Vicolo Fiori Etro 2011 Eau de Parfum

There are circumstances in life, everyone knows this, where everyone can do anything:
hyperactive grandchildren at their grandparents',
wild puppies with their proud owners,
court jesters at royal courts,
and Lady Gaga anyway..

I've brought something like that into my home, or rather around my neck, and, folks, I’m as proud as a peacock, walking around with a blissful look and nothing can throw me off balance anymore.

Some time ago, after a stressful work week, I wanted to treat myself and sniff around the shelves at my favorite dealer in the city.
But I promise, I won't buy anything. HONEST!

When I reached the ETROs, a beautiful bottle caught my eye, standing out from the ETRO fragrance bottles I usually know. Okay, one more sniff, then I’ll go home.

Pffft, Pfft,.....
And then it was all over for me.
I simply HAD to take it with me!

The little angel on my right shoulder: But we said we wouldn’t buy anything.....
The little devil on my left: Pack it up and take it with you!
Angel: Think about your bank balance......
Devil: Shut up
And then the devil spoke through me: “I’ll take this one, do you accept Visa?” (silly question)

So now I am the proud owner of a masterpiece, making it my scent of all scents, and my previous signature fragrance is moving to the second row.
Surprisingly, I find it extremely difficult to describe Vicolo Fiori, and the fragrance pyramid doesn’t help me in the slightest. I can’t identify any of the listed notes, not one stands out.

The scent presents itself to me as a wonderfully fresh and clean millefleur (with a tiny, tart fruity note)
but with many contradictions:

light and friendly, yet with real depth,
florally green, but with an enormous, very powdery musk cuddle component,
lovely, but not sweet,
an adult fragrance for young people and the young at heart
a decent sillage that stays close to the skin
a rather linear scent, in which the fresh powderiness increases, but is clearly noticeable from the very beginning.

I generally have more problems with the longevity of fragrances on my skin, but VF remains very present on me even after many hours, close to the skin, without catapulting me into a fragrance storm at first spray.

I have also experienced that the fragrance intensity increases in the last hot days when I’ve started to sweat. A pleasant effect of perspiration ;-))
I have also found that this scent attracts attention. Comments from my patients
ranged from:
“Heid´riachd`s aba guad bei Eana” (for all non-Bavarians: “Today, you smell really good”) to: “May I ask you something....?”
In summary, I can only say:

The scent has everything I wish for from a top-notch perfume (my personal "profumum universalis") and therefore it has absolute fool's freedom for me. It has already taken that freedom and even spread out on male skin (I thought it was great). It can come to work, accompany me in my free time, and it can sleep with me. And these privileges are only granted to one other person in this house...