Doolciiisssimo

I have a special perfume fairy, Kris919, she has graciously sent me many of her previously tested samples. It's so interesting to see where we agree and where we differ in our assessments. Doolciisssimo may be our biggest difference of opinion. Her review uses words like whale blubber and Ron Jeremy, two of the grossest things I can imagine smelling. I, on the other hand, love this one. At first this reminded me of Guerlain's Tonka Imperiale, probably owing to the tobacco. I decided to test them side by side. They are similar but at the end of the day Guerlain wins. Actually, wearing them side by side made Doolciisssimo smell more like root beer which reminds me of Hypnotic Poison. I think this is an interesting sweet and comfy scent, that I would probably grab for a lot if I had a full bottle. Tobacco is a difficult note for me but I like it in here. The lasting power is good and it has a rather large and noticeable sillage.

The reviewers who have liked or loved this perfume have described my experience perfectly. It is a well blended gorgeous cherry tobacco (but like pipe tobacco not cigarette) which is wonderfully softened by smooth vanilla.It is a light gourmand, perfect for Autumn and Winter. A lot of cherry fragrances can be overly synthetic or screechy, and this one manages to avoid that, although right at the back of the smell is a faint note of plastecine / play-doh that does dissipate after the first 30 mins. The fragrance becomes a faint skin scent after about 2 hours, but retains its lovely dry down smell so you keep catching whiffs of it. Very nice.

It is right there with Bell D'Antonio. Sublime tobacco w/ a delicious cherry sweetness. Simple, redolent, elegant, and tobacco heavenly. It smells very natural. Unisex. Good for every day wear but also for formal occasions. I would wear it all year, although perhaps not at the peak of summer. Longevity and silage are above average. If you are a tobacco scent lover, you have to try this one.

I loooove Doolciiisssimo. It's very natural, don't smells synthetic cherry...Reminds me Gloria by Cacharel without the boozy note

A good perfumer makes a lovely perfume. A great perfume takes an overexploited note and makes something different with it. Which is what Hilde Soliani did with cherry and vanilla. Whatever I imagined Doolciiisssimo might be was wrong. The fragrance starts with a punch of sweet, dark, dried cherries. The juice is gone, but the aroma is still there. Then tobacco kicks in. I need to note that tobacco is a note I would love to love, but very often fragrances with it tend to smell on me like something decomposing in an old, humid basement, with TF Tobacco Vanille being an exception. Doolciiisssimo resembles Tobacco Vanille slightly- there is the strong vanilla presence and smoky tobacco, but the sweet cherry note sets the two apart. However, 30 minutes into the fragrance, my hand started smelling sort of like a cherry ashtray. At first I thought my neighbour has been smoking new type of cigarettes before realising it was my perfume. It is not exactly unpleasant, there is still vanilla and cherry out there, made me think that is cigarettes smelled like this, I would not mind hanging around smokers, but it is still not enough to make me love tobacco.

Based on the name I was expecting something gourmand, but this smells like fruit- and tonka-flavored tobacco that’s still in the process of curing, and musk. What I smell up front is more or less what I smell even after 10+ hours of drydown. I’m not crazy about tobacco as a perfume note, at least not when it’s as explicit as this tobacco is. The bottom line is that Dolcissimo is very heavy on the tobacco, too heavy to appeal to me. I like the fruity notes, the tonka-vanilla, and the fruity musk in the base, which really goes well with the tobacco, but it’s just too much realism. I suppose that if you consider chewing tobacco gourmand, then the name fits, but I think I’ll pass.

This is so dusty and authentic. Like picking up dried cherry tobacco leaves and crushing them to dust between your fingertips. Like lifting a fresh hand rolled cigarette to your nose and breathing in the length of it. Spot on. A great blend. Aside from the cherry it has that natural lightly fruity aroma that tabacco tends to carry - sort of a raisin aroma. Not smoky by any means, but it becomes a bit powdery towards the end. Still, a gorgeous dry sweet tobacco scent. So very realistic and I am impressed with this. Light sillage, but you can sense it. Very long lasting. For those who'd love to smell of sweetened tobacco - you might like to try this.

Delicious tobacco with a hint of fruit which manages to stay sheer at the same time. I tested this without knowing the notes listed here and what immediately jumped at me was lovely tobacco and vanilla, and then some strange powdery-aquatic scent. If I were less enthusiastic about this fragrance, I would have described it as "John Galliano the original perfume meets tobacco", but it's actually so much better! The longevity and projection are amazing and it smells so good that now I crave a full bottle!

