Basilico & Fellini 2017 Eau de Parfum

Basilico & Fellini (Eau de Parfum) by Vilhelm Parfumerie
Bottle Design Pierre Dinand
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7.7 / 10 130 Ratings
A popular perfume by Vilhelm Parfumerie for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is green-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green
Fresh
Fruity
Spicy
Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BasilBasil Dragon fruitDragon fruit
Heart Notes Heart Notes
FigFig VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
VetiverVetiver Green hayGreen hay

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.7130 Ratings
Longevity
7.1105 Ratings
Sillage
6.6103 Ratings
Bottle
7.8107 Ratings
Value for money
6.459 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 01/18/2025.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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8.5
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Lazyjeans

7 Reviews
Lazyjeans
Lazyjeans
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Beautiful Perfumery
The first time I sprayed this, I almost threw away the sample. Why would anyone want to smell like this?! I kept it anyway. The second time I sprayed it, to see if my initial impression was justified, I thought "this is better than I remembered". A few month later, I sprayed it again, and it finally clicked that this is a beautiful piece of perfumery. The best fragrances have the power to be transporting. To make you feel like you are somewhere you perhaps never been to before, or take you to a place that only lives in your memory. This is one such fragrance. I have never been to Italy l, but I can picture myself on a warm and sunny morning, having a delicious breakfast somewhere in the Italian countryside.

This one opens up with a blast of sweet basil. The sweetness, perhaps comes from the fruit (fig and dragonfruit) which remain veymry much in the background. It's really about that basil in the first stages. As it dries, that sweetness goes away and the grasses and greener aspect take center stage for the duration. This is a green, intensely aromatic fragrance that is entirely unique. Not much out there smells like this.

A love, and full bottle worthy.

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10
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8
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9
Longevity
9.5
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Dan93

25 Reviews
Dan93
Dan93
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Una notte italina
I circled around this one quite often. Tested it, made up my mind, forgot about it. I own Chicago High which is pretty much the best scent they have in their collection and stands out in my selection as one of a kind. I was expecting the same level of perfume here.

Basilico & Fellini has a story to tell. It drags you and settles the scene in an old farm house on the countryside of Tuscany. The italian summers are full of white wine, tomato sugo with basil and warm temperatures.

The scent opens up with its fruity composition of dragonfruit, basil and fig. Then you come across the vetiver and violet that both freshen it up even more. As it drys down to warm skin it closes with fresh hay on the sun kissed fields.

Wearing this scent is giving you a great emotion. As mentioned before you sit down in a film set of the great Fellini and you feel the dolce vita.

Not Fellini, but the scent or my idea of a film set could be found in „Call me by your name“. The italian countryside house and small town are the images I get smelling this beautiful composition.

One more Vilhelm perfume in my collection, one more great emotion to get dragged into!
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Loubacca64

62 Reviews
Loubacca64
Loubacca64
2  
Italy down by the basil farm
This is a summertime fragrance. Through and through, I couldn't wear this any other time besides a day that is filled with sunshine.
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Basilico é magnifico
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This scent is quite complex for not having so many notes in it. When you first spray it, the heavy does of sweet basil, im guessing thats mixing quite well with the fig. It even dries down quite sweet/floral with the violet leaf. It gives u the thought of summer by a farm, you smell everything, the hay especially. The green hay in this is def behind all that sweet basil. But like I said you get this nice dry down that is quite intoxicating. I do not own this scent, was just testing but im definitely thinkin of buying this scent next fall/winter to have it ready for the summer because it is absolutely gorgeous & has a story to tell......
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4
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4
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9.5
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Byrehoe

118 Reviews
Byrehoe
Byrehoe
2  
Ghibli Italy
A Ghibli Amalfi coast. Have you seen Porco Rosso? This is what the courtyard of Hotel Adriano smells like. Pinstripe linen undulating on a clothesline. Fresh-cut grass. Perfect helices of lemon peel bobbing in seltzer. The faint tang of fig sap. And above it all a zesty, buoyant basil. Not a pizzeria basil, either. It’s a perfect 25C morning on the cusp of summer, all cotton clouds and Adriatic-blue skies, magicked into a bottle. Nothing earthen or antique about this herbal. B&F is unisex, clean, green, with polite potency. An outdoor scent that speaks with an indoor voice. My only regret is buying the 50 cc bottle, as it’s fast become my favourite Monday morning lift or just-before-bedtime aromatherapy.

Mental Snapshot: The intro sequence of a Mediterranean manga; lovingly hand-painted backdrops of bucolic bliss and cel-shaded summer. Cartoon biplanes capering through the clouds. A sun-bleached villa basking on an island vineyard. Faceless gentlefolk mingling under striped parasols. And then fifteen minutes of exquisite culinary closeups.

tl;dr: Ghibli Italy
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Telekinec

295 Reviews
Telekinec
Telekinec
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A mingling of basil leaves and figs
A strong, green and herbal note of basil accompanied by a beautiful, juicy and fruity note of pitahaya. Pitahaya doesn't smell that strong in real life, but I do envision it as how they crafted it in this perfume. It's an unusual combo or green herbalness with fruitiness, but one that works. It moves on to a juicy fig note partnered with a lovely violet note. A deeper fruity green and somewhat powdery floral note starts to develop which adds warmth and depth to the perfume. Towards the end, I'm getting more of the green herbal note due to the hay and some spiciness from the vetiver. In my humble opinion, it leans slightly more masculine than feminine because of the spiciness in the drydown which is why it won't be making it in my collection.

I do have to say it's a very well blended creation that honors the fig and the basil note the most out of everything here. There's a beautiful air of sophistication and classiness about this perfume. Unfortunately, the spices and the fig notes (I'm starting to realize fig is not a fruit I want to wear on my skin) are what's keeping me from going for a full bottle. Still, it's a fragrance to try out for sure!
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IhwayneIhwayne 1 day ago
Initial spray is basil and a strong fennel note. This slowly gives way to the sweeter notes but it never doesn't smell like sausage to me.
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TelekinecTelekinec 1 month ago
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A strong, green and herbal basil note partnered with a juicy and fruity pitahaya. Becomes a fig and vetiver fragrance: spicy and fruity.
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ByrehoeByrehoe 5 months ago
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9.5
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Fresh-mown lawn. Herb garden. Mediterranean breeze. White linen waving on a clothesline. Lemon wheels bobbing in a G&T. La bella vita.
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UrnottuesdayUrnottuesday 6 months ago
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2
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10
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Amazing example of basil done right. Would buy a full bottle if it didn't disappear from my skin as soon as I sprayed it on
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FreshKatsuFreshKatsu 2 years ago
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4
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8
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Beautifully herby with plenty of fruitiness from the fig. The violet turns the combination a bit soapy. Very linear but pleasant nonetheless
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