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ifm348speagoessenda – :
This is so so pretty, and so in line with what I love in fragrances! I was leery of the musc enphasis, but it stays very balanced here and leans more floral/powdery. Florentina is so similar to many of my loves, but seems to top all of them by fixing what annoys me about them! For example, it’s similar to My Queen, but lighter and without the pepper. Like Swan Princess but softer powder and no rubbing alcohol. Like Apres L’Ondee, without the vaseline/carnation. Like Iris Dragees, but lighter on the almond and less soapy. So kind of the best parts of all of those! Violet, Iris, sweet, fresh and powdery. Very daytime, wear anywhere. I absolutely love it!
enio82 – :
I rarely buy full bottles. Between what I already have, the samples I’m working through, the little decants I collect here and there and the extensive library of perfumes I make myself, I will never go through everything in a lifetime or two. BUT. Florentina is such a lovely, comforting, delicate, soothing scent that I bought a full bottle. The bottle is a rounded shape that feels delightful in the hand, it came in a rose-gold metal box with paper ephemera themed to the scent and it it’s just lovely. Soft almond, light musk, slightly powdery (but not so much that this definite powder-hater shies away from it) lovely on all fronts. Florentina is flat out gorgeous. I disagree that it smells like baby powder, but perhaps it does on the reviewer who found it so. I abhore baby powder and baby lotion scents so this would be anathma to me were it so. On me, it’s a comforting soft almond blanket.
kassstakarasss – :
My favourite of the lot. It’s where you can most see Sylvaine’s influence from Guerlain (without all in all copying or taking too much influence). Iris done right, I have to say. The almonds and musk give this fragrance a longer lasting effect than the other scents, pushing it into the 4-6 hour range. The iris is almost fruity, fairly similar to the iris in Insolence, Apres L’Onder, or Coty’s L’Aimant or L’Heure Bleue. Powdery, very floral. A bit spicy.
I’d buy this.
Meoym173Unlogrere – :
I got a dicovery set 5 from muscs collection
Andi have to say you can see she works for Guerlain
Very nice scents all of them
Florentina is original powdery musky floral spicy
I feel there clove or cumin…
Thinking to buy a bottle as i dont own any similar to it and i love podery scent
DoxAbsots – :
Florentina is Sylvaine Delacourte’s slightly updated version of Guerlain L’Heure Bleue. It is a little less dusty and smoky, and a bit more almondy, but the essence of LHB is unmistakably present in it. I have nothing bad to say about Florentina, except that it is completely unoriginal.
Update: I am now wearing Florentina on my right hand against L’Heure Bleue on my left hand and, what can I say, LHB wins hands down. Yes, it is retro, and dusty, and perfumey, but that’s exactly what makes it so great. Florentina comes off as a very pale photocopy, deprived of any character.
Laykon – :
My favourite of the musks so far, a sugared almond violet softly tempered with musk, vanilla and carnation. Delicate, warm and sitting close on the skin, this is a pretty yet sexy perfume.
erymnarretrek – :
One of my favorites from the musk collection. It opens incredibly spicy and has a somewhat waxy feel. This dissipates somewhat quickly into a lovely lavender mid with a distinctly iris-lipstick feel. The drydown is a warm, clean musk with almond, so it’s sweet and warm. Mild projection for an hour or so before becoming a skinscent for 7 or so hours afterward. I love this one. Perfect for spring, summer, and fall.
asjfueanlun – :
This is the most relaxing frag of my wardrobe, absolutely perfect for an evening spray after a stressful day.
It opens with a soft scent of creamy almonds and muscs, evocative of a thin layer of precious toscanian earth on a foggy morning in spring. Then comes the sun, after an hour or so, with the growing scents of the finest iris and orange blossom, still enveloped by fading muscs and the green notes of vetiver underlining the floral notes. The remaining skin scent is a gentle (not gourmand) mix of white muscs and flowers with a hint of almonds.
This frag illustrates well the skill of Sylvaine for choosing and handling natural ingredients, and I expected nothing less from one of the best noses of the Guerlain house. At Guerlain’s this would be one of the better exclusives, like Ame d’un heros she created there. Hope her niche line will stay affordable as I used a quarter of the 100 ml flacon within a week … could it be slightly addictive?
Corsicasz – :
I believe i saved the best for last! This is by far the best fragrance of the line. Calming almonds slightly creamy powder with tender vanilla and hazy musk on the background. Quite delicate and sexy to be frank. then something slightly sour and myrrh like comes in and combine with the almonds creating a slightly weird blend! but the almonds vanilla powder remains there but kind of weaker than the top note.
It is quite sexy and delicate, i believe i need this to add to my collection! cause i don’t have delicate fragrance so far, something could be quite sexy like this one here.
igrokkey – :
Florentina starts with a very comforting almond, quite gourmand but not cloying. The talc comes out next, with wifts of marzipan as the bitterness of the almond softens. It reminds me of the calisson candy, also like a powdery l’eau d’hiver but without the sharpness and brightness.
After it’s all settled down Florentina is baby soft, innocent. Always comforting like a cocoon. It is a scent that is very easy to wear.
I wish it’s more long-lasting on me, for now it’s the only thing that’s holding me back.
You need to like heliotrope.
Aleks 1973 – :
Cloves, iris, vanilla, almonds. The heliotrope develops much later. There is a little greenness from the vetiver. A bit like a light Dyptique.. I pick up very little bergamot and no lavender. As pretty as this is, Florentina sits too close to the skin, for me to need a bottle of it.
nikita_mihal – :
I am in love with this fragrance. I love that it is easy to wear; keep in mind that it is powdery, I also get some almond notes, iris and even though it is simple, it is not boring,if it makes sense.
vimvol – :
Yes, well here the notes I have found today on the site of Delacourte. Here below (the other comment) the notes I have found yesterday with my nose.
Notes are not ingredients as remind us Matvey Yudov here on Fragrantica about Olfactory Pyramids. And even this actually are a just trace. All modern molecule in all the collection. Same notes that with more or less intensity compose these 5 fragrances.
Carnation
Benzoin
Bergamot
Iris
Lavender
Violet
Vetiver
Bitter Almond
Orange Blossom
Neoxis68 – :
Florentina is an Iris Heliotrope Almondy fragrance.
Persistent traces of violette, rice, talc (borotalco), cotton, and vanilline/praline make this fragrance interesting.
Departure very 1800 powder, perdure all time a very light make-up lipstick lotion sensation, became a bit more modern, cottony and gourmand step by step. Eatable. Sugary almonds. Very nice.
It smell like pink oleander after a while. I love that.