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Ylang-ylang05/30/2025
ClaireV
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ClaireV
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Digestif not dessert
Cuoio dei Dolci is a bright, herbal leather that belies its gourmand-sounding name by taking a bitter, anisic route to deliciousness rather than via the edible notes associated with gourmandise, such as chocolate, caramel, or vanilla. I thought this was going to be a syrup-and-amber fest, but it is really not. Think digestif rather than dessert.
Although Cuoio dei Dolci retains its cool-toned snappiness throughout, the addition of a creamy, nutty vetiver and cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove in the later stages of the perfume does warm things up, forming the impression of fine nubuck leather massaged with a reddish paste of finely ground spices. Despite the slight increase in warmth and ‘deliciousness’, I never really find Cuoio dei Dolci to be the gourmand fest that reviews make it out to be. For me, that is a positive.
One downside of the Cuoio dei Dolci, however, is its poor longevity for a perfume in oil format, as well as a slight flatness of expression. It runs from fresh-herbal to creamy-spicy in the space of an hour, after which, well, the party is over, and everyone has gone home.
Although Cuoio dei Dolci retains its cool-toned snappiness throughout, the addition of a creamy, nutty vetiver and cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove in the later stages of the perfume does warm things up, forming the impression of fine nubuck leather massaged with a reddish paste of finely ground spices. Despite the slight increase in warmth and ‘deliciousness’, I never really find Cuoio dei Dolci to be the gourmand fest that reviews make it out to be. For me, that is a positive.
One downside of the Cuoio dei Dolci, however, is its poor longevity for a perfume in oil format, as well as a slight flatness of expression. It runs from fresh-herbal to creamy-spicy in the space of an hour, after which, well, the party is over, and everyone has gone home.
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