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Respect_Auto – :
Another classic from the 90s. Elegant, classy, old-money. That being said, it has a certain *aunty* vibe, so I don’t see it as something young girls in general could pull off easily.
ccciiijjjqqq – :
This is my all-time favorite perfume. It was my signature scent in the early 90s in high school. There’s nothing quite like it’s tobacco Plum sensual scent. The version released in 2011 doesn’t hold a candle to it and doesn’t last nearly as long.
79606873992 – :
An EDT and has the power of EDP. Similar to Venezia from 2011. Strong plum entrance, strong accent of benzoin and the rest of the ingredients. Non-modern killer. At present times, it is not sustainable, but then it was super probably. Next to Red Door edp and others.
yurij.bondarenko2 – :
Very special a little retro fragrance. You can feel special energy wearing this perfume. It could be wearable during winter,fall or early spring it spicy scent gives special warm.
oksananasibulina – :
Manifesto by YSL+Juicy Couture. Feminine, sweet, fruity. Safe blind buy. Reviewing vintage edt mini. If you like this one, try Place Vendome by Boucheron and Manifesto by YSL. Not dupes but have something in common.
bbn962speagoessenda – :
Unique, long lasting beautiful. It’s a balsamic, spicy scent on me with the cinnamon really standing out.
The 2011 EDP version is really similar (no cinnamon though), the initial burst and the dry down is almost identical. The recent version is very wearable in warm weather whereas the old version was more suitable for cold.
Soldier7 – :
Oh YES, I love this. Tuscany, Samsara, Dolce Vita… and now Venezia. My guilty 90’s addictions <3
ner144InsuffBooni – :
This is an evocative fragrance that is both assertive and moody.
The powerful grape and fruit notes call to mind Poison.
The dry down is musty and introverted, like a whiff of a well aged Mouton Rothschild. Complex.
I don’t wear this fragrance at social events. I wear it to please myself.
chinook47 – :
This is weird in a good, interesting, unique way unlike any of my other fragrances. It goes on a juicy fruity floral but quickly dries down to a dry powdery odd scent like almonds.
I know this will make everyone sick but my mom gave me this today for an Easter gift (2017) because she picked it up for 80 cents for a full vintage bottle with the old cap at a thrift store. It’s about half full. Score!
drum-pingvin – :
I got couple of minis today, just to realize that Venezia and me are not made for each other. I have smelled it before and even reviewed it here on Fragrantica, but today I discovered that this perfume reacts weird to my body chemistry. Upon the very opening it smells like ice cream, very delicious and fluffy. As I was enjoying that creamy goodness, a strong animalic note hit me in the nose. The civet here is very loud and kinda dirty smelling. Then the sweetness reappeared with a very juicy peach note. The main sweet accord I can distinguish consists of peach, plum and vanilla. And here’s the main turn off for me – very fruity, vanilla sweetness and that strong animalic note with hints of sandal. The silage is incredible though, one should not overspray. I would call Venezia colorfull, like embodiment of a carnaval. It’s a very dynamic perfume, but personally I am into more serene scents.
ATOMS – :
I have fond memories of this perfume, it was my first ever repurchase. The first warm, sensual one.
Then I couldn’t find it.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, hopefully it hasn’t been tampered with too much!
Timsan032 – :
Only one word for this fragrance: OVERWHELMING!!! Just adore it!
ggoosshh – :
I sniffed Venezia for a first time today. I have a sample of Rome, however we’re in love-hate relationship and I was curious about this one. Venezia is beautiful, much more than I expected. It’s warm with its plum, amber, peach and cinnamon, it’s sophisticated with a beautiful blend of ylang-ylang, carnation and rose and it’s mesmerizing with mysterious osmanthus and iris. It’s slightly sweet, because of the vanilla and benzoin. So many complex notes, but mixed in such a perfect way. It’s one of the most feminine fall perfumes I’ve smelled. This is what I expected of Dolce vita and Vanderbilt. I want to wear Venezia on my journey to Venice.
