Signorina

Yummy. This is a blind buy which I just got like an hour ago. This was such a steal. It's cheap $45 more or less. I bought the 100ml tester without the cap. Damn it's lovely. Real good quality, and love at the first sniff. The first spritz reminded me of a Nina Ricci perfume I used to have 10 years ago (I forgot which one, but it had an almost similar shape of bottle with this perfume sans the bow). The difference is the Nina Ricci one as I remember smelled mature and reminded me of my rich aunt (lol). Signorina is more all age appropriate, not too mature, not too teenage-ish, just perfect. It's also very versatile and sophisticated. What comes to mind when wearing this is a picture of a pretty, playful but kind rich girl. She's genuine and fun yet she has other side of her that have yet to be discovered, like who knows, maybe she can be strict, maybe she can be mysterious or alluring (I wonder if other Signorina flankers would be able to describe this other side of her). Does that even make sense? Lol I could smell soft whipped cream, slightly sweet in the perfect amount, banana? It's probably the pannacotta. I detected a hint of rose but it's just there at the background, making sure that everything is well balanced. There are also Jasmine which is a little stronger than the rose, and I think peonies. There's also Red Currant that give it that slight fruitiness to it. I don't know yet about the dry down, sillage, performance or projection. Gotta wear it a few days before I could have my final say. But so far, it is much better than La Vie Est Belle L'eclat, or Tresor Midnight Rose that I currently have. I feel like I have found my perfume–I guess we'll see. I'll update in a couple days UPDATE: It's more than a couple of days now and all I can say is that sillage not good, performance not good, it's an intimate fragrance that sits on your skin. I could be applying 5 sprays in the morning yet I feel the need to touch up after lunch. Just can't smell it anymore after 4h. I don't need the whole room to smell like me, but all I wanted is sillage, a trail of my fragrance if I pass around. You won't get that with Signorina. Still, a pretty perfume. It's safe and sophisticated, I found myself reaching for this more than everything else these days

It's just plain stupid how addicting this is! My first spray of this blind buy (I knew I'd at LEAST like it) was strong peony, which is sharp, but I love it, AND cedar (pencil shavings). I thought this was a nice spring scent! Thennnnn....I got this weird (different and unknown)scent and kept sniffing. Ohhhhh, THIS is the panacotta, YEP! It takes about a half hour before this is totally panacotta...nothing else! To me, this is like a perfect Britney Spears Fantasy Intimate Edition, which by the way, fell short of joy for me. You can wear one or the other in like situations. Myself, I will always choose this! The bottle is beautiful to me. SO sparkly, as if the liquid is inside of liquid. It makes me want to turn and turn this, like a snow globe. If there were glitter OR snow inside, I wouldn't love it as much, but it has that effect. Oh and the SPRAYER. It's a good one! Whoa! It's the lightest I've ever owned. It's not even a "spray", it's FOG. I thought I'd have to spray a million times....NOPE! This scent packs some serious "I gotcha covered". It is substantial in every way. It lasts hours upon hours! I was sure it was going to be fleeting but, it just got stronger and stronger, beautiful wafts when I move, and it's sheer. It's a force field. You can't detect it. It just seeps into your senses. THIS is BLIND BUY. THIS is worth ten blind buys gone bad. I will never NOT blind buy, just because of scents like this. So very few turn out bad for me. It's kinda fun, because when they ARE bad, they are SO terribly bad, it's funny and makes me laugh! It's fun for conversation. I'm bad, I like a good bashing party once in awhile! My friends are like me. We can bash each others scents, and run outta the room gagging! We can all laugh at ourselves! But I'm afraid this scent won't send anyone running! I may be Miss POP-u-larity....just this once!

