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Neroli Portofino 2007 Eau de Parfum

Neroli Portofino (Eau de Parfum) by Tom Ford
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7.3 / 10 1038 Ratings
A perfume by Tom Ford for women and men, released in 2007. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Fresh
Citrus
Floral
Aquatic
Green

Fragrance Notes

BergamotBergamot Orange blossomOrange blossom Mandarin orangeMandarin orange AmberAmber VanillaVanilla

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Ratings
Scent
7.31038 Ratings
Longevity
6.2903 Ratings
Sillage
6.0892 Ratings
Bottle
8.1918 Ratings
Value for money
4.8583 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 03/16/2025.
Interesting Facts
The faces of the advertising campaign are the models Josephine Skriver and Jamie Jewitt.
The fragrance is part of the "Private Blend" collection.

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What the fragrance is similar to
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31 in-depth fragrance descriptions
7.5
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2
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Apicius

224 Reviews
Apicius
Apicius
Helpful Review 11  
Standard Pitch, for Hours!
Tom Ford's exclusive line is how niche perfumery should not be. It consists basically of a monolithic marketing concept, optimized by special perceptions of sales psychology. The outcome is a fancy scent bar with numerous, quickly developed perfumes.

In the past, the real maîtres among the perfumers allowed themselves years and years of development before they finally decided to release a scent to the public – but at Tom Ford, they simply buy what is quickly available for money. All perfumes of Tom Ford's exclusive line that I have come across so far are optimized for quick sale: the customer is presented a spectacular head note, but with not much behind it.

Just like this is Neroli Portofino: the start is overwhelmingly good – one is pleased with so much delicacy and refinement. Airiness, freshness, but also considerable orange-y volume mingle together in perfect balance. Any possible customer can easily see the difference between Neroli Portofino and a Neroli-cheapie like 4711.

However, a slight glance on the packaging should make you suspicious: A neroli scent, labeled as “Eau de Parfum“? Usually, neroli is not very enduring. As a flowery, citric note, it is mainly being used as top- or maybe heart note in many traditional colognes. After this short period, it fades away. And for this reason, neroli is the center of many simple, short-living Colognes – such as Guerlains' Eau du Coq, a true gem. But since a few years, we sometimes find neroli notes with monstrous life period. Examples are Colonia Essenza by Acqua di Parma and the number 201 from Micallef's Art Collection line. Did they find means to fix neroli? Or is it some chemical replacement of natural neroli oil? I suppose the worst since I came across this neroli type of scent blown into the air by a room freshener machine.

Basically, Mandy Aftel writes in her book about the advantage of natural perfume oil that the batches all slightly differ from each other, since the oils are never completely pure. On the other hand synthetizised scents smell like „dead“. You may put this aside as the thoughts of an esoteric natural perfumer – but as far as neroli is concerned, I can very well follow these thoughts. To me, Neroli Portofino is just as dead as the central cemetry of my home town. Once the interesting top note has settled there is only sweet and sticky kind of neroli with maybe some amber.

This is so solid, it does not move an inch! And it never leaves you alone, just like unwelcome relatives. I can only describe this as an olfactory tinnitus!

With Neroli porofino, you seriously peril your sensitivity for scent. It is just the attraction of neroli that it is fleeting. One should never even consider holding it! Whoever wears Neroli Portofino in a certain period of time will surely develop an averseness against it. So, this is also another way to put off customers.
The marketing concept of Tom Ford is just as sustaining as the deforestation of the amazonas region. At the Tom Ford scent bar, customers' interest is being exploited, not aroused. They will not return to the perfume shop for good.
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Coutureguru

223 Reviews
Coutureguru
Coutureguru
Very helpful Review 9  
Unjustifiably pretentious!
I have a problem with Tom Ford's Private Blend Collection ... 90% of it is pure bilge! Smoke and mirrors ... there are perhaps two that I would consider owning (I've diligently tried all of them)... and then only if they were on major markdown.
Neroli Portofino has to rank as one of the biggest ripoffs in perfume history. I buy litre bottles of Eau de Cologne to add to my bedding laundry for less than $10 a pop ... even that has better projection and longevity, and SMELLS better too! Pretty bottles and creative marketing do not a great fragrance make, and in this case they don't even make a good one!
This is a less than mediocre sub par attempt at a classic cologne ... with a whopping price tag!
Amber? Where? Vanilla? I beg to differ. Cheap orange blossom with a touch of Bergamot and a huge dollop of Iso E Super (to my nose at least) ... c'mon!! With any luck this nasty phenomenon that has the cheek to include itself within the revered halls of niche perfumery will just go away.
On the other hand, I'll never be spending any of my money on it :) ... so I'll just ignore it 'til it disappears.
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Longevity
2
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Cooper20

17 Reviews
Cooper20
Cooper20
Helpful Review 12  
Nice but not worth $290
Neroli Portofino is one of the main problems that I have with Tom Ford's Private Blend Collection. Whilst many of the scents within the collection smell expensive and interesting- Neroli Portofino comes up smelling quite childish almost, it has a distinct freshness to it that will absolutley appeal to many people but it just doesn't justify its ridiculous price tag.

