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attelmimparia – :
If anyone can still get or remember Abercrombie & Fitch 41, Bottega Palladiano Azalea is very similar.
In Azalea I pick up orange blossom water, ambrette, with the faintest of woods and some bitter orange peel. Started off more peppery but that quickly went away.
Warm sunny floral yet fresh and cool. Summer with a cool breeze. I would call this a coastal or beach fragrance without being tropical. Casual or dressy. Feminine and polite. Not much projection or longevity. Still unique but for its strength, it is hard to justify the price. I feel very nostalgic when I smell this.
alpha-9 – :
I’ve never smelled anything like this. And it’s gorgeous. This is proof to me that you really don’t need a complex scent with layers and layers of notes to make something beautiful and unique.
This is the scent of the woman you see walking down the street looking timeless and modern yet natural and comfortable. Her clothes are fine and well tailored but not overly fussy.
The picture that I painted is of a woman, but that may be my bias as I am a woman and love this scent. It does not scream female, but there is something womanly about it. I definitely don’t think it would seem out of place on a man.
I believe that this could be worn any time of the year: the bitter, natural flower makes this sing in the summer, but the warm, creamy, nuttiness should make this comfortable in cooler weather as well. But it is so perfectly balanced between the two that it does not need an extreme of either temperature to work. There is an element of sweetness, but it’s subtle to my nose. It seems more there to assist in the balancing of the natural bitterness than to make a “sweet” scent.
It’s so beautiful. Let’s not make it too popular though. 😉
zhuravli1950 – :
It smells more gourmand (I wouldn’t call that hazelnut though) at startup, but ends more floral (whatever that flower is…it smells like a combination of conventional white & yellow flowers to me).
chmelyuk – :
This is my favorite of the Palladiano line. Its sweet and nutty with a very light floral note. It reminds me faintly of warm buttered caramel popcorn in a way, but I don’t want that image to ruin this scent for you readers. The nuttiness is not quite like warm vanilla, but it gives off that kind of rich creaminess. The floral element is not what gives this the sweetness factor, but a plant like bitterness that offsets this fragrance perfectly. This is quite beautiful and very much a unisex fragrance, I think this this would smell great on a man or a woman. Projection and longevity is very good, it lasts on me awhile with just two sprays. In closing, the overall effect of IV is sophisticated, sexy, and expensive smelling. Thumbs way up and well worth the money.
sseeman – :
Well probably the most interesting of the Palladiano…it is a sweet floral, the floral notes are rather unusual, we are not talking Jasmine or rose here, ..the sweetness is almost like jam, and in a way herbal…I think it would be different to own…now, for the price I might just decide it isn’t that outstanding. I don’t find it suited for men at all either..it has a yellow sunny side too…not sold on it, but liking it in a way!!