Nettuno

Another iris recommendation, I bought a sample of the extract version of Nettuno (I don't know if it exists in another concentration). It is a rich, spicy leather scent featuring powdery rose and iris, beautifully put-together with high-quality materials. Iris plays a supporting role here, but Nettuno is a remarkable leather scent in its own right that puts iris to good use. Nettuno is softly spicy from initial spray, with warm nutmeg evident up top, alongside some ginger. More powdered than freshly-chopped, the spices meld nicely with the iris-leather accord that forms the backbone of this scent. The leather slowly comes to the fore, smooth and refined, like a new designer handbag. As it develops, the leather becomes the focal point, complemented to perfection by the powdery iris that emerges at the heart. Sweet rose joins it, airy rather than jammy, giving a light lipstick quality here alongside the iris. The leather accord lingers throughout, becoming musky as it dries down. Dry vetiver adds a nice woodiness to the base, complementing the floral-leather accord to perfection. Carrot seeds enhance the powdery quality here, rounding out the rooty iris nicely. I get the sweetly boozy rum note too - an unusual addition to a base, but it fits in beautifully here. It fades to a sweet, musky skin scent. Sillage is moderate and longevity is long-lasting. It is feminine-leaning in my opinion, and is a transeasonal scent. An elegant, good-quality leather scent, punctuated by powdery florals, Nettuno is truly lovely, and is surprisingly wearable. It feels like one of Hermès' better releases - high praise indeed! A top-notch example of how to use leather in perfume. 4.5/5.

I would never in a million years have tried this one on my own had not a lovely person gift me with a decant. I was more interested in a sandalwood scent, but she sent this one as well. What a beauty! If you love a delicate, spicy (not pepper! a lovely almost allspice? effect, to my nose anyway) I think it's the nutmeg and ginger, but not the pink pepper. Pink pepper comes across as hot to me, and this isn't hot. The vetiver gives it a bit of the woody, without that fake javanol that I so dislike, but also maybe a bit of hay like sweetness. Not dried hay, fresh hay that's being grown, a sweet grassy airy smell. Sorry, hard to describe. Carrot seed and benzoin definitely give it some sweetness, but an interesting sweet, not just sugar. The biggest surprise for me, and why I would never have tried ~ the leather. Usually leather just ends up smelling like the inside of my purse to my nose, but here it deepens everything and brings it all together. I haven't mentioned the iris, and I don't know why, it's there but it's airy, like floating dandelions. You know it's there, but it doesn't come across as an iris dominant scent, it blends, blends blends. I know all of this is confusing and it's confusing me just writing out my thoughts, but it's a cohesive scent that you can't pin down. You just want to smell it. And smell like it.

Nettuno is an incredible perfume. I like to think of it as a cosmic bouquet of iris and rose, made spectacular with spices and liqueurs. I don't find it to be anything like Iris Nazarena at all, though they are both marvellous scents and I love them almost equally (with the edge in Iris Nazarena's favour). Nettuno is a lot more musky, bright, radiant, and Iris Nazarena is a lot more meditative, perhaps a touch sombre. Nettuno is also a lot louder and has a bigger projection. This isn't ainything like coca cola to my nose, and the comparison is hoenstly baffling, but everyone's nose is different after all.

I love this (and I love Iris Nazarena too). I do think these smell different, but I get the comparison in terms of just a leather iris banger combo. It's like leathery lipstick. I love the pink pepper and vetiver notes -- which I smell pretty strongly here. A very cool fresh leathery iris. I feel like this fragrance perfectly compliments someone with a monochrome beige aesthetic where everything is plain but is all secretly thousands of dollars -- aka The Row. Yeah, if youre aesthetic is the The Row, this is the scent I'd pair with it.

This is an ethereal beauty and I'm speechless. What a Christmas gift I've got from my husband. My perfect floral, powdery, woody,musky juice in a jewel like bottle and a velvet box. I haven't seen a presentation like this in any other brand that I know. The projection is perfect. I believe it will bloom much better in spring & fall. It will definitely share the top spot for irises in my collection with L'attesa.