Sogno Reale

Just received this beautiful bottle from Mendittorosa and I ́m puzzled. It ́s very subtle, but evolves in a very interesting way. I believe I will need time to learn to appreciate this scent and will experiment a bit on how to best apply for maximum impact. This may very well be the kind of perfume that is best applied on the chest before dressing. It has been reported to be a rather animalic fragrance, but to me it ́s quite well behaved. I ́m intrigued by the way its many different notes are put together. Quite advanced and very original. After some wearings I still cannot get to the full depth of this one. I like it a lot and it could well be that it's the unusual combination of hyrax and the sea note that has caused my difficulties figuring out this lovely scent.. My most unusual fragrance in the most gorgeous bottle. 7/10 Update: I'm devastated as my lovely, beautiful bottle of Sogno Reale fell on my bathroom floor and was of course totally crushed. :-( I was so looking forward to getting to understand this enigmatic scent better... Now an enchanting fragrance fills my bathroom, but my bottle is lost... Feeling really sad... New update: Time was ripe for a new bottle which is now on the way. After telling Mendittorosa about my bottle ́s tragic fate I was lucky to receive some samples as consolation until I would decide to acquire a new one. I admit that this scent never escaped my subconsciousness and it was just a question of time until I had to order it again. Expecting my beautiful bottle this week, can ́t wait!

Last week, when I went through some complimentary samples along with a new purchase, I tested Sogno Réale. Among all Mendittorosa samples, this one really stood out. Sparkling citrusy sweet oceanic notes contrasting the soft smooth creamy base is like waves in an ocean of floral and cream. It instantly brings me smile. I once thought there might be some kind of very clean ambergris that used in Arabic attars in this perfume, based on the notes listed on this page, probably there isn’t any. All notes are very well blended, and very natural smelling. I’m also pleasantly surprised that how Sogno Réale reminds me of a beverage I loved so much as a child, Hi-C Melon Flavoured Soya Milk. It might not be too difficult to relate, while melon resembles oceanic notes and soy milk resembles the creamy base. I once thought I won’t be drawn to aquatic perfumes for how synthetic and revolting they usually smell. However, I have been proven wrong lately, after sampling Sogno Réale and Sel Marin. All 6 samples from Mendittorosa are high quality, very natural and beautiful. If Sogno Réale is an ocean, then it’s an ocean that only exists in dreams, fantasy and sweet memories.

Update** So the presentation is amazing, comes in a wood crate, very well hand craft touches. The bottle looks nothing like the one listed on here, so please don't judge this fragrance on the wrong picture. The bottle is actually really nice with a cool cap. Now...to what matters.. The scent. Amazing, one of the best I've got my nose on in s long time. It's a cross between w lab on fire what we do in Paris is a secret and Orlov Paris flame of gold but with some soft sandlewood undertones. I think the lemon, rum and sandalwood create one creamy note that's to die for. Now, this fragrance cots a little more than the other offerings that are well priced at like $175 for a 100ml, but guys, for $200 we are getting 100ml of extrait parfum. This stuff lasts just fine, on my skin that eats up frags faster than anyone else's, still lasts 6-8hrs easy. Clothes, forget about it. I highly HIGHLY recommend one to get a sample of this from twisted lily a sap.you will be so happy you did, but I'm warning you, you will be obsessed until you buy a bottle.

As a New Englander who has spent much time by the ocean, I am fastidious of any fragrance that claims to capture the essence of the sea. I've smelled one too many bleached-out aquatics that verge on nauseating, many that are stuffed to the gills with various ozonic and marine-smelling materials, leaving no room for nuance. Profumum Roma's brilliant Acqua di Sale is a notable exception, but then there is this enigmatic number, which, unlike fulsome oceanic landscape of Acqua di Sale, haunts and caresses. Sogne Reale is briny and airy, but it also is somehow mouthwatering. Lemon sorbet on a breezy deck leads to rum and cantaloupe cocktails at sunset. Whiffs of bubblegum tuberose giving off their scent after sundown mingle with the salty air; a certain toffee-like sweetness merges with frankincense; then this oceanic amber enfolds with just the slightest furry, warm animal magic. Nothing here is dense or chewy, which does give it mystique—feeling weightless yet substantial. It is a compelling study in nuance and a singular experience.

One of the moderators on Eau My Swap was discussing her love for this perfume, so I immediately hopped online and bought a sample (I'm admiring my own restraint in not immediately purchasing a full bottle blindly, which is what I usually do these day. Zero self-control. Sigh. However, I could have bought a bottle blindly and been absolutely satisfied. This is a unique, nuanced, exciting perfume. I have burned out on niche-land lately and fallen back on the first triumvirate (Chanel, Dior, Guerlain) out of frustration, but this gorgeous little number may have pulled me back in. I'm buying a bottle immediately. It's like nothing else I've tried. Oceanic, but not in the usual synthetic way, salty without being overwhelming, amber without taking over the entire program, etc. It's well-balanced, interesting, and seems to have longevity (though not a sillage monster, to be sure). I'm smitten. High smit. I recommend this one unreservedly. Grab a bottle while you still can!!