La Perla Signature

Signature is another winner from La Perla. I am loving "Luminous" right so much so that I ordered this blind. I'm so glad I did. This is one of those fragrances that smells so good you just want to inhale deeply. Very feminine, easy to wear, easy to love, and sure to be a crowd pleaser. Signature has a strong fruity note, nectarine draped with orange citruses, it is sweet and rich and almost honeyed. The violet smells like water, it's like a water infused violet--not watery, actual aquatic water like others have said. I don't always like aquatic fragrances but here it's used as a note, not a focus. It adds a hint of smooth greenery--water green, violet green--under the strong nectarine notes. As it dries down the jasmine with orange blossom/neroli keeps things sweet, but not as sweet as the fruity nectarine top. For me, when I wear this to bed, and wake up with the dry down, the fragrances is just as wonderful as when I first put it on. It's a gorgeous wooded white floral, cedar and vetiver, but still frosted with white flowers. What a beautiful mix. Really this is feminine and beautiful. It's a floral fruity it's so much more complex than that. It's winter now, and makes things a bit brighter and cheerful, but Signature is also going to go so well with a summer dress! I hope that La Perla puts more out in this line so far the two I've worn, Signature and Luminous, have been stunning. I know I'm just using a lot of superlative adjectives but really, these two fragrances should get more attention than they do. Plus on my skin, with a few sprays, they both last easily 8 plus hours, I have no issue with longevity at all. Great quality, accessible price, solidly beautiful, feminine fragrances.

Have you ever come across a fragrance you just can't put your finger on exactly what it is about it that appeals to you? I don't know what it is about La Perla Signature. I don't even know what made me try it when I don't typically seek out La Perla fragrances. There's nothing in the listed notes and accords which would have made me know it was a safe bet I would at least like it. I've enjoyed many fragrances from perfumer Louise Turner, but not all...so it wasn't her. How ever I got to this composition, luck surely must have played a role because the one thing I'm sure of is La Perla Signature is lovely, and not stumbling across it would have been my loss. To be clear... Signature is not the-- WOW, this is amazing, unusual, and will stop everyone in their tracks perfumery as art experience-- you might hope for. It's the --I can wear this every single day and feel comfortable in my skin and know I am leaving a conservatively compelling fragrant trail in my wake--fragrance you need. Noteworthy --well blended, not a single note stands out for me. --wearable--all day every day --I, unlike the house description, wouldn't say overly fresh --delicate, but long-lasting on my skin --leans heavily feminine...to me La Perla Signature is lowkey lovely. So much so, that it may get overlooked in a market filled with fragrant whistles and bells. It will need a chorus of voices singing its praises to get the attention it deserves. Try it, then join me in the choir.;)

Completely and utterly obsessed. La Perla did an incredible job with this. I am extremely picky with scents. I like fresh scents that are chic and modern without smelling too harsh but, I also like more citrusy scents, it's very tricky finding a perfume/cologne that marries fresh and citrus in a smart/classy way. I could not get this out of my head after sampling it in stores. I instantly purchased it the next day. I noticed a smell on a shirt I had worn the day before when I sprayed this and wondered what smelled so incredible then almost instantly after I remembered that I sprayed some of this perfume on my blouse. If MJ's Daisy So Fresh and Chanel's Chance Eau Tendre had a child this would be it, it's the best combination of both, without being overly sweet/young like Daisy So Fresh or oppressively strong/headache-inducing like Chanel's Chance can be. The sileage is also wonderful, this is not a perfume that sits too close to the skin but at the same time, does not announce itself when you walk into a room. The fresh notes of this perfume are blended wonderfully where the freshness is achieved without being harsh and the citrus/flower notes are incorporated without being another generic, yawn-inducing women's fragrance. I am rarely in love with a perfume's top notes AND notes in the dry down-- with this I cannot figure out which I love more. Chic, modern and classy. New signature scent for sure.

Beautiful, easy to wear, clean without being soapy or aldehydic. Modern throwback to the 90s iconic aquatic, calone-type of scent. This one is a total sleeper imo. I can’t figure out why more people aren’t talking about it. I almost get a black tea type scent right on top but I’m guessing that what others just call “woodiness.” To my nose it’s a clean, aquatic, floral. I get more floral than citrus. Also, neroli is a note I often struggle with but here I don’t pick it up at all. The aquatic quality is so fresh. It’s very well blended. This is my favorite scent to wear to the gym bc it’s just so clean smelling. For that reason this is maybe much better suited for daytime wear, but you could wear it literally for any occasion. Very inoffensive. Great for the office. If you’re looking for a new easy reach sig scent, this could be it. Especially if you love Aqua do Gio, or Light Blue. It’s not a dupe for either but to me same category. Not the longest lasting. It does better on clothes than skin. Such a beautiful scent though. Not super original or niche but absolutely still worth your time.

So, I was bending down reaching for one of elie saabs perfumes on the store when I looked up and eyed up this somewhat classy and bygone era looking bottle. Unfortunately I’d already sprayed myself but had to smell this and wow it caught my attention! Fresh and powdery and musky, womanly and vibrant. Something so sensual and commanding but not obnoxiously demanding of attention. Very beautiful. I must love violet as it didn’t hit me right away what it was but I do love violet in perfumes so this didn’t surprise me upon being told. I loved this and ordered a bottle and am just waiting for this to arrive with such excitement I feel like a teenager awaiting their first kiss. Seriously beautiful fragrance. Will update.