Alessandro

Almonds dripping w/honey set against a backdrop of soft powder. I'll take two please...... I've had a love affair w/this scent for a coupla years now. We're still madly in love w/no end to the passion in sight! Alessandro is one of the only scents that I've ever come across that I would consider signature scent worthy. She's heartbreakingly unique w/an ambery colored depth minus the actual amber. Sweet but not toothachingly so. The almonds provide a bit of a roasted bite w/out being bitter. The vanille is done brilliantly taking a backseat to the whole thing filling in only where really needed and not standing out in the least. Then there's the heliotrope.....soft, round, powdery, w/out weighing anything down. It fairly buzzes w/life and a frequency of it's very own. Alessandro resonates in the place of jazz for me. She smells like the sound of a late night saxaphone. I can see San Francisco at midnight perfectly. The scent of this beauty swirling around you keeping you warm,inviting those close to you to come in closer, needing to come in closer. Honestly~this perfume is the scent of a story. Your own very personal one of course! She's perfect day and night. She doesn't get too far away from you but she holds her own. Sillage 6/10, longevity at least 8 hours. If you love honey or almonds~she's an absolute must try!

Alessandro by Mazzolari is a pretty and delicate powdery almond/heliotrope with honey. Mazzolari reminds me of a honeyed version of Dans Paris and a close relation to Confetto which shares the same Nivea face cream style base. The honey here is heavenly but there’s a cherry Chapstick vibe to this, like an oily lip-gloss scent that reminds me of Tonka Sarrappia. For the first 3/4 hours the sillage is far reaching (and I received a compliment). Then it fades to the point that I’m not sure if I’m still wearing it. The price point is great for the quality, the scent itself is divine but it just falls short on longevity for me. You’d have to spray every 4 hours to last a full day at work. I love the honey in this though. I wore it again today and although I love the honey, I still get the cherry Chapstick vibe again. It’s pretty and I do like it, I just don’t want to smell like lip balm. A good (and much cheaper) alternative to this with a similar honeyed heliotrope, powdered icing-sugar feel is Esprit D’Oscar as it’s a softer version of Alessandro without the cherry chapstick. Update: I wore this again today as I was craving its golden honey but again the cherry-style heliotrope gave me Cherry Chapstick vibes. Oh well. I just need to find this but without the cherry.

Exquisite. Vintage. Pink swansdown powder puffs and blush colored silky face powder found in art deco satin depression era jars... Pre code era and black and white cinema reminds me of Jean Harlow in Dinner At Eight. Powdery, super refined foundation...that is what this fragrance is to me... Super soft blush pink face powder and everything 1920's that lives in my heart is what this perfume is. I am completely in love with this and everything it stands for...lovelovelove! The more it wears on the more beautiful and refined it becomes! I feel like I am in a bed lined in pink satin, taking a bubble bath in pink champagne, oh this drydown is heavenly...dreaming in pink, ultra feminine and beautiful! Alessandro is as delicate as freshly fallen snow untouched in the woods on a morning so quite all you can hear is the frozen crystal air and the gently falling snowflakes...

I love the first formulation of this perfume. An almond lover's dream scent - rich, full bodied, but not too sweet. However, the subsequent version is quite a bit different to my nose. It's much flatter, more synthetic and, although I might still appreciate it if I'd never smelled the original, it just doesn't do it for me. You can tell the difference by the color of the liquid - the first formulation is a rich caramel color, but the second (or there may even be a third) is a pale straw color, which is rather appropriate considering the loss of character in the scent. I will admit that I may be being too harsh in my evaluation of the reformulation - it's just that the comparison is jarring. And, as I said, I might actually enjoy it if I could try it under a different name, with no history attached...although, I still sort of doubt it.

I haven't reviewed this and have had it for quite some time now. Well, when I read there was heliotrope in there, it does not surprise me because I love love love heliotrope. Also love powder and vanilla. It's so feminine and perfect for drawing in attention from men, but not total sex attention (well not just yet). I feel it is very elegant, not sure I get the almonds, but many fragrances I do love have almond. Be that as it may, and my limited ability to convey all the notes like some is nil. I will just suffice to say that I will never be without this one. I get compliments galore when I wear this. And I'll say it's not a just for me fragrance. Something very captivating going on here with my chemistry and Alessandro. You would have to pry it out of my cold dead hands. Edit: I abused this, so now I am on a long hiatus from her.