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Versilia Platinum Profumi del Forte 2010

7.5 / 10 50 Ratings

A perfume by Profumi del Forte for women and men, released in 2010. The scent is spicy-citrusy. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Citrus

Woody

Fresh

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Black pepper Myrrh

Myrrh

Grapefruit

Pink pepper Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Heart Notes

Geranium

Freesia

Lily of the valley

Magnolia

Rose

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Frankincense

Immortelle Oakmoss

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

7.550 Ratings

Longevity

8.543 Ratings

Sillage

7.436 Ratings

Bottle

7.742 Ratings

Submitted by Snowflake, last update on 10/27/2021.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/22/2013

2Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Tar
261 Reviews

Tar

1

Platinum and fish and the 3 BUTs

VERSILIA PLATINUM, a perfume dedicated to the famous metal, inspired of the multiple impression stayling between the seashore and the mountains and forests of Versilia:

The story is nice and the perfume is interesting, and here comes the first "but".
Sea, salt, woods - I can really detect them, so at the beginning the conception comes true. But after a few minutes it is smelling like DARK PURPLE with fishes. Fish, wood, flower, pepper and rhubarb - all of them have a loud quarrel in the bottle, making me upset because of the nauseating disharmony.

I did not scrub it. I thougth that I will never feel similar odor, so it is good enough for an experience, what a nice essay will born from these moments! And it turned out that it can be even worse. I can not imagine how could VERSILIA PLATINUM emit so undiluted, pungent lemon smell (+FISH +cavern with rotting seaweed and rhubarb), if there is no lemon amongst the notes! I could not wait longer, I ran to scrub it down and give the richly deserved place in the sinker for VERSILIA PLATINUM, and here comes the second "but": It is the same type as my beloved TIRRENICO. Whatever you do, it will stay with you. It took 3 monstrous day to get absolutely rid off from VERSILIA PLATINUM. Metal is strong.

I am really sorry if I offend someone with my opinion - of course it depends on personal chemistry, so it must be beautiful on others' skin. And here comes the 3rd "but": But even if you do not like it, you have to admit, that $280 is not too much for a chemical weapon.

12/21/2012

5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

1

I guess They Really *Meant* Platinum Metal...

Versilia Platinum is a tough fragrance to like. It opens with a sharp almost metallic-like accord that appears to be a combination of black and pink pepper with extremely sour grapefruit notes. Cedar then combines with this metallic accord, creating the very edgy, sharp and almost acid-like scent heart. The metallic accord does tone down a bit later on, mixing with lemon smelling frankincense in the base notes, but it still is ever present, making for a unique albeit bizarre combination. Sillage and longevity are both above average.

I give Profumi del Forte some credit for its innovation here, but I find it difficult thinking of anytime, anyplace or anyone who would want to wear this on a regular basis. It is a very challenging woody scent for sure. It also is a relatively expensive scent at $280 for 100ml. Tough sell for me at that price, or even half... I will be generous and give it a neutral strictly for its distinctiveness, not its wear-ability. Not recommended, except to people who really want a super-challenging metallic woody scent. 2 to 2.5 stars out of 5.

05/16/2020

10Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Soap
13 Reviews

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Soap

Helpful Review 9

Cold Brew

I found Versilia Platinum to be somehow old-school spicy-stinging at first spray, yet not-unmodern good at the same time. Perhaps it is this ambivalence that tempts one to linger with the fragrance to uncover its secret.

This scent is a "classic Italian" if such a thing exists. It unapologetically starts with a jab of herb-bitter spice and crashes into the masculine hardness of the 90s. I can't help but think of Tony Soprano and Paulie Gualtieri (both characters from the US series "The Sopranos"): slightly unwashed, wearing a white sleeveless undershirt - the ever-popular "wife-beater", paired with suit or sweatpants, gold jewelry, and fancy-expensive leather slippers. That’s roughly the dress code for the scent's vibe. Chic-comfortable, rough-masculine, not entirely without taste: the quiet Garry Cooper, indeed.

Versilia Platinum skillfully avoids soap and lavender with this concept. And that is downright grand: on one hand, the fragrance maintains a good distance from the classic old-man freshness, while on the other hand, it gives rise to its rebellious citrus-sour bitterness, which in the drydown reminds me of cold coffee; or green, unripe coffee beans (?) Personally, I enjoy that one forgotten sip of espresso that I find next to me in the cup after 30 minutes of writing. Cold and sour, it is still a pleasure for me. And the Cold Brew technique celebrates, to my knowledge, exactly this preference, no matter how the aging hipster tries to disguise it.

For me, Versilia is the anachronistic rebel that paradoxically is anything but "out of date." Those who create something beyond the classic from traditional ingredients, without leaving the classic behind, have understood the cyclic-spiral nature of time. That is art by definition and anything but cold coffee.

