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czu098intitytek – :
Purchased a tiny sealed EDP bottle on eBay recently. The first drop transported me to the grand dames of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s with their powerful fragrances underneath heavy furs and lacquered hair. I see someone else got the same vibe…it’s exactly what I experienced.
It’s beautiful and heavy and ultra feminine… a drop on my wrist seriously lasted 9 hours.
An amber spicy floral with immense personality..imagine a marriage between Joy and Nahema. They just don’t make them like this any more.
hem355Bessinepome – :
Take the sweetness out of Opium and toss in a sh*t-load of animal. I love this.
Way more herbal/masculine than Opium at first.
I have a vintage EDT splash, and I really want a bottle of Gale Hayman Beverly Hills next. Or perhaps an EDP of this Krizia.
It’s divine.
valaevineferm – :
I tested “Beverly Hills Gale Hayman” vintage (one Fragrantican says current “Glamour” is same formulation) on one wrist and Krizia’s Teatro Alla Scala on other wrist, and with my chemistry, they developed very very much alike. Just wanted to share another fragrance to consider when replacing the withdrawn (and expensive) Teatro which I love.
June 18, 2018 I ordered a bottle of Glamour to compare to my vintage Beverly Hills Gale Hayman and it is the very same scent. Thrilled.
макс бел – :
I can attest what corkscrewcurly said is true. I read the thread started by the originale of that “entourage” talking about using the review section to practice her writing skills. We reported this to the forum but no action was taken. They even took down the thread.
fort1010 – :
Unleash your inner queer Diva! Teatro alla Scala is a gay man stuck in a woman’s body, think Joan Rivers, Jackie Collins, Marilyn Miglin with this opulent decadent campy 80’s beauty!
Distinctive androgynous dry smoky tobacco almost leathery topnotes but then I’m a little less enthused by the more generic sweet fruity drydown that just smells like an Italian clone / copy of Chanel Coco. However, the scent after 4 to 6 hours is absolutely gorgeous and at this point more beautiful than Coco with a nice silky finish. Excellent longevity lasting over 12 hours for the vintage eau de toilette.
I’d love to get the eau de parfum.
Agata123 – :
Interesting information corkscrewcurly !
So tired of all fake things everywhere.
I even see perfumehouses reviewing and telling about their own perfume in the reviews – that should be absolutely forbidden.
Fragrantica should put more effort on holding this place clean from similar things – but are there an interest ??
jensidean – :
stephen.bozer
SouthernBlonde
Gigithefashionista
lucia.lawson
eliza.gelman
carolyn.parker
auroramcandless
brian.fitzgerald
marina.zubov
sasha.talan
shauna.parra
etc etc etc
These reviewers are all the same person – same writing style, same LOOOOONG personal reveries about the fragrance – same tendency to say “Thank you” to the perfume house and to eBay. Southernblonde, eliza, aurora, lucia, carolyn, brian and Gigi have all reviewed this fragrance.
This needs to stop. I wouldn’t mind betting they don’t have the vast perfume wardrobes that some of their characters claim to have – or that they’ve even smelled some of them.
You want to practice writing? Start a blog.
This isn’t helpful to genuine users of Fragrantica. Another thing about this duplicity which annoys me is that they can enter competitions to win something multiple times and – potentially – win multiple prizes. They can also “thumbs-up” their own reviews. Clearly this person needs external validation, but I don’t see why we should be the people to provide it for them.
Thanks to Lizardbreath for confirming my suspicions.
Art1981 – :
top is carnation heaven like Krazy Krizia then a dose of bitter oakmoss then civet and the base is a lovely honeycomb
oleg1701 – :
the opulence of the 80’s, the Ornella Muti of the fragrances. teatro alla scala is a masterpiece, it requires the right outfit for wearing this scent, maybe for a date or a nightout(at la scala di milano for example…). rose, honey with a little of soapy touch, i love to smell this thing on a confident woman. great performance, amazing bottle(splash version). sadly discontinued. profumo fantastico!
my vote: 9
in one word: opulence
hhgiqjju – :
Coloratura. Brava.
stadler – :
Rich, amazing, multi dimensional….
