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Krot707 – :
An overwhelming sensual olfactory experience, Antonio Gardoni’s masterpiece “Gardelia” is an absolute one of a kind animalic floral that defines the Bogue art of perfumery perfectly. Created as a semi-bespoke scent for a special 50th wedding anniversary celebration of close mentor friends, the perfume contains gardenia absolute at 6% of its overall composition with 49 other ingredients only some of which have been disclosed and these include absolutes of jasmine, Rose, Magnolia, Tuberose, and Frangipani. In addition, other notes I can discern are that of cognac, civet, beeswax, peach, and pepper. The resulting juice is a dense resinuous and overwhelmingly animalic white floral comparable to grand old floral chypres of the past. What makes this offering even more unique is the incredible presentation of the fragrance. The perfumer designed the bottle inspired upon an old bottle the friends for which the perfume was created own. Each bottle was hand blown in glass paste through lost wax casting with cobalt blue oxide and symbolizes a basket of fruits and flowers, and at the same time exhibits a cracked open pomegranate. This is the most beautiful perfume bottle ever created in modern perfumery. Period. The stuff of dreams and available only in 50 bottles worldwide, I feel very fortunate to have acquired one of these true masterpieces of modern perfumery art. It is the only perfume that resides in my curio cabinet. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous on every level!
barrboss81 – :
A stand alone luxury piece of Art
I have bumped into this by mistake, while I was trying to get to know more about Gardoni’s perfumes, all with his distinctive signature that make his creations stand out of the general niche and artisanal range, in general.
The bottle is really a piece of Art, though I will now dwell on how he came up with this beauty: the result is really a delice to one’s eye and hands…hands, yes, because when you hold it you really feel that you’re holding something extraordinary, heavy, classy,prelude of its content…
The content: an unapologetic shoot of ripe Tuberose, sweet decayed Gardenia ( 3 types ), Indolic Jasmine and lemony Magnolia that strikes you and makes you dream of being somewhere different from where you are, it makes you travel with your fantasy in any place you feellike being, in YOUR own place where it is only you and this fragrant smell…
This shoots sits on top of a super structured base of which I will not reveal any ingredient, since as many as 50 natural notes have been used (all their botanical name in the leaflet contained in the box).
What is reported here above is only a mere attempt to describe the scent and to indicate what the perfume is made of, but it is really so reductive that i’s not even Worth looking at…
The journey that Gardelia takes you with is nothing short of a continuous change that last all day- I have felt like a horny animal looking for lusty sex, then I have become an old lady in her 60’s (I am a grown up man with a beard…..), then I found myself in the middle of a Bazaar full with Spices, resins, earthy roots, then I was transported to the greengrocer tasting a juicy peach, then again the lusty and lecherous animal, this time also peeing over the White flowers, then at a solemn Mass sniffing some Incense and Mhyrr….
…and I like all this.
Price is really high, but this is a semi bespoke product, made of 50 numbered pieces only.. available in Italy at Antica Profumeria Sacro Cuore and at Luckyscent (if still avilable, but I have noticed they top up every now and then)
Enjoy it, if you can, you wont be disappointed, regardless of what are your tastes (check my wardrobe and you’d never guessed I might have liked this)
lexx_z – :
A Monster made of kisses
This reminds of a chypree, not just because of the stark metallics or aloof menthol of the opening, but because of how rigorously the entire journey is structured. Until hour 13 there is no blowsy floral, no Big White powerhouse. (And by hour 13, it’s big and white, but no powerhouse.)
For all of the hyperbolic love story of it’s creation and marketing, to me this echoes Sheldrake’s handling of heady florals: intellectual and a little off-putting. Which is what allows it to stay interesting on its long journey to drydown. Every sniff, something a little different.
Sillage is pretty quiet. Given the quantities of gardenia used, this is impressive. I like the fact that I won’t empty a room by walking into it. But longevity is off the charts. I was still catching it wafting around me when I moved 15 hours after application.
I want it. It’s not even my style, yet I admire it so much that I want to wear it. I’m not a huge lover of BWF or of chilly, intellectual chypres, but it seems I will fall for chilly, intellectual BWF.
