La Danza delle Libellule

(TL;DR: a sweet fairytale of a fragrance with notes of realistic red apple, creamy vanilla, and cinnamon. Enchanting and comforting. Chases the blues away.) Reviewer youmeoui captured the essence of this fragrance perfectly when they described La Danza Delle Libellule as a perfume that evokes a beautiful fairytale land, filled with lush gardens, where gentle magical creatures roam. I agree completely. The fragrance opens with a burst of red apple. When you bite into a red cooking apple, it’s not the sweetest fruit, but it is refreshing. Baked into a pie, apples lose their fresh nature as they combine with the brown sugar and butter and soften in the cooking process. The apple in LDDL retains a sense of unbaked (but not too tart) apple crispness throughout the fragrance’s wear time. The apple is accompanied by warm cinnamon. The cinnamon is distinct, but LDDL is not a spicy fragrance per se, as cinnamon blends harmoniously into the other notes. I can't pick out the bergamot, but there is a sense of fresh citrus in the opening, which is very nice. As I don’t care for musk, I am relieved it is absent. I don’t get a specific cocoa note. The cedar is there, but quite sublimated, acting like an almost invisible scaffolding for the sweeter elements. Delightfully present throughout is a wonderful creamy richness, like a luxe vanilla custard, which comes into its own after an hour or so. La Danza Delle Libellule is not, despite the dessert-y descriptors, overwhelmingly sweet. It *is* sweet, but the apple staying fresh and the hints of citrus and cedar keep the fragrance from becoming cloying. There is also a realness, a genuine nature, to the composition. This is not an apple hard candy fragrance. You can tell the ingredients here are not the chemical additives that give apple hand soap from a big box store its scent, or that are added to apple fast food pastries to augment their flavor and smell. While I do enjoy apple in a fragrance, raspberry is my favorite fruit note. But as soon as I put a dab of the sample of La Danza Delle Libellule (from Luckyscent) on my arm, I fell in love. There was no question I would be ordering the largest size of this fragrance I could afford ASAP. This perfume is just so incredibly comforting. Nobile 1942 has created the best kind of gourmand: delicious and uplifting, but never fake-smelling, nor oppressively sweet. Fragrances inspire visual recollections, and bring back memories of nearly forgotten places and times from long ago. Or, as with what happened with me, a fragrance will make a connection with something out of the past. Right after this perfume’s molecules hit my nose, a scene from the book "A Wrinkle In Time" popped into my head. I had not thought about this book, a favorite from when I was a kid, in many years. La Danza Delle Libellule brought a memory from it right back. Protagonist Meg and her friend Calvin have been transported by Meg's scientist father across space, in order to escape from the conformist shadowed nightmare planet Camazotz. While making their escape, they have to pass through a field of dark energy that is surrounding Camazotz. This energy is, for lack of a better term, made out of pure evil. After their escape, the three materialize on an unknown planet. Meg has been damaged physically and spiritually by the passage through the dark energy. She is paralyzed, and almost frozen. Her father and Calvin are at a loss as to how to help her. Alien beings native to the strange planet approach. The atmosphere on their dimly lit world is opaque, so these entities communicate by non-visual means. To human eyes, the beings are shapeless, eyeless monsters. But they are an advanced race, and they sense the stricken stranger on their planet is badly hurt, and needs help. After introducing themselves, one of the creatures gently reaches out to Meg's cold, pain wracked body with furry gray tentacles. Meg is afraid of this alien. But she then senses the deep benevolence the creature is emitting as it tends to her. Her body had been stiff and icy cold, but she soon relaxes, soothed and warmed. The being picks Meg up to move her to a place where she can be healed. Comforted by the being’s embrace, knowing she is completely safe now, Meg sighs, and leans into the creature’s fur, which is described as sweet smelling. She falls asleep. This fragrance brought to mind the kind alien, identified in the book as “Aunt Beast.” Her soft comforting fur, I thought, must have smelled like La Danza Delle Libellule. I experience bouts of depression and anxiety and lately, there has been much to be anxious about. The aroma of this fragrance clears trouble from my mind and relaxes me. It conjures a protected realm of safety and of gentleness, where darkness has no power. I logged into Luckyscent right away, and ordered the half ounce size. I love this fragrance so much I try not to use it too often, though I would certainly like to. I noticed here on Fragrantica that La Danza Delle Libellule is being sold by Fragrance Net for a reduced price. I haven’t ordered from them before. I have heard they are a trusted vendor, so I think I will place an order with them when my supply of LDDL gets low. I want to never be without this utterly enchanting fragrance. If you are looking for a soft, sweet new scent for Spring, I would definitely order a sample of La Danza Delle Libellule. Each time I spray it, I am newly beguiled by its delicious soothing nature. The dry down is particularly yummy, as that is when the creamy vanilla, warmed by cinnamon, really shines. This stage is worth waiting for if you test it and don’t care for it at first. It is the “nose glued to arm” phase of the scent. This fragrance’s sillage is not huge; it stays fairly intimate during its wear time. It isn’t a weak fragrance. It’s just not a powerhouse room-filler. I find the best way to keep getting whiffs is to spray it on the décolletage, where body warmth helps keep it noticeable. And I always dispense a spray on the inside of my left arm, to keep this delightful scent handy for immediate sniffing. It is detectable for at least six hours. La Danza Delle Libellule's half ounce size comes in a no-frills plain glass cylinder with a stick-on label (it does have an excellent sprayer.) But that doesn’t matter to me one bit, as this fragrance inspires so much joy. I’m happy I found it. Edit: I did place an order for the half ounce size from Fragrance Net. It was shipped promptly, was packed well, and arrived intact. I made a careful comparison of the new La Danza Delle Libellule with the fragrance in my previous bottle. The new juice smells great, and is the real thing. I wanted to share my experience with Fragrance Net in case there are others like me who had never ordered from them. Best of all- I now have a fresh supply of this lovely stuff.

