This one freaks me out a little bit. It's an uncomfortable smell and I can't see me wearing it due to a combination of powdery florals and a strange almond note. I'm sure I heard once that some poison like strychnine or Cyanide smells/tastes sweet like almonds (am I making that up?) but this has that deadly darkness to it, despite being a mild, appealing musky vanilla on the surface. Wouldn't surprise me if there's heliotrope in here as I always get a little creeped out by it. This is strange thing like a siren beckoning a weary sailor, you know you shouldn't but but something in you lusts after it. Having said all that, there's a lot to love, the opening had me pretty floored with a lovely almost fruity notes. My tastes just won't allow for it as I ultimately find it repellent, cloying and unwearable. It's funny because most of the time bases aren't the issue and even the worst top and heart notes can subside to a nice base but when it's the other way around there's no escaping the fact that I don't enjoy it.
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Florentina, from Sylvaine Delacourte was released in 2016. The perfumer behind this creation is Irene Farmachidi. The notes are Almond, Benzoin, Bergamot, Cloves, Heliotrope, Iris, Lavender, Musk, Orange Blossom, Vanilla, Vetiver, Violet.
This one freaks me out a little bit. It's an uncomfortable smell and I can't see me wearing it due to a combination of powdery florals and a strange almond note. I'm sure I heard once that some poison like strychnine or Cyanide smells/tastes sweet like almonds (am I making that up?) but this has that deadly darkness to it, despite being a mild, appealing musky vanilla on the surface. Wouldn't surprise me if there's heliotrope in here as I always get a little creeped out by it. This is strange thing like a siren beckoning a weary sailor, you know you shouldn't but but something in you lusts after it. Having said all that, there's a lot to love, the opening had me pretty floored with a lovely almost fruity notes. My tastes just won't allow for it as I ultimately find it repellent, cloying and unwearable. It's funny because most of the time bases aren't the issue and even the worst top and heart notes can subside to a nice base but when it's the other way around there's no escaping the fact that I don't enjoy it.