Cassiopea

The fragrance opens with a delicious note of passionfruit, it evokes a mix of tropical fruits and some flowers. Its initial projection is very good, the opening is aromatic, a great combination of passion fruit, lemon, and some flowers. The cassis adds a sweet, vanilla-like aroma that enhances the opening; the fern adds a soft green and earthy tone. The lemon adds an important fresh/citrusy accord, important to avoid a fragrance that otherwise would be too sweet. The floral tones listed as mid notes come up immediately after the initial application, they balance the fragrance that otherwise would feel just fruity and sweet. After a few minutes, Tiziana Terenzi Cassiopea reaches its dry-down, here the sandalwood adds a soft woody touch that adds depth to the scent; the tonka bean adds some more sweetness and the must enhance a bit the lemon note of the opening. Once the fragrance has reached its final dry-down, it can be summarized as a sweet, passionfruit, and lemon fragrance with some floral, woody, and faint musky accords. The fragrance feels delicious, unique, modern, unisex, and very pleasant. Batch reviewed: 2020 Wow Rating: 10/10. A delicious, tropical, citrusy fragrance with some soft floral accords. Dislike Rating: 3/10. The fragrance may feel too fruity or too sweet to some people. Uniqueness: 9/10. Not too many fragrances feature passionfruit as the primary note. Mass Appeal: 10/10. A sweet fruity/citrusy fragrance; it will please the crowds for sure. Projection: 4/10. Moderate, about four feet around the wearer. Sillage: 5/10. Moderate, about five feet around the wearer. Application: For atomizations will suffice. Longevity: 5/10. Moderate to very good, this is an Extrait de Parfum. Seasons: Spring, fall, and winter. Also colder nights or climate-controlled environment. Occasions: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, holidays, home, romantic, dating. This is an office-friendly fragrance. Versatility: 7/10. Other than the warmer months, this is a very wearable fragrance. Gender: Unisex. The two main notes of this fragrance are passionfruit and lemon, both are unisex. All other notes can be classified as woody and softly floral, both notes balance each other creating a unisex fragrance. Ages: Any. Recommendation: This is a fantastic fragrance for those looking for tropical scents, Cassiopea brings two notes in a very pleasant fragrance. This is a great buy. Blind-Buy: No, the fruity notes are unique and strong, therefore sample it first. Similar: Alfred Dunhill Desire is affordable citrus, vanilla, fruity, fresh, and green, however, its performance is very low; Carolina Herrera - 212 VIP Men EDT also features passionfruit, and lime, additionally, it contains ginger and boozy tones; Hugo Boss - Hugo Just Different Men EDT contains green, fruity, and woody accords; Paco Rabanne 1 Million Lucky EDP contains grapefruit, plum, and honey notes. Summary: A sweet, passionfruit, and lemon fragrance with some floral, woody, and faint musky accords that feels delicious, unique, modern, unisex, and very pleasant.

I will say this opens as a very soapy vibe. I get the passionfruit, cassis, and lemon at the beginning. Then the tonka and sandalwood come out making it a smooth jammy rose and fruits. The dry down on my skin is interesting.On my skin the drydown is like fuity jammy smooth rose with a bite of green. I think it is the carnation or fern at play. It takes the smoothness and sweetness and cuts it. It reminds me of cutting fresh flowers. Like you are in the kitchen, after showering with some fruity soap and you are cutting some jammy roses over the sink. Your toddler takes the green stems and proceeds to mash them to bits near your feet. So there you are fruity jammy creamy rose with this bright green aromatic scent cutting through. I would say 25+. Strikes me as a more mature fragrance. I would say leans more feminine in tone. More of a casual fragrance but definitely business professional as well. I imagine a mom doing some housework and then out for a small walk in the woods with family. I like it personally, but dont know if it is full bottle worthy just because its more of an everyday scent and price is pretty high.

