Sabbia Bianca

I finally figured out where this fragrance belongs in my collection! For the longest time, I couldn't place this. However, I kept coming back to it. There is a certain beauty that is very difficult to capture. And this one has. I'm not sure if any of you do this, but I associate my fragrances with certain visuals or memories in my mind. It doesn't have to be a particular experience, it could also just be an image I created in my head. And it hit me tonight! It's pitch dark outside. I'm at the beach. Somewhere in Italy by myself. Watching the waves gently crash in and out. You can barely see the pristine White sand at your feet. It's calm outside. You feel a sense of nostalgia for a moment that you don't quite know, but you know you have felt it before. The beautiful Night flower. Tuberose. It's all coming together now. This fragrance is not tropical at all. It's not for hot summer days or bright sandy beaches. Not at all. Sabbia Bianca (White sand) is for the night wanderers. For the lonely people. Although it is not listed, there is a gentle back note of mint that provides the gentle breeze as if you are right at the sea. It's a masterpiece that never ever ever gets mentioned in the current fragrance community. And it's sad. We are always on to the next one onto the new one. I don't think we give enough time. This is my favorite house hands-down. Almost every single fragrance in their collection could be considered fantastic if not a masterpiece. I already have 20 from this house I think it's time to get another one.

Bought a sample of the new Sabbia Bianca and I’m so disappointed with what they’ve done to her. :( It’s like they’ve taken the original, kept the same core flowers, but made it MURKIER, cheaper smelling and abrasive with whatever sweet coconutty synthetic base notes they’ve put in it. Was prepared to buy a full bottle of the earlier version. Now it’s like it’s trying to resemble the warm coconutty synthetic florals out there that have already been made. Before the florals were so inviting, sensual and tropical - without going waxy, dated, too warm or cloying. SMOOTH and sort of cool in temperature without going green and mentholy. (Had and ended up selling Carnal Flower due to that facet, dislike mentholy tuberoses) Clean without being translucent and turning powdery/handsoapy upon dry down. (Which is how I experience Narcotic v, Nishane Tuberoza, French Flower and many more of those dainty types of tuberoses) It was so sensual and womanly, it had body. It performed without any screechy mind numbing synthetics (See: Giardini Di Toscana Bora Bora, Tuberose astrale). I was just about to end my quest of finding the perfect tuberose/tropical floral. It’s like they’ve thrown that tropical bouquet in a puddle of mud. Vanilla slop. I’M SO ANNOYED, WHYYY

Ladies, do not sleep on this one! Bought blind & gave this as a Christmas present last year due to its crazy concentration (*43% oils!*) & it did not disappoint! Hat tip to Steve @ Luckyscent, whose video review gave me the reassurance to pull the trigger. While I can't give a full, proper review, it's a lovely white floral that *really* performs. While tuberose can occasionally turn me off, this blend was very pleasant, rich & full. I'd love this on my date. I'd go as far as to say this is a safe blind buy for you too if you're after something like this... I can't even imagine how long it would take to finish a bottle! This is one of those bottles that is practically a lifetime supply & you've basically hit the jackpot for maximum bang for your buck by adding it to your collection if you even like it. I wish the industry offered a lot more of these refined yet ultra-concentrated scents... They truly stand out above their competition in scent & performance; it's not even close. If you have *any* interest in a high quality white floral - Sample this!

Another gem from the house. It's in my top 5 from Profumum Roma. To start with, this house has converted me to tuberose. I thought white florals are not my thing and will never want a full bottle of tuberose-dominant fragrance. But I love all three of the Profumum Roma tuberose fragrances - Tagete, Tuberosa and Sabbia Bianca. they all have this fresh juicy green tuberose with fruity facets which is not indolic, not cloying, but at the same time very proud and present. Tagete is the greenest one with some fresh coolness about it, but unfortunately it doesn't last very long on my skin. Sabbia Blanca is the sweetest, juiciest, the most unapologetically floral and exotic. Tuberose is well blended with ylang-ylang, which doesn't overpower it but adds a bit of an exotic tropical sweetness - I really get exotic fruits like banana and melon from a purely floral perfume... It's magical.

There’s a heavy presence of tiare flower in the opening and an authentic tuberose with spicy green facets- it smells ‘wet.’ I get wafts of honey, which is vaguely animalic and almost like nectar. It gives my skin the overall sensation of a waxy white flower petal. Ylang is a supporting note and gives a little sweetness to the florals at first, but I do not smell anything but tuberose and tiare in the drydown. It has a ‘cool’ feel to it that would work very nicely in warm weather. A very high quality scent with phenomenal performance!