Description
Italian fashion house Missoni, known for its specific colorful prints and patterns, presents a new perfume under license Euroitalia in 2015, simply called Missoni. The first self-titled fragrance of the house was launched in 1982 under Max Factor, followed by Missoni fragrance from 2006 under Estee Lauder.
The creative director of the brand Angela Missoni explained to wwd that she wanted to create a scent dedicated to a sensual and exuberant woman: “She is a confident woman, who wears this fragrance as a dress that glides on the body, enhancing the vitality and charm.”
The floral – fruity – woody composition of the new edition is signed by perfumer Quentin Bisch. A trio of Italian citruses – which include bergamot, lemon and citron – begins the composition together with pear. The heart notes include floral molecules of maholia (dense floral notes with undertones of jasmine), Petalia (Givaudan molecule that smells like fruity rose / peony) and Sambac jasmine. The base ends with tones of sandalwood, tonka bean and ambroxan.
The face of the perfume is model Elisa Sednaoui. The commercial is directed by Paolo Sorrentino. The fragrance is available as a 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
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Biasiamak – :
Smells like a perfect summer night.
Playful, elegant, something Middle-Eastern.
flexx – :
On first impact I smell fruity woody flowers, but I can’t pick up any “lemon-ey” notes! Later it develops on my skin into a hint of powderiness that is pleasantly smoky, I’m guessing that’s the tonka beans! I’ll be honest it’s not one of my favorite scents and I’m not mad over it but I like it enough, and will happily use up my sample! I give this one a “like”, but not a strong enough “like” to buy a bottle.
pashtet1993 – :
Wonderful beginning but gets powdery pretty soon and I don´t like powdery scents that much. One of the most pretty bottles on my shelf though.
criminalBaby – :
Missoni by Missoni is a super juicy fragrance. It’s fruity in a clean sort of a way, like the scent of a pear-based shampoo. If this fragrance wasn’t so expensive my stance would be neutral, however, at its current price I am far from impressed.
I have admittedly smelt far better fruity florals for much less hard-earned dollars. Many celebrity scents and Escada Summer releases come close to matching Missoni by Missoni.
As much as I couldn’t warm to the now discontinued line of previous Missoni scents, I do miss their uniqueness. Missoni has played it extremely safe with the release of Missoni (2015) and its subsequent flanker, Missoni EDT. It almost makes me wish they’d discontinue these latest disasters and bring their old scents back.
This fragrance will have its fans, and although I find the composition very bland and boring, I can’t deny that this fragrance is very wearable and inoffensive on the skin. Each to their own I guess.
sed91 – :
Sweet juicy fruity opening.
Lots of pear followed by tonka bean
Sweetness as in Mon Paris YSL, LVEB Lancome etc, the scent is easily recognizable, it’s the “I’ve smelled this scent before for sure” thought.
Very juicy floral. Not specifically a certain floral note.
Powdery facets do show up, I guess it’s because of the coumarin.
Pear and coumarin
Vanillic as well OF COURSE.
Funny thing, as it dries down it reminds me of a scent that women around me would wear when I was little, sad thing, I cannot pinpoint which perfume it was.
Be patient for some sandalwood appearance to balance these fruit and ambroxan to make it a bit smoky and sugary.
Overall, it’s not terrible but I’m not rushing to the stores for it. It’s a sweet, festive and happy scent very appropriate for colder weather.
As for the Miss Dior 2012 similarities, I don’t think that the scents are much alike, this is no dupe for Miss Dior 2012
Edit: For nostalgic reasons, I wear some drops of Missoni when i go to bed, I might read a book, search the net, etc and you know it’s not bad. It’s not what you would call a comforting scent, but it does the trick for me.
sosedofcamel – :
tested spray sample.
Oddly enough, at first spritz…I get a fruity/mint vibe…..????….weird !! Almost spearmint…that quickly dies down…After that…it gets more pleasant.
But…..not for me. Simply…generic..no body….too simplistic. Not a bad scent…just ….there.
Fruity/floral…not over sweet. Fo the younger crowd..IMHO.
denis2_06 – :
no synthetics or plastics.. just creamy smoky vanilla after the fruity notes faded away in about half an hour.. a warm and mature feminine scent done with quality ingredients and decent lasting power/projection
1chik10 – :
I was almost put off by the tacky, cheap looking bottle. But, like the brave woman I am, I decided to give it a sniff.
It smells..nice.. Nothing more. I have smelled some horrid perfumes in my days, and this was not one of them.
It smells like flowers, fruit and powder. I love powdery, strong scents, but this was too vanilla. (Not the smell, the type).
