CiocoSpesizissimo

This is a chocolate scent you can wear if you do not want to smell too foody. It is a smell of a bitter chocolate, the good quality with more than 90% of cocoa in it. It is bitter and almost earthy and very peppery. You can smell the spices. The whole scent has a texture of a powder, grated chocolate, the spices. Not really my cup of tea. The drydown is quite sweet and powdery and makes me think of Meharees quite a bit. Although Meharees is more pleasant and costs a fraction of the price. It is nice and a lot better than the opening, but not outstanding. Actually, all I can say about it is 'nice'- which may be enough for some people, not enough for others me including. To be honest, this does not make it seem this is a scent, had I not known the price tag, I would not be able to tell this is a sent of an outstanding quality. So like quite a few other scents from Hilde Soliani for me this was not a hit.

This strangely reminded me of my childhood. The smell of scented highliters/markers...to be exact, the brown one. The scent of brown chocolatey marker, not sure I want to smell like that.

CiocoSpesizissimo by Hilde Soliani is a chocolate wafer biscuit gourmand, a clever fragrance in regards to its unique composition but a tricky one to wear on the skin. In my youth, I wore copious amounts of Aquolina's Chocolovers and greatly enjoyed smelling like a jar of Nutella. Sweet, foody fragrances no longer appeal to me as they once did. I find that whilst I still enjoy gourmand-scented candles or room sprays, I struggle to wear sweet gourmands due to my change in taste. CiocoSpesizissimo is a fun, novelty type of fragrance that smells of wafer biscuits with a hefty dose of white musk and pepper. CiocoSpesizissimo is best enjoyed in the cooler weather as the projection is quite strong and dense. Hilde Soliani is quite well-known for her gourmands and her quirky compositions. I have sampled two of her chocolate fragrances CiocoSpesizissimo and CiocoRosissimo side by side, and whilst they share a similar dusty cocoa accord, I much prefer CiocoSpesizissimo as I find it the easiest to wear of the two. The more this fragrance settles on the skin, the more palatable it becomes. The pepper, spices and rich chocolate notes soften into a milky, almost creamy hot cocoa and woods blend. Chocolate fragrances, on the whole, are tricky fragrances to master and I think Hilde Soliani has done an exceptional job. If you're currently seeking a dusty, powdery biscuit-like chocolate fragrance, look no further.

Surprisingly pleasant non sweet chocolate perfume is this. Personally I don't really like foody fragrances but this chocolate is very interesting.The sweet chocolate balanced by fizzy,green elements: just perfect! Green nuances transforms this essence into a shimmering and lightly sparkling coctail. The basil and tomatoe-leaf play against (I definitely feel some uplifting mint aroma too) the sweet chocolatey notes, woodsy elements make the scent creamy and silky, the spices(cardamom, pepper and a tiny bit of paprika) gives a touch of piquancy.The final result is a semi sweet, spontaneous, quirky, exciting but very likeable fragrance what is smells good!! Pleasing..really..:)

I dunno what happened with this one on my skin. First 5 mins I got a bazooka joe bubble gum sorta smell, and then wow, it turned into something that I just had to fight myself to scrub off. Not enjoyable at all. Deff give this one a full wearing because it changes very quickly and the first impression is very deceptive.

Milky, creamy lightly spiced hot cocoa. Dries down to a spiced wood scent with that suggestion still of cocoa. Very very nice. It has almost no sillage, though, but has better longevity than the other Hilde Solianis I've tried. Lovely. Would love to own a full bottle of this.

i smell cocoa/chocolate, not white but milky dark. It's not too sweet. It's nice but didn't wow me.