Fiore di Riso Farmacia SS. Annunziata 2011

With this beautiful name .. FIORE DE RISO .. my mother's rice pudding immediately came to mind. Tztztztz, always thinking about food.. but that's just how it is.

So I sprayed it on and tested:
FdR starts with a large bouquet of white, sweet flowers including roses, carnations, and jasmine. Beautifully fresh, underlined with a hint of bergamot or something similar.

- and now it happens, I have to realize that this scent has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with my mother's rice pudding, because she served it with sugar and cinnamon or - if explicitly requested - with canned plums but NOT topped with white flowers!

So once again:
This wonderful scent starts with softly citrus-underlined white flowers, fresh white flowers.
After a while, they are fixed by a woody note (Davana?) and now smell a bit spicier, perhaps ginger and marigold (which I believe smells like licorice, but I can't determine that) play a role. Additionally, a vanilla note slowly joins in, which is then supported in the base by tonka. The scent remains fresh/sweet but is now grounded with benzoin resin and wood, according to the pyramid sandalwood and oak moss. In combination with the vanilla, FdR now has a spicy base note.

Genre: Unisex scent (but more for women than men) with fresh white flowers and vanilla

Longevity: easily 8 hours

Sillage: Floral scent type is rather room-filling

Bottle: Simple and beautiful