Angel is still my true love (along with hubby and our four children 😉 )
licssmealfuse – :
This perfume is Carmen Miranda come to life. Do you watch old movies? She was an “exotic” actress starring in films of the 1940s who famously wore hats made of fruit. My first sniff of this perfume sample reminded me of a tropical beach, something I might wear to a pool party: a beautiful whirl of pineapple and vanilla and grape-I could see me pairing it with a big hat and a striped Missoni coverup. (I know those are not the scents listed, but that’s where my brain went). Sadly, only a minute or two later, the scent became more synthetic and plasticky, like Miss Miranda’s hats. That first impression of summer and pools and tropical beaches quickly turned to tropical skittles.
I’ve had it on for about an hour and it is very sweet, sugary, girlish and unsophisticated. I don’t smell flowers, not even jasmine. (Perhaps because I’m treated to night-blooming jasmine in my yard niw, and so can’t smell it artificially). I get a hint of sandalwood and pear. It is not headache inducing, (so far) but also is too sugary for the beach. It does, in a way, remind me of flowerbomb, in that there are no flowers, and it is like many of the new overly sweet perfumes on the market. Perfumers think today’s woman wants to smell like the candy aisle, apparently.
The bottle is beautiful. I’d love to be wealthy enough to pour this scent out and put something else in. It’s sad-if any company should get layers of scent right, it’s Missoni. Instead they went for too bright, and too colorful.
vikabrache – :
Pretty bottle, forgettable scent. It’s a bit detergenty but I have smelled more detergenty modern fragrances than this, certainly. Smells like a less Kurkdjianified Kenzo World, actually. Generic floraly floralness and ambroxan with some fruit.
gaumustyboast – :
Well… On the one hand you can’t help but appreciate how candid they are about the synthetics that are in this thing…
On the other there really isn’t that much to it: a slightly sour, tropical, powdery floral, in the modern fruit salad style.
Stick with the older, stranger, better Missoni.
Nice bottle though
kryzis – :
smells like Fanta Grape. evaporates a bit quickly(((
stariy076 – :
The bottle grabbed my attention and I tested it once, It smells tropical and fruity. A nice everyday scent for summer. Likable but nothing special or unique.
dannaAffibe – :
First ten minutes smells gorgeous and tropical, then turns into detergent. What a pitty, it starts so promising.
sibrill – :
I got those Missoni fragrances mixed up, so I’m actually reviewing this one today.
It seems that I don’t like neither of them, both are too sweet in an annoying way.
I just don’t like the sweetness in it and that’s pretty much it, it smells like a bad celebrity fragrance.
smival – :
I accidentally ordered this from FragranceNet thinking I was getting the 2006 version (I didn’t know there were multiple fragrances by the same name). I was terribly disappointed that I didn’t receive 2006 but thought 2015 was okay at first. It’s not as unique as 2006 and smells a little elderly to me, but it’s growing on me. I’ll continue to wear it at least once a week.
Meksx734Diobtetty – :
25/7, EdP
Tried it super quick on paper and it was wonderful! I liked it so much that I’m putting it in my Love category here. But it had something I didn’t like, I don’t know what scent/note it was but it smelled plastic… However, the perfume didn’t smell cheap and I’ve never tried anything like it.
Very fruity and this is also a gourmand, if you ask me… It was like scenting candies and ripe fruits.
Couldn’t have guessed the notes.
28/7, EdP
Edit/update: It’s less good on my skin, ok/good on paper and very good in the air. I don’t know if it’s the opening I like a lot but its “fruitiness” is very pleasant; it’s just like sweet & juicy ripe fruits.
I see that it should be balsamic but I feel it’s powdery on my skin. Like L’Acquarossa Elixir Fendi.
I tried it for more than 3hrs ago so I guess it has good lasting. The sillage is ok, not too good – I have to put my hand/wrist near my face to scent it (1 spray).
Not sure how Ambroxan smells but I think it’s a bit like amber and I read somewhere that it’s often synthetic (when it’s used in perfumes) so I guess that’s the “plastic note” I felt before and still feel. I think ambroaxn + tonka beans should be removed (or maybe replaced, if it’s necessary in any way). Although I tend to like musk, I don’t think that scent could be a good replacement. Glad there is sandalwood… Tonka beans + more sandalwood, would perhapd be better than how it is now.
Suitable for any occasion and season, perhaps more suitable for autumn/fall. Summer/spring scent if it were more fruity.
I still like it but I’d like it more if it wasn’t for the negative aspects (… Notes*).
Summary: I love parts of it and strongly dislike some other parts. 1+ for the bottle. It’s among my Likes for now. 4-6.5/10.
tiara2c – :
The saleslady convinced me to buy this one because it was ‘different’. While I liked the hint of grape, I felt it quickly fades into a same genre of commercial smelling perfumes on the market. I gave back this one but still have the sample. I also find the perfume evaporates very quickly, I do like the bottle though.
