Aqua Allegoria Nettare di Sole

French Riviera in heels and an oversized floppy sun hat. This beauty opens with a burst of floral, honeyed sweetness from the orange blossom and the calabrian bergamot which accentuates the soft citrus with a green, almost aromatic note. The magnolia is already wanting to make an appearance here and my nose delights in the recognition of an old scent memory; ‘Royal Jelly’. But interestingly wrapped around these tops notes is an aquatic breeze - a mild, fresh spritz of sea salty air. It tempers the magnolia, which is not heavy or loud in the middle. It’s enough to keep the white floral and citrus continuing into the heart, but adds a mild creaminess. Here there is the sensual Arabian Jasmine but it’s brightened with the slightest touch of green rose. To my nose, the honey is more noticeable here in the middle, a floral warm honey, slightly animalic. On paper, this might sounds like a heady mix of warm, sweet, floral, but it’s not cloying or in your face. There’s a very slight clean soapiness. Its delightful! And then as it settles on my skin. Oh my happy heart, these ‘solar notes’. It’s like when you’ve been lying on the beach and caught the sun and your skin is starting to golden, you can smell the sun, traces of the salty sand and the creamy sun screen lotion, is that a hint of peach? It’s warm and comforting yet radiant and exotic. Now *real* royal jelly is a pungent, sour and tangy affair. So what is ‘Royal Jelly’ to me? It’s a scent memory I’ve been chasing for decades. A gift set of my mums, of bubble bath, body lotion and talcum powder that was in a navy box with gilded gold and ‘Royal Jelly’ scribed across it. It is memories of being frozen and soaked coming home from school in the snow, a warm bath run, then wrapped up in a cozy towel warmed up on the radiator, and ‘getting spoilt’ by gaining access to the ‘Royal Jelly’ talcum powder and fluffy powder applicator as a treat. This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to it .. but even better... Nettare di Sole means Nectar of the Sun, but I call it my little bottle of contradictions. It’s clean, fresh and floral yet sensual, creamy and decadent. Its holiday memories of sun-kissed skin and sunnies on, yet its also happy memories of comfort - wrapped up in a warm, cosy towel after a bath in the winter. Yes, I’ve a strong emotional scent memory to ‘Royal Jelly’. And I do think to young noses this might have a vintage feel to it, maybe soapy. It’s floral-honey as apposed to gourmand honey (which to my nose is more cinder-toffee honeycomb). But the really clever, interesting and well blended aquatic and solar notes in it add a modern twist. The dry down is such an happy place, it almost makes you smell like you’ve caught the sun on your skin whilst lying at the pool or on a beach. It’s the French Riviera in heels and an oversized floppy sun hat.

Nettare di Sole is an Aquatic Solar Floral with Honey that is very uplifting and warm. Upon first spritz it has a Musky Honey Bergamot blast. It is not sweet although very botanical. I could see this being off putting for some. However, give it a few minutes to develop and the juice becomes quite interesting. After the initial Bergamot Honey blast fades the Solar note and florals become more noticeable. The Orange Blossom is what is most pronounced. Secondly, I pick out the Magnolia above the Rose and Jasmine but I do detect them both as well. On my skin I also pick out the Aquatic note which is refreshing and it gives this AA a dewy nuance. At this point my mind goes to envisioning the Honeybees going about their busy work collecting the pollen from the beautiful flowers early in the morning. The dew drops sitting on, while some drip off, the petals. The calming humming noise of their wings fills the air ensuring me that the little Pollen Bandits will be making their precious Royal Jelly and Honey. These great magical Pollinators, no doubt, contribute so much to the World. Although I am allergic, I love the Honeybees. The Symbol of Guerlain. This Nettare di Sole represents them perfectly. On the dry down, I keep getting Musky Honey, the Solar note and Orange Blossom mainly with some Bergamot. Some reviewers said this juice smells synthetic. I do think it is the Solar and Aquatic Notes. But it is not any more synthetic smelling than any other perfumes that also have this notes. I must say I am glad I picked this up. It is a wondrous addition to my Aqua Allegoria Collection. I will be using this more for warm Summer mornings and nights. I think it will be best for then. In the midday heat it may be a bit overwhelming. The sillage for this is moderate. And the longevity is about eight hours on me. Give it a try.