Signorina is such a beautiful and feminine scent. The first 2-4 sprays, my first thought was "holy pink pepper!" cuz it was a blast of sharpness and then dried down to something I couldn't identify. A few minutes later I could smell the florals which were initially strong and I couldn't smell any of the pannacotta which was what I was mainly interested in so I was a bit disappointed. I had a bit of regret with this purchase but remembered what some people had said about letting the perfume rest after being in transit in the mail, and so I tried it again this morning and what a difference that made. With this spray, it was sooo soft and creamy and I could finally smell the soft sweetness of the pannacotta :) It was so beautiful, I couldn't stop smelling my arm:) I don't smell the pink pepper as strongly anymore, and it's a lovely balance of sheer florals, mild berries with the sweet pannacotta. Although it's described as a fruity floral, I don't quite get a lot of juicy fruit, say compared to the Escada scents. It's more of a subtle sophisticated fruity touch with the red currants. In terms of sweetness, if Ribelle were a 10, Signorina would be a 6-7, so more subdued, but still noticeably sweet. Around the 3-4 hour mark it's a skin scent but I don't mind. I love that this is a soft, creamy, classy, feminine scent. It's not a loud, in your face kind of perfume which I appreciate and prefer. Ferragamo knows what they're doing when it comes to their perfumes and it's probably my favorite perfume house. I have Incanto Dreams, Incanto Charms, Signorina Ribelle, Signorina Misteriosa and now the original Signorina. Something in their perfumes just works really well with my nose and skin chemistry. It's super feminine, elegant, classy and ladylike and I would feel comfortable wearing this in any setting.

I just got Signorina, and I love it! To my nose, it's like a gentle, more wearable, slightly more gourmand -- but not too much (I'm more of a floral girl) -- version of Givenchy Eaudemoiselle. I get the pepper and the rose, the freshness of peony, and just a little sweetness from the panacotta (interesting to me that so many people smelled that the MOST; I don't, but that's not a bad thing); I get zero patchouli, but a patchouli perfume to me, as a patchouli fiend, is Reminiscence Patchouli and the like. Signorina is not a big projector nor is it strong enough to make a big statement or overwhelm in the heat; it just seems like a lovely feminine perfume that you could wear day or night, in hot or cold weather, I think. Also, if you really enjoy the peppery rose + fresh peony aspect of Signorina (though from the reviews, it seems that the peppery aspect of this fragrance is difficult for many...), check out Eaudemoiselle which kind of pushes this aspect to an extreme but, to my nose, is very elegant, if somewhat uncompromising. As for Signorina, I think it's really pretty, versatile, and easy to wear. I actually had a flanker of Signorina called "Signorina Limited Edition" -- a mirrored bottle in a red box -- but I didn't like it; I just got a lot of cedar. I'm not sure if that particular version is even on Fragrantica; what I've found just seems like the notes are wrong... But, in spite of my disappointment with that one, I'd heard that the original was so good that I decided to get a partial bottle off Mercari -- and I'm so glad I did! I hope to always have this in my collection. <3

Signorina is so addictive. I tested this fragrance over three days, I always had to run to the department store before work and after work to try it again and again. At first I thought Signorina was an extra sweet and quite linear gourmet, and I still liked it. But after the second try I noticed that it's more than that and seems to change in different weather- and skin conditions. The panna cotta note is the main note, though. It is very sweet, but doesn't smell cheap or sickly. I always get the impression that this panna cotta is dusted with cocoa powder (as opposed to drizzled with caramel or berry sauce). A dry kind of sweetness mixed with milkyness and creamyness. It definitely does smell like a panna cotta and not just any random vanilla note. There is a very faint chocolaty note, especially in the drydown, maybe this comes from the patchouli, that I otherwise don't notice. In the beginning, the red currants are also strong. They're tart, but quite sweet, too, sour berries dipped in sugar. Rose and especially peony make a big appeareance from the beginning to the end. They break through the sweetness and make the fragrance more sophisticated and fresh. Pink pepper is barely there on my skin, just a hint. I like Signorina a lot and moved it to my wishlist. While it is very gourmand, sweet and longlasting on my skin, it's also delicate and not overwhelming, through the florals and the creamyness. I didn't even want to like this, but I can't help it.