Fieno Santa Maria Novella

How often we are annoyed when we fell for a beautiful top note in a perfumery again, the patience was not enough to test the entire course of the perfume and we had to realize at home that there is not too much more happening. Nice, and that was about it. I think each of us has already happened and sometimes creeps us the suspicion that our impatience is quite calculated by the creators of the fragrances to be able to make quick sales.

Well, it also goes the other way around and Fieno I feel as an example of a perfume that does not fall with the door into the house, but shows its beauty only to those who take the time to get to know the fragrance in peace.

The citrusy and rather one-dimensional opening leads us into a heart that is aromatic and almost clean soapy through spicy notes the theme of Fieno. To this theme, the rose adds elegance. So, in my opinion, this is not a rose scent with green accessories as usual, but it is the other way around and I find that decidedly appealing. No one has to worry about the hawthorn here. The note gives the fragrance depth and long-lasting power and I find it a skillful segue to the vetiver-heavy finish, to which the sandalwood adds warmth and softness. I still notice the aromatic heart note and yet this almost powdery base already settles over Fieno and lets the fragrance fade away in a decidedly friendly way. Completely harmoniously develops the perfume, which actually shows no real three-way pyramid, because the notes skillfully shimmer into each other, as I have noticed with other perfumes from SMN.

I am once again thrilled by the care and dedication with which the perfumers of Santa Maria Novella create perfumes full of expressiveness and nobility without panting after a trend or even pander to the current mass taste.