Aqua Allegoria Pivoine Magnifica

I love it. The smell is great: makes me feel happy, makes me smile, it's sweet and in the end it becomes like a flower- candy. I usually don't like flowery scents but this one is a winner. Actually it's the best of flowery smells I've known :) Stays rather close to skin but it's so so cute :)It has a good lasting power and pretty iris in the end, a bit Figue-Iris like. I've noticed Pivoine Magnifica really blooms in spring and is best to wear during warm days, that's the time pivoine becomes magnifica indeed. Have to buy it when my sample finishes, without any doubt. Addition: my samples are almost finished, I've ordered a bottle. There's something in this fragrance, that's for sure! It's winter now and it doesn't smell its best but it's likeable too - not to mention what will happen in spring, the fragrance really blooms and is a bit candy-like. My favourite of all Allegorias I've tested so far (6 of them).

I see there's a bit of confusion about the notes... I got my tester bottle today and there's written: Floral tendre/delicate floral Notes dominantes/dominant notes Pamplemousse rose, pivoine majestueuse, iris pink grapefruit, majestic peony, iris. This is true btw- the notes listed dominate in my perception.

Nice, Sure sweet peony, love the middle notes most. Long lasting too. Used for one day and liked it very much. The middle notes smelled familiar and is almost the same as Cherry Fantasy by Nina Rici on my skin, but smells bit brigther.

I am not sure it is Peony I am smelling .I didn't know they had a fragrance . Whatever is coming over to me is probably Iris . I think it is very lovely, one of the best Aquas.

My chemistry works with all the notes listed here very comfortably. At first spray the bergamot, grapefruit, and violet just splash on so deliciously I just want to bury my nose in my arm and keep it there permanently. I get waft after beautiful waft of richly succulent, fresh-fruity-floral violet delight! The magnificent peony then raises her proud blossom like a trumpet and announces herself like a radiant medieval queen on promenade waving a silk hankie in the bright sunlight. There is a lovely lingering, clean-sweetness here, but not enough to drown the initial succulence of the opening, and not enough to take this to the excess horror of a gourmand. The drydown is an elegantly cozy delight of woody-iris sensuality. This is so far my favorite of the Aqua Allegoria line and wonderfully well blended. It loves my skin and I love it! I'm heartbroken it's discontinued.