Vêpres Siciliennes Parfums MDCI 2009

Heaven is a place on Earth, someone sang in my youth... It could be that it’s somewhere in Sicily!
I would never have tested Vêpres Siciliennes if a generous donor hadn’t given me a huge sample of it, because the fruits and many other bold ingredients listed had rather put me off, and the price didn’t help either.
But Vêpres Siciliennes finds the narrow balance between sweet and fresh, between floral and gourmand, and as others have already mentioned, it is a kind of trendsetter among modern chypres. What? Sounds paradoxical?
But it isn’t. The scent remains delightfully fruity throughout its entire development with a gourmand base, which means in plain English: A little treat!
The top note is completely Italian-green with minimal fruitiness, the heart note has something fluffy-gourmand about it, but without drifting into heaviness or sweetness. However, underpinning and making itself known as a sillage is once again a pastry note, a kind of lemon meringue.
Overall, a heavenly fragrance, so balanced, so beautiful, so unobtrusive!

A master who played with these ingredients until Vêpres Siciliennes came out.

If there ever was a romantic Italian, then it was
Vêpres Siciliennes!