Neroli and Bergamot dominate this fragrance, they offer a very strong- very potent citrus, fruity smell that borders on being annoying. Add to this a very staunch and synthetic smelling mandarin which sort of takes the fragrance into very cheap smelling territory where the fragrance takes on a deodorant like consistency which frustrates me because its evident, already that this fragrance is not worth the price.

I won't go into to much detail about this fragrance because it is very basic. Its a Synthetic Neroli explosion which just does not do the job that an Eau De Parfum should. It lacks in depth, originallity and quality. All things which Tom Ford normally likes to associate himself with. Neroli Portofino is just another example of laziness at a very high price.

To its credit, the lasting power is fantastic, but its composition is just awful, its not the kind of scent i'd want to smell all day long. After 20 minutes I hopped into the shower and scrubbed this off my body.
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Moshikoko

77 Reviews
Moshikoko
Moshikoko
Very helpful Review 7  
Amazing smell, embarrassing performance
This is the first neroli perfume I bought for my collection, I really like its smell…

but unfortunately the performance of this perfume is just terrible.
The longevity is below average and the sillage is not exciting either.

With all my love for the fragrance, I sold it and bought this perfect perfume instead: Néroli Oranger which is both very similar in scent and also performs better.

It's very disappointing that Tom Ford doesn't invest in the quality of their product other than the scent itself.

This perfume doesn't last more than 4 hours.

7/10.
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7.5
Bottle
5
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7.5
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8
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Missk

1357 Reviews
Missk
Missk
Very helpful Review 5  
The way Summer should always smell
I wasn't fully aware that I love orange blossom as a note in perfume until I stumbled upon this beautiful emerald bottle with its rather sexual ad campaign.

In fact, contrary to what everyone's been saying, I would definitely wear this to arouse my loved one, no doubt about it. Neroli Portofino may smell summery and clean, but there's something about it that puts a smile on my dial, makes my eyes roll back in my head and feel like a goddess both inside and out.

Yes, Neroli Portofino smells like soap, but an expensive bar of luxury soap. I get a massive load of orange blossom in this fragrance complimented with a sweet and citrusy-green bergamot accord. To be honest, I find this fragrance sweet and feminine on my skin. I'm surprised that this is a unisex fragrance, however it may smell very different on a man's skin.

Everyone's saying that Neroli Portofino is just an overpriced Acqua di Parma cologne. Really? I've smelt almost the whole range and I can't say that I found any of them as appealing as this. Colonia is a smooth, crisp lemon scent to my nose, no orange blossoms there I'm afraid.

Give this fragrance to me wrapped in a big, white ribbon and I'll happily wear Neroli Portofino as my Summer signature. Even better, the longevity is superb, nothing like those Summer colognes that my skin enjoys eating until there's nothing left. I highly recommend.
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YKemYKem 7 years ago
7
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Expensive 4711 Kölnisch Wasser Dupe :)
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MrLawmanMrLawman 4 years ago
7
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6
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3
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6
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I don't like to be negative but, in all honesty, NP is just an overpriced neroli scent that has little to it. Performance is mediocre also.
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CumulnimbusCumulnimbus 3 years ago
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2.5
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3
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I grew up smelling like this. IMO this is a sightly more complex and clearly longer lasting version of Spanish children's colonia Nenuco.
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JoaoMartinsJoaoMartins 7 years ago
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2
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4
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Overpriced colonia. Worth 20€ at most
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MoshikokoMoshikoko 24 days ago
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It's a shame that at this price you don't get anything other than a good smell for a few hours.
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FabienneVFabienneV 1 year ago
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6
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This one is a very expensive screechy bug spray or toilet freshener. No, no, I am wrong, this is a very, very expensive 4711.
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FordjagorFordjagor 4 months ago
7
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4
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3
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5
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Really dissapointed with this fragrance. In Spain we have a kids cologne named Nenuco, it smells the same but Nenuco last longer...
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HeraklaitosHeraklaitos 2 years ago
9
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8
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8
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9
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Delicious summery fresh neroli scent. Prices are outrageous but I got it at a good discount. Nice bottle too for the beach.
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Jazzy76Jazzy76 4 years ago
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ONLY FOR NEROLI LOVERS: A VIBRANT , ALMOST SOUR NEROLI SOLO ON AN CITRUSY ACCORD. PERFECT IN THE HOT SEASON.
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ScentToolboxScentToolbox 1 year ago
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Sailing down the quiet coast of a seaside town. Suns out, the breeze carries your stress away. Short lived, but for now you're in paradise
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