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dfylfv – :
nout72’s review below is spot on, i struggle to describe how this one falls down but his/her review deconstructs it perfectly
aisha981 – :
I was excited to try this one as it’s really hard to find herbal lavender in unisex or even harder in female perfumes.
The opening is amazing: very citrussy combo of lemon and bergamot, a real refreshment. In a few minutes lavender joins the party and that’s it – great authentic and herbal lavender accompanied by some sage. Does it sound too sharp or masculine fougere style? It’s not, these notes are sitting on a velvety vanilla/cashmeran pillow. Perfectly balanced.
There is a bit of fougere touch thanks to prominent herbs, sure, but in no way that it would give an impression of wearing a strongly masculine fragrance. It’s truly unisex and very complex.
Thumbs up from me, what a great, pleasant perfume. Makes want to explore other Ferrari Essences.
8/10
exo212Diobtetty – :
The Ferrari Essence line is indeed pretty good, the hype is justified. But the Pure Lavender is a stinker. The lavender note is great, but it soon gets countered by a sticky, bitter sweet note, which could be the vanilla, but to my nose it smells like ambroxan, similar to Dior’s Sauvage.
I don’t mind a discrete ambroxan note, it adds something ‘savorish’ (for lack of a better description) to the projection, if properly blended with the other notes that is. Nice smelling from a certain distance, but in most cases it just smells horrible from closer by.
Sauvage’s ambroxan note only smells gross when I put my nose close to the skin, Pure Lavender smells horrible from almost every distance and angle. I think this is what people mean when they find a fragrance synthetic smelling, a muddy soup of notes that turns bittersweet in an undefined plasticky way and no longer smells like a summ of natural ingredients, but rather like a poorly mixed color. But I don’t think that the ‘syntheticness’ of the notes is the cause, but rather the poor blend of the notes. This happens a lot with fragrances that have vanilla, tonka or amber(gris)/ambroxan in their base and only very few fragrance that I know manage to smell nice from close(r) by.
xxxxxx – :
Without any doubts, it is “pure”. Too literal lavender for my taste, which makes me to thing of lavender spirit that we’ve used for insect bites in my childhood. Summery and refreshing, much more masculine than feminine. Poor longevity on skin in the hot days. I pass it to my husband.
Lehninov – :
You have to really love lavender or you will not like this fragrance. This has the sharper lavender scent of the plants found along the Mediterranean vice the softer one found in English Lavender. the vanilla and wood provide interesting counternotes, but this is what the name implies…pure lavender….
Longevity was weak, but found that double spraying greatly helped increase it. a good scent and a very polished offering from Ferrari.
Funt_ZT – :
The scent is great. The opening is a little too sharp for me but after a few minutes it settles down to a fantastic scent. Longevity is good but the projection is quite poor. You have to overspray the hell out of this. But its cheap so whatever
MADArtii – :
The opening lavender is gorgeous. Unfortunately, it only lasts 5-10 minutes. Layering with a lavender essential oil solves the problem.
If this were a $300 niche scent, I’d say that’s a problem. But for $40? Worth it. Combined, the fragrance and EO make a goooorgeous smooth lavender. Thumbs up.
vitolj7520 – :
HI.. WOW! LOVE IT! STUNNING SCENT! Fresh,clean and very long lasting pure lavender! Amazing! Luxury scent ! perfect for every season, more for the summer, I feel like a lavender field “MADE IN ITALY” Thank YOU MY ITALY…10/10.
edit…it’s addictive and narcotic fragrance, I smell very expensive, as soon as I move or go I feel beautiful lavender. they give a tail. Italian fairy tale! and very, very long lasting. Great!
z92dima – :
Jeez… I really like these Ferrari ones! This house is really proving that it is possible to bring high quality scents to the masses for an extremely reasonable price!
What I especially appreciate with this line is that we all get a chance to try/own frags with certain notes/feels that more often are common in nieche world. Don’t get me wrong, these are most likely to be crowd pleasers. They are just a bit different than your avarege Dylan Blue, YsL Y, Blue de Chanel, Azzaro Chrom etc.
These are blended more the way a nieche frag is, just in a more mass pleasing way and the offer a distinct note in every release.
With that said, this one starts a beautiful Lavender note that’ll stick with you all the way (more or less). There will also be a sweet (not clawing sweet) Vanilla/Tonka mix after an hour that will carry this warm yet fresh scent forward. Some times I get a feel of ambroxan although this note is not listed.
All in all, in my opinion Bright Neroli and Radiant Bergamot (I do not own noble fig… yet)are both more zesty and uplifting than this one. But this is just as gorgeous and in my world as certain! Spring, summer, fall… work, home or at the mall.. you can easily rock ‘em all
Wulvorin – :
I’ve used it once. I don’t care. I’m that confident that I already love this fragrance.
First of all, it’s not exactly “Pure” lavender. It’s the dominant note, of course, but the supporting notes of vanilla, sage, cashmere, and a bit of patchouli make this fragrance what it really is: GORGEOUS.