10/24/2014

8Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Leimbacher
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Leimbacher

Very helpful Review 6

Platinum Egoist

Don't worry, this extremely noble, silver, heavy bottle and its contents have little to do with the Chanel hit... rather, it's more like a comically exaggerated Terre D'Hermes. But still, Versilia Platinum has a certain cold-hearted, peppery attitude that would also make this name fitting. Definitely a fragrance that deserves more attention. Although one must admit that it smells only half as expensive as it is. And that it can incredibly divide opinions. The question or motto here is: too much is never enough!?

Platinum starts off peppery, metallic, cool, and stylish. It really amps up, puffing out its chest like a silver superhero. Or supervillain - because the line is, as we all know, very thin and it's not yet clear how far the scent will go. Will it fall into the cheap category? Will it become unbearable? Or will it get back on track? No, not for me, yes. After the citrusy pepper opening, where the wonderful rhubarb note should never be overlooked, the fragrance becomes balsamic floral - a silver incense veil also slowly joins the dry wood play. Because why else would it remind one so much of the Hermes flagship if not through a lot of cedar? You can already tell from the description - the scent is versatile and deeper than its bold appearance tries to conceal. The very moderate incense-wood finish doesn't change that anymore. Aggressive and colorful remains in the mind.

Bottle: nothing less than the highest rating. From the cap to the bottom - top-notch.
Sillage: it amps up, but then aligns itself more and more with the skin like a curve in a coordinate system.
Longevity: Not Profumum Roma - but close. 9-11 hours.

A more complex, more striking, sweeter alternative to TdH, for all those for whom even the TdH EdP was too citrusy and light!

08/12/2010

4Scent 7.5Longevity

Apicius
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Apicius

Very helpful Review 8

Terre d'Hermès, exaggerated

Help, this is really terrible! This is by far the pepperiest and bitterest scent I have encountered so far.

Pepper everywhere you look, in the top notes accompanied by a citrus note. After a while, you can sense a bit of the floral bouquet in the heart notes. The floral notes are the only mild aspect of this extreme fragrance and are very welcome as such. Especially the rose creates a wonderful combination with the pepper, but overall the flowers cannot hold their ground. Instead, different nuances keep making an appearance throughout the fragrance's development, lingering for a bit before disappearing again.

The pepper's sharpness and bitterness are further intensified by very strong cedarwood and incense; by no means are they subtle players. Additionally, I suspect there is a hint of cashmere wood, as a deep black, almost licorice-like quality develops over the cedarwood. This is not how one usually knows pepper. Pepper provides, where it is used, a subtle sharpness and piquant character that adds a certain flair to a fragrance, just as it does to food. But this is something else…

A long time ago, I saw a report on television about Venetian or Genoese merchant guilds during the age of trade monopolies. They served their foreign guests a sauce that consisted only of melted butter and crushed pepper. To the contemporaries, who were brought to tears by this, it must have seemed the pinnacle of luxury and extravagance.

Similarly extravagant is the pepper interpretation in this fragrance. Surely, effort has been made, and it is indeed an extraordinary olfactory experience - from which I, however, feel nauseous. It is bearable for no longer than a few minutes.

The similarity I suspected in the comment from Kankuro with the bitter Hermès fragrances (Eau de Pampelmousse rose and Terre d'Hermès) is undeniably present. The bitter quality of the Hermès fragrances is pushed to the extreme here. If TdH is still not bitter enough for you, you might want to try this fragrance.

Conclusion: an experimental fragrance, loud, extreme, not easily washed off, and hardly wearable. Nevertheless, a heartfelt thank you to Eternity for the sample!

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Chizza

4 years ago

7Scent

14

11

For me, an example of an extremely spicy scent based on floral elements, where grapefruit/rhubarb are also prominent. […]

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Yatagan

8 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

11

6

Summer in a parallel universe: silvery-cool and shiny, green-juicy and dripping, sweet-sour and sparkling, spicy-woody and dry, softly-whispering floral.

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Soap

6 years ago

10Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

5

3

Cold coffee with lemon: sour, citrusy, bitter, cold. For middle management in recession-proof jobs. For the rebel in me.

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NikEy

8 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

4

1

Old school citrus and sour grapefruit.
Green-speckled background of salt-laden immortelle.
Woody-herbaceous finish with vetiver and incense.

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Terra

8 years ago

7Scent

4

1

Terre d'Hermès has a dry-spicy straw flower note that makes the scent almost off-balance. In the end, though, it’s an interesting variation.

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Zauber600

8 years ago

7Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

4

1

Hmm .. for me (without knowledge of the fragrance pyramid) it’s like vegetables with cardamom (no rice!) "Murmure de Dieux", immortelle is the main player.

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