This arrived today and it is gorgeous. I was recommended to try Nobile 1942 by Sad Muppet (huge hat tip to SM for this - I bought this, Sandalo Nobile and Chypre 1942 and all three are bloody awesome). La Danza delle Libellule is a gourmand lovers' delight. The main notes on me are beautiful, fresh juicy apples, lightly dusted with cinnamon and creamy, musky vanilla. Cedar grounds this and prevents it becoming tooth-achingly-sugary-syrupy sweet. I tried and tried to smell the coconut - a note which normally stands out to me; I love fresh coconut, both to eat and smell, but it's definitely MIA from La Danza delle Libellule (The Dance of the Dragonflies - isn't that a lovely name?). I was puzzled by the missing coconut, particularly as I thought I could smell creamy milk chocolate (think Lindor - those wonderful chocolate spheres, filled with ganache), so I searched the internet for clues about where the coconut might be hiding. Always go to the source! I checked Nobile 1942 website and sure enough - I was right (huzzah and lashings of ginger beer!); there is no coconut in LDdL; here are the notes, cut and pasted from their website: "Apple and cedar smooth vanilla in this composition which starts with Nobile 1942’s distinctive bergamot. A pinch of cinnamon, cocoa to make the ensemble truly gourmand. The unavoidable musk keeps the graceful tone of the fragrance." Sillage and longevity are moderate - and I'd say this is a safe blind buy for any gourmand lover; it's such a delicious but subtle perfume I honestly can't believe that anyone would be offended by it. As at 28 July 2018, allbeauty.com in the UK have 75ml of LDdL for £49.95; they have a range of Nobile 1942 on special offer - definitely worth checking out. The site won online retailer of the year recently from Which?, the consumer's champion; their products are genuine and customer service is fantastic, too. ETA After wearing this overnight, I am revising my comments about longevity, as I can still smell this - on my dry, perfume-guzzling skin - well over eight hours later. The thing that keeps coming to mind wearing this is: Toffee apples!

