Sound of Donna

TL;DR Expected nutty whip cream, became wooed by florals and spice instead, and I'm not salty. ********* There seem to be three camps in the reviews: those that register the fruit/flowers/musk, those that get whip cream and nuttiness, and those that get both. I was looking forward to adding a nutty perfume to my collection, but I'm firmly in the fruit and flowers only camp. I don't smell nuttiness whatsoever, and I've given Sound of Donna a few tries on different days. Am I sad? Not at all! This is beautiful. When SoD opens I smell a mix of tart strawberry starburst, cherry Starburst, watermelon sour candy. A full-bodied lily emerges - which must be the tuberose and magnolia, but I do not have any tuberose or magnolia perfumes so I don't have a comparison - along with a subtle, dusty/dry musk in the background, patchouli probably. The 'lily' gains spice like the faint heat of cloves and a creamy sweetness that blends and registers as the creaminess of white flowers but which may be the whip cream. It is a beautiful lush, creamy spicy floral at this point. If the scent stayed right here, I would be beyond pleased. It's lovely. The flowers calm, the spice departs (I'm sad to see it go) and the tartness is more obvious by contrast, which I don't particularly like. It's my least favorite phase, but as it dries down, it also departs. The drydown is fruit tinged floral musk, a little creamy, slight powder; altogether it makes me think of the color amber. Nothing I can pick out as chestnut or vanilla, yet so lovely that I'm not salty. Trussardi has impressed me. I now own 4 of their fragrances and I unexpectedly love each one especially because, as someone who struggles with headaches from synthetic musk, sugar, and powder bombs, none of these fragrances make me suffer. Instead they give me joy. Sound of Donna is beautifully blended and - in my collection - unique, great price point, great quality, decent projection and lasts for hours on skin, lasts 12+ hours on clothes. So happy to have found this. Edit: I've had this a week and have become obsessed with wearing this loveliness.

UPDATE 9/13/23: I continue to be impressed with this one. I wanted to add that I do get nuttiness from it now, like a creamy nuttiness - similar to that in This Is Her! actually, but this also has better projection/performance. And I get a nuts & fruit vibe from this, but in a creamy way. One of my favorite blind buys and I love reaching for this just to smell for myself even if I don't necessarily wear it fully. ORIGINAL POST: This fragrance is so good and criminally under-hyped! I just received it, along with a dozen other perfumes I ordered - some niche, some cheapie, and some indie ---> and this is a standout for sure. I'm kinda getting a softened sweet tangerine/orange with florals. The orange isn't too tangy. This does have a creaminess to it. Not exactly to the lactonic extent, but it is "creamy"... I don't feel 1 floral sticking out over the rest tbh, it's pretty well blended among the 3. And I bought this fragrance for the nuts (almond & hazelnuts) and neither are jumping out. I imagine they may be adding to the creamy factor, as well as the sandalwood and whipped cream.... The fragrance is so nice that I am enjoying regardless of the nuts being super present or not. The patchouli is not really noticeable in this... and I detect just enough sandalwood to give this perfume some body. It's a love for me. And for the price - I am very impressed. I have some $150+ bottles that aren't poppin as much as this one rught now 😒

I think I'm currently on my 3rd or 4th bottle of this perfume - so obviously this means I'm a big fan. I got it as a gift and instantly loved it, but I couldn't discern the notes other than "sweet" and "floral" perfume. When I looked it up, I was surprised because GOD, I never would have bought any perfume with whipped cream, almonds, mandarin and rose; and I'm also on the fence about patchouli. However, I think the blend is so balanced and delicate, it instantly lifts my mood every time I put it on. It also blends with my skin PH quite nicely, so I'm not getting a "sickening sweet" vibe from it, like I usually do with other sweet fragrances, but rather a "sensual floral" feeling . For me, the other highlights are sillage and longevity; I've had random people compliment this perfume in stores, at work, and even passing by them on the street. I personally wear it through all seasons, both daytime and night. Maybe it's just me, but I find that during the day, the perkiness of the mandarin shines through, whereas at night, it settles down as a sensual floral whipped cream embrace. All in all, I am in love with this, and definitely will be going for that 5th bottle!

I really enjoy Sound of Donna. Extremely well blended, quality perfume. I love this companies leather goods, that's actually how I knew about them. If you like sweet, almond, nutty with just a hint of spice scents, you should at least try. It's discontinued now, so getting a bit expensive but it's worth it to me, so tracking down a back up bottle. One thing I do want to mention; patchouli. Normally this note isn't a fave for me but when it's well blended and offset with notes that can hold their own, it can add a lovely touch of spice.Some have compared it to LVEB, but I'm not sold. I have both and I don't like the patch in LVEB. I love LVEB Intense, but that doesn't have patch, but a really creamy hazelnut accord, which ppl may be getting it confused with. Also, the name? It means Sound of summer music. This is an Italian brand, one of the heirs (they are the official glove makers to the Windsor Royal House, lol) is a semi famous musician in Italy and this edition was made for her. This is an old family business with very humble roots in haberdashery but fairly new (1930's, 1940's?) in perfumery.

Oh Donna! You are one of those special girls, I was very skeptical of you, you know something about your choice of color (the purple bottle) was making me feel some-type of way. But you won me over, there's something special and magical about you - the sound you make is sweet, sensual, cozy, creamy - And Yes, I may love others... You know - I'm polyamorous when it comes to perfumes 😌 - but I want to have you around forever! I'm so in love with this scent, soon the weather will be too warm to wear her - another blind buy 🙈 success, although I must admit the notes pretty much convinced me, that I would at least like, glad I love it 😍 I already ordered a backup bottle (I might order another one). On the skin it lasts me around 5-6 hours and on clothes the whole day, I wore a scarf yesterday, spent more than 5 hours outside/outdoors and today it still smells amazing. ❤️ ♌ Here