Priprioca Parfum Perfume do Brasil

Hey, Fragantica team, could you please list the Priprioca active (extracted from the homonymous Amazonian root) to your notes list? This is what really gives the uniqueness of this jewelry of perfumery. Simply the best Brazilian fragrance of all time. A masterpiece that could break frontiers and gain terrain amongst the finest houses of the segment. Starts with an impact of citruses peals, alcohol, a weird, even synthetic, burst of lily of the valley, which will calm down, sooner after applied (some people are reluctant to it, and yes, this will smell like disinfectant for a short while) into a nice lime-muguet that prepares terrain for another Amazonian treasure: Louro-Rosa (Aniba ferrea), an endangered species from the North region of the country (once again, please, Fragrantica Team, add this incomparable note to your data bank) that opens space to the majesty of this juice: the Priprioca essential oil has a quite involving, hypnotic quality to it, with nuances of sandalwood, tobacco and a spicy, provoking characteristic that tone up the whole thing. This is a real "parfum", more than 30% of this 30 ml emblematic bottle (the whole presentation and application are almost a ritual) are oils. Has great longevity, nice silage and catch the attention of people around. I've received many compliments, some say it smells like earthy-spicy-woody-jungle-forest, cigars boxes, freshly cut wood... It is not a cheap one, but I can assure: if you like this description you'll probably love the perfume (about 100 dollars or so). Great for men and women and awesome to give that nutty eccentric friend a gift that he won't forget! I'm not even working for the company - I really just love this fragrance!

Great scent! Spicy, woody and very exotic. The bottle is stunning. And it has very good longevity, 10 hours on my skin. Funny thing is, I don't think it's office friendly, 'cause some people smell cannabis instead of other notes. I don't smell cannabis at all, but I get the mix up. After some comments, I had to stop wearing it at work to avoid problems...

what the guy actually said is a lovely scent that reminds one afternoon in a forest!! pabueno

A lovely balmy fragrance that transports you to the Amazon rain forest. The central note is a plant native to Brazil whose root yields a fragrant woody slightly spicy and floral scent and is a common cooking ingredient as well. As the perfume opens there is a citrusy top followed by the priprioca resin surrounded by slight galbanum and lily. The perfume settles on a bed of vetiver, amber, tonka bean and slight vanilla. The unisex perfume has moderate sillage and projection and good longevity. Simple, unique, natural beautiful. Enjoy!

Talk about disappointment. About the scent, @pabueno is absolutely right. Is a wonderful, simple woody citric balsamic scent. You get a perfect concoction of the woods, and the fruit, and the flowers, and the musk. This smells like freedom, and forests, and simple pleasures. But does not have a pinch of projection or longevity. After a few minutes, you can't barely sniff it from your skin, even taking your arm to your nose. You can drop it in you clothes, and in your body, and nobody will even notice. Sad, cause the scent is majestic in a simple, nature-lover kinda of way. Never, in a million years, it's worth its price.

About 3 months ago i made a review, talking about my disappointment with this scent. Well, it hasn't changed, but since is a really expensive fragrance (for our Brazilian prices), i couldn't just leave it in the shelter forever. Priprioca has become officially one of my non-perfumes perfume (we all have that). What i wear when i'm not in the mood for a strong scent, just wanting to smell clean and feel good. Woody, citric, musky and slightly balsamic. Smells like nature. Just really faint. Don't wear it if you need others to smell your perfume.

Are you sure you bought the parfum? Because there are also splashs and if it was a plastic container it was certainly the splash, as all Natura's perfumes are in glasses.And the scent contains almost no priprioca, since it is veeeery strong and used in the Amazon as água de cheiro (an infusion of the root in alcohol) since it is indolic even in low concentrations. Great spice, though, excellent, healthy and nutritious.

I am so sorry. Natura is an expensive, though quality cosmetics house.This is one of its more controversial scents (along with Urbano and Breu Branco which smell like cannabis) and people either love or hate it. But they generally praise the longevity, though one of the Brazilian Fragrantica members had the same problem. I am really sorry it didn't work for you.

@socorrosouza i bought the one in the picture, on the official Natura website. I don't know if is my skin, but it simply doesn't last or project. It turns into a skin scent VERY quickly. If i smell the bottle (yep, glass), the scent is a STRONG fresh-woody scent, but in my skin, is like a vetyver soap.