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aturwoqgkal – :
Gershwin is a fresh and citrus fragrance of classic lines playing the typical eau de toilette, with a very natural result, is made with good componenetes, is traditional and very Mediterranean style. The effect of the water lily matifies the floral part very well always in a second plane that is light and clean.
The drying I liked a lot with a light background smoke effect and something dry, due to wood and incense, giving a global aspect of solar heat very summer season.
Although sin of lack of duration and wake seems to me a good fragrance that is also very well balanced.
Rating: 7
snoopjke – :
Spicy incense citrus fizz.
It’s like a lemon lime natural sparkling mineral water, with few curcuma, ginger, and black pepper flavors. It has tingly sourness and allot of fizz. The incense in here is quite delightful rather than dark and churchy.
I believe this fragrance is fine and good for summer nights! it’s not the fresh type cause there are quite doses of black pepper, and incense besides the tingling taste of ginger that all are added to citrus. Quite fine.
Dimal27 – :
A very kind, gentle citrus with a comfortable and brief lifespan. It opens with an alarming bright pepper and bitter grapefruit pith burst, but within a moment is utterly enveloped in a pillowy, translucent white citrus and incense haze.
The citrus is not juicy or zesty, but the smell of sunlight heat radiating off the whole fruit: a little floral, a little fruity, almost very nearly not citrus at all.
This triggers a lot of fond memories of summers in California in the 1980’s, when the sidewalk and the plants were hot from the day even though the sun had gone down and the air had cooled – the fragrances that drifted on the breeze then were totally unlike any other time of day.
This is a thoughtful and quiet eau de parfum; I wouldn’t give a second thought to purchasing a bottle, even with the low longevity.
pko-spoireefe – :
I like, for night evenings, rainy days with a good coffee or a tea with soft music in the background… not bad,a scent that leaves the impression! Nice!
Sillage: 6/10
Longevity: 7./10
Scent: 8./10
Overall: 8./10
AlexsRaha – :
oggi che la giornata è calda, e che comincia la primavera, indosso gershwin. l’ho scelto perchè è agrumato, di limone, ma la sensazione esperidata è presto smorzata da un bell’incenso da chiesa, con punte di pepe nero. non il solito profumo agrumato estivo, e neppure l’incenso resinoso e opulento che amo per l’inverno: piuttosto una combinazione semplice, minimale invero, gradevolissima ed originale. il profumo della transizione tra inverno e primavera. ottimo.
TrueMan40 – :
Sometimes I think that the comment here are made by costumers who are embarrassed to admit they have paid about 150 euro for something that is pretty nothing. So they feel better spending great poetic words. But I am a bad person. This bad person knows also there can be fake-writer who promote a fragrance under retribution. This bad person knows also how people feel noble talking nobly about something they consider high class by fame. This bad person has also sniffed thousand of perfume and pure essential oils. This is just pure incense carterii and citruses. Nothing special. A monkey can do better in 5 minutes. It smell like Gershwin only if you leave his body to rot on his piano in a basement. Open like an humid moldy church and became a degreaser spray citruses scented. The dry down is even nice but there is better around.
Mrs. Gentile use natural incense but only that, the rest is synthetic like into the rest of the niche.
Thank You. Be Awaken.
kichopsky – :
an utterly compelling incense with sunshine. it carries the MCG ‘fuzzy’ incense and maries it with warm woods and a fantastic petitgrain-mandarin-lemon that buttresses the incense for a reasonable amount of time, maybe 4 hours. i slightly prefer this over the sweeter and more complex sideris and is the MCG to wear on a bright spring or summer day when mere cologne will not suffice.
funkeey – :
Gershwin opens with spicy notes of pepper, a bit of citrus and some incense. The citrus becomes stronger quickly. Then, cloves and woody notes, sycomore, fresh and woody. The citrus now tones down and the woody notes become the main part of the scent. The drydown is a dark woody fir/sycomore, topped with citrus and pepper.
Performance is not as good as I’d hoped, sillage is soft to moderate and longevity is weak.
What a great combination of the sycomore and the citrus, combined with the spice of the pepper and cloves. The incense disappears quite quickly on me and not sure where the waterlily is. The sycomore is majestic, what a lovely smell. I wish performance was better, then I’d consider a full bottle. I will definitely wear the sample more often.
wowINFINITI – :
ricorda un ….rapsodia in black, giocata sui tasti neri d’ebano del pianoforte. Una fragranza assolutamente unica ed inusuale
De_Capones – :
I’m wearing this right now, sprayed from a tester. I went back to re-test after the first time on paper because it really took my brain and heart and probably guts and wanted to wear it on my skin.
I really enjoy it on myself. I see there are many notes but Gershwin basically smells like a revitalising combo of citrus flowers and incense on paper.
On my skin the incense takes it all and it’s delightful. It smells straight incense but so tamed, soft, rounded and not harsh as for many incense perfumes. I’m not a fan of incense generally speaking. Too churchy and gloomy, almost acrid in many rendition, but Gershwin smells divine and comforting on me. I would buy it just for sniffing purpose, because it doesn’t smell like a socialite’s perfume, if you know what I mean. Gershwin is intimate, only vaguely religious but surely mystical enough to support a cosy meditation session. Completely unisex, it stays fresh for long time and it almost smells of tenderness. I guess the complimentary notes make this incense less harsh and more wearable. I don’t know exactly what kind of inspiration it comes from and what Gershwin had to do with incense, but for me the conjured image is that of a very peaceful sanctuary in the southern countryside surrounded by trees in bloom.
ybr363Bessinepome – :
What a disappointment…
It reminds me of the candied oranges of which Italian Christmas cakes are full.
Not for me
bvabms – :
“Gershwin” opened with a simply adorable sugary citrus with loads of zing underneath from the black pepper. As it develops incense becomes more visible giving this a slightly smoky and even woody feeling.
It stays very close to the skin and lasts for around 4 hours which is not so bad. “Gershwin” is completely unisex and I would recommend this to anyone who searches for a unique citrus-incense combo.
ViperNet – :
“Gershwin” is Maria Candida Gentile´s most citrusy perfume I´ve sampled so far. It contains a rather unconventional combination of various citruses and incense, which led me to dubbing the perfume “liturgical citrus”. Allegedly, Ms Gentile utilises a large amount of natural ingredients in her perfumes (according to some accounts they´re 100% natural, which I would definitely take with a pinch of salt). I´m not sure I´d be able to tell the difference between a natural molecule and a synthetic one, but “Gershwin” does smell “natural”. The citruses in it are not overdone (there´s no acidic sourness irritating your nostrils here); on the contrary, they exude a pleasantly zesty aroma, bringing to mind their flesh as well as their rind. After a while, incense arrives on the scene. In my opinion, it is the intriguing citrus-incense combination which prevents the scent from being categorised as yet another citrus-based summer cologne. The combo is improved even more by cloves in the base.
Nevertheless, “Gershwin”´s greatest strength (natural ingredients) is, at the same time, its biggest drawback. On my skin, the fragrance has a weak sillage, not to mention its poor longevity. It basically evaporates almost completely within 2-3 hours. At this price range, I´d expect much more convincing results in these two departments. That being said, “Gershwin” is a fine scent that every perfumista ought to try out.
dago1 – :
An increadibly delightful combo of green fizzy citruses and incense with peppery undertones on top. Sort of a modernized version of Czech & Speake Frankincense and Myrrh with a plethora of citruses enhancing the clean, waxy and lemony quality of the biblical resin. Maybe a tad too minimalistic yet nonetheless enjoyable. Very nice.
Rating: 7/10