Yes, the vanilla/lavender combo has been done several times over. But this is a fragrance that is absolutely superbly blended. The lavender note is the star of the show, but at the same time, the base notes give it a certain depth that keep it from being a straight lavender bomb.
Oh, and the presentation? A+. Classy glass bottle with rubber around the cap. And did I mention my favorite color is purple?
Pure Lavender is relaxing, comforting, and elegant. I’ve been hunting for it for a while, and now that the prices have finally dropped on discounters, I can safely say this is worth the wait. Excellently done, Ferrari.
Napitok – :
OK, I purchased a bottle. This morning a sprayed once on my inner arm and I sprayed also once Sartorial. While I could enjoy the real natural lavender only for an hour when using this EDT alone by layering it with Sartorial I managed to extend it to 3 hours. Test worked! Only after the third hour, Sartorial’s oakmoss starts to appear. And at 4th-hour honey note gives it a sweetness.
Next time two sprays of Pure Lavender and one spray of Sartorial and I am ready for Spring!
TVEERD – :
I’ve sprayed it on my both wrists today. First hour, I get natural lavender. With the second hour, sage and Cashmeran note replace with lavender. I am writing this at 3rd hour and I am already missing the first hour where I actually sprayed an Eau De Toilette called Pure Lavender. But now this is mainly sage and Cashmeran note (which is used mostly in most mainstream fragrances today). Where’s vanilla anyway?!
If I buy a full bottle I am planning to use it with Sartorial so that I may cover that chemical Cashmere with either oakmoss or honey note of Sartorial.
overlord-tm – :
The bottle looks nice, it has leather around the cap. I love lavender, and this fragrance has a lot of it. For me it smells natural. After all it’s Italian… A very pleasant blind buy for me.
Fruinumpins – :
Opens with a burst of citrus, mainly bergamot. Giving it a freshness. Once it drys down you get beautiful lavender that’s blended nicely with vanilla. There is no real sweetness to the scent, the lavender tones it down.
This is no heavy hitting projection monster. It doesn’t need to be. It’s pleasant and soothing. Non offensive and definitely unisex. For me, I wear this straight after a shower at night whilst relaxing at home. Love it!
Would re order.
DEMA58 – :
Dear all,
The lavender itself, even though is used in all fragrances, can be very difficult to handle and to use properly as a primary ingredient, especially for a men fragrance.
The risk in fact is to create a smell resembling to those of detergents.
Despite this, this fragrance is very subtle, sophisticated and high quality.
Chapeau Ferrari:8/10.
Regards
mtycrkfk – :
A simple and fresh lavender, with a woody cashmere and light vanilla on background. Nothing surprising, just okay for men.
anyutaudovitskaya – :
Very clean lavender,wood,light musk citrus very nice complex. I have sprayed this on about 45 mins ago. Very strong lavender at open with citrus vanilla and wood as back notes. As drying down beautiful light Smokey woody vanilla with lavender always there but very soft and sweet. Very addictive intoxicating fragrance. Bottle is very good quality a gen for 30 bucks for 3.4. Very expensive smelling.
ror653Unlogrere – :
beautiful intoxicating perfume in a bottle of luxury, if you like Blue Water Essential Salvatore Ferragamo will like also well lavander, could be used as aroma therapy, a true hidden gem.
butlevevait – :
To continue its expansion in the perfumery market, the Ferrari brand decided to start a new chapter in the history of the Essence Collection, which was released in the year 2012. To this end, decided to invest in unisex fragrances, extolling a single special ingredient in each creation, through more cheerful and fresh interpretations.
So, in 2015, was born the Essence Les Eaux collection, with three scents in Eau de Toilette concentration: Noble Fig, Bright Neroli and Pure Lavender. They hit the market with the same visual pattern, but in transparent bottles, revealing the unique color of each piece. The boxes and the lids also have the same finishing and color, revealing a bright and sophisticated beige leather.
Pure Lavender, as the name suggests, brings the lavender as key ingredient and contains essential oil of lemon Sfuma, cardamom and bergamot, in the top of the composition. In the heart of the fragrance lives the secret, with its notes of absolute of sage, absolute of lavandin, essence of lavandin and Norlimbanol (molecule created by Firmenich with woody and animal facets of amber). Finally, the base carries notes of patchouli, vanilla, moss and cashmere wood.
Now, imagine mixing the sweet softness of lavender with the spicy nuance of cardamom. That’s how Pure Lavender begins! And although the lemon Sfuma also presents sweeter nuances, there’s nothing citric in the output of this fragrance. The absolute of sage, in turn, brings a warmer shade, which merges to a profusion of lavender of all types: sweet, smooth, powdery, floral, etc. The lavandin (hybrid of two species of lavender) was used without parsimony, showing that everything here revolves around it. And the notes of vanilla and patchouli in the background give a facet of chocolate, very mild, but noticeable.
