Mandarino Cannela

This is among my favorite body sprays of all time along with Goji Tarocco Orange. It has a refreshingly sweet mandarin orange with cinnamon spice (not too heavy) fragrance with hints of nutmeg, ginger and some other notes that I can't describe. This definitely says oriental. I bought the candle first and when I first smelled this fragrance I thought that this would make a wonderful cologne and it does. Almost everyone I have met asks me what cologne I'm wearing and says it smells great. It has great sillage and lasts a long time, about 12 hours. The mandarin does wear off first but the remaining delicious spices remains. I never get tired of smelling it throughout the day and night. Just a note, "Cannela" in the name of this fragrance refers to a tree native to the Florida keys (where is was first discovered), Caribbean and Barbados. It's bark is used as a spice that is similar to cinnamon. That is where the term cinnamon bark came from.

This is a very lovely fragrance. The sweet mandarin orange is the queen of the show with ginger and cinnamon coming close behind and the vanilla and nutmeg blending in to give a sweet, spicy, creamy effect. This is a perfect holiday scent that reminds me of Thanksgiving and Christmas. But beware, it's VERY mandarin-heavy. Don't expect a 50%-50% mandarin-cinnamon combo like the name implies, it's more like 60% mandarin, 15% ginger, 15% cinnamon, 5% vanilla, 5% nutmeg. This is just to my nose, not official. As long as you are sure you understand what you're getting, I'd say this is safe to blind-buy. Definitely try the candle version too. So relaxing, refreshing and clean! This is a cozy-home scent.