F by Ferragamo

Sheridanellis-- you are not alone in the violet candy scent arena. I have never had a scent so not match its description as this one. I once had some violet flavored candies that an English friend of mine forced me to try, and I smell like they tasted! I loved them, which was unexpected. I have never found that candy since, probably because it was from London, and I now live in Western NY...I imagine that other people can smell roses, but not I. My friend thought it was a wonderful floral when she smelled it out of the bottle. Even out of the bottle, I only can smell violets. It's taken over an hour to get to the grape syrup stage that others have mentioned that it opens with. Perhaps it just has some crazy long phases with my body chemistry. My son swears I smell like roses and candy. Perhaps my nose just mashes up the neroli and roses. I can feel the jasmine, I just can't smell it. This is a powerful scent, spray lightly! Like ONCE and spread that juice around because this is just a pure wall of scent, no matter what notes you smell. And it lasts, and lasts, and lasts. This also is seasonal, the powerhouse violet is a little less violent [yeah, violeNt] in the colder months. This baby could kill you if you tried to wear it on a too hot or too humid day. I love it, it lasts for about 12 hours, has a whopper sillage, and gets down to skin scent for the 12th-16th hour.

F by Ferragamo is an inspiring fragrance. I love that the fragrance is pretty much the same from start to finish. I love the sweet, heavy, and spicy aroma that this fragrance has. I know that the officially released notes only report three ingredients, but I'm thinking that there has to atleast be some level of amber and a hint of musk added to it somewhere. F does begin on an overdose of sweetness that can be headache inducing in a warmer climate, but the sweetness does become eveloped in a warm spicy amber type fragrance. This fragrance most reminds me of carmel. Not how carmel smells so much as the richness and complexity of carmel. That first almost buttery note of carmel that makes you think--ooh Yummy! That is exactly what I think when I first spray this on. I really do love this fragrance. On me, it has lasted over 10 hours with no sign of stopping any time soon. I have to say though, I don't think this fragrance is appropriate for the spring or summer- most people will find it a bit too heavy for those seasons. It's strictly a fall/winter fragrance. I rank it an 8 out of 10.

Sooooo pretty! F is a lovely powerful fragrance for jasmine lovers. It is a sweet floral composition and it is really hard to distinguish notes on their own but if this is how rose, jasmine and orange flowers smell - I love the mixture! It is great for office wear as well as romantic date. It has outstanding lasting power and sillage. I have had a chance to try it thanks to my Fragrantica sister (thank you!) If it wasn't for a swap, I would have probably missed that one which would be a great shame as F is one of the most wonderful florals I have ever worn. I agree, yes, it becomes really sweet at some point but I see it as a distinctive advantage as I am a declared fruity lover :-)

This time I didn't blind buy. I tested it and bought it the next day. Good thing I didn't read internet reviews of it or I may not have purchased it. Why the hate? Well, I think it's gorgeous. It smells warm with just a little sweetness and flowers that aren't sharp or harsh, just very smooth and creamy. There is also a bit of a retro vibe to this smell. It reminds me of scents that might have come out in the late 70s like Halston and others. That's a my favorite era for fragrances. It's sexy, elegant and usually available for a good price - can't ask for more than that! This will be in heavy rotation this winter.

My brother gave this to me and at first, I just found that it was too overpowering. I didn't use it for a year. When I finally gave it a chance, I found that the trick is to use it sparingly and to let it set. An hour after spritzing maybe and voila! The true body of this fragrance takes you to perfume nirvana. It reminds me of no-nonsense women in the corporate world - able to take a man's job and still be a dashing vixen in her own right.

OK, please don't be jealous... I grabbed two bottles of this amazing F by Salvatore Ferragamo EDP 3.0 for only $23 each at Perfumania Managers Special. It was Christmas in August my friends! I simply love this fragrance. I enjoy the full bodied Jasmine flora and yes it is a bit powdery, but in a clean fresh appeal. It is a cashmere companion to Levi's and snow boots with a handsome date. You should always be dessert, dear!

With this fume,U r greeted witha blast of flowers!Roses and blood oranges hit u first.Themnevery few minutes it morphes inyo another scented flour.I dont even no if there is a dry down because it alL flower all the way thru.Beautiful romantic fumes from yrs gone by all the ladies wanted to smell like was flowers.I thin k we all still secrectly do.Good sillage and lasts all day.

Yes MELLYBEE & others I do smell the grape, that's why i think it smells like Couture by Juicy Couture... It's a very nice scent, not bad at all. It is sweet but not overly. I do get white florals n the vanilla - check! So overall it is a nice modern any occation scent. Will include it in my rotation when i want to feel young n sweet!

I am now on my second bottle of F. This is one of my favorite cold weather fragrances because it lingers in my blankets and coats long after is has worn off my skin. It is a sweet floral that is beautifully put together. My husband loves it too.

Well, it smells mostly like a syrup, but it has a very good side- it hangs around a lot, and has a very "special" sillage, it creates a delicate "scented aura" around you.

I started with a test from a magasine. I was hypnotized by this one...so hypnotized that i was wearing all day eaven if is a evening one. I love it!

I love this perfume! It is a classic refined Italian fragrance. It makes you feel good, lasts the whole day, and makes you feel elegant and chic.

its quite heavy although long lasting. The sillage is great but would not recomend this for allergy sufferers. Its truly a classical floral.

