Fresia

The most successful, beautiful, and captivating freesia I’ve encountered so far. I expected the scent of a fresh flower, but instead, I got a fragrance—a composition of classic floral accords, powdery musk, and subtle, almost herbal nuances in the base, as the scent settled intimately close to the skin. I would call it a vintage freesia, as it carries the charm of classic, beautifully refined, timeless femininity and the allure of a true lady. The sillage is fleeting, but on fabric, the composition lingers intimately for several hours. A beautiful experience!

Clean, floral, a teeny bit stemmy. Not getting outright soapy vibes but i can see why other people have. It's so lovely but so short lived and weak ): Edit: tried it multiple times again, and changed my mind, this scent is extremely dove soap and baby powder. It's still pleasant but it's definitely not what I'm looking for when i reach for a floral fragrance, especially a fresia. There's not much fresia going on here at all. A very nice clean girl right out of the shower skin scent if you're into that

it literally smells like cetaphil body wash in a perfume bottle and i love it. its soapy, clean, sterile, medical and inoffensive. i have extremely sensitive skin so i use fragrance-free soaps and body washes but this adds a lovely bow on top of the "clean girl" vibes. i work in a fragrance-free environment and this could slip through as "soap" and still smell good after long hours. i'd love to find more perfumes like this that could slip through as "soap" without being recognized as a perfume.

In the Santa Maria Novella family, I have Melograno, Musc d’Or, and Fresia, each of them being a variation on the theme of cleanliness and soapiness. Soft and icy like a frozen rose, Fresia is how I imagine a snowflake would smell like.

Adore, love, I could live in this. I am SO sad it does not last very long

very soapy vintage floral with musk, strong and long lasting, beautiful

Fresh, clean, easy. I also have the body lotion and it lasts all day!

Beautiful floral white soap, very creamy and smooth.

Very soapy lipsticky rose combo. I love it 🥰

I found out about this particular fragrance in an article on K-pop idols' favorite fragrances. Who would have guessed it. I'd never heard of the brand before, but when I read their story, I really wanted to try this one and blind bought it. Yes, this is very soapy. And yet it also smells antique. I'll try to explain in detail since there aren't very many reviews for it. This smells like a soap you would use at a palace, manor, gothic estate, or very expensive hotel, but only if you're a distinguished guest. This is what nobility smells like fresh out of the bath. I can't say that this is definitely freesia, but it smells floral primarily. It's also a little powdery and yet aquatic which makes this very slightly masculine. It's not really spicy, but in the dry down, it smells a little green and earthy. There's something sacred and almost mystical about it. It's not incense, but perhaps some antique wood, like a polished wooden box where a Victorian lady would keep her cosmetics. I'll be honest, I didn't love it when I first smelled it because it wasn't what I expected. I think I expected a very linear and modern floral scent, whereas this is definitely one of those timeless kind of scents. It's not trendy, but it will always smell intriguing. It would be perfect for hot summer days when you just want to smell elegant and clean. I think I would really like it on someone else.

I was given the Santa Maria Discovery set by a friend who picked it up in Florence. Such a thoughtful gift! This is one of my top 3 from that set. It’s a powdery floral. When I first sprayed it on paper a month ago, the scent instantly conjured my mother. I had no idea why. My mother only wore two perfumes in my lifetime: Estee Lauder Pleasures which she wore from the 1990's until her death in 2014 and Nina Ricci L’Air Du Temps which she wore for many years prior. The memory was so strong, I needed to solve the mystery. I turned to Fragrantica to the "smells like" section and, lo and behold, others thought it smelled like L’Air du Temps. Now my memory made sense. Even though it had been some 30 years since my mother wore that perfume, the memory was embedded in my brain and this familiar scent took me right back. It fascinating to me how some similar notes can bring forth such a joyous memory. I’m happy to have had it. Interesting to note, when I tested again today, on paper and on skin, I no longer had the same association. The memory was gone. I may not buy a full bottle, but I will enjoy my sample!

My introduction to SMN, bought this on my bday in Soho, NY. I've never smelt or seen a freesia in real life, so I can't comment on that really. But when I sniff this bottle & close my eyes, I see Chowards Violet Candy sitting on my vanity next to a bottle of Chance Eau de Toilette by Chanel - maybe it's the shared iris note. I personally loved this scent down to the last drop. In the rainy New York spring, it reminds me of Tinkerbell and scolling through the Pixie Hollow website at 9 years old. It is a clean, fresh, everyday scent that I love to layer with Amber by Nemat to give some depth. Someone described as a lipstick rose, I definitely get a hint of that. It definitely has a powder undertone to it but I think that is the Iris, Violet, and Musk mixing together. There also is a drop of rose that may rest on the skin after hours of wear, but so subtly (to me). I once rekindled with an old situationship and when he hugged me goodbye, he smelled the Freesia in my hair and the Amber on the skin of the back of my neck and muttered, "...I missed your scent."