multik05 – :
Fragrance Review For Venezia Laura Biagiotti
Top Notes: Mango Black Currant Green Notes Plum Osmanthus Peach Bergamot Geranium
Middle Notes: Carnation Iris Amber Cinnamon Jasmine Ylang Ylang Cedar Rose
Base Notes: Sandalwood Tonka Musk Benzoin Civet Vanilla
I look upon this fragrance as the sequel to Roma. When we are in Laura Biagiotti’s Rome, it’s a warm sunset in a golden fruity floral chypre atmosphere. I do love Roma a lot more than Venezia but this is a nice one as well. This is a fruity floral Oriental. It opens with fruit notes of peach, plum, black currant and bergamot. Fresh sweet fruit. Then it turns into a floral bouquet of geranium carnation rose and jasmine. Out of all these flowers the iris and jasmine are what most stand out on me. Beautiful floral but not intensely floral, and in keeping with Roma, the base notes are what most make up this scent. The sandalwood is brilliant, fragrant, resinous and sweet. The vanilla is there to keep it sweet. There is musk and civet to give it the right amount of warmth and oomph. This is a unisex fragrance so if you’re a guy who wears vintage classics with civet and musk like Ungaro Diva you’ll enjoy this one. I can’t really compare this scent to any other except maybe Biagotti’s own Rome with more Oriental touches of sandalwood, jasmine and musk. It’s also much spicier than Roma. It’s got a cinnamon I enjoy and the spicy aromatic balsamic qualities typical of Oriental perfumes. This is really nice and perfect as an evening cologne for autumn. It really does evoke Venice but Old Venice in the Renaissance at the time of the Doges the wild masquerades and carnivals, Casanova, Machiavelli and the Medici family. They are all having a spring floralia type of celebration gorging on cornucopias of fruit and throwing jasmine petals all around the streets of Venice and into the canals and water. The shape of the bottle is lovely. I have a vintage eau de parfum splash/dab on bottle. Gorgeous. Sweet and strong, unisex, Oriental, and a perfume set apart from others in the market today.
-cliche- – :
Just found an authentic 25ml bottle from a vintage collector. I think this is a beauty for people that loves spicy oriental….if you don t you might no appreciate of course. I just adore it. Remember when i was wearing this and Roma back in my country. This is an Italian masterpiece and I am proud of it.
nixon1 – :
I have a small vintage bottle that is a smooth and silky blend of ripe, honeyed plum with vanilla, cinnamon, sandalwood and a hint of civet. Venezia is warm, sensuous and sophitocated yet approachable at the same time. Such a beautiful perfume, I’m loving on Venezia.
avreliy74 – :
Venezia: famous buildings, some churches with bells tolling, small boats sailing through the channels, bridges and narrow crescents.About midnight we can meet here a Venetian girl in her mask, with hood on her foxy hair -she is taking a stroll, looking into gates and windows as she was looking for home.But no, she `s certainly to come back to your dream in a few moments;)
All in gold, brown and purple -autumn is close.
Venezia is very warm and sweet scent, a bit fruity.We are enveloped in a plummy and ambery nectar spiced with cinnamon.
Flowers appear in the heart and are going `downstairs` the scent pyramide : semi sweet, opulent rose, appears as first, next I could detect some musky iris as well as carnation.What really makes Venezia an unforgetable scent is sandalwood – very close to the one in Samsara: creamy,dry, round, woody in the best meaning.
First version of Venezia is more animalic, and sweetier than 2011 formula.And as it comes to new ones EDT is closer to the old one than EDP.It`s mainly fruity, not so deep and rich but also interesting. Rose is a note which joins Venezia with Yves Rocher`s Cantate. Woody drydown reminds Guerlain`s Samsara
Scent is recognizable, warm, sensual and quite longlasting with moderate sillage.
A bottle is also beautiful.