You have amazing taste my sweet sister!!! Love you Mad-Lainey!

by reading the reviews and the fact the nose behind is Francis Kurkdjian, i was expecting really mutch from this perfume. the striking bottle is one point more to have put this very top on my wishlist. finally recieved today! the top note is intoxicating. i could pass the whole day by spraying this fume ! unfortunately the delicious grape syrupy sweet and powdery topnotes fade away quickly and i can detect this a lot named chewing-gum type smell. this stays for a long time linear - nothing than slight sweet pink bubbly chewing-gum. late rit becomes just plain pepper and slightly powdery jasminflower. but it seems to get sweeter after a while. it reminds me poppcorn and candy. but where is the base? i'm not shure about this perfume, it's quite strange to be a very comfort scent and i don't find it bold what is such a pitty. but it seddles down nice and decent sweet. not bad, not extraordinary, just okay. ...some days later... gave it another try by layering it today with jovoy chypre, now it smells really intoxicating after some minutes. it smells so candy soft pink and seductive and it lingers so nice and creamy near the skin !!! mhmmmmmm really delicious, kinda addictive and lasts some hours applied with jovoy chypre as base. i guess there was lack of something to hold and developpe the scent on my skin and jovoy chypre has given it kind a base. guess this can become one of my favorite combinations for layering. add. note: Ungaro 2007 Emanuel Ungaro for women, also a scent by Francis Kurkdjian smells exactly the same (less this strange chewing-gum smell) full bodied, better sillage and more complex, will say, as this one should be to be perfect! stunning!

I discovered it just when it was released. Indeed the first notes are bright, yummy then it switches to the language of semi-tones and becomes a kind of tender sweet floral powder with red berries. Well, after two years I found myself still intrigued by the scent and finally bought it. I understand those who are disappointed, they might have expected smth bright and distinctive that lasts from the beginning to the end. Definitely it is not the case. Believe it or not it works on subconscious level, attracting attention as if some hardly noticeable fluids have been spread around by you, creating a tender sweet sensual aura. Despite the fact that the opening reminds of Insolence with the same grape notes, it evolves in absolutely different direction and unlike Insolence it is a girly scent. In general the perfumes could be divided in two categories: 1. self- sufficient with bright individuality, sometimes they could overshadow the owner (some Chanel does that) 2. perfumes- accessories, they serve just as a prolongation of your personality, an addition. So, F could be placed in the second category. To accept it you should accept the fact that it doesn’t create an image from scratch it just adds to it. And I am happy that we are compatible.

For some reason I shunned from this Ferragamo for a long time after numerous testing. Probably because the simplicity of notes and sweetness. But today I saw it at Marshalls again and said to myself " what the hell, you like it, just buy it instead of sniffing it for years". So I got it together with a large lotion. And I'm glad I did. It is sweet, but not cheap smelling or "Fantasy"-like. Kind of bold and dramatic. I think this perfume really suits my personality. I love to wear bright-colored, unique clothes. And F would go great with my style. Thumbs up! Edit: I wore it out for a few hours and my initial excitiment has diminished significantly. Even though F doesn't change much from top to drydown, in the beginning it's quite nice bright and bold, but after about an hour it turned so synthetic on me, some kind of plastic smell. My sweater smelled just aweful. I was really uncomfortable wearing it around people.It happens extremely rarely when something i like in the beginning turns aweful on me, but I guess it's the case. The good part is I only got 1 oz. bottle. And the lotion is very pleasant-smelling without synthetic notes.

How could I have doubted your mastery Francis? F by Ferragamo crept up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder and calmly asked "Are you ready (to get to know me)?" Absolutely! I have detested this thing for years (a blind buy based on my admiration of the Perfumer - sadly disappointed upon receipt). Something happened recently and FbF and I are on speaking terms. We finally understand each other. I get a lot of Francis Kurkdjian's signature neroli (Gaultier Squared springs to mind here) in the opening. Its intensity is a bit of a turn on actually! A slightly soapy and subdued (compared to the top) heart plays with your senses, a bubblegum rose wraps itself around you, making this wearer laugh with astonishment. This is gorgeous! A warmth resonates from the base. I don't feel a lot of jasmine here. F is surprisingly warmblooded given the prolifically represented orange blossom resurrected during the latter stages of evolution on my skin. Once again I find myself humbled by the wonderworking of quality perfumery.

Sweet, but not overpoweringly so. I took a chance on this as it is my first scent by Ferragamo and was pleasantly surprised. FYI I am a big fan of sweet fruity florals for day wear- particularly those with rose/jasmine blends. I do smell a candy-something-or-other earlier on, but I really like the overall balance. This smells different from other fragrances with the same notes. Plus it's a nice change from some of the sweeter celebrity scents that I smell everywhere (and have gotten somewhat burned out on of over the last few years). The only drawback was the lasting power on me- I only notice a trace of the scent when sniffing my wrist after about 3.5 hours. I'm a one to two spray kind of gal, but it does last longer when sprayed between my skin and clothes. Although I recently got a bottle, I have a feeling this will be a nice year round scent.

This one smells very floral and like a pleasant high quality soap. It is how I would imagine the bathroom in a classy European home would smell after taking a shower. It is also giving some nostalgic sunscreen vibes. It reminds me of a fancy, floral, bubblegum sunscreen. It is not overly sweet, but a sweetness is present. Despite the freshness and sunscreen notes, this is a warmer, fall/winter scent to me. However, you could probably wear it any time depending on your style and personality. My favorite thing to do is to layer it with another floral scent, but I have l found that it layers very nicely with Vera Wang Princess. Since it has a strong but simple scent profile, the layering possibilities are many. I've also layered with with Be Tempted from DKNY and they go nicely together.