This smells like old-fashioned floral soap - not the sudsy accord often called soapy in other fragrances, but a lighter and more botanical scent. It's lovely and very clean. While this arguably counts as a fresh fragrance, it lacks many of the notes associated with that category - strong citrus, aldehydes, and marine notes are not in evidence here. It is, however, refreshing. If you wear it after showering, you'll probably feel even cleaner than you did before applying it. It's definitely feminine by modern standards, but it would not be out of place on a man dressed in a slightly anachronistic suit. Of course anyone can choose to wear it. I might enjoy using it on a casual day at home, when I want to feel clean and relaxed and can wash it off if I grow tired of its soapiness. I have some trouble with very clean fragrances, so I don't think I'd want to wear it all day, and won't be ordering a full bottle. Overall, I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a light, clean, fresh floral with an interesting history.

Fresia arrives on a whisper of petals—powdery, fresh, fleeting. It is so light, so weightless, a soft floral breeze touched with something girlish and bright. It evokes strongly the effortless beauty of spring air, stirring through delicate pale-pink lace. Soon after the opening breeze, the violet starts its perfumed ascend, wrapping everything in a plush, feminine velvet. A baby pink rose hums in the background, rounding it out, giving it a quiet elegance. The freshness fades, giving way to something more poised, more settled—a scent that lingers like a touch of fragrance on vintage silk. I was ready for this to become all powder and nostalgia, but on the next whiff, the freesia stirs again—lifting, brightening, pulling the scent back into the light. It oscillates between soft and fresh, delicate and composed, never quite landing in one place. A fragrance that moves, not loud, not sharp, maybe not the most modern. But beautiful in a way that lingers—not as a statement, but as a token of love for florals.

I purchased it to smell "clean". Not mainstream clean like "Blanche" by Byredo, but classy clean. I have been wearing it for quite a long time and I have no idea what it is. I love it, but physically can't stand it- It is just too much and I suffocate from it (I have this prominant cabbage note open on me) . I am a person that usually likes very strong scents others find annoying. Funny, but this one has the same effect on me. It is a very loud scent, almost like screaming "look how clean I am", not close to the skin. Maybe it is too much for summer- I live in a country with a warm climate. Def a must-have for me thou, wearing it on some occasions when I want to wear nothing. But be careful with it, it is loud. I would even wear it in the evening to a fancy dinner at a restaurant or theatre- it is temperate, classy, and not as loud as other evening scents.

I really like this. It is a more modern take on L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci which is my mother's signature scent. When I smell this, I am reminded of her, yet it is different enough to be distinguishable: it's like a mother and a daughter :) It must be the freesia note which is in both of them. This starts out with a bright and fresh white floral note, and dries down to something cozy, soft and warm. There is a slightly savoury tang too, which must be the Western Skung Cabbage (no idea what that is haha). I wonder what this smells like layered with something like Dedcool Milk.

Powdery, floral, feminine and very Aldehydic. Upon first application, this was very Aldehydic on my skin (almost like No. 22 from Chanel). Then it dried down into a sharp floral soap scent which was pleasant. The floral notes are like a mish-mash of all sorts of yellow florals and not that specific to freesia (which I find to be very moist and vegetal). It's a skin scent all the way and the only person that can smell this on me is me but it gives me a relaxed, clean, put together feeling so I want this to be my office scent. 7/10 for me.

Very simple, it smells like I've just bathed with an old-school floral bar of soap. It's not a harsh or sharp soap smell, it's not bubbly or aldehydic; it's almost creamy. Very cozy and clean. I was underwhelmed in the beginning but it has grown on me a lot, the simplicity is actually quite calming and I find myself enraptured with how nice my skin smells. Considering a full bottle.

Upon spraying, I got the most fleeting hint of lovely classic florals before it very quickly dried down into...pure soap smell. I do like soapy clean scents, which is why I still like this fragrance, but I am disappointed that more of the florals don’t come out on my skin. I really have to put my nose to it and sniff to get hints of greenery and powdery florals.

Freesia is like clean, soapy, creamy, aldehyde florals. clean yet warm and rich. reminds me of smooth and creamy texture, i guess this is where the nivea creme association comes from (as mentioned by other reviewer). granted, this is not a unique scent, but a very comforting one. more fluffy and classic than other freesia fragrances i have tried.