Perdizione

"Slightly Sweet Neroli Lavender Vanilla" LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS! Attention everyone who loves scents such as Kilian Love don't be shy, Memo Paris Sintra, Parle Moi Guimauve de Noel and L'Artisan Seville a l'Aube (discontinued) and Kilian Sweet Redemption (discontinued): Check out Nobile 1942 Perdizione! Perdizione is a sweet orange blossom vanilla scent, that starts off with lavender and bergamot at the top, which then becomes a sweet orange blossom vanilla fragrance once it dries down. It is so reminiscent of the fragrances I listed (reminiscent not the same) above AND it is housed in an attractive bottle (with a nice spray mechanism), has moderate longevity and sillage AND is less expensive (not cheap but a lot less). It's a beautiful scent that smells natural and not as artificial as Love don't be shy. I love the way it weaves in and out of the notes pyramid, I enjoy smelling the space between notes and individual notes separately for the first hour. There’s an airy natural and herbal/fresh quality before it hits the sweeter dry down. Perdizione is a delicious and crowd pleasing little gem. I blind bought this and am absolutely thrilled with it. Notes: I spray about 6-8x to get moderate sillage and longevity. I’d describe this as both fresh + sweet (kind of the way Mon Guerlain is like that, but not similar to Mon Guerlain, just that similar "fresh and sweet" personality). I love Perdizione 10/10. This scent profile is so totally my jam. Literally thinking of purchasing a back-up just in case (even though I just bought a bottle). With so many of my faves being reformulated or discontinued back-ups have become a necessary thing. PS: just wanted to say don't be afraid of the lavender note in this. It's nothing like the bug spray in Mon Guerlain. Also for additional point of reference, Perdizione reminds me the most of L'Artisan Seville a l'Aube and Memo Paris Sintra because it has a much stronger herbal/aromatic and citrusy character than Kilian Love don't be shy. It's much more natural, green, and bright smelling than Love don't be shy.

I LOVE most orange blossom notes in fragrances. And I LOVE Memo Paris "Sintra." As an aside, I also own and LOVE Montale "Orange Flowers." But Orange Flowers is discontinued and becoming impossible to find. The notes in Perdizione are rather similar to the notes in Orange Flowers. Perdizione is available at one, or two of the online perfume discounters. So, Perdizione opens very similarly to Paris Memo "Sintra" & Montale "Orange Flowers" but with a noticeable gentler "bite" than both those fragrances AND mush less sweetness than Sintra. Perdizione opens with citrus, as Orange Flowers does. Sintra also has petitgrain in its opening, which lends to some immediate bitterness. Perdizione has petitgrain in its mid-notes. After its citrus opening, Perdizione shines with mid-floral notes of lavender, orange blossom, ylang-ylang, jasmine and rose. Sintra has the resinous middle going on, which I admit I love a lot. Perdizione has a bit of musk in its base. To my nose, Predizione is somewhat more floral in its middle and gentler in its drydown than Sintra. And as anyone who owns Sintra knows, Sintra is a VERY sweet, gourmand fragrance, which Perdizione is not. The most noticeable differences between Sintra and Perdizione are the dry downs. Sintra has a milky, creamy, lactonic, vanilla base. Orange Flowers has a woody, earthy, slightly creamy, slightly dirty base. Perdizione is not overtly lactonic or creamy, which makes its drydown much less sweet than Sintra. Perdizione's dry down is musky, arid, slightly powdery and very dry. And while cedar is listed as a base note, I do not detect much woodiness in Perdizione's dry down base. Perdizione's notes somehow magically blend and merge. This perfume is definitely a fragrance whose sum is greater than its individual parts. Performance is excellent 6+ hours and silage is minimal-to-moderate. The dry down is heavenly. So so so so happy I just purchased (another) 75ml bottle @ $150.00 USD. Bought Perdizione along with Il Giardino Delle Delizie. LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

This is a beautifully composed fragrance. I remember a long time ago I bought a roller ball fragrance from some stand in a flea market. It was called fruit loops or something. This reminds me of that, although it is much more refined and obviously has higher quality ingredients. This smells expensive, and of course the price point matches. But I think it is well worth it. Just applying it, I could tell this will have great longevity. (I will update this review if it does not.) I can smell it pretty consistently as I go about my day. I haven't gone nose blind to it and on the dry down it hasn't started to disappear yet. Although I referred to this as "fruit loopy," I don't want you to be scared off by that description. It just has a strong fruit component, but it is not overly sweet because it has been balanced with drier and less sweet notes like cedar and a little bit of lavender. I do not sense too much musk or rose, but it's probably underlying. It is more orange blossom, other citrus, a little vanilla and cedar. I like that this could be an all purpose scent that can be worn any time. You will definitely brighten up wherever you are. I also wanted to add that I do not usually go for fragrances that are overly floral. I don't think this is overboard on that tangent. IF you use it in a judicious amount, and not overdo it, I think it will not be overwhelming for you or anyone else you encounter. I tend to go for unisex scents also, which although this might seem to lean a little more feminine, I think it is good along those lines because of the cedar and lavender component counter balancing the floral. So if you're considering this scent and hesitate because of the floral, just keep in mind that it's not just that. Try a sample instead of a full bottle. You may just love it just as much as I do.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Ô Féminin by M. Micallef yet. These two fragrances are very complimentary to each other - Perdizione being a bit sweeter and having this herbal lavender touch to it whereas Ô Féminin staying more on the floral-soapy side. It's like Ô Féminin being a spring-summer version of Perdizione. I do get what people comparing it to Devotion wanted to say. To me Perdizione to some extent shares Devotion's vanilla-lemon base. I'd say it is exactly in the middle between Devotion and Ô Féminin. So these three - Ô Féminin, Devotion, Perdizione - will be different scents but all in the same ballpark. I'd also add Burberry Goddess to this list - it is not a neroli-orange blossom fragrance but shares the lavender-vanilla duo from the base. I kind of see them all as different versions of the similar signature scent profile, just more suitable for certain season or occasion. I'd agree Perdizione is not necessarily a winter fragrance - rather autumn/spring perfume, for periods of season transition between cold and warm. The sweetness is kind of sneaky in it, almost like a nauseating poison beneath the surface of a fresh meal. It's definitely there but covered in bright bitter neroli-orange blossom layer. With time it gets more and more prominent but also soft and calm, getting Perdizione much closer to Devotion.

So she is brand spanking new to my collection. Unboxed her last night & sprayed on prepped skin & 😒 I wasn’t happy ... AT ALL ... I washed her off & put on a different new beauty to self soothe. 2 hours ago I decided to go back in ... I promised myself she is NOT coming off no matter what! (In the name of science & 💩) . I am not ready for a full review... I only do those after I really feel as though I ‘know her’ & that my brain 🧠 has settled on a conclusion that will likely stick for 6 or more months if not ♾️. ❣️You need & deserve to know that the ‘unholy neroli’ that punches you square in the jaw upon application... that REALLY & TRULY lets up - all but completely❣️She gives way to a LDBS add indolic neroli that softens nicely & while I find the note pretty unpleasant & astringent in the opening, I DO like ‘knowing’ (for myself) that she is a natural ingredient. Something I don’t always get in droves with my beastly, auditorium filling favorites ... she’ pretty 😍 & in this very moment I am pleased w/ her. BUT I will not be counting my chickens 🐓 just yet as I don’t know how she’s going to fare insofar as longevity is concerned 🤞