Reccomendation for a wintertime or recollection time or even time of any journeys -mainly those in your imagination;)
pikabum – :
Venezia was a very rich and complex parfum. Every next moment it was surprising me with new and new beautiful notes. The reformulated version is too flat and cloying and doesn’t resemble much the original. I do not see anything in common between Venezia and Viva La Juicy, Venezia – Egoiste, neither Venezia and wine. very strange reviews, may be some of the bottles were either expired or fake. The only close (but not enough close for me) version is probably by Irma Shorell, Inc. I still do not understand why Laura Biagiotti had to discontinue Venezia. I can’t understand what made them reformulate it in 2011 and actually kill the beautiful Venezia…
mitasov – :
This is a 90’s beauty I never get tired of. Opulent, mysterious, well blended, it captures the heart of Venice. I am so glad to have this fragrance back in my collection!
opequence – :
Bright and mellow, sunny and sweet, Venezia gives you all at once – character, beauty and temperament. Geranium, civet and carnation are quite prominent on me, as much that even honeyed prune and benzoin can not hide The Temper of this lady. Woody base though makes you feel at ease wearing all this astonishing pyramid on your skin, woodiness in fact similar with Van Cleef’s Birmane, – very feminine. Aftertaste is liquerish and relaxed – vanilla and tonka bean. I didn’t try new Venezia but vintage is love and must have for me.
olibor – :
I recently bought some vintage minis of various warm, fruity scents from the 90s to try now that autumn is here. Venezia is one of the best. It’s called an “oriental woody” on this page, but the plum is very prominent. The vanilla is just enough, not too strong, there’s warmth and sweetness from amber and tonkabean, and civet, which gives perfume that bit of life that I miss in so many modern scents or reformulations. I have a feeling I will finish this mini within soon, and then I’ll look for a big (vintage) bottle!
DejanMilenov – :
My dad bought this for me in the summer of 1995 on our family trip to St. Martin. So many memories in one bottle for me. The new version is not the same. Veneziaaaaaaa the commercial is funny!
qbf312InsuffBooni – :
I read the opinions and decided to add a second review or, rather a note. I am a happy owner of two big bottles of Venezia, not to mention various 5ml vials. One of the big ones is a splash-on, it smells like a peach-mango explosion and is flatter than the other scent. The other one, a spray, smells like your regular Venezia. They have obviously been produced at different factories and stored in different ways. That’s how it is with vintage perfumes (and even with some of the modern ones), so make sure you smell different bottles.
marijakat555 – :
This review is for the reformulated Venizia fragrance. I wish I smelled all the lovely things everyone else describes in their reviews. For me, this fragrance was a fetid fecal scent bomb for almost an hour, unrelieved by any other notes. I felt like I had made a visit to a barn where someone forgot to clean out the stalls. Very unpleasant. After about 3 or 4 hours the juice finally developed into a dark fruity, ambery scent with spice that is pleasant but there is still too much benzoin and too much synthetic civet for me to ever love this one. I would love to try the original formulation of this fragrance and maybe one day I will. But the reformulation is definitely not for me.
alex12sh – :
I got my first bottle back in 1996. I was intern student in small office and my boss had this gorgeous smell. so i bought it for me but I was probably too young for this smell. But this is one of the smells I remembered for long. I like combination of the notes here with little vanilla and bergamot what together give this oriental feeling but not too much. its still Venice (very right name) with its colors and smells. one of my favourite for ever…
Deroxzjtjk – :
I was so looking forward to test this fragrance since I really liked Venezia 2011.
I did like it but there’s some note/s that I can’t stand in this fragrance. I just can’t figure out which one. I don’t know if I should keep it or not. I already gave it a chance… My husband likes it though, but it makes me a little nauseous… it’s just sad
kopvalvjd – :
Sweet, rich, golden, warm, lovely. Perfect for a sunny winter day to make you think of the colours and scents of Venice. Just so rich. Getting to the dry-down is a gorgeous, yummy, delicious vanilla and amber adventure. I was so fortunate to find a vintage bottle on eBay. Sadly discontinued. One of my great loves. Note to self: use very sparingly 🙂
egik-odessa – :
Real treasure! Wonderful, sexy, flirty, elegant, superclassy, a scent for a superwoman. I love Venezia. Venezia and Venezia 2011 are like sister but this one is the adult one. A scent for a woman who knows what she wants…
Äkta skatt! Underbar, sexig, flörtig, elegant, superklassisk. En doft för superpuman. Jag älskar Venezia. Venezia och Venezia 2011 är som syskon, där denna är den mest vuxna av de två. En doft för kvinnan som vet vad hon vill…
PyhodsEnsussy – :
No, I can’t see any similarities between Curious and Venezia ! It sounds even funny))))
fktrc57 – :
I bought a small bottle of this little jewel. I find it to be very uplifting, and difficult to describe! The jasmine is the strongest note for me, but thankfully, it is not a jasmine monster. There is a beautiful soft rose, hiding behind the jasmine. This is the first perfume where the civet does not smell like cat pee! It is very pretty, and too expensive to use every day. I will wear it in the Christmas holidays. I would enjoy wearing this more, but unfortunately, it is discontinued. Why are all the good ones just chucked in the bin, and the rubbish continues to swell the shelves!!!
