Caprifoglio (Honeysuckle)

sweet in the top with bergamot, some orange blossom/neroli vibe moreso than honeysuckle and then honeysuckle and jasmine with some benzoin

Really photorealistic honeysuckle. Hint of sunscreen and citrus. Really lovely for a sunny day in spring.

This is a very nice perfume and it is a fairly good price for what you get too. It is a very summery daytime fragrance that leans feminine and would be perfect to wear by the beach or to the gym. I didn't get as much honeysuckle in Caprifoglio as I desired though. It definitely had a close to moderate presence in this perfume, but it wasn't a honeysuckle soliflore. The jasmine, orange, lemon and magnolia are much stronger to my nose and I found this too citrusy for my liking. I also didn't like the very strong oakmoss in the drydown. The sweetness from the ylang ylang and the honey was nice and improved things somewhat though. Caprifoglio by Santa Maria Novella had moderate sillage on me and a surprisingly long wear time for a citrusy fragrance of 6 hours. I thought that this fragrance reminded me of a blend of Carat by Cartier and Allure by Chanel. It's the closest to the honeysuckle flowers' scent I've smelt in a fragrance so far, but close but no cigar. This is why I'd give this fragrance a 7 1⁄2 out of 10.

This reminds me of the Bobbi Brown Beach, which I have had for years and I was sort of gobsmacked that it had white floral notes, as does this one. For some reason I don’t find it repulsive on me, perhaps it’s the citrus? It’s a lovely summer daytime scent, it makes me think of sun, sand and bug repellent, in a nostalgic way not a literal way. Beaches and yachting and a delicious pimms cup. Normally white floral notes , particularly gardenia and jasmine , are too overpowering for and on me.

When I first got into fragrances, I tried to find the perfect sunscreen scent, but eventually gave up as nothing was quite capturing that scent I remembered from childhood lake vacations and visits to the pool. Years later, I get Caprifoglio as a free sample with a different SMN fragrance purchase and it turns out to be the exact scent I was looking for back then.