I adore this scent, it is a fruity fragrance that is so refined. It was between this and Erba Pura. I’ve been sampling both for a very long time and thought the creamier Erba Pura was the winner but the musk in that became too sharp for me, so Cassiopeia won. This fragrance sneaks up on you and projects more the longer it settles on the skin. Love the airy, slight greenness in the opening. Also that rose tea elevates the blend from just your regular fruity sweet scent. The dry down has this creamy Tonka which deepens the fragrance and the musk is not sharp. This reminds me of a mix of Killian Princess only because of that addicting airy tea note and Xerjoff Erba Pura because of that strong clean fruity note. I was thinking of getting both but no need because I have this now. It’s a love! #1 spring/summer fruity fragrance in my collection, but is also beautiful and crisp in cooler weather. Update 20Apr2023: Have to use up within Best by range or less, else it will start to smell like vinegar.

My go-to perfume, it’s feminine, it’s fresh (soapy type of fresh), it’s giving you’re bathing with luxurious soap. It’s creamy-fruity, not bright juicy fruity. Ignore the fragantica reviewers that thinks so highly of themselves and trash every perfume, they probably smells like poo because they’re too cool for any ‘textbook pleasing perfume’ so they go around smelling like 600-dollars vomit with a twist. Though I think the DNA is acceptable for almost everyone, and somehow familiar, It’s not that common amongst popular options, so you can make this as your signature scent without being overly unique and hard to understand; in another word, people will instantly love it.

I've had like 2-3 bottles of this perfume until now which I think speaks to how much I enjoy this perfume. I really enjoy light floral sweet scents and the combination of all the notes is just perfect. I've gotten a lot of compliments on it and I feel it isn't too light or too strong of a scent. I wear this all year round but I'd say it is most suited for summer/spring. However, the price is pretty high for perfume but as someone who wears this every day (or nearly everyday), I think it is worth it. The bottle is also beautiful and so is the box it comes in. It also lingers lightly on clothes but it isn't too overpowering. Definitely will buy again if I run out.

This was love at first smell from the bottle cap. I was completely taken with the scent of expensive shampoo / hair conditioner and I absolutely love that smell. Maybe it's the passion fruit which gives this effect, I noticed it as well in other shampoo-like perfumes, but this is the best. Longevity is not bad, 4-5 hours. I just wished it came in smaller bottles, but oh well, there's no such thing as perfection, apart from how perfect this smells to me. Update: after trying Erba Pura as well I have to agree they are very much alike to my nose. Perhaps Cassiopea turns more gourmand and sugary towards the end and Erba Pura is more linear.

to leeyah87, i have experienced same with cassiopea! my mother bought this perfume from authorised store and it smells like a dream: creamy, woodsy, gourmand, and reminds like you mentioned Britney spears fantasy. I fell in love with this perfume and bought from person which bought it in Portugal and we with my mom compared both perfumes, mine smells more like Kirke, more fresh, less sweet and it seams to have green notes - similar but different! I have heard that Creed Aventus does smell different depending on different batches, maybe it is same with Cassiopea.

Jadelynn below is so correct...this powdery, tropical, airy, well blended delectability is pure Charmkins from the 80s! It is non linear meaning you will engage in delightful all day nose aerobics as you strive to differentiate which facet of fruit or jungle plant is revealing itself at the moment. I don't remember Brittany Spears Fantasy very well but it didn't seem at all as nuanced as this scent and was more of an all out linear fruity bomb. This one is more sparkling and effervescent. Cassiopea seals my love of Tiziana Terenzi!

This has been a hidden gem for awhile, but glad she's been getting the attention she deserves. This is the girly girl of the bunch when it comes to TT. I get no comparisons to Erba Pura bc of the polarizing musk. On the other hand, if you're able to get your nose on Sospiro's Erba Pura Magica it smells more similar to Cass (You don't need both imo). Both have a clean and toned down musk which makes it more wearable daily. This is def a grown up & fresher version of BS fantasy. It's a flirty scent imo.