Reminds me of the depth and darkness of vintage Opium with a rounded, fruity addition.
SO well suited to the name – operatic and diva like.
You absolutely must love vintages and power house scents in the best 80’s style to appreciate Teatro Alla Scala.
Top notch longevity with personality plus!
Five stars – no doubt about it 😀
vqw204Bessinepome – :
This smells like Coco used to……..
aurel – :
I must thank the ever fragrant Waltzing Matilda for alerting me to this treasure! A superb & opulent “old school” vibe, deep & long lasting, strong without being strident incense & oak moss & all the delights modern offerings are missing.Did I mention I love it? 10/10
vasika_575 – :
Teatro alla scala is an amazing combination of a scent to its name and bottle. I love everything about it. I acquired a mini when I was living in a cold climate and somehow it never appealed to me, felt like a typical vintage 80s example.
Until now. Having moved to a warm part of the world, Teatro alla Scala has bloomed into this classic perfume along the lines of Canel Coco, I smell carnation, hoeny, some polite civet, oakmoss. It has a classy aura about it and I’m sure it would stand as an equal on the classics pedestal together with Coco, Magie Noire, Fendi, even Shalimar. I am already looking for a bigger bottle, if anyone knows the difference between the edp and edt please let us know!
cornVerne – :
Opulent and dramatic; two adjectives that define Teatro Alla Scala to the bone.
Released in the mighty 80’s, Teatro, like many Italian fragrances of the era, came to compete with orientals such as Coco and Opium, the blockbusters that defined spices, debauchery and shoulder pads.
But Teatro has more drama going for it. Amidst the spices, incense and resins, there’s hot blooded temperament a la Italiana. A magnificent beeswax note that hasn’t been replicated and a very animalic base.
It’s not just an oriental; the flowers, carnation primarily, are on fire. There’s a deep winey tonality and an amazingly potent civet note that dirties up the base notes suggesting what will be revealed as soon as the furs and lamé dress come off. Smoke, deep red roses, carnation, honeyed beeswax, incense, civet! A syrupy nectar, a spicy ménage a trois;
If Coco goes to the theatre and Opium to Studio54, Teatro goes to the opera and then to a slinky hotel room to have wild sex.
Unapologetically potent and languid, it made sure that Krizia was on the map along with K, a beautiful aldehydic floral launched earlier. No doubt woman, it is a mighty oriental for men as well; no sugar, no fruity frou frou. Evocative, sensual, and sexual, the animal that growls inside the slightly kitsch faux tortoiseshell splash bottle is one of the most beautiful perfumes of the decade.
Forgotten but very easy to come by, and much cheaper than Coco or Opium, it is a must try for fans of vintage orientals.
Both edt and edp (very similar and equally strong btw) offer humongous sillage and longevity. Do seek it out before it’s all gone.
Review based on 1985 bottles of edt and edp.
SERGIK – :
Spot on review, @lastcenturymodern
If stunning classics with honeyed carnation, incense and oakmoss get you excited, you can’t go wrong with this one. I have a large decant received from a generous swapper years ago, but haven’t sprung for a bottle due to my aversion to civet (for the way the real stuff was harvested – with extreme cruelty). I’m not sure if the real stuff or synthetic was used in vintage Teatro Alla Scala. Would love to know.
lim616elipseskism – :
Teatro Alla Scala, the original edp formula, is primarily a spicy rose perfume with animalic facets along the lines of Coco edp or Agent Provocateur. It starts out a bit like the original Fendi although nowhere near as dry or bitter, and quickly progresses into a rose-carnation combination supported by soft incense, civet and oakmoss, all covered in a mildly sweet glaze of beeswax and benzoin.
The syrupy, raunchy quality of Teatro definitely gives it an old-school sort of opulence that reviewers below generally seem to associate with theatre-going, furs and silk. I find it completely wearable in a modern jeans-and-tee context.
It’s more restrained than Coco, more elegant than AP, and perhaps a touch more feminine than, say, Portrait of a Lady – but certainly unisex by today’s standards.
ScorpionMC – :
Review Of Teatro Alla Scala Minis & Spray Bottles
I can’t add too much to what has already been said about this amazing, beautiful masterpiece of perfumery.
