Talento

O my gosh! This one is one of the best aldehyde scents I've got my nose on in a long time. Beautiful! It opens with crisp and airy aldehydes, then mentholated features of mint and geranium, alongside the gentle sweetness of the rose. Whilst remaining light and airy as a scent there is also something grounded and earthy in here with the oak moss and patchouli. This is such a beautiful and natural ode to nature. I never would have thought I'd adore fresh, icy, mentholated roses, which are elevated with aldehydes quite so much... but here we are. Again, this is a creation by Mendittorosa which has captured the fresh air of mountains in their work. Unlike 'South', which reminded me of the smell the of the peaks of Austria in the summer, this one is capturing a much cooler climate. There's something almost aquatic in here too... like the land meeting with water. I imagine a scene of early morning mist rolling down from cerulean and charcoal grey tones rocks, settling to hover just above a lake at the foot of the mountains. I am surrounded by damp, dark green foliage, the towering trees, and carpets of moss, creeping along the ground. I wrap my jumper around me tightly and inhale in deep, the air cool, as though mentholated, fills my lungs. This is the moment just before sunrise, when the temperature feels most cold and the humidity is high. The sensation of the dampness and crisp air to my face brings the blood to my cheeks, which blush like pink roses, and the freshness of the cool air awakens my mind- as sharp a roses thorns. As I stroll along the edge of the lake, I observe the flora... Mentha aquatica, water mint, wild rose species in all their shades of pink and white, all grow abundantly along the waters edge. I stop here for a moment breathing in deeply and basking in the tranquility of the moment. My body feeling rejuvenated and my mind clear, fresh and ready for what a new day may bring.

I was in Naples in October 2023 and went to the National Archaeological Museum where there was an exhibit on Erotica and when I walked through there was the most amazing fragrance! I said to my husband that someone in front of us was wearing the most beautiful perfume. Then we noticed that the fragrance was actually part of the exhibit. I noted the name and at that point was determined to purchase it. Well, none of the perfume shops in Naples carried it so I found the website and contacted the atelier and made an appointment. We took a taxi to a beautiful villa at the top of Naples where the owner and her husband welcomed us and presented all of their fragrances. They were all wonderful, but in the end I had to have Talento. I absolutely love this fragrance! Just ordered a purse size and will order another regular sized bottle because, frankly, whenever I really fall in love with a product it ends up being discontinued and I need to have some backup, especially with something as special as Talento.

This is a salty, fresh rose, bright mint concoction. It’s like walking through a grassy shoreline where the waves strike the legs of an old, wooden dock casting a fine mist into the early morning air. There’s something, maybe the mint, that keeps the rose and geranium youthful and dimensional. The earthy patchouli keeps it grounded and on my skin for a decent period of time. It’s not something that gets comments, but it’s memorable. While it’s pricey, it’s different enough to be missed if it were not in my collection.

What a amazing scent, one of the best Rose-Mint combo you will ever find on the market. The aldehydes note perfects the scent. The rose is more like a pink red, watery rose instead of a dark red rose. Such a playful and youthful scent, yet so classy and elegance. Honestly, one of the best scent I have ever smelled in my fragrance journey. The price tag is a bit high imo but still worth getting a bottle. Scent: 9/10 Performance: 7/10

It's funny how the little things in life can bring so much joy. Nothing is more appealing than the fresh, unsullied, pure, high thread count, Egyptian cotton sheets of an unreviewed perfume, right here on Fragrantica. So I kinda wish I could pierce this silence with a more enthusiastic review. After all, I love the Talismans line and this delivers more of the same in terms of quality and inherent likeability without being too safe. The opening is a powdery, mint tinged geranium, dry but not arrid and with a pinch of earth to it. This then mutates into a cleaner more perfumed, airy feeling of roses but still with that bulgarian/turkish earth to it, this is not a sweet rose at all. It's the kind of rose that has a slight melancholy and touch of decay to it but it's generally of the more metallic and watery PEA/rosewater type of feeling as if imparted into this fragrance like the botanicals in gin. I detect a lemony citrus too and maybe some olibanum or mastic? Throughout the feeling is of a seabreeze but non of the usual cliches, I don't even what to say it's 'salty' or 'ozonic' but seems to capture those vibes. I wanna say ambergris, because this has a ghostly, spectre like presence. Talento starts out a bit lack lustre for me but in the end, there's actually lots to say about it because it's very evocative, seeming a bit stark and cold to begin with, but warming up, and revealing it's various layers very nicely indeed. So the major elements in here and they are all very complementary are citrus, geranium, mint, rose, metallic, airy and marine. I don't get the jawdropping price of this one? However the general pricing of Menditorossa is very reasonable considering the presentation of the bottles and the state of the current niche climate. It's growing and growing on me, if this sounds appealing to you then check it out. I know that Rose and geranium is a classic combo but I can't actually think of many perfumes that smell like this off the top of my head? I'm enjoying the wear today for sure.