Xeroxhbguc – :
I LOVE this fragrance…I can break it down for the ‘simple nose’ very easily…this is grandpa’s tobacco pipe…mix in a bit of fruit and sweetness. Very 90’s. I wore this on my first vacation with my (now) husband in the late 90’s to an extremely swanky restaurant. I thought for sure he would propose…he didn’t. My father thought I was sipping port when he smelled this perfume on me that day. This perfume brings back the ironic romanticness of that day as well as the heavy complexity of an amazing fragrance. Venezia smells of tobacco, vanilla, fruit and sweetness…it does smell like wine too. Spray yourself in the vintage ‘Venezia’ and watch the movie ‘Letters to Juliet’ and think of the ‘one that got away’ while sipping wine…that is the essence of this fragrance.
shandor2004 – :
I tried really hard to like this fragrance but just couldn’t. The vintage EDT is just too fruity, boozy and sweet on me. Sometimes it seems syrupy and other times, powdery. It straddles the fence tipping both ways over the cloying line.
The longevity is great and the bottle is charming.
vitalik453 – :
My first perfume ever!It was given to me as a gift, when I was a child. It really made a strong impression; it’s very unique, can’t come up with anything that is similar to this one. Brings back flashbacks 😉
Traha – :
Michel Almairac did not create this masterpiece, master perfumer Maurice Roucel did. Why did this site suddenly change the name of its creator? Michel Almairac created the new 2011 version which is a poor rendition of the original, lacking in all its magic of richness, beauty, and depth. For years this site listed Maurice Roucel as the creator of the original. But now that the new version is out this site decided to change the designer’s name on the original? Why?
ens067speagoessenda – :
This review is for the vintage edition with the pointy cap. It’s still findable on ebay, but not cheap.
It’s wonderful. I already have and adore Roma (vtg)which is close to signature-worthy for me, and Venezia Pastello which is charming. I can see that Venezia Pastello is indeed a pastel version of this, what a lovely idea.
Anyway, Venezia itself is a beautiful oriental, warm, seductive and complex. Both classy and a little naughty, which is a good trick for a fragrance to achieve in my book! Very well blended so that no particular note stands out for me. It develops over time, and longevity is very good – the drydown was still apparent the next morning.
As with so many of the great fragrances from the recent past, I can only suggest we all grab them while they are still around.
ura2656 – :
I was incredibly lucky to find a 5ml miniature and a 25 ml bottle of the original EDT on eBay. At first, without knowing that the original was available also in EDT strength, I thought I was buying the new reformulated EDT. Upon receiving the bottles though, there was no doubt these beauties came straight from the 90s, with their beautiful italian murano-shaped glass bottles and bell tower caps. As for the perfume… As a teenager in the 90s, I must admit Venezia wasn’t one of the perfumes I owned. Nevertheless it was extremely popular back then, and I was flooded with memories from my youth upon first sniff. On my skin, Venezia EDT opens with a very spicy dried plum accord. It almost reminds me of dried plums stewed in spices-nutmeg, a bit of clove, allspice, mace- that my grandmother used to make as a dessert during Lent:) I also get a hint of an animalic, sort of ‘dirty’ undertone, but not unpleasant. This spicy opening lasts for a good hour on me, and after that the perfume indeed is that familiar smell from 20 years ago, with its warm ambery base wrapping me like a cozy blanket. I so love Venezia, its spicy opening isn’t my favorite part in any way, but I still love it. Mostly because of everything it represents. Venezia and a couple more 90s scents (Tuscany Per Donna, Montana, Organza, Samsara) were hallmarks of an era -not very memorable or special fashion or lifestyle wize- that inherited us some gems of modern perfumery nonetheless
nihasea – :
I bought it in Duty Free when travelling first time in Italy. I needed to take something with me from Venezia and this looked like a good idea. Never could understand the scent and never felt it on me. But the bottle was great.
