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JahMen – :
smell of tires braking on the asphalt, many used brakes and clutch, car mechanic smell, smog, oil and car grease. nice but not wearable.
dtp983speagoessenda – :
this scent doesn’t cover new ground, remember Vintage Bulgari black?Now mix it with Gomma by Etro and you will get half an idea, add vintage Fahreneit and you will get the complete picture! It doesn’t last really long!
Setyipohber – :
Instant love!!! Don’t wear it much because I find it very weak, I wish they had made it stronger but whatever, I love smelling it and am happy I own a bottle.
stepan070793 – :
I can’t believe this has never been a referenced leather scent! To me it’s MUCH more realistic than Tuscan Leather (and many other leather fragrances).. maybe it lacks the fantasy (and sex appeal)?
The leather here is a little rubbery but not the screechy kind like in many commercial fragrances; it’s much more refined and comforting–smooth like a leather jacket, not animalic like some belts, shoes, or even hides
Yaninka – :
Simply awful. Smells like you spilled gasoline all over yourself at the gas station, then your buddies peeled out and sprayed burned rubber all over you, leaving you there stinky and alone.
Deroxftdsf – :
whoever thought birch tar with the smoke removed would smell like rubber and/or petrol?
Unloanult – :
Santa Maria Novella and Caron have always been my favorite Houses. Nostalgia is a unique and somewhat improbable release from SMN. Take an old Fiat with leather interior and place a few vanilla beans on the driver’s seat. Park in a busy auto repair shop for a few years. Drive to a beach, pour some gasoline and oil on the seats and leave the car out in the hot scorching sun for a few weeks with closed windows. I love it! The drydown is quite smooth and vanilla-like and not very original, but overall a manly and interesting release from SMN.
delet007 – :
A bit of a tease, this one. The gasoline/leather top notes give the expectation of a true gas-pump fantasy. But along with gasoline’s scent, Nostalgia has gasoline’s volatility. Still, the crackly woody drydown of Nostalgia is a wonderful scent in its own right, top notes or not. And for those of you who like woody fragrances but don’t want a warm, harmonious feeling, Nostalgia remains fairly cool, carrying the chill of evaporation that gasoline has on your skin.
Two thoughts. One, this is an interesting option for those still mourning the loss of Fahrenheit’s original formulation. Two, Nostalgia points out that in the language of perfumery, gasoline is a woody note.
vitality210190 – :
FERRARI AUTO REPAIR
I could also called this ‘Elegant Benzoin’.
The gasoline opening is challenging yet intriguing.
The other notes are present and accounted for, even if they can’t be specifically named (at least, by me).
After time, the complex notes sparkle more than the Benzoin – and this fragrance keeps pulling me into it’s unique, luxurious heart.
I just may need to own this.
iom461speagoessenda – :
I needed some time to appreciate this perfume – my first experience last year was negative, but after almost a year, this summer I tried it again and it hit me with its original, unique scent, not similar to any other perfumes. Really beautiful on my skin from the very opening to the drydown. I just wish this stunning opening lasted longer. Nostalgia will remind me of last days of my summer holidays spent in a beautiful medieval city in August 2013. Suitable for any season. I will definitely buy the next bottle.
mc_k1k – :
Just received my sample from walkerdogg, my good friend, and this juice is damn amazing and dramatic…Reason being, right out of the gate it smells really strong like racing fuel and literally 15 seconds later it begins changing..into this gorgeous blend of rubber and leather and several minutes later upon dry down remains the alluring vanilla-leatherish-Bvlgari Black blend.
10 out of 10 for uniqueness, quality, shock factor, longevity, sillage, and originality.
(IF) you can find it. BUY IT
ру46 – :
I love love love this perfume. Not for the fainthearted nor the heavyhanded. Best worn on autumn as it can get too heavy for summer yet it lacks that certaint ‘warmth’ necessary for winter. Very avant-garde, surprisingly sexy.The funny thing is that my husband loves it on me but not on him.
brenredarag – :
I really wanted this to smell like the interior of an Austin Seven, all leather and petrol with a smattering of tobacco and oily rag. Sadly, it was not to be. It just smelled like petrol spillage and rubber tyres. A bit too “in your face” to be the real deal. The day a nose comes up with a fair representation of the interior of an Austin Seven/Ford Prefect E93A, will be the day I, and a host of folk just like me, hot foot it to the stores, baying like savages whilst hammering our credit cards into their eager POS terminals. Til then, I will continue to persuade vintage car owners to wind down their windows as they tootle past me. Beep Beep, Toodle pip.
nilkmooedg – :
What is wrong? The reviews I had read of this made it sound like a leather, rubber, and petroleum skank-fest, but the first thing I smell out of my sample vial is sweet, prickly green tea! OK, there’s a leather-like note and a dry woody note that could, with prompting, be construed as rubbery, but they’re not the dominant ones. It’s not all that unusual a fragrance, except in the hype. There are plenty of prickly green-tea fragrances out there, so adding a bit of leather, myrrh, and dry wood does not make it unique. The main phase lasts for 3-4 hours, after which all that’s left is the musk. I would probably have liked this if I had not been expecting to find the smell of a car and/or garage. Nostalgia just doesn’t evoke this image for me at any point.
acidburn88 – :
The re-edition doesn’t have the scent of leather.
In few words, this perfume during the opening is very very unusual…the first sniff will make you cry 🙂
It smells on tyres, pit stop, road, gas, rubber, cars, colors, like the store which has everything for the house – ‘do it yourself’. The smell is fantastic hehe, after a while it settles down and becomes powdery and sweet, very conventional, it has a lot of similarities as Le Dandy D’Orsay in the drydown. This is a must try for everyone who love perfumes and the art of perfumery!
P.S. Sillage and logivity are good enough, regarding the smell, I expected that will last for days..
tav – :
If you’ll ever have the chance to visit Florence don’t miss the opportunity to go to the Santa Maria Novella’s museum / shop / headquarter located in an ancient chapel from 1200 that’s absolutely breathtaking for its beauty and majesty.
Said that, Nostalgia it’s not the kind of scent you would expect form a company founded in 1612 as it’s quite modern and somehow weird. Rubber and leather that smell exacactly like the interiors of my grandad’s old FIAT 500 during the summertime, when odors are emphasized by the high temperatures of the season. A great fragrance if you like challenging smoky rubber/leather scents a-la Knize Ten / CDG’s Garage / Lisa Kirk’s Revolution. I do.
Downside: the drydown is quite conventional if compared to the opening, but still pleasant.
One more thing. In italy SMN is sold at a reasonable price. 100 ml for 75 euros.
Rating: 9.5/10 for the opening
7/10 for the drydown
8/10 overall