1881 Bella Notte pour Femme Cerruti 2014

I suspect many of you know it, buying perfume to cope with frustration. And on a level of wanting to flatter the soul, to soothe the soul through the nose. Conclusion, Bella Notte is the wrong scent for that. What can I say, it’s Monday and Rossi has it for a really small price, namely €15. And now it’s mine. I briefly weighed whether to choose this one or a perfume from B..... also on offer at Rossi. As a soul flatterer, it was a bad purchase because it’s Fougere and not soft. Expression, spice, fruit...
Bella Notte is peppery b
easty in scent for me, I suspect the Sicilian bergamot, combined with blackberry. It’s almost like the scent of currant, but it falls apart on me, meaning I smell the blackberry as sweet, and the bergamot is provocatively warm, fruity with fruit sweetness. Strange. Interesting scent, especially... Bella Notte remains rough in scent and close to the body for me, meaning the guy next to me on the tram will smell it, but two benches away, people won’t notice anything. Which can also be advantageous. Personally, I don’t like room fillers for myself. Fougere comes to mind, or English in expression... and not round, but angular. But nice. I know what my predecessor means with lemon cake and vanilla, although the vanilla seems to struggle more for me. I can only say it’s a perfume that I consider special and certainly not everyone wears. That’s really great. The bottle is typically Cerrutti. Its longevity is in the medium range. For me, about 4 to 5 hours. While for me, many scents that combine Fougere with fruit and sweetness are like this. For the simple reason that the sweetness remains subtle, because the fruit quickly fades and Fougere does not convey in between but stands as a distance in expression. I do not regret the purchase, but I only tested it on paper and found it much more expressive there than on me. But I can very well imagine this scent on a man. I would find it really great.
Addendum: Longevity at 9 hours, but close to the body in scent and in the hair, you can still smell it all night, delicate and fine. Heavenly.