zarjagen – :
Oh, my Venezia! I am so so much in love with you!! I’m able to detect your presence among many many others collected together and became so addicted to your mesmerising, sensual and dazzling veil’s presence.. I can’t control it – I got addicted to you as a poor one once fallen in love where after he/she can’t exist without his/her subject of love any more since.. Very physic feeling..
korablikxxx – :
I have been wanting to try this vintage Venezia for years, and I finally managed to put my hands on a very expensive sample. I put it on, and what hit me was a very gourmand bourbon note… Very intense, a bit old fashioned, but pleasant. Then a hint of plum note came up making it slightly sweeter. It remained like this for a couple of hours. Now, in the drydown all I can smell is dry soap. Not very pleasant, as it makes me think of when you accidentally taste soap while in the shower. It can’t be so disappointing, can it? I’ve been raving about this one! I want to like it…
lenusia-a- – :
An update for the original version of this frag: the longevity is perfect – after two or three very modest applications with my finger on to areas of behind ears and jugular notch I had been enjoying this adorable aroma since 11.00 am and until next morning – it could be lasting even longer but I took a good shower over myself and this was a reason to that to stop. The composition had its development phase and then it was like constant vibration of soft, smooth and very much comforting delicate waves around me where intensity of coming aromatic waves depended on an intensity of body movement. To me it is a most comforting elegant but still very feminine perfection in a bottle!
aleksven – :
I have just received 50 ml bottle of an original version of this beauty I found online. Oh! That is it! Had previously bought a 2 ml decant of the 2011 reproduction – so now I can to compare them. The original one is a pure delight for me, enjoyable in every aspect of it. It has definitely more depth and density and is simply embracing me all in its adorable veil. It has some bitter notes in it which enrich the whole composition. Love, love it so much!! Can’t say anything about longevity right now-too short time to conclude anything about that but, I believe it wouldn’t be not decent because of even the 2011 reproduction stays on me for a whole day. They both are not screaming about their presence and stay close to skin. The later version is a bit sweeter and has a little lack of the compositional richness compare to its predecessor. However they both are beauties and I will buy a big bottle of a 2011 version as soon as I found it.
cronic009 – :
I thought I hadn’t smell this before, untill I had my own vintage bottle. Then I said. What a familiar smell!!. I must have smell it hundreads of times back in 90’s on several women. It was such a succes and never tested it in on my skin. To be honest, Venezia is not my type of fragrance. Yet, I confess that it has a unique quality and a sensual sillage that is so rare to find. It is such a beauty! The fragrance starts with black currants, mango and plums. Sweet sour and that stage reminds me a bit of Boucheron’s Initial. This stage is modest, subtle and close to skin. As time goes by, the smell develops and starts screaming. It gets stronger and stronger and sillage is heavy. After 5 hours the perfume is really strong!This is crazy but marvelous….Fruits are still there, (you can smell the top notes) but flowers and the base notes have given it a warmer and animalic taste.
This perfume is an orchestra and plays the Ravel’s Bollero as it starts smoothly, slow and the same acchords grow louder and louder together with bass and other musical instruments added.
What can I say? RESPECT….
andrei7aa – :
For me Venezia is memorable and unique fragrance, nor before 1994 when I purchased it or after 1994 I have smelled something quite like Venezia. And if there are plenty of perfumes like this, than forgive me my ignorance.
I highly appreciate when the perfume designers try to express the historic or architectural vibe of the place. It seems, Laura Biagiotti put a lot of love in it.
Venezia and her status as a very important link between Orient and Occident, its opulence, its heavy gold, it’s love-all of it is in this bottle.
The color and the density of the perfume, the design of the cap and even the box design work
futher to enhance the impression and convey the historic and romantic vibe.
I felt how designer tried to convey a metallic (golden) note through cinnamon with black current, other fruits and florals. This is complex soft, sweet(with slight bitterness) smell that is wearable and never left people neutral.
For better or worst but people always noticed it on me and some commented. So I learned to use it sparingly, not to overwealm people’s senses.