спартак(кумер) – :
this smells a bit like a lighter softer elie saab le parfum , i Think it smells wonderful i want t so bad
velgo – :
Surprised that such an upscale brand would launch something that smells like all the celebrity frags. To me it smells like everything else that’s being pumped into the market in huge quantities.
St1V – :
On testing paper smells crazy. On my skin, just cheap, plain fruity-celebrity scent like Bruno Banani Magic Woman.
serggolod – :
Tried this again but my opinion didn’t change it’s a very boring plain scent I’m surprised Missoi launched something like this
spicy_1307 – :
it smells wonderful! but after two seconds…..nothing. it fades super quickly
NikolaSZveR – :
I agree with comments below: not bad, but very insignificant.
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GrireeKidge – :
I tried this and at first it had a very strong fruity scent (love that!), later it become more flowery (not really my cup of tea). I don’t like it enough to buy it..both me and my boyfriend think it smells a little plain.
Oblighblothdx – :
Nice bottle. First time I tried it, it smelled like Jasmin, Pear and Petalia rose. With some mild citrus notes. But the problem is, it is just like bunch of other perfumes. Floral, blossomy, gentle and I am not amazed by the longetivity. After few hours the parfume changes the smell and that “aftersmell” it’s not even half as good. I would give it a weak 3 out of 5.
lim345 – :
Retail flop. Not selling well at all. Majority of comments I hear in store is it’s too sweet and “it’s not me”. The most surprising comment when you tell them it’s Missoni, they ask, “who’s it by?”, and “what’s Missoni?” -_-‘
sm_al – :
I received 7 very different samples when I last went perfume shopping, and this was my least favourite of all of them.
This is such a boring, common, unoriginal scent. Even compared to a few juicy couture fragrances!!
It’s pretty enough, don’t get me wrong, but designed to be considered pleasant and inoffensive to the largest segment of society possible. Needless to say I’m profoundly offended.
Don’t waste your time on this one.
(The Narciso Rodriguez scents were the clear winners, since you were wondering so politely)
NarelaNob – :
At first, very beautiful bottle! I would love to have it on my shelf. Opening is more fruity, I smell mostly blackcurrant with bit of citrus. Drydown is delicate floral, nice jasmine tones. I sprayed it on skin during shopping, just to try and still (after about 8 hours and shower) I still can smell it on my skin. Vell done Missoni!
Malovas – :
Nice scent, very fruity at first, but after a while it is delicate floral. Office safe. Bottle is very interesting.
Update: Pear note makes it a bit similar to LVEB.
cyy472speagoessenda – :
Missoni has a tiny resemblance to Flowerbomb… Don’t get me wrong! I think FB is one of a kind scent and I absolutely love it, but Missoni has partly the same notes: Pergamot on top and Jasmine and floral notes in the middle. Still it feels kind of wrong to say it’s the same, as Missoni is pretty good perfume, but not really that outstanding like FB. Longevity and sillage is good.
gruzzisa – :
Quite compelling, quite strong, very much reminds me of the power fumes from 80’s. Smells very familiar, resembells perhaps Diesel Loverdose?
And – Alien from Thierry Mugler, the jasmin is the same!
The drydown is actually quite soft and not as strong as the opening
Alex Dok – :
Smells like grape and sugar. And the saleswoman was so pushy, really annoying.
Voin6666 – :
Disappointing.
The beautiful bottle lured me from a distance and I wanted to try it. I was never a big fan of Missoni’s ones but I know them since ages, even the first ones. I didn’t expect much and all I got was a very generic fragrance in the flood of market. It smells nice to be honest.
The opening smells bizarrelly spicy and no spice is listed.
The citrus edge comes out later and stay so for a long time. It gives the perfume some sparkle, but that’s it. Not even ambroxan saved it from the sea of unoriginality with a warmer hug. No pear detected (I mean real pear) for best IMO, no tonka bean, no jasmine. Only a generic floral edge is there and yet it smells nice, non-offensive, very into the crowd. If they used natural ingredients it would have been a floral classic with citrus tones, but everything smells synthetical here. Wearable nonetheless.
deadh5n2 – :
Very disappointed It is a non descript fruity floral similar to so many others on the market a little citrusy and a bit fruity but to be. honest after five minutes from spraying I could not smell anything! Very generic not a winner for Missoni in my opinion
kgt849speagoessenda – :
Blackberry.
Smell like blackberries blackcurrant red berries and roses marmelade. Powdery. Caramel’s accents (burned sugar).
Heavy sillage and huge longevity.
Follows Paradiso by Cavalli Moschino Stars and many others with this tropical pear lemony notes.
But this is made in a better way finally.
This dark-cherry blackberrycurrant side is nice without be suffocating.
Has dark bitter fresh sides to balance all the compost.
Maybe not so unic but centered.