Teint de Neige

Warning: this is technically not a review, but rather a very long love letter/tale/diary page where I reminisce on my ongoing experience with this scent, as well as a high praise to competent, patient, insightful, and knowledgeable sales assistants. Proceed at your own risk. ;) I happened upon it some years ago, by accident. Picture this: one cool sunny winter late morning in Rome, the air is crisp but the sun has a touch of warmth, we're close to Christmas so decorations and lights are on and the atmosphere is festive. I was walking on a street full of shops when I suddenly marched into an old, slightly upscale, and very well-known perfume shop, went to one of the sales assistant with a request: I told him that I recently tried Prada Infusion d’Iris, liked the cleanliness and soapiness of the scent, but was very let down by the appallingly poor staying power (especially when compared to the price). Would he be able to recommend a similar perfume that wouldn’t be gone after an hour? He asked me a few questions, I mentioned, incidentally, that I tried and liked a lot Bas de Soie by Lutens in the recent past but that was not quite what I had in mind. If by this time you’re thinking how on earth can you go from Infusion d’Iris to Teint de Neige that have almost nothing in common but the iris note I would agree, but bear with me. I cannot praise enough how the sales assistant read me and listened to me, because he not only took in my appearance - brunette, mid-20s, red lipstick, cat eye, minimalist dark clothes, red wool coat - but also saw deeper than that. I have some friends that jokingly call me Diva, which I am anything but by the way, it’s just I am a little aloof when you first meet me but then I warm up. Anyway, he anticipated my needs and introduced me to something I didn’t know I liked myself: powder. I mean, I knew and I even loved the smell of talc powder, ten years before as a teenager I had briefly been obsessed with Bvlgari Petits and Mamans, what I mean is that I was not aware of my love for powdery scents on a conscious level. He said after a while that since I said no to Bas de Soie, which was one of his first choices for me (he definitely picked on the aloofness there), he was going to go on another route. We talked a little and eventually reduced the samples to three: Lutens Daim Blond, Teint de Neige and a third scent that for the life of me I can’t remember. After smelling them on the strips I discarded the forgotten third and spritzed the other two on the skin. At first I liked them both but almost immediately got the apricot in Lutens and I’m not really a fan of fruity perfumes, so that was more and more a no every minute that went by. On the other hand, with Teint de Neige, in addition to being love at first sniff, the infatuation grew with the passing of time. I didn’t buy it that day, the very competent shop assistant advised that I spend the day with it and see how it evolved on my skin. Not only it evolved beautifully, I could still smell it the next day after a shower. I went back a week later and got a bottle. Now it’s become my signature, I wear it almost every day, in winter and also in summer because I don’t believe in the seasonality of scents (sorry not sorry for the people around me), and although I refrain to perfume during daytime in summer it’s not really out of concern for the others, just for fear of the perfume reacting with the light. I am vain and selfish like that! ;) Sillage and staying power, for me, are huge to the point that the more aware people recognise me by it, like I went to a party at a friend’s house and the hostess, that knows me quite well but didn’t know I had arrived, asked from another room if I was there only because she recognised the trail of perfume in the house. Christmas time a couple of years ago I went back to see my parents and at night, when my mother hugged me at the airport said she missed my perfume (as well as me lol) which I applied in the morning, and then she said she smelled it again the next morning when I walked in the kitchen for breakfast. A lot of people commented on it when I enter a shop or on a train carriage. In conclusion, this perfume now it’s become me, I inhabit it, it’s a million things to me, like lace lingerie under a comfy cashmere jumper, it’s old and new, a silk vintage dress worn with a leather biker jacket. I’m not saying it’s a complex perfume, or a revolutionary concept, I think I feel this way because I identify with it so much by now. And even if I know it’s ridiculous I feel like it’s mine and mine only, also because I’ve never walked past anyone else who wore it. I think I also like it so much because it compensates my aloofness, as if with its powdery sweetness told other people that I’m not the Ice Queen that I might seem at first. Ultimately I think that was my unconscious reason for writing off Bas de Soie from the start, that’s one perfume I like a lot but probably fear it would play too much into my perceived standoffishness. One last thing: yes it’s true, Iris by L’erbolario, which I would have loved to love since Villoresi is not really in my price range, is almost the exact copy, albeit much flatter, but compared side by side with Teint de Neige smells so cheap and chemical and plasticky it literally hurts. Back when I still lived in Italy it was not unusual to walk past women doused in the knockoff, it was very popular for a while but, dear oh dear, the headaches that I got smelling that!

