Top Notes 
Green mandarin orange
Mint
Provençal lavender
Sicilian lemon
Heart Notes 
Black tea
Black pepper
Egyptian geranium
Moroccan rosemary
Sri Lankan cardamom
Base Notes 
Amber
Gaiac wood
Lebanon cedar
Musk
Tonka bean03/08/2015
ColinM
516 Reviews
ColinM
1
Unexpectedly nice
Well, this was unexpectedly nice. The opening is as much conventional and synthetic as pleasantly bold, and also slightly less predictable than one may assume; the structure is of the traditional mens’ woody cologne, with citrus notes on top, carnation and lavender, mossy woods on the base (I get cedar, a salty feel of vetiver), and gallons of norlimbanol with its signature woody-chemical-rubbery-smoky-onesizefitsall note giving Scuderia the seal of "modernity". Now the “uncommon” part is a nice gentle accord halfway fruity and green-floral, which I was not able to identify until I read composition: it must be centered on tea, most likely. It brings in a mellow, pleasant silky, sweet, slightly fruity feel, plushy and crystalline, green but warm, which “breaks” the linearity and the predictability of the scent, giving it a more peculiar touch of colour. After one hour or so, the transition towards the drydown makes Scuderia Ferrari smell even better: softer, more aromatic, lighter, more warm and ambery, with the green-tea note emerging together with a pleasant and cozy soapy breeze, while the synthetic-woody base softens and becomes more subtle and tamed down. I must admit that at this stage it’s a totally respectable and pleasant scent to wear. A modern “aromatic fougère” scent with a sweet heart. Surely hyper safe, uncreative and a bit cheap as regards of the materials used, so don't expect anything special or breathtaking; but it perfectly reflects its price, so... Let’s consider it an inexpensive yet totally decent crowdpleaser which does its job with respectable unpretentiousness, with nothing to envy to far more expensive – but totally similar – fragrances (like Bleu de Chanel, for instance).
6-6,5/10
6-6,5/10
Suryavardhan