The combination of notes smelled EXACTLY of cigarette smoke on my skin. HORRID.

Doolciiisssimo by Hilde Soliani might be my best discovery of 2021. This exceptional cherry-tobacco fragrance has slipped under the radar and as much as I wish I could keep this fragrance to myself, it would be wrong to keep it hidden from the rest of the world. Doolciiisssimo smells of unsmoked pipe tobacco, cherry liqueur and powdery vanilla. This is a warm, sultry tobacco fragrance bordering on becoming a gourmand. I love the way this fragrance smells on both myself and my partner's skin. Dare I say that I find this fragrance much easier to wear than Tom Ford's infamous Tobacco Vanille. I think Hilde Soliani is an incredibly skilled perfumer and creator, and her quirky compositions are not only fun but wearable too. Cherry is a tricky note to emulate in perfumery as it often smells overly sweet or synthetic. The cherry note in Doolciiisssimo is sensual and aromatic rather than fruity which is possibly why I enjoy it so much. Fruity fragrances rarely appeal to my tastes as I find them either too juicy or oppressively sweet. Doolciiisssimo, on the other hand, is well-balanced and one of the nicest cherry fragrances I have ever had the pleasure of sampling. It appears that buying direct through Hilde Soliani's website is the only means to obtain a bottle of Doolciiisssimo. As a fellow artist, I have no qualms in supporting her ventures directly and I am pleased that she has not sought to discontinue this absolute gem of a fragrance.

Pure serendipity! I adore this gourmand! It is a dark and earthy gourmand. I have dismissed this by looking at the notes (Vanilla and cherry turned me off) but I love it. Thank you to Jitterbug Perfume Lover for this sample! This is really cool smoky tobacco with a lovely dose of sweet vanilla and cherry. It is hard to describe even though there's 4 notes! It starts off very harsh smelling of chemical/alcohol then it softens after a few minutes. A sweet cherry note follows and it subdues slowly allowing the rich full-bodied tobacco scent to come through. The moist patchouli is here and is well blended but also deepens the scent a bit. Doolciisssimo does not smell immature, fruity or sugary, I think it is because of the patchouli here. I enjoy the complexity of the pipe tobacco along with the touch of cherry, patchouli, a touch of smooth creamy butterscotch in the background. If you love tobacco fragrances as much as me, you should try this one.

I came by this perfume looking for a longer-lasting version of Demeter's Elvira Zombie. This is definitely a unique scent, but not quite what I was looking for (Zombie is more tobacco and cherry coke - this is more cigarette smoke and cherry syrup.) The cigarette smell kind of blasts me when I spray it on but mellows out to more of a cigar scent mixed with cherry and a bit of powder. Kind of reminds me of early memories of our town's summer carnival when I was young which in itself is intoxicating. I think I would like this scent a lot better if it lasted longer - I've used this on a few occasions and it performed the same each time. Nice while it lasts but is gone within a couple of hours. I'm glad to have gotten the small bottle because I do like it and will wear it on occasion, but IMO not worth the price of a full one.

before I scrub this total disaster off my arm, I'm going to attempt to describe it. this is cheap stale pipe tobacco. This is like a 20 year old pouch of low quality drugstore-bought cherry flavored Captain Black pipe tobacco found at the bottom of an old sea captain's clothes hamper surrounded by his nasty whale blubber-soaked musty moldy underwear. I can see a big sweaty fat guy like Ron Jeremy or Captain Lou Albano wearing this. I know every review is subjective and is based on the individual's skin chemistry, but damn...this stuff is dreadful on me. I'm a female that prefers unisex perfumes, but this isn't unisex at all..it's anti-sex. yuck

I put this on right before going to the grocery store this morning. On my ride down the elevator, all I could smell was cigarette smoke. However, by the time I reached the store, it had mellowed to a nice, fruity cigar smell. I enjoyed catching whiffs of it as I browsed the aisles. It's an interesting, mature fragrance for me, but every now and then that cigarette association rears its ugly head. I don't think I could do a full bottle for that reason.

This is the perfect amount of sweetness for me, the icecream and cherry tobacco combination is wonderful, so sweet, and the leathery smokey patchouli base is so sexy. It makes me think of sensual delights: lying on a leather couch in the sunshine eating vanilla icecream and strawberries in an extremely risque fashion whilst a handsome man smoking a pipeful of cherry tobacco peers lustfully at me over the top of his pipe. I love it!

Good sobstitute of gloria cacharel.sweet vanilla and cherry,very yammy.