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buy-zithromax – :
Very delicate, sweet, soft, sexy. It would be perfect for someone who loves tonka, because thats all I smell is tonka and some resin. I do not like tonka so this was a disappointment, but it almost made me change my mind as it dried down. It really is lovely but I can still smell that tonka.
zalata777 – :
This is powder on steroids. Straight almond powder. It’s nice as it becomes more subtle. But the first hour or so is too powdery for me. When it mellows out, the almond lingers in and out and the scent becomes smooth and mellow. But you have to sit through screeching powder to get to that point.
Medium sillage, medium longevity
SheesePoP – :
Exquisite. Vintage. Pink swansdown powder puffs and blush colored silky face powder found in art deco satin depression era jars…
Pre code era and black and white cinema reminds me of Jean Harlow in Dinner At Eight. Powdery, super refined foundation…that is what this fragrance is to me…
Super soft blush pink face powder and everything 1920’s that lives in my heart is what this perfume is. I am completely in love with this and everything it stands for…lovelovelove! The more it wears on the more beautiful and refined it becomes! I feel like I am in a bed lined in pink satin, taking a bubble bath in pink champagne, oh this drydown is heavenly…dreaming in pink, ultra feminine and beautiful!
Alessandro is as delicate as freshly fallen snow untouched in the woods on a morning so quite all you can hear is the frozen crystal air and the gently falling snowflakes…
alekc9999 – :
Alessandro is an uber-intense powdery scent.
As others have noted below, the opening of this scent is very specifically reminiscent of the pink opalescent soap that can often be found in public restrooms along with whiffs of something vaguely animalic and sharp (probably the honey note).
The good news is that as it dries down it looses its sharpness (and that association) and becomes a soft powdery cloud of makeup and sweet almond oil. Wonderful stuff for powder lovers who are searching for that “makeup bag smell”. I prefer this to Teint de Neige which to me smells much more like baby powder (rather than makeup) with bitter edge.
bigjoe – :
Wow. I am sooooooooooooooo glad I sent for a sample (an expensive sample) before purchasing this fragrance. All it smells like is baby powder. That’s it.
There’s MAYBE a tiny hint of something floral, but there is certainly zero almond fragrance and I do not detect anything to do with honey.
This is one of the most expensive perfumes out there and I urge anyone to please, please order a sample before purchasing this fragrance.
yod454Diobtetty – :
This is exactly as described by the notes….if you love almond you will be in heaven! Soft, powdery honey almond vanilla. Sweet but not sickening sweet by any means. It is lovely and very feminine. It is listed as unisex and while I feel that people should wear what they like despite the label I want people to know this has a very feminine feel to it.
Alessandro is very warm, comforting and easy going without feeling generic. It is probably my very favorite almond dominant perfume so far. No surprises or weird notes later….just powdery almond loveliness from start to finish.
likvidator09 – :
Powdery Honey Almond Deliciousness
Alessandro is honeyed almond in liquid. It is very powdery. I don’t like powdery fragrances but I like it here. The notes are of high character. They feel very natural. The almond is the star of this fragrance. It is very comforting and warm. Alessandro’s longevity and silage are just great. The concentration and quality of the ingredients make Alessandro bottle-worthy. It is the high-scale version, in a way, of Givenchy Pi, but multiplied by 100. Elegance exudes in this composition.
Alessandro is unisex, perhaps in a short lapse just a little feminine, but not much. I guy can wear this without issues. Great fragrance. 9/10
zayuha2011 – :
hi Alchimia72, I read your profile and our taste in fragrances seems so similar. I am going to order Joop and try it based on your review. About Alessandro, I would love to visit the shop in Milan. Maybe one day! In the meantime, Santa brought me a bottle for Christmas and I wear it constantly!
Абырвалг – :
Hi elliedarling, I’m italian and in particular I’m from Milan, which is the only town where Mazzolari’s fragrances are sold.
The price is not so high, about 73 euros for 100 ml. The price on luckyscent is enormous because they buy from the shop and sell to the sellers with two costs of forwarding charges. If you have a chance to come in Italy, visit Mazzolari shop in S.Babila square and you can touch the differences in price.
FJLeights – :
Ok…first time diving into “The Mazz”. I read all the comparisons ranging from public bathroom soap to sugary almonds. Who’s right and who’s wrong? From the looks of things, everyone is right. Hey, did anyone notice the unisex tag and the lack of male reviewers? The reason is simple: This isn’t for men…at all. Let’s pretend that you don’t agree with my opinion. Ask yourself this: As a man, do you wanna smell gorgeous? Personally, i was hoping for gourmand greatness drenched in vanilla with my powdery accords more towards the background. Instead, i get a middle-aged duchess vibe. It all comes down to style, preference and your tolerance of powder because this one is turned up to the maxxxxxxx!
vadik – :
This fragrance changes from moment to moment on my skin, yet I love every stage of it. After about two hours of wearing it, I feel like I am in heaven. Such a lovely powdery, almondy fragrance. Surprisingly it lasts about 6-8 hours on me. In the evenings when I get in the shower I can still smell it a tiny bit. The only thing I don’t enjoy about this perfume is the price and the fact that it’s hard to find. It’s currently sold out on luckyscent and that’s the only place I know of that sells it.
