Gelsomino Indiano

Carrot seeds festival on a budget price 🤎 A gem! So earthy, so round. They impart that kind of green/woody/earthy/solid/vegetables powderiness that only they can land to a fragrance. And for this reason only, if nothing else, this is so worth it for me. At times, the carrot seeds they used, almost even smells like fresh peas, but in a very good way. You can feel there is something special used to create the base. The flowers in this are plush and mature, yellow and intense. The jasmine isolates himself just in the opening, soon it rejoins the other flowers and a beautuful armony is created. Their mix remainds me a bit of the perfume tipycal of a particular kind of yellow/brown wild violets, that grows on forgotten urban areas where I live. Their smell is a mix between ripe yellow flowers and strong pollen. It is a touch dirty this jasmine, but more animalic like sweet honey then indolic. Sandalwood and resin are warm and cozy, well balanced between themself. The sandal is humid, not dry, not lactonic, not particulary creamy. The musk is well dosed and airy. The sweetness and spiciness go hands in hands, if there is indeed cinnamon then I am not able to pick that up. The spice are more of the fresh kind, something similar to caraway is also present, I think other reviewers are right in saying this is similar to Tom Ford Santal Blush, more so then Guerlain Samsara. This perfumes has diva vibes but done in a less classical, more unexpected way! Very valid perfume. I shall use it on summer nights when I want to smell sultry yet delicate, like those raw wild flowers I mentioned! Edit: I feel no citrus in this, all for the better!

Finally, the closest thing to discontinued Tsun Lai by Oriflame, (wich reminds me of my teen days & is still one of my favourite affordable perfume - such a classy oriental floral). I love ylang ylang, jasmine and tonka bouquet in this perfume. Gelsomino Indiano is a perfect little child of Samsara and Tsun Lai. It is not as powerful as Samsara, but it does smell completely alike. When you take the little whiffs around the sprayer you can smell girly Tsun Lai, but when you apply it on your skin, you get the older, more mature Samsara... I just love it, I highly recommend it for the price, if you, for example love Samsara, but can't really afford it right now...Of course, you will have to re-apply, but I still think this is a great deal. Especially if you're like me, and can't get over the beauty of Tsun Lai. Also, I love the bottle, very practical for carrying around. Plus, L'Erbolario calims to be highly ethical and enivromentally concious cosmetic line - all in all, a very feel good buy for me!!! 10/10

Wonder perfume, very strong benzoin mixed with tonka bean smell from the tester. Benzoin is a remarkable resin, according to a friend, an aroma substances expert. In ancient China, Benzoin was named as Mystical Incense That Brings The Death (newly die) Back. It was name that way due to the strong and lasting aroma that can last as room fragrance, even over night. Price of the perfume together with the body cream was very affordable. The first spray, it was not like the tester, a jasmine and sandalwood smell. I wear the cream and perfume to bed. I had hormone hot flashes issue in the midnight. The body heat brought out the benzoin and tonka bean smell. My pajamas and bedroom was fill with the aroma, even the next day. I didn't took morning shower to work, my body still have the trace of the perfume last night. Not a fully floral, a little bit of oriental style. Great perfume with great price tag. Sorry Sisley, you lose this time. Not really unisex, it's more on the feminine side.

Ho provato questo profumo un pomeriggio al centro commerciale, e dopo una partenza chiara, gioiosa e talcata-dolce si era decisamente rovinato: mi sembrava volgare, dozzinale e dolciastro, con in più una nota di... "cassetta di verdura al mercato" veramente da mal di testa. Però me ne avevano dato un campioncino, e oggi l'ho riprovato: non so cosa avesse il mio naso l'altra volta, perché è fantastico! Talcato dall'inizio alla fine, dolce al punto giusto, con un sentore caldo di fiori al sole... e dopo un po' emerge vagamente una nota che non definirei proprio "animale", ma che mi ricorda l'aroma che assume la pelle dopo che ci si spalma una crema profumata e si trascorre un po' di tempo all'aperto... un delizioso profumo di "pelle femminile profumata", ecco ;) Buono buono, e molto fine.

A gorgeously feminine perfume, in an absolutely beautiful bottle!! The colour is so stunningly pretty!!! It's a wonderful jasmine, sandalwood, beautiful benzoin (and as mylancome says, benzoin IS an incredibly beautiful and special note. I adore it!) and the tonka bean comes through in the beautiful dry-down. Ylang-Ylang features strongly throughout, which is delicious. The whole thing is truly delicious! Beautiful warm, spicy floral, creamy and potent. Lasts extraordinarily well, and stays beautifully in clothes, which gives me such a 'being caressed by my perfume' feeling all the time. I LOVE Gelsomino Indiano!!!!