Description
Armani Privé New York is joining the luxurious fragrance collection, Armani Privé, and comes out in August 2017 as a limited edition dedicated to this metropolis, its history and culture.
Armani Privé New York, inspired by the freedom and modern vision of luxury related to New York City, is announced as a luminous and sophisticated composition created by young perfumer Fanny Bal (IFF).
Top notes: aldehydes, white pepper, neroli
Heart: iris, peony, ambrette, white tea
Base: white musk, incense, cashmere, vanilla
The smooth white bottle of the signature, simple lines of the collection is decorated with a light-purple label and golden details. The fragrance comes as a 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
tasja-05 – :
Based on the note pyramid, I thought this would be my ideal fragrance and was willing to shell out an exorbitant amount for a sample.
That being said – it’s a lovely, fairly timeless scent: Light as a cloud, crisp and aldehylic, but still laying on a base of wispy pillow-soft-vanilla, with some ‘generic clean notes’ thrown in. The drydown is a crunchy ambrette/iris melt, and it’s very cozy.
The sore spot here is how unrealistic the full bottle price is in relation to how WEAK and short-lived this is… and for that price I’d tend to opt for something a little bit less ‘done, and safe’.
So much so… that I had a hard time pinning down what this scent reminded me of – there were so many close calls!
1) Frederic Malle L’eau D’Hiver. (More full bodied)
2) The actual most watered down/less powdery-more boring reincarnation of John Galliano EDP.
3) I would even go so far as to draw a mild comparison to Chanel No. 5 Eau Premeire (No torches and pitchforks please)
4) Xerjoff Fatale Charm (Packs more of a punch!)
(I don’t dare select any of these for the ‘reminds me of’ option.. they are just my humble two cents. Perhaps if you love any of these scents or they are hard to find where you live- check this one out!)
I hope this isn’t coming across as a negative review – it’s lovely, soft, heavenly, a little bit addicting… but pretty safe and unoriginal for nearly 400$.
sano84))) – :
The Bergdorf Goodman exclusive Armani Prive New York struck me as unassuming and not too outstanding at first, especially for a BG exclusive priced above-the-norm for Prive at $360 for 100ml.
The scent, is overall, modest—a blend of white pepper, white musk, white tea, iris, vanilla, some florals, and incense. It’s quite white, as the note list allows me to imagine, and it’s an even-keeled, balanced impression of the various elements. It’s sharp but not too sharp, and smooth but not so smooth as to be boring or too sweet. It evolves from the sharper to the sweeter, eventually remaining on my skin as (predictably) the vanilla and white musk, primarily.
Classy stuff, four-season and gender versatile, surely leaning slightly feminine but not enough to move the needle for me, at least.
Performance is well above average on projection and quite great on longevity, impressive given that it’s not a particularly heavy scent, but it is a rich scent, nonetheless.
The price is a lot to swallow but this could be a unisex signature scent. Certainly something to think about. At least for the time being, it does not appear to be slated to be discontinued.
8 out of 10
SASHA1967 – :
I only spritzed on a card (yesterday) and I am still drooling over it (above and beyond all of the other beauties I tested that day that I can only test at a counter at Bergdorfs). Will do a proper test and report back. Agree this will be a true classic.
dlyou1 – :
very close to Armani Prive Iris Celadon
Cownunsessisa – :
I blind bought this for some crazy reason, and let me say I am so glad I did.
This is such a beautiful fragrance. Feathery light, yet warm and sweet, It just is so beautiful.
Opens with pepper, iris and neroli and dries down with wisps of incense, tea and cashmeran. The aldehydes give this a faint sparkle, and the iris gives it some beautiful powdery notes that all come together with the musk, incense and vanilla.
Nice longevity and sillage as well.
Not for everyone but well worth checking out if you have the opportunity!
glargen – :
Visited NYC (Bergdorfs) recently and was so excited to try this. I was planning on getting it based on the notes as a memento of my visit. Well..I’m glad I tested it, because it’s not me at all. I wanted fresh powdery iris, but mostly smelled loads of black pepper with some tea. Tea only works for me in a cup. Very unisex. I was sad, but I guess I saved some money!
Vi1ek – :
I visited Bergdorf Goodman on 5th Avenue because of the window display of Armani Prive New York. As I walked into the store, I was greeted by their associates who were promoting the fragrance. I enjoyed our exchange and left the store leaving a trail of Armani Prive New York. It is a very beautiful, contemporary classic fragrance: white pepper, white tea, white musk, iris, peony, vanilla, neroli, a distant incense, and intoxicating aldehydes,
blanketed by rich cashmeran.