Nigritella

Oh wow this is the little flower that grows in the mountains where I come from (Austrian Alps - not only Swiss like the description makes believe. We even have the 'Blutige Alm' which probably has its name from the fact that this dark red little flower is blooming there in massive carpets making the fields look blood-red). I never knew it is called Nigritella! We call it 'Blutstropfen' or 'Schwarzes Kohlröschen. It's a very fragrant little flower, all the bees go nuts for it. The perfume does it justice indeed. I love the elegant sweetness of it, not heavy but also not the sickly type of sweet. This holds very well on clothes. I kept sniffing my scarf the entire day. I got a few compliments on the scent, too, so it must radiate well. For me this is a romantic scent, maybe because of childhood memories of picking these flowers for my mom.

I think this whole collection is quite good, but Nigritella was my number one choice. Vanilla is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind. I think the pyramid depicts the fragrance quite well. The core of the perfume is flowers with the orchid being most prominent, and the citruses as the top notes. After it settles a bit, it gets warmed up by vanilla, but i think it creates more of a background without going overly sweet. I would say it is a feminine fragrance with a character. There is smth in it that keeps it from being too "nice" and sweet. I think it's perfect for autumn, when it starts to get colder and rainy.

I bought this in a gift pack a year ago for the winter. I wore it a bit and put it away, not really loving it much. I pulled it back out again for Autumn this year and it quickly grew on me. It has a citrus and green opening, which I don't notice too much because I get hit with the orchid and white flowers straight away. The orchid is soo lovely and creamy to me, maybe because of the vanilla. It then dries down to mostly vanilla, but I do get a hint of the sandalwood and musk. Overall I find this to be a classy floral vanilla, which is really nice and comforting to me in cool weather.

On me the most prominent smell is vanilla, then an orchid peeks out, giving the perfume an almost foodlike gourmandness, then tuberose comes out to play( on my skin at least) never dominating the scent,( vanilla and a waxy blooming orchid reign supreme here) and a mellow creamy sandalwood and musk rounds out the scent.On my skin I get about 2 hrs, on my clothing about 4 hrs of intimate sillage.I was complimented twice today wearing this blind buy.A familiar scent to me maybe Dior Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle as iamnoir has said.I will be visiting this alpine orchid again.

I've sampled this twice and I quite like it. It opens with a BIG blast of white florals (I do get a bit of tuberose to be fair) and then it's ALL about vanilla for a few hours. I agree with other reviews in that it's a very "Body Shop" vanilla, and as a consequence gives me quite a nostalgic sense as I wore it in my teens. After a while it really feels to my nose quite a lot like Clinique Aromatics in Black (jasmine, I suspect?). This isn't a bad thing either. It's warm and feminine and the longevity on me is great for the price. Well done.