When I first wore it, sometime in the late 80’s, I associated this fragrance with smoky Orientals in the style of Opium by Yves Saint Laurent. Today’s kids just can’t understand what perfume really is. This is a sophisticated, artistic fragrance for the experienced fragrance enthusiast & the vintage collector. Teatro comes in both mini dab on bottles and the spray bottles. I have both and wear them in winter time.
Unlike some wintery musk scents like Paloma Picasso, or a warm spicy floral like Coco Eau de Parfum & Fendi(which Teatro resembles) this fragrance is an evocative perfume of an Italian theater, or a time when luxurious, full bodied, voluptuous perfumes were in vogue. True to the reviewers’ comments, this is a gorgeous 1980’s power perfume. In today’s context it’s unisex.
I would describe the minis as being cologne concentration or perhaps even toilette, with a short but memorable life. The spray is fresh and longer lasting, with the same performance of notes as the minis. They both open with aldehydes which are soapy and fresh but masculine. Almost at once the statement it makes is: majestic, royal, powerful and aristocratic. I can see why reviewer Eliza Gelman associates this perfume with historical figures such as Lucrezia Borgia Niccolo Machiavelli & Napoleon Bonaparte. This DOES smell like the grandeur of the Baroque & European Renaissance. It evokes opera houses (hence the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan Italy) powdered wigs of white color on men like in the 1984 film Amadeus about the life of composer Mozart & his rival Antonio Salieri.
The scent is masculine and assertive, so despite it’s market being women, this fragrance smells like it would have been worn by men of the 1700’s. It has a solemn and Church-like air, a cologne for the Pope, or for high clergymen like Cardinals. Cardinal Richelieu who served as the most powerful government minister and man of God in France during the reign of Louis the 13th, but who is generally portrayed as conniving, scheming, wicked and cruel in fiction such as Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeer novels. All at once I have romantic and adventurous images of men on horseback protecting royalty, Cathedral incense and coronations, intrigue, sex, scandal, murders, usurping princes, wars, and royal women who were ravishingly beautiful, whom powerful men would start wars just to give them heirs and wealthy lands taken as spoils of war. A sort of scent for Catherine De Medici who was no goody two shoes. Also a fragrance for Queen Elizabeth I. A kind of scent of a time when Catholics fought against Protestants. I can’t tell you how historical this perfume is. It is the most historical fragrance ever.
Even with this association, which a lot of people are smart enough to “get”, you still feel the overwhelming beauty of it’s luxury, it’s opulence, it’s detailed arrangement of notes which make up a very beautiful aroma made for the man or woman who knows a good perfume when they smell one.
The aldehydes give way to a slight fruit note, in the mix, sweet with such sweet ingredients as honey, and the florals are heightened feminine flowers of roses, geranium, tuberose, jasmine, and iris or orris root. The powder is pretty strong and the heart is actually a good powdery root of iris flower. Even with this much sweetness and feminine powder, one can still detect the incense, woodsy notes, the vetiver, patchouli and benzoin, with a little musky civet thrown in there too. But that being said it is the musk and civet that is the least detectable note and one could hardly believe it’s there. For me the biggest 2 accords are incense/benzoin and powder orris with a honey and or a sort of honeyed amber with florals.
Teatro is a pretty elaborate fragrance, classified as Oriental, but for me it’s not hardcore Oriental. It smells ancient, woodsy, smoky, dark, rich, soapy, sweet, powerful, and stylish. It can pass for a Chanel, definitely along the lines of Coco so if you like & wear Coco by Chanel, this should be a very easy perfume to wear. Evening wear. Nocturnal, formal, no nonsense, elegant, and clearly ment for the mature crowds. Wear them with evening gowns, coats, and winter apparel. It is detectable to others so if you wear this in public, remember that not everyone likes it as much as you do and even less if you put too much of it on. I learned that the hard way.