Melzu451bedyWelty – :
50 BOTTLES RELEASED IN THE U.S.!!
Available only at LuckyScent, for the staggering (albeit warranted) price of 950 USD for 50 ml (1.7 oz.). Fifty years of marriage 50 years of Love 50 years of Perfume! It makes sense 50 bottles were made available…
This scent was made for dear friends of the perfumer’s to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The bottles are all hand-blown and the stunning “split pomegranate” cap is created with the age old technique of lost-wax casting. Each and every aspect of the presentation is elegant and one-of-a-kind. (Each bottle is hand etched with a production number)
Many may balk at paying 19 USD per ml for a perfume. I, on the other hand, gleefully forked over 20 USD for a 0.7 ml sample of DSH’s Mata Hari extrait (and then bought a second before commiting to the 5 ml bottle of 85 USD.) In an age where perfume comes from large industrial vats by the hundreds of gallons/litres, it is indeed refreshing that Signore Gardoni has returned perfume to its truest and most elegant form: that of true art!
I was gifted a sample 2 ml spray, by one of my dearest perfume pals (and niche enablers, lol) and am saving it for a special occasion-even though it is killing me to do so! Clive Christian claims to be the most expensive perfume in the world…it seems that he has some very tough competition. The BOGUE scents I have tried and have (O/E, Maai & Cologne Reloaded) are light years from CC’s pretentious packaging of the same old flowers and woods that are just LOUDER (even though they are very high quality) without any of the magick Antonio weaves into each and every creation he has created so far (see also Aeon 001).
I will never probably own a bottle, just as I may never own a Picasso. But you can be damn sure I will hand over the price of admission just to stand in the same room as one. And to be able to be that close, to experience a true work of art is priceless, is it not?
Юшечка – :
Holy mother…………the ONLY place (even outside of Bogue’s OWN WEBSITE) that I can find this is an Italian website. And…..50ml…..is over $850. *gulp* OK….anyone who has some and wants to make a little money for me to at least get a sniff of this magnificent sounding stuff…..hit me up! WOW. That’s all I have to say. It has pretty much ALL of my favorite notes and is supposed to be room filling which is all about me! *sigh*
hja740Negeltzex – :
An ultra-aggressive, unapologetically abrasive and room filling opening of animalics reminiscent of cured meats and leather to an extent they almost burn the sinuses and make one feel like being hit right between the eyes by Rocky Marciano. Honey-laden and slightly peach-sweetened cognac adds further depth without even the merest attempt at restraining the initial assault – think of too much of a naively curious sniff straight after uncorking the booze. Right off the bat this is both whiplash inducing as well as being addictive.
An indolic vintage feel of concentrated threefold gardenia extrait, tuberose and jasmine emerges once the original onslaught has calmed along with the healing help of beeswax, rose and frangipani guarding the transition to come.
The composition mellows and brightens losing its alien and menacing character by introducing gentle woods and powdery notes in total contrast to its ferocious opening settling into a very pleasant complexly supported white floral.
In terms of being unashamedly in your face and uncompromisingly real, Gardelia offers an experience that rivals that of JAR fragrances. Gardelia has its own undeniable and wild maverick character along with innate mood swings and yet demonstrates a remarkable and complete metamorphosis.
One of a kind.
Панчекс – :
Feb 11, 2016
I just received the most surprising sample in the mail and a hand-written note from Antonio Gardoni to try his new Gardelia experiment. This made my week!
I find Gardelia to follow in the Bogue Profumo tradition of deep, rich, intense herbal compositions that opens up with some of the most authentic green, like visiting a florist as they skillfully hack away at the stems of some heady white floral creation.
Such an astonishing introduction to the smooth, dense bouquet to follow. And then it nestles in as a honeyed, earthy, almost liqueur-like powder. At first I thought it had read “Gardenia,” without having yet read the story behind the name (which is really quite thoughtful) and was then caught off guard at just how masculine, almost handsome the opening was. But then as the flower slowly began to blossom, it was like understanding a secret at long last. You can be anyone to appreciate this new treasure–it all depends on how it speaks to you.