Via Condotti Pour Femme

This is a GORGEOUS fragrance! I'll tell you, those hard core Italian designers really know how to make a perfume work!!

The original bottle was a sort of 80s version of an ancient chinese bottle. Gold and red cap. Drape motive on the body of the flacon. The fragrance is very original, a sort of big sandal full of pungent cyclamen, aldehydes and white flowers, dry and creamy at the same time. I find it quite similar with Nocturnes by Caron, and in a remote way with Molinard de Molinard and Quartz by Molyneux. that kind of music. Smell soapy, clean linen, airy, sunny. Aristocratic-chic. Pure class. If it was Hermes would be a best seller. Unfortunatly born in 1985 when perfumes had to scream luxury, sensuality and money and sex.

Smells like an 80s Italian beach, very high class. It is lovely, but it is rather dense for my liking. (I normally don’t wear vintage perfumes.) I bought the original vintage bottle from Ebay (with the red cap) hoping it would have more green notes and aldehydes, but I’m getting mostly anise, fruity notes, and amber. Feels like a heavier daytime beach scent. I’ll have to see how it adjusts on me over time.

Wonderful fragrance. Unfortunately, my vintage bottle is old and the fragrance lacks completely of longevity. The drydown is the only aspect very long lasting. A masterpiece!

This one used to be GORGEOUS. I bought the bottle seen above and it is definitely a reformulation. It is still a beautiful scent. It reminds me of Maxim's and even though it is an eau de parfum it has the similar longevity (= less than an hour) and sillage (=zero). Like Action I am a huge fan of Italian perfumes and that's the reason I bought Via Condotti. This is the last reformulation I will buy. I've learned my lesson, not worth the money.