Beautiful.
velikiygo – :
This is a heavenly oriental with good projection and lasting power. Teatro Alla Scala is a superb offering from Krizia, and it makes me want to explore more from this house. Divine old school class.
sleir – :
This is a strong vintage oriental. It does not smell like any modern perfumes I’ve tried. The opening smells like ambergris to me, and then it becomes a very rich honey incense, over an antique wood base. This smells like a beautiful old house, in a very good (and wearable) way. I really liked this perfume on first try, and craved it afterward, so I think it is a love.
This review is for the EDP.
Rayzone – :
TEATRO ALLA SCALA
Krizia
Year
1985
Remarkable
Teatro Alla Scala is close to smelling like Fendi, and both are rich opulent Oriental masterpieces.
This is a luxurious perfume. I first wore her in 1985 and it was my first venture into Italian perfumery. I thought this fragrance was very empowering and I wore her to important business dinners and social affairs, charity events, fundraisers and romantic evenings at the Opera with my late girlfriend Xiomara whom I described in my review of Coco Eau de Parfum.
I would later take on other Italian classics like Fendi, Roma, Diva, Versace, Armani. This fragrance is also rather like Diva by Ungaro and Chanel Coco Eau de Parfum.
Like those aforementioned fragrances, Teatro is positively regal, grandiose, Baroque, a cologne for a Venetian Doge’s daughter, who is beautiful but the general public – la gente- can only catch a glimpse of her mysterious brown eyes and dark tresses behind a long dark veil inside her horse-drawn carriage as it whisks her away from Venice and into Rome for state affairs.
It smells of a long ago time, of kings, queens, Machiavelli, the Borgias, the Medici, the Renaissance, Popes, Doges, and priests. A time of great wealth & corruption.
This is a sweet, intoxicating liqueur, and it does evoke some of the imagery described by reviewer Gigi the Fashionista. It’s an alchemist potion with a puff of black smoke and incense coming out of a burgundy liquid. Lucrezia Borgia comes to mind. A woman of intellect and power, but which she uses to advance her own ambitions. A tad on the “evil” “witch” side; like with Magie Noire by Lancôme. I don’t think that in the end this fragrance is like any of the fragrances I made references to.
The huge dose of honey from a honeycomb and beeswax note is what sets this apart. It sweetens it up and that orris also gives it a powder effect. This can become rather G rated as an Oriental, and pretty soapy, I suppose on account of the aldehydes & white floral notes of white carnation, jasmine and tuberose.
Lots of coriander, incense, benzoin, spices, vetiver and moss. The thing is that even with all these deep Oriental notes the fragrance can feel bright and balanced with aldehydes & floral notes, the fragrance appears to have something for everyone. It is unisex and can turn as masculine as Opium by Yves Saint Laurent, but she is a lady, a Queen, dressed in long robes of deep burgundy.
A civet note and musk scent emerge in the finale of the performance of this fragrance. But even the civet is bowing it’s head to the floral Queen, and the procession of priests carrying incense and filling the air with it.
It does smell like a Church as others have aptly pointed out. But to me it’s like a Coronation. It smells of Napoleon Bonaparte’s lavish coronation ceremony in Notre Dame Cathedral. Or it conjures up visions of Grand Opera on stage. Maybe Coronazione di Poppea, something from the Baroque Era with castrati singing as gods like Apollo, flying over the stage on a sun chariot, and a chorus of beautiful nymphs sing his praises. It is elaborate and sophisticated, woody, smoky, floral and resinous.
This perfume is that much a 1980’s overdone in your face fragrance. She is somber, stately, formal. I would not call her melancholy but she has a very serious and dignified air. This fragrance reminds me of Judge Frollo from Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Evil, hypocritical, a wolf in the cloak of a priest.
This also comes off as Romani, Gypsy. It has complexity and depth, a perfume that should be given more praise and attention. Classic vintage lovers seem to forget this one and are more inclined to like Coco or Fendi. But Krizia is in the same level.
A beautiful and magnificent Oriental
In recent years I have worn her to the Opera with my friends and to formal dress galas and dinner parties. This is a night time cologne to wear with your best and glamorous clothing. It is also warm and balsamic and suited to cold winter months. The honey and musk keeps you warm and sweet.
Wrap yourself up in this civet cloak of woodsy goodness.
I love love love this perfume.
