La Fenice Pour Femme

I blind bought La Fenice recently, after hearing Demi Rawling raving about it a few weeks ago and let me tell you, I am not disappointed! It’s a gorgeous, soft, powdery, white floral perfume with a prominent almond-cherry nuance and a creamy vanilla base. It opens beautifully with honeyed, sweet hawthorn and mandarin oranges before drying down into a beautiful blend of tuberose, almond and vanilla. It’s one of those fragrances that smells very pretty, feminine, elegant and alluring but different without losing its very likeable character. If you’re into sweet florals perfumes, creamy, powdery, almondy, vanilla based, La Fenice should be a safe blind buy for you, as it was for me. Might not be the most eye catching creation of Merchant of Venice just by looking at the notes listed, but trust me, it smells heavenly! The Merchant of Venice has some truly amazing fragrances, exquisite bottles/packaging but somehow not many people seem to know or at least promote it online for some reason. It could be because it’s not widely available elsewhere Italy, but they have spectacular perfumes!

I was pulled into the Merchants of Venice stand because of the pretty bottles, but I stayed and returned on many more occasions for this scent (I even still return now, even though I have my own bottle). This blew me away on first whiff, it’s absolutely delicious without being too juvenile. Fresh enough for spring and summer but just warm enough for autumn and winter too. It gives me grown up version of Ariana Grande/Sabrina Carpenter/Cosmopolitan fragrances. So if you’re not one for sweet scents, it probably isn’t for you. For me though, it immediately shot to the front of my want list and then my favourites list when I received a bottle. Scent: 8/10 Projection: 7/10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Versatility: 7.5/10 (fully versatile based on who could wear it and when in the year you could, however I’m not sure it translates as well when it comes to nightwear) Price (at full price): 6/10 (it’s quite pricey and haven’t seen it discounted ever) Overall: 7.4/10

La Fenice is a ‘soft life’ vanilla scent; nuanced, mature, ethereal, hazy. Don’t be put off by the florals; after the opening this is mostly honey, almond and vanilla. The hawthorn in this smells more like honey than the honey note in many fragrances and it lasts most of the wear. In the opening the orange is very sweet, not sharp or tart. I can pick out the tuberose a bit, but it’s not prominent. I prefer my vanillas to be different and interesting, and this fits the bill. There is no artificial sweetness- nothing cloying. It smells very natural, a sweet powdery vanilla. I typically do not like powdery notes, but this doesn’t bother me. I get really great performance from La Fenice. It projects very well for the first hour, then settles to just past arms length. It lasts an extremely long time on my skin. If I put it on a few hours before bed, I still have some decent projection 11 hours later. Truly a hidden gem!

I'll write a better review after a better test,for now I can say that La Fenice pour femme,welcome to my wishlist Love at first sniff and still a love after 8 hours.I can't get enough of this fluffy cloud of deliciousness!I love the combination of powdery heliotrope and almond blossom,chocolatey tonka,creamy vanilla and fatty,buttery tuberose.hmmmm...it's such a well blended creamy heaven.I can also detect a slight hint of something smokey,boozy like the malt note of Xerjoff dama biyanka or the one I get from Guerlain Tonka imperial but it's much lighter here BTW I think that colors of bottle don't match the scent,not that it's really important as I love it's bottle as it is

First impression was a little bit disappointing. It smelled a little bit genetic for me, like some Avon/Oriflame fragrance. But I really started to like the dry down. It's creamy light vanilla but still there's nothing special and the sillage is kinda poor. Edit: I grow up to love it. It's really nice fluffy vanilla, sillage is still really poor for me, but I love to wear it to bed or when I'm at home. It's really comforting fragrance. Edit 2: I wear it every day. Also I received compliment at work about this perfume. My very favorite scent! Edit 3: I found out I can smell it from my clothes even one week later. And it's the most beautiful vanilla I've ever smelt!