I also felt at that time that most of people sarrounding me simply were not ready for this fragrance.
There were couple of the notes, that I had problem tolerating when I got pregnant(probably civet and iris) and so I had to say good-by to Venezia forever.
I would say then in 90s it seemed such an aberration from where perfume industry especially in US was heading towards.
I appreciate that they reissued it this year 2012, and removed civet note, I am sure I will go back and try it again.
валера1964222 – :
Just got a sample of this today. Smelled lovely on the paper, notes of cinnamon, jasmine and something sharp and almost feral smelling. Spicy and grown up and a little bit dangerous. It lasts forever and envelops you in a little aura of scent.
However…
When I wear it seems like all the notes have ganged up to smell like tuberose, which is like the nasal equivalent of kryptonite to me. Absolutely awful; cloying and samey.
PolpravHalf – :
Average.
floral notes, plum and civet. last part makes me cringe, the thought of smelling like it…. something here reminds me of combination of quelques fleurs and aftershave. once vanilla and benzoin begin to sparkle with their creaminess it becomes the loveliest part of the fragrance.
I could only hope Venice smelled anything close to this.
Hence the name, it does not fit within the context of Venice’s past or present.
djoyidgl – :
I had high hopes – the description and reviews made me think it might be right up my alley. Unfortunately, on my skin, the opening fruity notes seemed almost non-existent; I got a soft, confused sweetness with a strange plastic undertone. As the development continued, all I was smelling was a strange almost tobacco-like note, with no other tones. A disappointment for me.
Evelaykek – :
Adore this. It was my signature scent throughout some of jr. high and high school. Wish I could find it again for a reasonable price or something like it. I must look around on the site…
ronalsher – :
I received my first bottle when I was 15. It was a sample that my neighbor gave to me because I was so in love with it. Bought my first bottle when I was 23, had it on when I met my husband. He worked at the swankiest restaurant in our city and I received RAVES every time I wore it there. It made me feel hip and grown up. The chef would literally come bury his head in my neck every time he saw me and said it was the most delicious scent ever. I wore when I was married on a beach in Jamaica. I am now 34 and haven’t worn it since I was 30. I have a big bottle stashed so I can remember the fun of my youth. And I am so glad I did. I can’t wear it anymore, it comes of as too sweet of a scent for me., I lost my “passion” for it, but never will I lose the memory of my passionate twentys thanks to this magical gem. *sigh*
ggc – :
My first love perfume I cant buy I smelled in magazine page o lala very hot I was in 13
Neodareoria – :
This perfume reminds me the indian summer – warm and sunny early autumn. Lovely!
sergeygur – :
My all-time favourite perfume. I bought 5 ml of it in the 90s, when I was about 13. Had to choose among no less than 50 scents. My first perfume ever. Ever since I would remember of it knowing only its name, Venezia, and would try to find it, but without much result.
It was not until last year when I finally discovered who produced it and bought a bottle. It’s a great classic scent, men love it, women do too! Very exquisite and subtle. A real treat, a rare find. Adorable!
PS Oh, and my Dad loves this one. He still does. He first gave me the compliment when I was a teen, and I still remember it to this very day. Men generally find this scent very feminine and are quite attracted by its sweetness. I think Venezia encompasses everything that men love in a woman. For days when I want to make a statement I would prefer more modern perfumes, that would smell much more bold, synthetic, bright, but this one… It’s is a bottle that contains the essence of the Feminine Spirit. To me, it unveils how it is to be a Woman, or, rather, The Woman.
SmoossyBymn – :
This smells like what I imagine riding a scooter through an open air market in Italy would smell like: Ozone, new leather, fruit perfume.Lovely, evocative, modern perfume. It’s very different from so many of the hundreds and hundreds of scents I’ve tried it stands out by a mile. Great scent.
denkaras – :
hmmmm, Finally I got my big bottle of Venezia Original. All the juice is worth of its money, definitely. This brings huge much good feeling from memories *back then* when used this while being my 20´s. This is one of the worlds greatest scents. Eaven if I have not tested them all…. smiling, still I dare to say that ! ;D Just have that kinda feel. 😉 Definitely thumbs up for this scent.