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barselona – :
Review Of The Vintage Miniature Dab On Bottle
I have the dab-on mini of this fragrance because I love to collect minis! It saves you money and you get the same scent and plus it’s easier to apply it directly on your pulse points or where you want the fragrance to project. The mini looks like a bench with a fan shaped stopper and comes in a little box that looks like it would contain soap.
On me Teatro is a soft powder. I also detect a woodsy note that is not listed for some strange reason. It smells of sandalwood but it’s heavier on the orris which is essentially a powder. The incense note reminds me of the incense in such frags as Opium by Yves Saint Laurent. In fact I would compare Teatro to Opium. In Opium, the patchouli and the myrrh is bigger, and in Teatro it’s softer.
This is a beautiful Oriental fragrance of spicy woodsy smoky powdery elegance and sexiness.
The florals include carnation, rose, and jasmine. There is also a little hint of fruit as it opens. Despite all the incense, it’s also quite sweet. I was surprised at how sweet it is. Maybe the fruit? Or the honey note.
Teatro is not as complex or as mysterious or as Oriental as say Coco Eau de Parfum or even Opium but it has an attractive charm. Sure it’s outdated and does smell like Church, but why not? Why not wear it to Church if you happen to go to Church. It’s very formal and can be worn with black formal dresses and suits for a funeral or graduation ceremony, or gala. It’s also definitely unisex.
Beautiful! Thanks for the reviews!
Worth the price and blind buy if you like soft Oriental florals
Alex_FD – :
OMG! This is one of the most beautiful fragrances I’ve had the pleasure to sniff. After reading Lucia’s, Gigi’s, and the other reviews, I decided to blind buy on eBay. It has been worth every penny. I’d been looking for an incense, civet, and oakmoss perfume and I have found it The honey note greeted me and then the incense followed. I have moved this perfume to the top of my list of favorites for this autumn and winter holiday season.
Thank you Fragranticans. Your reviews on this site have been invaluable in helping me to experience perfumes I’d never have known existed. It’s been many thrilling experiences.
Oscar – :
Teatro Alla Scala is my signature fragrance. I fell in love with this perfume when it was first launched back in 1985. I was a professor of music at the time and was part of an expedition to Milan Italy with an operatic society. My last husband had retired from conducting in London and I was seeking a new perfume. I needed a change from my Chanel favorites: Coco Eau de Parfum, as well as Chanel No. 5. To my surprise Teatro is similar to Coco. This is a gorgeous incense based fragrance. There’s a smoky tobacco aroma in this perfume, quite masculine. There’s also plenty of musk, but as an experienced musk-e-teer I have always welcomed musk in fragrances. This scent is one of the most beautifully put-together fragrances of the 80’s. The opening is fruity with nondescript fruit, a dash of bergamot orange at the top, and some florals in the heart including jasmine, geranium rose and carnation. There’s also aldehydes and balsamic notes, resins, spices, and a honey accord. The honey is gorgeous. I remember my husband always remarked “oh you’re wearing that honey perfume”. But make no mistake. This is one strong and aggressive incense type of Oriental. It smells Middle Eastern and Arabic. It is supposed to evoke the Opera House La Scala in Milan and I went there wearing this perfume to see if anyone would notice. I discovered it smells like the wood around the old theater as well as the candle scent/ candle wax scent of the candelabrum. This smells expensive, opulent, mysterious, dark, romantic, and elegant. It is a perfume for women who love to dress up from head to toe. I still wear this to the opera. It always makes me feel like a Baroque opera singer in heavy powder and make up, wigs and long gowns. An incense and bright candlelight fills the air. It’s an evening cologne for winter and autumn. I prefer the dab on original bottle than the spray. The spray smells like men’s soap. The dab-on or splash bottle is very rich, like an old wine that’s been stored for years. It’s absolutely magnificent.
