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!

My wonderful dh surprised me with this. What a sweetie he is. This is divine. A big bouquet of heady white flowers. Slightly sweet, but nothing crazy, just enough to round it out. Heat really brings out the floral headiness in this perfume. It smelled so beautiful on a warm night. My husband loves the way it smells on me too. It really is just prefect. I can't say enough good things about this beautiful perfume. I am absolutely crazy about it (and the giver too :-).

Every time I wear this I look ten pounds thinner. It evens out my tan. My teeth are whiter. Smile, bigger. No need for Botox. Youth in a bottle. A spritz of happiness. Flowers send me hate mail. It smells of bee stung wilted petals refusing to decay. It smells like courage that comes with summer. Goes well with denim and diamonds. Invoke the muse with this one.

I normally don't like tuberose blends because I have not found my perfect blend....until now. It is delicious. It makes me feel spectacular.....it lifts me out of any funky mood and transports me to a place where there is sun and hope. It is truly glamorous. Definitely a hot date on a summer night.

This is how my nose registers the tuberose flowers in my garden. In other fragrances the bubbelgum aspect gets somewhat diluted but not here. Fresh, strong, sweet bubblegummy tuberose without the indolic touch so many white flower perfumes have. Love it.

This is French Flower on steroids, stronger and more bubble gummy to my nose. Sprayed it once and it stayed on skin all day, great longevity, super sweet and beautiful white floral. It's a love or hate kind of scent, a bit on the pricey side.

Lots and lots of ylang ylang. Lots of tuberose. Lots of Tiare flower. A bit powdery but mostly big sweet yellow floral. If you like Ylang in Gold you should enjoy this. It’s bigger, and much more substantial but very similar vibe.

What a beauty she is. Smells a bit like bubbletea in the beginning. This really juicy, fresh, yet sweet scent. I smell a bit pine in the background and it is so beautiful. The price was surprising to me, though.

Sabbia Bianca is good, but nothing to write home about. It smells similar to Bond9- Saks for her, which I own as well. Sillage and longevity are great, lasts all day.

Gorgeous but I definitely prefer the original formulation!

This has ben reformulated (it's not a guess, it is actually mentioned on their website), so the new version has a dose of coconut, jasmine and vanilla added to all of the previous ingredients as listed above in the notes. And I have to say it does makes the scent more complex and unique, because before Sabbia Bianca was one of the more boring ones in the complete lineup, well at least to me. It just smelled like a boring ylang-ylang bomb that has nothing else to offer. Now however, the opening makes the whole experience much more appealing and multidimensional, and I'm finally starting to notice this gem. It is always a risk when you make a change, especially to a perfume, you risk losing customers, but sometimes, like here, the gamble pays off and you may reach the new public that was previously uninterested.

I purchased a sizable decant/sample of Sabbia Bianca because I've been on a quest to find my perfect tuberose-centric fragrance. As an aside, I adore and wear a lot of Amouage "Love Tuberose." But at the Amouage price-point, I cannot keep blowing through 100ml bottles. So, I've been searching for alternatives to Love Tuberose. Sabbia Bianca is very nice and just as others have described it to be. Opens with a lovely, green tuberose accord. I imagine there is some tiara flower in the mix, although I'm not sure what tiara flower smells like. I do detect a bit of ylang-ylang, some coconut, I suppose. Wears as a linear, non-complex, light, ethereal tuberose fragrance. Nice enough but nothing outstanding or unique. I do not think I could justify the perfume's price point taking all aspects into account.

The gardenia on my windowsill is currently flowering and this smells very similar. I’m intrigued by its strong scent from such a small white flower, so I keep picking it up to smell its delicate white bloom. But I’m equally put-off by an innate sourness - as much as gardenias give off a heady white floral, there’s a bitter green sourness that accompanies it. ‘Sabbia Bianca’ has a similar affect on me. It initially blew me away as the most amazing tuberose/gardenia scent, but quite quickly it becomes overwhelmingly sweet, with strong tropical tiare, that resembles an exotic vanilla/mango ice cream. To me, this is a creamy Solero ice lolly that’s sprinkled with heady Tahitian gardenias and wrapped in a freshly strung tiare lei from Hawaii.

- Not exactly what I expected but smells like a wonderful bouquet of tropical florals nonetheless. Reminds me of Fracas! Sabbia Bianca smells straight forward and serious rather than a tropical vacation to me. She opens with tuberose and ylang ylang that is just sweet enough to keep things prim and proper rather than treading too far into bubblicious bubblegum territory. Jasmine supports the fragrance giving it a clean skin like quality. Some white florals florals go on like a suffocating bomb. Not Sabbia Bianca. This one is endlessly wearable. Smells like I could wear her day or night and in any season. It's close to the skin and smells like I'm not even wearing perfume. This is just a mood!

A very sweet, bubble gum-y tuberose/gardenia, linear, bordering on artificial smelling like many of Profumum Roma's perfumes (not necessarily a bad thing) - tooth achingly sweet and tropical. No powder, more creamy and screechy. There are very many like this perfume, and the slight differences between this and lower priced scents are not enough to justify the high price of Profumum Roma. I am overall a fan of white florals AND Profumum Roma, but I will stick with their gourmands like Sorriso and Dulcis in fundo! For a cheap sweet gardenia I recommend Yves Rocher Monoi or Comptoir Sud Pacifique Aloha Tiare.

Starts like "Blond"by Versace for few seconds, then the gardenia, ylang mix takes over with bits of jasmines. White floral at max (no magnolia, and no lily of the valley Thank GOD). The tiare is giving the milky tuberose that doesn't have the strength to hold it up for more than 1 minute as the tuberose, gardenia mix take the harsh white floral side so big and. The one i am reviewing is the "Summer Edition" version so i'm not sure if there is another "Sabbia Bianca" version! It's a white floral after all and has "Blond" by versace vibes. Cute.