Adone Re Profumo 2014

When reading the fragrance notes, I expected something completely different from what came my way. Adone fits neither into the category of typical incense scents nor is it a typical amber. It is a golden-shining harmony.

I received this Re Profumo in connection with a few summer fragrance samples, and Adone is actually not quite suitable for the hot season. But no matter, it is melt-in-your-mouth beautiful.

In the opening, one is immediately soothed by a soft-balsamic scent that envelops and caresses, reminiscent more of flowing honey and sweet floral nectar than of a typically dark amber. This is surely due to the combination with lime, but also to the amber itself. Neither lime nor amber are solo players for me here. You can smell the lime if you know it’s there, yet ultimately it only contributes to this honey/nectar impression. Incense brings at most a slight, bright crackle, but for my nose, it remains in the background.

More than the incense, I notice the rose as the fragrance develops. This creates an impression that somewhat resembles Un Rose de Kandahar by Tauer. Adone is brighter and smoother, yet the gourmand-delicious way this flower is perceived here is very similar. At this stage, Adone reminds me a bit of a delicious, oriental pastry with rose oil. It doesn’t smell truly edible, but I think this association is quite understandable. The Kandahar rose carries a slightly dirty-dusty note, typical for Tauer. In contrast, Adone appears tidier, cleaner but perhaps also more demure or, for some, even less spectacular.

Adone is a great fragrance that I strangely seem to perceive completely differently than my predecessors. Despite or perhaps because of its unexpected development, I will take a closer look at it. I just fear that, like with almost every amber fragrance I have loved so far, the amber might become annoying with more frequent wear.