Blu Indaco the most underrated perfume from Giardini di Toscana. It’s the fluffiest, coziest, most delicate, clean musk, slightly tropical, almondy/nutty/powdery scent from the brand. For those who like white, clean musk, almonds and tropical flowers, Blue Indaco is a must try! It’s one of those your skin but better fragrances, soft and enveloping, gentle like a loved one embrace. Comforting and mildly sweet, a creamy vanilla base add another gourmand layer to the composition. It gives me marzipan vibes as it sits on the skin for a few hours, but I am somewhere around the tropics, surrounded by frangipani flowers everywhere. It’s not a gourmand per se, through and through, it’s rather a more multifaceted perfume: a third it’s a clean, musky scent, another third a transportive tropical floral, and then another third it’s a delicious gourmand. As with Colonia Nobile and Scintilla, Blu Indaco is an instant love and a future purchase for me. I genuinely believe that if you like perfumes like Prada’s Infusion d’Amande, Carner’s Tardes, Boucheron’s Tonka di Canaima or BDK’s Velvet Tonka, to name a few that I own or tested, there’s no way you wouldn’t like Blue Indaco. Beautiful scent like all the above, but with a exotic floral touch. It’s gorgeous!

Oh my, what a masterpiece. I do have a personal preference of powdery/musky/vanilla/almond perfumes. At first, this opens with a strong blast of bergamot and it is a bit masculine. I really thought I might not like it. As it wore on my skin, I get the most comforting and delicious powdery almond. It has a bit of musk too. This fragrance would put me right to sleep. Imagine if you mixed L’occitane almond oil with expensive baby powder. Delicious. I personally love powder fragrances, so I get this may polarizing. A similar low cost alternative would be Lattafa Ana Abiyedh Poudree, but only on the middle/base notes, not top notes. For reference, my favorite fragrances are: Bianco Latte, Celeste (masterpiece), Dama Bianca, Angelique Noire, Vanille Planifolia, Matcha Soft Serve, Escapade Gourmand, Angel Dust, Ghost in the Shell, Cry Baby.

Like breaking apart a pignoli cookie (marzipan and pine nut) and jasmine, honeysuckle, and frangipani blossoms fall out. It reads as a creamy, slightly musky, gourmand tropical floral, so it does not necessarily remind me of the color indigo in a literal sense--it makes me imagine the color ivory with light yellow edges like a frangipani blossom. However, it does evoke a similar feeling to Guerlain's L'Heure Bleue with the soothing and chewy vanilla in the base--it does remind me of that "blue hour," and the sense of daytime closing, time to yourself, and impending nightfall. Just to be clear, these two fragrances do not smell alike, but they do project a similar mood. Sillage and lasting power is decent. I can smell this without having to put my wrist to my nose.