Nacre Blanche Antonio Alessandria 2014

With Nacre Blanche by Antonio Alessandria, I once again come across a fragrance that I really hadn't heard anything about until now. Okay, I haven't been to perfume stores much lately, especially ones that sell niche fragrances. So I definitely need to sniff more of these scents that you don't just see lying around everywhere.

Otherwise, something happens that has been happening to me repeatedly lately: I get completely overwhelmed by the selection in niche perfume stores and have no idea what to even test. Even though I love trying fragrances, I really feel overwhelmed... well, but over time, that will surely get better. So if you thought you would soon be rid of me here, you were greatly mistaken, mu ha ha ha :D

So, according to the description, this scent is supposed to smell like tuberoses, with their fragrance wafting in through the open window and eventually mixing with the scents of the bedroom. The question is, of course, what does such a bedroom smell like? Like (fresh) bed linen? Like dirty clothes because one (man) has once again carelessly left them lying around? Or more like sweaty bodies that have resulted from certain... uh... let's say "amorous activities"?

Well, I will surely find out soon... I mean, of course, how the scent smells, ... not the "amorous activities"... *sigh* :DD

**The Scent:**
Wow, the opening is spicy, floral, and sweet. Although there's a citrus note detectable right at the start, it quickly fades away; however, these fruits seem to flash back occasionally during the scent's development. Even though there's a bit of coriander in there, the opening smells really great, and besides that, the coriander is quite weak anyway. I smell pepper among the spicy notes, which is strong but somehow comes across as gentler than usual, giving the fragrance a lovely, spicy note. Additionally, I can already smell a bit of sandalwood.
As described, I also smell sweet flowers like tuberoses and jasmine quite intensely, with the tuberoses being the more intense flowers. Ylang-ylang seems to be the weaker note among them, as otherwise, the scent would have come across as more stuffy.
After a few minutes, the leather appears, which is actually the only note here that doesn't appeal to me that much, but it's still bearable for me. It doesn't smell bad; I'm just not a huge fan of leather.
Despite a somewhat rough start, the fragrance becomes softer in the base, even though it remains somewhat spicy. Because typical base notes like vanilla and other soft fragrance notes like resins and sandalwood come into play now, making the scent smell wonderful. It remains sweet and floral, of course, even quite intense. The leather is still detectable for quite a while, but it's not overly intrusive if you don't like that too much; it's dosed about as much as the pepper. However, the leather becomes softer in the later base, and the scent, combined with vanilla and other soft and sweet notes, smells pretty amazing!
Overall, a beautiful, sexy fragrance!

**The Sillage and Longevity:**
The projection is quite good. Especially at the beginning, it could be room-filling with generous spraying. It clings quite well for a long time and is thus detectable for a long time.
This also means that the longevity is very long, and you can definitely smell the fragrance for more than twelve hours.

**The Bottle:**
The bottle is rectangular but slightly slants upward on all sides like an inverted trapezium. The glass is white and moderately translucent, with a narrow but long gold label on the front displaying the name and logo. The cap is square and also gold-plated. A beautiful bottle that looks solid yet elegant.

Okay,... first of all: The scent does not smell like an "amorous activity," unless you associate the scent of leather with the scent of bare skin... since the leather becomes softer over time, so nice and soft and... oh, I'm digressing! :D
However, the scent also comes across as a bit fiery (especially at the beginning), wild, really arrrrrrrrrrrrr, oh you know what I mean! :DD

I think this fragrance has a really great, sexy aura and is thus a fantastic going-out scent. Admittedly, I could have done without the leather note at first, but it's not that bad, quite the opposite, because later in the base, the scent becomes really, really great!

In any case, it's worth a try if you're looking for something nice for the evening! Something that doesn't just smell extremely sweet as is often the case, but also exudes a certain class, a certain sexy elegance. Something that invites you to... um... cuddle and so on. In that sense, I wish you all a lovely Valentine's Day!