193102 – :
My very first perfume, bought with my very first earned money. All I remember is that I very much wanted to smell “high-end” and “lady-like” and seemed as if nothing lasted on me. I was also as unsophisticated as it gets. I bought this one because it came across as very strong to me and I wanted to make that statement or what!! I ended up being told by my father that I stunk to High Heavens – that I smelled horrible.
So much for memories from this perfume. I would certainly not go back.
picasafire – :
My second review for original version of “Venezia”
It is strange how “Venezia” reacts with my skin depending on the weather. I do like to wear it sometimes during early autumn days when it is not that chilly yet, but not that hot anymore, but yesterday (01.november) it was quite chilly already here where i live and it completly changed it´s smell on me. It was dry and bitter somehow. I couldn´t detect any warm notes that i have detected earlier. I couldn´t get rid of the possible smell of tobacco (must be geranium). I remeber when i wore it also on early spring days it was the same thing, but later when it became bit warmer the smell was more gorgeous than before. I do enjoy wearing it with leather jackets, it suits them best i guess. Yesterday it reminded me quite a lot how it smelled of a new release of “Venezia”, so dry and cold it has turned on me… I guess i will save it now until warmer days next spring 🙂
P.S. But the staying power is very good. i wore it yesterday and i can still smell it today on my skin and hair. That´s what i really like! 🙂
kursant2000 – :
I have a vintage mini of this gem and I’m using it very rarely and sparingly.
It was a gift from an older lady, that brought it from Italy in the nineties, she gave it to me when I was 19 or 20 and at that time I couldn’t appretiate it at at all. It seemed chokingly sweet and too mature for me.
Only after geting into perfumes and being 26 years old I rediscovered this beauty and was glad I didn’t give it up to anyone.
To me it’s sensual spicy plums in rum and many other beautiful things. I’m also glad it works great with my skin chemistry, creamy sexy beauty. I’ve sniffed the new version on the paper blotter too, but I still have to test it on my skin to know if it’s as good as the old one.
kds_itspec – :
I got this for my mom on a whim back in the early ’90’s, and it became her most-worn fragrance. My mom was very pale with delicate skin, and I recall this smelled really great on her, and really complimented her in many ways. Such a great scent – she was all smiles when she was wearing it 🙂
Oblighblothpc – :
I finally know what all of the fuss is about! My mom’s friend was giving away a bunch of her “old” perfumes to make room for her “new” babies and I managed to score 4 classics – one of them being a barely used 50ml bottle of LB Venezia.
At first sniff I detected a dusty fruit, which I’m guessing is the sandalwood and plum, but that dusty quality disappeared pretty fast and the sandalwood turned creamier and smoother. What remained was a creamy fruitiness, but not the sickly-sweet type. More adult and well-rounded. If this perfume were a dessert it would be the classic Bahamian delicacy – stewed coco plums with sweet cream. I can definitely smell the honeyed prune, vanilla, benzoin and sandalwood. The flowers are virtually undetectable though.
Overall a very pretty, feminine, fruity-sweet scent. I’m not in love, but definitely in strong like.
daivak – :
I’ve just read a damning reveiew of the new venezia….I really don’t expect the new one to be exactly the same, but please!! It can’t be as bad as the review on the profile of the new 2011 venezia. Fingers crossed its going to be good :/
fort1010 – :
My absolute favorite of all time! My sweet hubby’s too! He always makes sure I have it. Been wearing it since it first launched. The bottle is exquisite and dreamy just like the contents. Lasts forever and is very memorable, haunting, addictive.
Xeroxadivg – :
Fantastic stuff! Plummy, honeyed, heady, sunny richness! I adore it, and will be repurchasing!
Belij_vlad – :
Oh, another memory! I used to love this! I remember this to be both floral and have a hint of musk.
vitysik1990 – :
Venezia, I do really miss you! Plese come back to me again.
ppf564speagoessenda – :
Hey, I’ve just noticed a review on here by the exec editor about New Venezia! Bottle looks different. I wonder if the perfume contains synthetic musk????
DEERIAKEF – :
I’m getting scared & sad again….I sometimes wish I didn’t love perfume as much as I do…..it shouldn’t be a big deal right?
komotoz65 – :
Will I get it in Viena?? Where?
bize – :
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