Gemma di Paradiso

I cannot agree with other reviewers that this is rather a winter than a summer fragrance. Yes, there is vanilla, but on me at least the orange fruity note lasts pretty long so it retains its summer vibe for me. Then on the other hand... at least in Germany orange/mandarin scents are also a part of the advent season, so... depending on where you grew up you might associate it with either season. For me this was a random impulse buy. I smelled it and instantly liked it as a vaguely familiar uncomplicated summer frag. However, whenever I wore it so far I found I couldn't help to keep wondering why this seems so familiar to me to a point where it really sends me into the weirdest nostalgic moods. Then it hit me. In a weird way this reminds me of a line of 'Impulse' deodorants that were super 'in' among teenagers in the late 90s and early 2000s. I swear especially in the dry down it is as if someone mixed Impulse ID (was that the one with the vanilla note? may have been a different one, it's so long ago) with Impulse O2 (citrusy). Seriously, I remember us back then as teens spraying those in the morning and after PE and when you took your jacket or pullover off in between this is a lot what it smelled like (at least in my memory), albeit of course this perfume is somewhat stronger. I don't know if anyone can relate to this experience, or if my memory of those Impulse deos is far off. Anyway, to me this perfume is upbeat, a bit 90s retro and for me personally really nostalgic. Love it! Edit: I just figured I completely forgot to say anything about projection and longevity. In Mumbai winter weather (25 to 30 Celsius, dry air) this lasts on me for about 5 hours before becoming a skin scent. Projection for the first few hours is excellent, creating a proper scent bubble around you.

On my skin, this juice skips the fruity notes of pear and mandarin as listed in the perfume pyramid and heads right into the floral, woody and vanilla notes: I love it. I don’t detect the Mandarin note on my skin—it just morphs into a delicious mellow brew of vanilla, floral and woody notes. Today, on the street, I was told, verbatim, “Wow, you smell fantastic!” And and it’s a good thing too, because this juice lingers on my skin well into the 8 hour mark. It’s not a loud fragrance, but it doesn’t go unnoticed; it’s feminine but not saccharine. The woody, vanilla and floral notes blend together for a creamy, soft drydown that sits close to the skin. I wasn’t expecting to love it as much as I do, but I’ll definitely be looking out for another bottle. Repurchase ahead. Edit: This is juice an unexpected compliment potion! I walked into a burrito place yesterday, and the reaction behind the counter was: “Your perfume smells so good.” For a blind buy at a discount price, I seem to have found a perfume that works particularly well for me. A week or more into wearing this perfume, and The part note is absolutely and definitely present in the opening; not sure why initially I didn’t register it at all. The mandarin note continues to elude me, but like I said, the pear note is front and centre in the opening.

Unique, dreamy and magical. Can I just say that this bottle satisfied all of my mermaid dreams? It definitely goes into the top 10 most beautiful bottles I own. It's a beautiful jade green to clear ombre with a stunning heavy crystal lid. It's just DIVINE. The box and packaging was also a solid 10/10 from me. Opening spray is fresh pear, soft vanilla and something a little masculine. (Must be the woodsy notes.) Then the Jasmine stamps her feet and demands to be noticed, taking center stage for a while before letting someone else have the limelight. Amber, a hint of bitter orange and charming vanilla on the drydown makes this a wrist sniffer for sure. I'm going to be controversial and say this *IS* a Summer scent. Maybe a hazy evening perfume. Going out for a nice dinner with your beloved on holiday, or for cocktails with the girls with glowing skin, high heels and gold jewellery, laughing and watching the sunset from your table outside. I am thrilled with my blind buy. I managed to get 75ml for £34.40 from Perfume Click, and I would have paid so much more. EDIT: Been told I smell amazing by two different people on day #1 of wearing it. One of my friends told me to write down what I was wearing as she loved it so much!

This is beautiful. Sweet vanilla, creamy with a beautiful juicy tang in the opening. The notes listed here say that the tang is orange. I can smell the orange, but it is very faint. Whatever sour-ish molecule or note they have used to replicate orange just comes across as a 'citrus' scent. It's not just orange, it's just 'citrus'. The dry down is where this gets interesting. I have tried this perfume over a week (worn 3 times) and I just sprayed it an hour ago for this review. As you see above, that is my description of the opening. But now, 80 minutes later, it smells so similar to Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream. The last few times I wore it, I was like, "Oooh I smell like Bum Bum Cream!". If you don't know what that is, it's a delicious sweet, milky, creamy caramel nutty scent. This is a bit more fruity. But it has that Sol de Janeiro Brazillian Crush vibe. Don't buy it at full price! Buy it at discounters. If you love vanilla beachy vibes, get it. 🥰

I am really liking it ! At first sniff I thought oh my, a vanilla scent, and I am not big on vanilla, but very fast, it merges into a fresh fruity vanilla, a bit powdery, and I must say it smells real pretty...it reminds me of a few fragrances, Kors Midnight Shimmer, a bit of Aerin Tangier vanille, also a bit of Black Opium, in a distant way...overall, it is sweet, but not to the point of being a candy scent..it has a grown up vibe , like most Cavalli, and I really like it..the mix of fresh, warm., sweet is working great ! I find it cozy, feminine, interesting..better for cooler weather as the amber warms up the scent....in the end, a really good vanilla based scent..nicely constructed...llongevity isn't bad, it creates a nice cloud of vanilla delight around me...lovely !!, People seem to love it, I haven't owned it long but I got many compliments already .