We have, then, a scenario that brings three unisex and refined fragrances, which I see as follows: Noble Fig is one that covers the male side of the soul. It’s fruity, green and sophisticated; Bright Neroli is more youthful, happy and delicate. It has citrus and floral nuances, exploring the feminine side that we all have; Pure Lavender is cozy and has a fundamental ingredient in perfumery: lavender. It soothes and comforts without errors, genre or labels.
Pure Lavender is like the Lavender: universal in every way. It exudes well and has good durability. Maybe it’s the simplest of the three (remembering that the company recently announced a fourth fragrance called Radiant Bergamot), but achieves what many other sophisticated fragrances can’t. In a simplistic way, I would say that it is the Ferrari’s interpretation for the classic Pour Un Homme de Caron, within the current market. And I still say more: is the most French fragrance of all creations of Ferrari.
ivanos1985 – :
beautiful bottle presentation, lovely color of the juice, long lasting and very high quality smooth lavender juice…usually i used to hate lavender based fragrances since they gave me headache…but this is benchmark for any designer lavender based fragrance, it will last and you will smell great in spring and autumn, ferrari hats of to you for stepping up to niche world with all the essence and latest releases…i own 3 already and ill be getting lot more bottles, in no time you guys will be the higher end designer brand in the competition… silver essence and bright neroli are in my list too
pank619 – :
A not very happy blind buy. It is a mix of Bleau de Chanel with 1 million (but in a soft way). Very similar to Dior Sauvage I would say.
The lavender note is not very proeminent – it appears just in the first 5 or 8 minutes. In my opinion, it does not smell something classy; Ferrari have changed their bottles but not the structure of the fragrances: they are trying but, have not been refined yet
lapasja – :
Pure Lavender is a great attempt to produce an easy, run of the mill, unisex fragrance that can be worn by a wide range of customers. But its not a “Pure” Lavender scent, far from it, and when a company writes on their product that the scent is Pure “something”, as a client, you should expect that “something” to be exactly that…Pure. There is nothing Pure about this particular fragrance. On application, the top notes give it life, a certain excitement to the senses but as the hours go buy, to my nose, it becomes a cocktail of mainstream ingredients that basically run this into left field. It smells more chemical than natural. A natural, high quality lavender fragrance will reduce into your skin in a matter of 2-3 hours. It requires additional applications during the course of the day/evening. Two sprays of this fragrance and you are good for 24 hours. Not normal, but yes, practical.
I stand by one of my earlier reviews; the best lavender fragrance on the market today, if I take all things into consideration, price, quality of ingredients, natural versus chemical smelling, is by far “Lavender on the Rocks” by Atkinson’s. It’s really THE benchmark for all Lavender scents available today. LOTR is a pure, pleasant, natural fragrance confected in an old-school type way. It bridges the old generation to the new generation of lavender products. Yes, it will cost you an additional 100$, but if you are truly a Lavender type, there is no comparison, none. Invest in something that is ageless.
Ferrari Pure Lavender: 6/10
JabirrakZer – :
Finally got this gem, a blind buy along with Noble Fig. Quite disappointed with the longevity…. too fast evaporate. Opening with fresh Lavender… then it become spicy all the way until it vanish. Vanilla is not strong enough to cover the spicy effect of Lavender. So it’s really pure Lavender scent from the beginning till the ends. I love the opening scent of the Lavender but don’t like the spicy scent at the end.
Got only 3 to 4 hours maximum at hot and humid weather.
volobuev – :
Unexpected at all!
I went to the store to check the new Selvatore Ferragamo colonial when the salesman suggested this, I usually go on saying yes I know that to avoid their annoying suggestions without being rude, but this was new, when he mentioned the new Ferrari I was like yes I tried the Noble Fig and didn’t like it, he showed me this, ligh blue/violet in color, and the smell oh my!
First of all, it doesn’t smell like any recent edition of a perfume or any lavender based scent in the past few years except that for the initial blast there are some similarities to Karl Lagerfield For him, but just for few minutes.
The lavender here is outstanding, softened by the vanilla from one side yet sharpened by lemon from the other, the lavender is clear after 15 minutes, its lovely and classic at instances!
The vanilla here isn’t sweet, it just softens the lavender to make it calm and soothing, whiffs of green apple or lemon could be smelt every now and then until the first hour.
A very interesting scent, and stands out within all the new perfume editions of 2015 so far which had sweet notes in every scent even the summer morning ones.
I’m happy I smelt this today.
alexyray – :
really pure lavender with a pleasant background of vanilla. the best lavender in circulation. clean, elegant, softened by vanilla background. great performance. 8/10
sadbarg – :
Olio essenziale alla lavanda allo stato puro.
Quintessenza della nota.
Solifleur, monotematico e monocromatico.
Per chi cerca lavanda e nulla più.
demo16 – :
Wait! From Bright Neroli to Pure Lavender and Noble Fig, something tells these are inspired by popular Tom Ford’s ingredients! Is something amiss here?