Ciclamino

Usually I avoid fragrances which are called “clean” and “fresh”. I ordered this one though (a blind buy) because I love cyclamens and grow them. I can testify that the perfume smells like cyclamen or at least very close. To me I also smells like melting snow and ice, very early spring in a northern country. There is no sense of something synthetic in this fragrance. It is simple but not flat or boring, it changes with a time and one spray lasts on me for about 5-6 hours. A slightly “peppery”, very subtle note appears in the middle and then gradually dissolves. It is not a true pepper but a smell characteristic of some varieties of cyclamens. It "sings" better in cool/cold weather. I cannot see ‘Cyclamino’ on the official website of ‘Monotheme’. The search gave no results. Hopefully it is not discontinued.

Ciclamino, to me, despite there being no real comparative ingredients apart from musk, reminds me a great deal of Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker - but I prefer this one, just due to there being less citrus notes in this. I'm not one to compare scents or, at least, I don't like to but the similarities are there if you put them side by side. The cyclamen in this is beyond beautiful and it just goes really well with the musk. Lasts at least 5 hours on my skin

This scent grew on me, I had to get used to the opening green apple note and the musk note. Overall, I can find nothing wrong with it. It's pleasant, green and refreshing, I'm going to wear it more in warmer weather.

Fresh, delicate and elegant. This smells like walking through an orchard in a warm breeze. I feel so clean in the scent. An absolute surprise based on the tiny price. Stays close but doesn’t immediately fade. Try it!

I was SO hoping for a Diorissimo lookalike! But, no. Nothing the sort. Not a trace of lily-of-the-valley . . . I needed almost an hour to get past the sharp fruity candy smell and then, finally, there was at last a generic soapy white flower - sweet, summery, slightly flat, slightly aquatic. Quite nice but really nothing special at all. Oh, well. Maybe it'll be nice and light when it gets hot. And I can always spray it on my handkerchiefs.