Jardin d’Orient

I discovered a LuckyScent-prepared sample vial of Sinfonia di Note JARDIN D'ORIENT in my queue, so it must have been sent to me by one of my fragrant friends, since I do not order .7ml samples, as I find them too skimpy. I had never heard of the house of Sinfonia di Note until today, and I have not been able to find out much about them except that LuckyScent apparently now sells only one of their perfumes, and this is not it. Anyway, to my nose, JARDIN D'ORIENT is not an oriental perfume, notwithstanding its name. Instead, it's a somewhat ordinary dried flower arrangement suspended in the sorts of solvents which I've found more common among Italian houses for some reason. This reminds me of a couple of perfumes I've tried before, one by Lancetti, and another by Sergio Tacchini. The flowers smell natural but dried and mixed. They do not smell abstract, like the bare outlines of flowers being used in many mainstream launches today in place of natural floral essences. I believe that the flowers in this composition have natural origins--they certainly smell natural enough--but they are somewhat of a chaotic jumble and do not smell like particular flowers. Not really jasmine, not really rose, not really iris, not really narcissus, not really lily. Just "flowers". I definitely would not say that this is a carnation perfume. For that, I recommend Lorenzo Villoresi GAROFANO, a true carnation soliflore--and an excellent one at that. I find JARDIN D'ORIENT pleasant enough, but not very compelling.

Well I can definitely smell the aldehydes in the top note....it takes a while for it to wear off, but after it does it opens up to a nice clean smell with a hint of the spicy patchouly. I don't think I will be purchasing this one because the top note just smells horrible. Beyond that it's a beautiful scent.

just started exploring this house and despite previous reviews this is a bang for the buck, Lutensian vibe huge projection and sillage, very unisex in a strict sense for me is overpowering sexiness bottle..overall 9/10 especially considering the value/price ratio which is incredibly high!