Petali & Fiori Limited Edition 2023

This is so beautiful for spring! It's a blend of different delicate flowers on a bed of ice and almond milk! I think the pyramid is more similar to the old version, there is some light, algid lilacs, diaphanous orange flowers with none of their classic sweetness, some green jasmine, candid fragile rose and so much dew. There may be the new addition of violet leaf but the anise flowers and almond milk are still in the composition, even if not declared in the notes. To the point that the dry down resambles that of Blu Indaco from Giardini di Toscana. The effect is fresh but not as in a freshy/citrus fragrance...this is gelid petals, fragile, smelled when the dew on them has crystallised because of the low temperature. It imparts this delicate but resilient aura, trough a veil of powderiness, glossy, humid powderiness (not chalky at all), there is for sure a strong powdery accord, to the point of resembling baby wipes but more elegant then that. The dry down is sweetened however, the anise very gentle (more its flowers then the essence), the almond milk stands out, very creamy. All in all a very enjoyable composition, which express serenity, calmness, cleanliness but also the sense of something untouchable, detached...out of reach and ephemeral. Last well for this type of composition, at least 5 hours, in line with the new L'Erbolario offerings, sillage goes from moderate to intimate. I think I will buy the 125 ml too. In terms of imagery it is true what another reviewer said, this is Sofia Coppola's "The Vergin Suicides" in a smell, both their innocence and innocence lost conveyed; also the voyeurism described in the book...the detachment with which the boys are forced to look at them, their clothes, their makeup, their paper flowers, their beds, all the things the sisters left behind. They never truly touched them, separeted by a translucid veil of coldness. Now that I think about it it gives Lars Von Trier Melancholia vibes too, or maybe it just makes me think of the early beauty of Kirsten Dunst. Soul touching and romantic like a The Jesus and Mary Chain song. As for comparisons, as I sè them in the suggest category, it smells just like Harajuku Lovers "Baby" but more floraly and less musky; it's also very very similar to Intimissimi "Intimissimi" (the discontinued original one in the cylindrical transparent packaging) and Intimissimi's "Innocente", but just a tad more fresh and with a sweet drydown (given by almond milk). The dry down alone almost smells like Lush Twilight, another love of mine (probably it's the almond/tonka and some lilac flower/anise flower because in this there is no lavander like in Twilight). Also this is more powdery and floral then Bvlgari's "Petits & Mamans" which is more green, hey/herbal. It's also very reminiscent of Helan's "Fiori di Talco" but that one is more powdery, in Petali e Fiori the powdery part is more translucent, less concrete, more airy. L' Erbolario "Iris" and Lorenzo Villoresi "Teint de Neige" are both iris centric, their powderiness more specific to one element, more warm and dense, and they are more classy and mature. Here, in comparison, the powderiness has a more ephemeral, ethereal and abstract nature, and it is more free and young. It is almost the same as Blu Indaco by Giardini di Toscana, but this came out way before that one and it is less warm and sweet. It doesn't smell at all like Flower by Kenzo, only the genre is similar (that one is L'Erbolario Accordo Viola), they are truly violet based, as it is Duchessa di Parma. The new notes given by the brand are: -Bergamot -Orange Flowers, Rose, Violet Leafs -Vanilla, Musks But many of the old pyramid is still present.

It begins with sweet and fresh opening, almost sour-candy like. Soon it get creamier and creamier, even a bit milky. After a few minutes, it gets really floral. It feels like walking inside a flower shop, and you get a mixture of rose, jasmine, and lily. At this stage, it smells quite fresh, clean and girly. It's young, vibrant and lively. Then it develops into something powdery, but instead of cosmetic product-like powderiness, it is closer to baby powder. It is still very clean, and a bit fluffy. In the background you still get some tart smell of the citrusy notes. The dry down is beautiful and delicious. The sweetness lingers, reminds me of biscuits, but not too much. The musk in the meantime gives clean vibe. It creates such a cosy feeling.

Extremely youthful white floral. It smells like a girl in a white dress running in a flower field. It is summer in a cottage in a bottle. Very pretty.