Panthea

Panthea in Greek means: of all the gods, and this wonderful fragrance actually possesses otherworldly nuances: the juicy and citrusy opening gives space to a splendid Iris expertly framed by violet and jasmine, which dilute its dustiness and slowly bring it to be clean and crystal clear. Here you have the purity of a place, of the soul, of a feeling, and I feel like mentioning a character who is its effigy, and who coincidentally has the same name as this splendid fragrance. Xenophon's Pantea (from Cyropedia) was the wife of Abradates who, wanting to make him even more worthy to go to war, deprived herself of all his jewels and made a helmet, armor and cloak. Their beautiful words are: “Certainly you, my wife, have not discarded your ornament to make me these weapons?”. "For Giove - Pantea answered him - certainly not the most precious one; because, if you also appear to others to be what you appear to me, you will be the most precious ornament for me." While she said these things she clad him in weapons and tried not to let himself be seen, but her tears rolled down her cheeks. Beautiful, a must have and feel.

This starts out with a very attractive and creative combination of laundry smells and 'clean' smells rendered in high quality materials, then evolves into a sensual complex dry floral heart. Great projection, sillage and longevity. It has a suggestive, slightly dirty undertone, gets slightly sweeter and better and better as it dries down into a gorgeous musky tonka blend. It reads as an evening perfume. I have never smelled a white aldehydic floral so 'fabulous' and evocative for me of my youth, when going out to parties at art galleries, movie premieres, formal soirees for Broadway shows and charities were places to see people and be seen. It's very sophisticated but is truly modern and playful at the same time- this doesn't smell like 1980s or 90s, it just recalls that time. An excellent perfume. It takes a master to render something like this.

Oh my. This projects...in the best possible way. It’s not beast mode, but you’re going to enter that room and make a statement. This is a clean, musky, even aldehydic for me (in the opening), floral scent. It’s womanly and elegant; it’s classy and refined. There’s a hint of vintage in there, but it’s subtle and stays modern. Something smells sterile, but it’s enveloping at the same time. It reminds me of Xerjoff Apollonia (similar feel). I’ll need to try this again, but so far I like it a lot. Although it has a strong initial stage, the dry down smells like the colour white, evokes something pure or maternal. That’s not to say it’s for mature women; I just mean it reminds me of a mother’s loving arms. It’s soothing.

Panthea is a beautiful,sunny,semi-aquatic/floral fragrance. Particularly its development with the violet in the background with aquatic and floral accents, very beautiful for spring! I love this perfume, it's very comfortable! Beautiful note of Iris, gives a "dusty" touch to the scent that makes it really special. Very beautifull! Sillage: 7.5/10 Longevity: 8./10 Scent: 8.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

I don't know where are you getting the notes from, but there's no patchouli in Panthea. If you don't trust Fragrantica's note breakdown, do your own basic research and go to the official website. Notes from official website: PANTHEA: TOP Bergamot - Pink Berry - White Tea MID Iris Absolute - Jasmine - Violet BASE White Musk - Tonka bean - Sandalwood