Atstek33 – :
I haven’t reviewed this and have had it for quite some time now. Well, when I read there was heliotrope in there, it does not surprise me because I love love love heliotrope. Also love powder and vanilla. It’s so feminine and perfect for drawing in attention from men, but not total sex attention (well not just yet). I feel it is very elegant, not sure I get the almonds, but many fragrances I do love have almond. Be that as it may, and my limited ability to convey all the notes like some is nil. I will just suffice to say that I will never be without this one. I get compliments galore when I wear this. And I’ll say it’s not a just for me fragrance. Something very captivating going on here with my chemistry and Alessandro. You would have to pry it out of my cold dead hands.
Edit: I abused this, so now I am on a long hiatus from her.
zlobl9 – :
This scent reminds me of a lighter and less spicy obsession which I always found to be too loud for me. I can easily see wearing Alessandro however. The notes are really well blended including the honey which seems to be one of those that you either get right or horribly wrong. I love how the powder settles in and just anchors everything on my skin. Lovely!
Sataadhence – :
Delicious cherry lollipop alternating with that sharp milky-pink public bathroom handsoap. Not sure what to think.
777 Джин 777 – :
I am glad so many people like this scent. More for all of you since it is not my cup of tea. I like some honey based scents. Chanel Beige is a favorite of mine. But this one just seems to have missed the mark somewhere. I get all the notes, but there is so much honey and powder mixed with the already overly sweet heliotrope it becomes almond nougat with powder all over it and a heliotrope blossom on top that is just ready to start decaying. That may appeal to some but not to me.
алек243 – :
Alessandro opens with a very prominent heliotrope note, gradually transitions to almond extract, and fades to suede and powdery notes. It’s warm, sweet and powdery, but a sort of pinkish-beige powdery rather than crystalline white. I like the fragrance, and the longevity is phenomimal, but I wish the gorgeous opening heliotrope note lasted longer, and I wish the base of the fragrance didn’t remind me at all of Jean Charles Brousseau – Ombré Rose.
Deroxofgyk – :
Enchantable in one word. Not too sweet because of the presence of bitter almond. Powdery and coccon! I tried all the fragrances with almond note but this one is the perfect balance!
ahmed77 – :
Almonds dripping w/honey set against a backdrop of soft powder. I’ll take two please……
I’ve had a love affair w/this scent for a coupla years now. We’re still madly in love w/no end to the passion in sight!
Alessandro is one of the only scents that I’ve ever come across that I would consider signature scent worthy. She’s heartbreakingly unique w/an ambery colored depth minus the actual amber.
Sweet but not toothachingly so. The almonds provide a bit of a roasted bite w/out being bitter. The vanille is done brilliantly taking a backseat to the whole thing filling in only where really needed and not standing out in the least. Then there’s the heliotrope…..soft, round, powdery, w/out weighing anything down. It fairly buzzes w/life and a frequency of it’s very own. Alessandro resonates in the place of jazz for me. She smells like the sound of a late night saxaphone.
I can see San Francisco at midnight perfectly. The scent of this beauty swirling around you keeping you warm,inviting those close to you to come in closer, needing to come in closer. Honestly~this perfume is the scent of a story. Your own very personal one of course!
She’s perfect day and night. She doesn’t get too far away from you but she holds her own. Sillage 6/10, longevity at least 8 hours. If you love honey or almonds~she’s an absolute must try!
2ENG – :
At first it smelled just like sugared almonds but immediately the honey notes come out and the almonds morph from straightforward wedding almonds to lightly roasted ones, making this slightly more interesting. It is still a powdery scent but not overpowering with the powder, just enough to give a soft cloud like feel. The almonds aren’t really bitter but there is a hint of sharpness, just like almond extract. Nice comfort scent.
dar123 – :
To me Alesandro is trully captivating. I love almonds, powder and I love black (sour, morello)cherries and although there are NO cherries in this luxurious potion, when I first applied it, all I could think of was black cherry liqueur. 🙂
This really is a dreamy, powdery scent, rather fascinating, very graceful and elegant, as well as somewhat cute. It is not complicated or intricate, to me it is straightforward, a little dry, but warm, light and breezy, bittersweet and charming. I would say that it doesn’t seem to last very long on me, but maybe that has something to do with your individual nose/chemistry, as people around me say otherwise.
brodek – :
Alessandro is my elegant comfort scent. I just fall into the softness of it. It is a very feminine powdery almond scent. I love almond scents, and heliotrope, but I did not think I liked powder scents…until I tried this one. I do not find the almond bitter at all, and the honey is just the extra bonus of the fragrance. This is the only one of my fragrances that I esteem enough to keep in its box. It just feels gorgeously self-indulgent when I take it out to wear it.