Piemempicky – :
Teatro is an amazing fragrance but you have to have an acquired taste to wear it and enjoy it, just like with opera. This was initially too masculine on me. I smelled it and sampled it and thought this was as manly as Opium by Yves Saint Laurent. Oh God no. I never cared for Opium but it was the patchouli in Opium that turned me off. This is very different. This is incense. I got mostly incense. It was not too heavy but it was the major accord. It smells like a lot of things: it has balsamic oil, soap, and honey. The beeswax note is totally there. There’s also something like a spice but I can’t make out what it could be. It’s got more aldehydes than musk and I thought it was the aldehydes that made it more feminine and enjoyable. There are sweet floral touches (not heavy), the softest faintest scents of rose and carnation. It’s definitely Oriental in it’s composition but it does seem to smell more European, more Italian, like some bath oil from a palazzo or palace in Venice Italy. This has a very antique quality like something that you’d smell in a museum. It’s also got something that could pass for wood. It’s got incredible longevity and sillage and this is a perfume that means business. Very hard to wear. I thought hard about where I could wear it. It is much better than Opium for me and the honey and incense are very enjoyable. I think I’ll wear this on Halloween or at a masquerade costume party. I have frags that I wear very infrequently to events that require me to dress up: Fancy Nights Jessica Simpson, Enchanted by Chopard, Midnight Poison by Dior, etc. Teatro smells like you have to be very well dressed or dressed up to wear this perfume. It’s definitely an evening cologne. It’s unisex so guys please go out and try this. It’s very aromatic and luxurious, dark, mysterious, elegant but with a touch of evil. I agree with the comparison to The Phantom of the Opera. It smells like a tall shadowy mysterious man in a large cape lurking in an old theater. It also smells like a million bucks.
halun41ik – :
EDT Version:
If vintage diva and vintage coco had a baby, it be this with Opium as the godmother.
Not a lot of civet in the edt, but the aldehyde opening will grab you. About 15 min in, it starts to shine and come together.The honeyed rose really stands out on my skin reminiscent of Diva. Love this for a spring/summer. Its lighter than vintage opium EDT for reference.
EDP Vintage Version:
This is where the COCO references com into play. Not as much honeyed rose as the EDT , but a spicier, heavier version of the EDT. Very Rich, opulant perfume.
Xeroxxxoov – :
One hell of a fragrance….WOW-wee. I bought the vintage juice (EDP) and I have no idea what the reformulation looks like or smells like. And despite owning some pretty cool Amouage frags that bow down to the longevity/sillage of this stuff.. this dated, long-discontinued perfume, is better than any of them, in sillage and near-absurd beauty.
I bought the last box the store owner had in stock, and even tho’ Im always one of those ‘collectors’ that digs a great price, I shelled out the brick of money for this, anyway.
He told me he had no intentions of restocking it, because as hard as he tried, no one wanted to put the money down for it. He had it on his shelf, for 3 yrs, before I grabbed it. And he repeated, he wouldnt waste time tracking the vintage juice down, bcuz it’s ‘fans’ dont come thru his store, often enough for him to keep it in stock. So, I was almost flattered, in light of knowing if I just wanted a reformulation of it, I could get it on Amazon. And even that bottle is only found in the EDT, last I checked.
but I digress..as Ive said many times, incense has to be ‘done right’ in order for me to like it. And with old school juices like this, Opium and Bal a Versailles, incense dont get a whole lot better. This is a sticky, dense, warm, sumptuous dessert of florals, beeswax, musk and incense, basically..
Longevity, on point….bottle, very nice/chic. And this will last beyond the lifetime of an alligator or cockatoo, because I only sprayed it twice, and winced when the impact of the incense and civet, hit my nose. It swarmed all over me, as I walked the 6 blocks back to my place.
And it remained on my skin, late into the next day, while I hung out at home, doing nothing but watching cable news, computer stuff and eating 2 bags of potato chips. Hours and hours flew by, and this perfume did not budge, until I got in the shower and scrubbed it off..and even then, the residual of it, was still there on my chest.
