Description
“He casually opened the door for her. She slowed down, took a deep breath, and walked shyly into the woody floor of the majestic ballroom of St Petersburg’s Grand Palace. The orchestra was playing Tchaïkovski. The lights beaming from the gigantic chandelier, reflected in the endless mirrors. He held her hand and started to dance, and dance she did. With every spin of her creamy dress, more heads turned. She was the ultimate charm. He felt like a king. Soon, her sensual spicy scent had gotten to him. She turned left, he followed. She went right, he turned. She smiled at the other men, and flirted with the women. The king was now just a courtesan. She challenged him to a Russian roulette. He smiled shyly. She took out a gun from her bag, and dared him to play. He never wanted her so bad.” – a note from the brand.
Last Canto was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Ludmila Bitar.
gufi8124 – :
A pretty, flirty, yet animalic and sultry perfume!
That text in description is mildly cringing (I think!). But yes, this perfume is a flirty dance – towards the end of the evening, the cumin is sweaty and slightly hormonal, but it’s not spicy/heavy. It’s ultra femme,in a coquettish slightly pink way.
If you’re sensitive to cumin you’ll get the sweaty tones, but it does stay pretty – warm with cinnamon, powdery with iris, just the right touch of sweet, and a bit tasty with milky gourmand almond and fluffy heliotrope.
I like it, because it hits the contemporary mood of slightly retro powdery scents, but it’s not boring, it’s definitely flirty and sensual.
When or where would I wear this? Hmm, I think it’s fun party mode, but not loud. A small party maybe, when there’s someone there you’ve taken a fancy to.
An imaginative perfume that stays pretty while being different and subtly sensual.
Sillage moderate, longevity good
VIN7TAR – :
Feel good in a bottle. No matter how down you can feel, this is uplifting. It’s sparkling, bright, comforting, just a tiny bit naughty, playfull but totally elegant and chic in the same time. Powdery bouquet of flowers, a whole field of it but without even an ounce of old or outdated feel. Don’t be afraid of the powder note, it’s everything modern powdery should be. Beautiful and of such a quality. Elegance and brightness in a bottle. And what I find exceptional if the cumin note which comes in the opening. First time I was like “hm, I am smelling some cumin coming up” and thought it just cannot come from the perfume because, what would a cumin note do in a powdery very floral composition. And yet, it is there, naughtly little thing that sneaks out in the opening. Beautiful. I don’t know if this was their East meets West type of signature in the fragrance but what a great idea. A feel happy perfume that goes with everything any time, from morning to black tie evening.
lin22 – :
This perfume is veeery similar to Guerlain’s iris found in l’Heure Bleue, but much way better than the current product Guerlain sells. Highly recommend if you like powdery yet creamy, velvet iris-based fragrances, musks and woods add depth and sensuality to the whole composition.
I’m in love
bara bum – :
At first smell, applied on skin, my first thought was a perfect dupe to Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum Poudré. Exactly like it, to a T, that is a heavy almond cream on a bed of musk and tonka, with the addition of vanilla and a dangerous lean towards the cloy department. The iris is powdery and talc-like, as in L’Erbolario Iris.
Thirty minutes later, there’s a definite turn, an almost magical transformation of the base, where an aethereal, light and fresh note of cinnamon begins to disclose and kind of dissipate the cloy.
At this stage, it is all about the fresh, almost dewy rose petals, which add a velvety sensation that lasts until the final stages of the fragrance, which is a tenacious one (4 hours at least).
I think this is an interesting piece, definitely worth trying.
bizon-71 – :
A bomb of almond and tonka beans, iris and violet. Musks and soft sandal are among the bottom notes, the pyramid in the web site could not be truer to the finished work. It has a creamy, sensual, clean, plushy effect. A fragrance for cashmere addicts, hahaha!
nata-vita – :
An intimate,caressing,ancient fragrance…. very sophisticated. A dusty iris with accents of almond but not as sweet as you might think, here instead the almond “accompanies” the other notes keeping in distance but at the same time always present. I love the heliotrope here, in the background musk and woods complete the work. A lovely scent, i like it very much!
Sillage: 7./10
Longevity: 8./10
Scent: 8./10
Overall: 8.5/10
gagsi – :
Last Canto smells like a marriage between an ultra-cuddly and a very formal scent, probably due to the iris note.
And for once a scent that will last and last on you without being overly loud.