So so let down by this fragrance. Such a big name but no performance at all. Weak, weak and weak is all that comes to mind when I think of describing it. I jumped the blind buy bandwagon on a you tuber's raving review. Quel dommage!!! Have a full bottle to lament. Dunno may be by some happy surprise I may perhaps find its wonders .. fat chance?!! But even after trying hard none of the notes are noteworthy to me. So I agree with Monsieur Persolaise this is nothing to demand such high price forget praise. Edit : I am glad and I am sorry. Glad that I am able to write that the perfume is beautiful. And sorry for my last review. Don't know what was wrong that day with my nose. All in all I am happy to have this in my collection before it is discontinued. The fragrance is a beautiful blend of flowers and honey and really gives the impression of nectar and bloom and the shining warm all enveloping sunrays. Longevity is quite impressive lasting 5-6 hours and sillage is moderate to good. Its v. unique for a floral combined with honey .. its sweet but not in the sugary syrupy way but sweet as in a sweet flower drawing bees to it .. a bouquet .. it feels like you're holding a fresh bouquet to your nose Wearing it for 2 weeks now and I am infatuated .. u wdnt imagine by looking at the notes that it wd b this interesting. There's a plant like bitter quality which makes this all the more appealing.. think of overgrown bushes full of chlorophyll and fields taken over by breeze buzzing with cicadas and therein the sweet perfume of some flowers

Quick first impression from a sample. Opens juicy and fresh, uplifting and natural. Feels more than just bergamot giving this fresh feel, maybe orange and grapefruit too as there’s a slight hint of bitterness to it. This citrus accord fades pretty quickly. In a short while I feel the florals and they arrive together to the party, their perfumes mingling into one beautiful bouquet. Actually not really a bouquet because the feeling that I get is the flowers are still alive and growing side by side. I don’t get a separate honey note at all, rather the flowers have a honeyed nuance to them, the affect reminds me of some honeyed flowers that are very popular with butterflies, I forget their name, usually pinks and purples sometimes white, but this very specific honeyed floral scent that’s quite intoxicating. The aquatic note is done with such a delicate touch that it merely lightens the feel, I don’t smell the ocean or seaweed or any typical modern aquatic notes thankfully. This feels like a “beachy” fragrance but executed with class and restraint. No coconut 🥳😀. I haven’t made it to the dry down yet but so far I really enjoy this. It’s not too rich or sweet for my tastes. Perhaps it’s not that original but how can anything these days be original and sell well? I’m considering buying this for spring and summer days, perhaps a holiday if I ever manage to get away 🍀🤞🏼

I finally took the plunge and ordered this alongside Marc Jacobs - Daisy Intense and Jimmy Choo - I want choo. All three fragrances are beautiful! I've been having terrible headaches these past weeks, so I wanted to revamp my fragrance collection with a few newbies. All of the fragrances mentioned are very fresh, slightly floral, slightly sweet (daisy intense the sweetest with very prominent honey and strawberry), and absolutely perfect for spring/summer. I was really trying to resist purchasing these for a while, but I sprayed Nettare Di Sole once more at work and all my colleagues commented on how lovely this scent is! I layered this with Daisy intense towards the end of the day and it was amazing. Daisy Intense mixed with Nettare Di Sole gives Nettare Di Sole slightly more depth and effect was amazing. It truly made the fragrance feel illuminated and I think that combo would work really nicely during the summer evenings ❥❥ As I had previously mentioned, Aqua Allegoria's really work nicely the hotter it is. The last week and half it has been super warm in Amsterdam (24+), and this did not disappoint. I highly recommend individuals to try this out and give it a fair chance. Ask for a sample if need be. P.S. I did notice on a paper strip this smells completely different than it does on skin x