Beautiful…absolutely, beautiful. Weddings, an expensive night out somewhere…a special date/dinner with “someone”…and any other occasion that is as formal as it gets. This perfume, DEMANDS you have your act together when you wear it.
the beeswax/incense is the star of the show, here. Without it, its just another 80s powerhouse with that typical floral/civet-wham-bam. But add a “churchy” incense and beeswax, and its obvious to me this perfume would sell like hotcakes if it were a more current niche fragrance.
this is top 3 in my crowd of scents, definitely…
nspiter – :
Teatre Alla Scalla feels like a step back in time to “The Decade That Roared”. How this exotic fragrance would suit sleekly bobbed hair, smokey kohl-lined eyes, gold scarab beetle-shaped rings and beaded, sheer evening dresses! It sure is a sultry scent, but there is something quite fun about it too. Teatre Alla Scalla seems made to mingle with a mink-collared coat and a coquettish attitude…
I love the peppery, almost masculine, opening of this fragrance and it quickly settles into a drydown I love even more. The honey note is light and clear, a smoke note leaves a gentle haze over the composition and a touch of soft rose can be detected. I smell spice from carnation and a slight coolness from orris. The note that stands out most to me is civet, and I feel compelled to wear Teatro Alla Scalla with some sort of animal garment, whether silk, fur or leather. The honey note stands out as well, adding lift and sweetness. Honey + animalic notes can sometimes make me feel woozy (I’m looking at you, La Nuit de Paco Rabanne, and you, Clandestine) but T.A.S. is perfectly balanced.
I will be wearing this gorgeous fragrance to the “adult” Christmas parties I attend this year.
izym0874 – :
TEATRO: OPERA PERFUME MASTERPIECE
Notes in Krizia’s Teatro Alla Scala
Head notes: Aldehydes Coriander Fruit Bergamot
Heart Notes: Carnation, Tuberose, Orris root, Jasmine, Beeswax, Ylang-ylang Rose Geranium
Base Notes: Patchouli, Musk, Benzoin, Civet, Oakmoss, Vetiver Incense
I waited a very long time to get my hands on a vintage Krizia’s Teatro Alla Scala Eau de Parfum. This comes in what looks like a flat wooden bench with a red plastic triangular stopper. The miniature eau de parfum looks the same. The Teatro Alla Scala sold today is the reformulation in Eau de Toilette spray in a red and yellow container which resembles deoderant. I haven’t tried the Toilette spray and so I can’t talk about what that smells like. I would say, however, that this fragrance is unisex and even more of a male fragrance. Teatro came out in 1985 and it’s definitely an 80’s powerhouse perfume. It’s quite strong. The Teatro Alla Scala Milan, or La Scala, opened in 1778 and was built over the site of the Church of the Santa Maria alla Scala in Milan Italy. And this is exactly where this fragrance will take you. As an opera lover, I’ve been to La Scala and can vouch that Krizia perfectly recreated the smell and overall feel of that opera house. But at the same time it can also smell like any old European opera house, theater/playhouse, museum or church. There has never been a fragrance that has taken me to such a specific place. Teatro should in any opera lover’s collection. And if you aren’t an opera fan, this fragrance will become an absolute pleasure for fans of incense, woods, civet, and classically formulated fragrances in the style of Lancome’s Magie Noire which to my nose this fragrance resembles. This frag also resembles the vintage Chanel Coco eau de parfum and Yves Saint Laurent’s Opium. If I had to classify this fragrance I would call it a CHYPRE. This is such a smoky woody fragrance and with more of a men’s cologne feel than a woman’s perfume. It’s dark, mysterious, romantic and engaging. It seems to be telling the story of the construction of La Scala. The incense is the incense of the Church of the Santa Maria Alla Scala and it’s very strong. To my nose this is such an incense bomb. The patchouli combination also enhances the smoky effect. Of the top notes I could only get coriander. There is a sweetness to this frag that appears to be coming from the fruit notes and the beeswax but it’s not at all a fruity fragrance. Beeswax is very strong. This is not just a sweet honey/honeycomb but more of a beeswax that is used to make wood polish and candles! And La Scala has a lot of candles, candles that are used to light up the theater, adding even more to the incense/smoke notes. It can be so overwhelming that I envisioned the opera house on fire. On the skin the beeswax is very warm. I didn’t pick up on any civet note but it would also account for the frag’s warmth. It’s a very warm fragrance and therefore suited to winter time. Of the hear notes besides the beeswax I also got a red rose. It’s not a heavy rose but it’s clearly there. It’s hard to describe this fragrance. It’s very complex. As I inhaled the perfume and let my imagination soar,