Well… I was going to be really harsh about this perfume but I’ve tried it a few times now and decided to play nice. However, it smells BAD on my skin, not dull, or ‘just’ bergamot, or doesn’t last (possibly is ALL those things too) but on a strip/card/blotter the bergamot material smells really nice, and what I would expect from some named and I’m assuming very special bergamot producer I’ve pictured being amalfi coast or southern Italy or whatever? My experience of using bergamot in perfumery is that the relatively affordable bergamot oils not only smell fantastic but blend so well into compositions, retaining their edge and giving top note sparkle to many the composition, happy days. So some grand Cru shit should be mind blowing right?!?! Well as I mentioned above on my skin the bergamot is blunted, and dull as dishwater, recognisably bergamot but fuzzy and lacking definition, or freshness, isnt that what bergamot is prized for??? I don’t blame the support either because there’s not a great deal else there! Perhaps a woody scaffold but nothing more. I’m not a person to buy too heavily into skin chemistry it's much more likely your nose/perception at a point in time than it is your skin, but that could be a factor I guess. So if a perfume is not viable on my skin, then why am I giving it a chance? Well… again… like mentioned I tried on card and the bergamot was much less flat and more what I would expect, a pleasant, bright aroma of bergamot. So without being rude to G.Franco or the crew behind these perfumes this one is not for me, and just not very good, sorry.
Well… I was going to be really harsh about this perfume but I’ve tried it a few times now and decided to play nice. However, it smells BAD on my skin, not dull, or ‘just’ bergamot, or doesn’t last (possibly is ALL those things too) but on a strip/card/blotter the bergamot material smells really nice, and what I would expect from some named and I’m assuming very special bergamot producer I’ve pictured being amalfi coast or southern Italy or whatever? My experience of using bergamot in perfumery is that the relatively affordable bergamot oils not only smell fantastic but blend so well into compositions, retaining their edge and giving top note sparkle to many the composition, happy days. So some grand Cru shit should be mind blowing right?!?! Well as I mentioned above on my skin the bergamot is blunted, and dull as dishwater, recognisably bergamot but fuzzy and lacking definition, or freshness, isnt that what bergamot is prized for??? I don’t blame the support either because there’s not a great deal else there! Perhaps a woody scaffold but nothing more. I’m not a person to buy too heavily into skin chemistry it's much more likely your nose/perception at a point in time than it is your skin, but that could be a factor I guess. So if a perfume is not viable on my skin, then why am I giving it a chance? Well… again… like mentioned I tried on card and the bergamot was much less flat and more what I would expect, a pleasant, bright aroma of bergamot. So without being rude to G.Franco or the crew behind these perfumes this one is not for me, and just not very good, sorry.