This is an amazing fragance! my 2nd decant from Nobile 1942 and this one is crazy good, i usually hate apple but here is just amazing with everything else, you get at first sniff the fresh artificial green apple and bergamot, like a expensive perfume with Apple-cinamon Fabuloso, but is tricky, 1 minute after is a fresh green apple with warm creamy cinammon and the signature bergamot, and a suuuuper creamy vanilla givin a hug to everything with the warmess of the musk, and a cedar sprinkled with cocoa powder, but is not the tipical Gourmand that smells like food, cant believe it does not have flowers, definitely not a fragrance to do layering, but Nobile 1942 is like that, the fragances are so amazing that adding something else would just ruin it, this one makes me feel like a medieval fairy smelling a pay at the distance, so if you want to smell like a bakery, its not, La danza delle libellule and Nobile in general is more a scene in a tale more than a dessert, but yeah, it does smell like green apple pie haha but not like on first smell, is more like a "oh yeah, i feel some reminiscence to apple cinamon pay" and not so sweet, unlike most gourmands that just sofocate the sweet out of you, the musky vanilla is the only sweetness here and the cocoa, ant i would say sweet is like on the last on the list, but is a good one, totally feminine unless is for kids, wich would be like Rolls roys kids fragance haha but on a lady is just great, very youthful and nostalgic on grown ups

Ok I will start off by saying that this is not exactly what I expected it to be, but I nonetheless LOVE this perfume!❤️ So from the notes listed, I expected a thicker more coconutty and cinnamony apple pie fragrance. I expected a dense and heavy gourmand. But let me tell you this is opposite of heavy! It definitely is a delicious gourmand but it is an airy, fruity, and shampooey gourmand. I definitely smell the apple, but it is very crisp and sweet. Like a sweet and fruity apple shampoo or body wash. It smells like you showered with a sweet red apple shampoo and body wash, then applied a sweet vanilla body cream afterwards. 🍎🍦🧴 Even though this is a fruity and shampooey fragrance, it somehow manages to have a delicious creaminess to it. I can definitely smell alot of vanilla in it and it makes it so edible. If you are thinking cheap shampoo then this is not it! It’s a luxurious well blended shampooey smell, if there is such a thing lol. If I were to describe this in a few words it would be: a creamy and sweet apple and vanilla shampoo! Keep in mind, if you are expecting a dense apple pie then this might not be the one for you! There is zero cinnamon in this (Which I think would be crucial for a realistic apple pie scent). 🥧🍎 Also, it’s longevity and sillage are both great and its extremely potent. I adore it! Ps. It is similar to Casablanca and Ebhar, but this is much more fruity/ shampooey. I love the 2 mentioned but personally La Danza is my favourite.

Usually, it is normal to make a link between Italian fragrances with freshest aromas, citrus, of clear and natural aspect, as if it was impossible to produce beautiful floral, chypres or gourmands with this nationality. Here is a proof that this is possible. This beautiful fragrance is gourmand and liqueur! The official notes are: bergamot and apple, in the output; Cedar and cinnamon, in the heart; musk, vanilla and cocoa (not coconut, as stated in some websites) at the base. From the moment it touches the skin, it is possible to notice a slightly fruity aspect, in which the apple appears as a liquor, plus an appetizing vanilla. Although it was created for the female audience, I know many men who would love to wear this perfume, since it has an output of nuances very similar to the modern sweeter fragrances from nowadays, which have been marketed to men, like Black XS L’Excès or Diesel Only the Brave Tattoo, for example. And over time, its evolution doesn't lose in any aspect for some fragrances of exclusive lines from Guerlain, which are rich in vanilla and sold as unisex. Therefore, if you are man, fond of perfumes with vanilla and you don't care about labels, do not hesitate to meet this wonder. The relationship I make with the name given is the lightness of the Dragonfly over water, beyond their mating ritual, when the female and the male writhe and fit, forming a heart. A beautiful Eau de Parfum with huge projection and longevity.