Bergamotto di Calabria

This is a study on pink pepper and how it's cleverly deployed here to create a totally unique bergamot scent for purists. This smells vintage, even though it's a modern fragrance. The perfumer has managed to extend that acidic "sting" of real real bergamot all the way from the opening almost to the end of the fragrance. It smells almost like vinegar, and it's sharp as if it's slightly fermented. I've tried a ton of bergamot focused niche fragrances, and this stands out as one of the best in my collection. I have about 25ml left from my 100ml bottle, which I bought for really cheap (40 bucks) on eBay in July of 2024. I'm thinking about buying 2 more 100ml bottles because this is a staple in my bergamot collection. Conclusion: excellent unique and natural acidic bergamot. Fixitives are used judiciously and hidden very skillfully. You don't get this for performance, you get this purely for the scent alone. -------------------------------------------- Scent 96/100 Performance 30/100

Fresh citrus with lots of pepper in the opening, like you can smell the pepper being ground on the spot, fades away eventually The citrus - Bergamot is both zesty and juicy, I have the sample for the cedro and neroli of the same line it smells very similiar to those Last for about 6 hours with 4 spray on my neck, projection is moderate, male leaning imo bc of the pepper, you can smell good quality ingredients with this fragrance

Sampling Perris Monte Carlo Bergamotto di Calabria (from the Italy collection), the tartest of the three entries I’ve tried from this house, albeit with some restraint, like Cedro di Diamante, of which it is reminiscent in its citrus dominance (bergamot, to Cedro’s lemon), with pepper, woods, iris, and musk. BDC is also laden with orange blossom, orange flower, petitgrain, and jasmine, so there’s a hearty floral component to it that is maybe not so present in Cedro, which lands in slightly sweeter territory. Bergamotto is more to the floral side, with the bergamot less dominant in it than lemon in Cedro. Overall, it’s well rounded, an easily likable fresh scent for the warmer weather, especially. Bergamotto di Calabria is priced at $190 for 100ml and is sold through Indigo Perfumery, Luckyscent, and several department stores in the US. As with the other entries I’ve tried (Cedro di Diamante and Arancia di Sicilia), I regard this as good value, as the fragrance offers some intrigue but is quite pleasant and versatile. Still, Arancia is my favorite of the three, but Cedro and Bergamotto are both nice, as well. 7 out of 10

Bergamotto di Calabria is a skin scent, but one that is well balanced, textured, with some depth. I had to press my nose against my wrist in order to detect it. I had also initially suspected my juice had turned due to the vinegary smell. I've experienced turned juice manifested as vinegary at times, rather than the common nail polish like smell. But as I read reviews, it appears that facet is probably a manifestation of the peppery bergamot. It's backbone is the common neroli/orange blossom/pettigrain combination, but the other notes texture the composition. But nothing stands out, not even the vetiver. It's all nuanced and well blended.

Unlike Perris's other citrus scents, Bergamotto di Calabria goes for the woody angle and it showcases, after 30 minutes or so, a bergamot-vetiver accord with refreshing, zesty, slightly soapy bergamot, refined, transparent vetiver and cool petitgrain, some pepperiness keeping things on the dry side, a tiny hint of iris bridging the citrus and the vetiver. Perhaps not the most exciting perfume in the world but well-blended and quality shines through. I enjoy wearing it for myself and it's perfect for those slightly cooler, cloudier days that bookend summer where you yearn for the sense of calm and space that vetiver can bring.