If a mischievous forest fairy decided to ditch the muddy moss, get a high-end blowout and attempt to blend into polite society, she would smell exactly like Cassiopea. The opening is incredibly bright, clean, playful, almost sparkling; with a twist that keeps you guessing and could never be boring. Its whimsical, it's pristine it's got jusssst enough ethereal magic to make people wonder if you actually possess some sort of supernatural charms. FOR ME it's a 9.4/10 WOULD fly off into the sunset again.

I love ts one. There’s actually not many Tiziana Terenzi’s that I enjoy, but this creamy passionfruit/musk/tonka bean scent is different. It’s soft, almost powdery, clean and fruity smell. It opens up with a DNA most people know from Kirkè, but WAY smoother. Imagine the most beautiful woman standing in front of you in the night time under the Y can smell her from far away. She smells addictive, playful but also inviting and comforting. She is wearing Tiziana Terenzi Cassiopea.

This is definitely a familiar fragrance, so check your collection before splurging on a bottle. This smells VERY close to Simone Anderoli's Pacific Park. On my skin, PP is pear and caramel, while Cassiopea is a bit juicier, muskier. They both share lily-of-the valley, so perhaps that's what's triggering my scent memory here. On my skin this is lovely--well blended, juicy, sweet, bright--if you liked Victoria Secret's Lovespell, this is the grownup version, lol.

Similar to mind games lionara, with nuance of course. There's more lactones in lionara for a warmer drydown that's slightly gourmand, where cassiopea is more floral...so it depends on the vibe someone is aiming for. I have gotten many compliments on both, but honestly moreso on Lionara. Idc, cassiopea has by hear more! It's gorgeous and feminine, perfect for a wedding or any occasion where you're looking and feeling your best self!

For me this is the muskier version of Kirke, with a milky and more vanillic approach. If you feel that Erba Pura is too musky for you and Kirke needs something heavier at the base, maybe you’d like this. On my skin this smells amazing, it’s like a fruit milk and soapy at the same time. I don’t find a reason why anyone would hate this, so if you’re looking for something that’s mass-pleasing but has that niche-uniqueness, this is it.

A sweet and creamy, musky fruity shampoo/body wash in the best possible way. With hints of tropical fruit, delicate flowers, and a very slight woodiness to balance it out. The vanilla and Tonka provide a beautiful base that carries the fruits throughout the perfume's moderately long longevity. Not everyone's cup of tea; if you are not a fan of prominently sweet, vanilla synthetic-fruity scents this one might not be for you.

this is the exact type of chypre I am a sucker for. Juicy sweet fruity top, like a full-on berry jam, yummy. passionfruit quite distinct delicate fleeting floral middle and my all-time fav combo of musk, sandalwood and tonka bean base very girly-girl perfume, not too complex or sophisticated, and nothing frustrating in it provided that you do like sweet fruity opening and sweetened musky drydown Love it

I don‘t get the comparison to erba pura at all. This one is fruitier and sweeter than erba pura and not as musky but not beast mode like erba pura is unfortunately. It also doesn’t smell like Kirke. On me it lasts all day and I find it to be a great everyday scent or a signature perfume (in fact it is my everyday scent) If you like fruity but feminine perfumes you will probably like this as well.

Britney Spears fantasy but make it Italian, niche, and a long lasting extrait of perfume. Not an exact dupe but familiar. Cassiopea has more complexity and character. But the similarity is there. I love Cassiopea it’s my favorite from the Terenzi line. It’s so fruity, juicy, sensual, sexy. Gorgeous! Just stunning! One of my favorites no surprise there. Perfect year round also.

Omg this is delicious. Flirty, feminine, and playful without being juvenile. I feel like a walking pitaya fruit bowl or smoothie but not in a hyper photorealistic way! It’s so hard to find something gourmand-esque but fresh enough for the warmer months, and this is IT. The passion fruit smells like it’s doused in whipped cream.

Fresh with a lovely opening that develops into a sweet, slightly tart scent. The depth/layers to this fragrance are great. I do get a little bit of a dryer sheet scent - but in the best, most luxe way. Its giving clean, put together pretty woman who at her core is a sweetheart. It was an immediate yes for my husband.