Fragrance world is a very huge,mysterious world as you know,lots of scents,lots of variations,lots of changes in one taste during time,lots of masterpieces,lots of nice but unoriginal perfumes that sometimes we use and need more than masterpieces,it's really difficult to name a perfume as best perfume of my life,maybe not that difficult for some people,but for me,it's almost impossible,because I'm only 25..and just God knows how many works of art are gonna appear in next 50 years(in the case that I live that long)after owning almost 200 different perfumes from celebrity to niche,from classic and discontinued ones to moderns,I'm still amazed by any pretty scent I smell,try to seek good aspects of any fragrance,not weaknesses,and I believe this optimism is a gift..if I want to name a perfume which I love the most(till now)it is teint de neige of lorenzo villoresi I don't have a specific taste in perfumes,I'm a vanilla lover,I'm a rose lover,I'm a floral fan,And also I'm a powdery scents fan And this is modern queen of all powdery scents(classic queen of powdery scents is guerlain l'heru bleu in my eyes) I've recognized some people don't like powdery scents for they find them too dry in a chocking way,other ones dislike powdery fragrance because of cold,old,musty vibe they associate with powdery perfumes.non of these are the case here.it's not like a mashed chalk,dry.as it's not cold or soulless Teint de Neige has almost everything I love in a fragrance,it's sweet,in a delicious way,it's warm and cozy and still there is a hint of cool freshness in it,there is a hint of rose here sparkling,there is lots of powdery musk here,clean musk and there is powder,lots of powder,prettier than what any powder fan can imagine,it's powderyness is heliotropes powder(did I mention I die for heliotrope?) a soft,sweet,fluffy powder that doesn't fade,as it's warmed by your skin temperature this heliotrope blooms and blossoms more and there is a cloud of this powder surrounding you for long,long hours..teint the neige is a born when gourmand deliciousness,soft floral heaven and clean powder puff meet each other so it's gourmand,floral and powdery st the same time...innocent as a baby,soft as a baby skin,sweet as a baby..that's why teint de neige is my darling baby Longevity and sillage are decent,recommended to all sweet powder lovers Thanks for reading this long personal review,and excuse me for my bad English ❤❤❤❤❤

Teint de Neige , What to say what hasn't been already said ? I agree with all the reviews on here , some are so good they gave me goosebumps ,,, ,,,"Ike Angels on cloud dusting their wings " ,,,",like an ice cream parlour in the 60 s" ,,,"makeup and lipstick , little old ladies ,,,", All that is exactly what Teint de Neige smells like. It's a sweet , powdery, elegant and very femine perfume , it feels velvety and musky and soapy , it also smells of almonds and marzipan due to the heliotrope and the tonka. Big focus on Tonka here. It's plush, it's pwdery and its soapy , smells of face powder and talc , but has a fluffy freshness to it , I asume the rose and the Jasmine is responsible for that. Although you cannot smell the flowers , but without them it would be dull Teint de Neige also reminds me of Nivea cream , the ones that are in the tins right from Germany. Its a little different than the North ameraican Nivea cream . ,,,,, I just came across a review of Teint de Neige , so these aren't my words but it describes it perfectly , I wanted to share it ; "It is powdery, and deliciously sweet, while at the same time being elegant and erotic. What Mr Villoresi did here is really sheer genius: I mean, how many fragrances do you know that smell sexy and elegant, and childlike and mature, and gourmand and sophisticated at the same time? Right, not very many. Teint de Neige does all of this, and it does it effortlessly." Really well described in my opinion !

I think there’s some confusion to what this perfume smells like, the majority talking about powder, some about an “old lady” rose, and some, about musk. I just got this perfume, it was a blind buy as everything powder and Iris appeals to me. First sniffs and 1-2 hrs wearing have kind of been sufficient for an impression. To me this doesn’t smell like powder or baby. It might feel that way as the combination of the two main notes can resonate to something “airy” and “powdery”. It is not. This perfume is 50% heavy old school rose oil, and 50% white musk. That’s it. The rose oil, now, is not roses, it doesn’t smell like Delina or the flowers. Rose oil smells a bit deep and smoky and sticky, that’s what gives it that old lady, granny lipstick smell. The white musk is nice and thankfully not to screechy (Italians love their white musk and go overboard very easily), but this perfume is not baby-like or powdery. You want a stunning, sexy, sweet powdery perfume, you take Chanel Allure. THAT is worth the hype people show these new fragrances on social media. Is this perfume nice, yes it is. It’s creamy and comforting, as the two notes blend nicely and do smell clean, smooth, sweet powdery. Maybe the market did need something like this as i for one don’t know anything else that smells like this. So i’m happy i purchased it, and will wear it and probably also layer it for some added oomph.

Well, it's been a long while since I've written a review. But I felt the need to say that tonight I received the most fascinating feedback on this (or any!) perfume. My fiance walked in and said, "it smells like powder in here." I said, "that's me, 'Teint De Neige' perfume." Then he said, "it reminds me of Legolas." I stared at him in bewilderment. LEGOLAS! From Lord of The Rings! You know what? I get it. The cold, flawless beauty of Orlando Bloom with his long blonde "Legolas" locks. The "frozen in time" immortal quality of the Elves as they glide through their forests thick with branches like icicles. King Thranduil's "white jewels of pure starlight", Galadriel's "light of of Earendil, our most beloved star." Speaking of immortality, powder is a scent texture that reminds us of aged women and of newborn babies, simultaneously. It's a scent texture that reminds us of makeup, which we use to essentially "freeze" our face in a moment of (more) youthful beauty, or to "ice" the surface our skin. Remember, too, that magic powders have long been supposed to grant us immortality or prolonged youth. Teint De Neige is not a scent that I find particularly beautiful in itself, but it evokes timelessness, and sometimes a perfume that works magic is even better than one that's only beautiful.