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Hm, I will certainly not write anything earth-shattering here, actually it should only be a statement, but since there is nothing here yet, I will start...
I got the perfume as a present from Nuidete1, again many thanks to her!

First to the bottle:
It definitely attracts attention with its shape and the colour gradient. It is made of glass, the transparent top is made of plastic. It doesn't feel particularly valuable overall, but it sprays fine and rich.

To the fragrance:
As is so often the case, I find it difficult to recognize scents. The view into the data at Parfumo turns out meagre. After a short research I find the following extended scent pyramid:
- Head notes: Pear, raspberry, peony
- Heart notes: Basmati Rice, Magnolia, Velvety Iris
- Base notes: Santal, cedar wood, white suede

That seems to me conclusive, because what I smell is pinkish-red and soft fruity, but there is more...
Each of these fragrances is conceivable, but for my nose not distinguishable, nothing pushes itself into the foreground.
The fragrance is girlish, rather light and discreetly sweet and fruity.
It is actually velvety, maybe the rice or the leather does that?

Conclusion: All in all a fluffy perfume that I can recommend to women of all ages for situations where you just want to wear a delicate, cheerful fragrance

...but where are the comments/statements I like to orientate myself by?
I see. No wonder... According to research at Terre del Garda, it is a small company on Lake Garda, which sells its products only in 3 shops, its own internet shop and a few partner hotels.
So today, while it is quite windy outside (as chance would have it), I would like to get something out of it with "stolen" text, if that is ok...

According to the company, the scents, colours and sensations of Lake Garda have given rise to the four fragrance lines of Terre del Garda, named after the 4 winds of the lake: Ora, Perler, Vinessa and Bali.
As for Vinessa, it says:
"Mighty, powerful waves announce the advent of Vinessa, the wind with the name coming from Venice, which comes from the east when the bora comes up over the Adriatic Sea or when the weather is disturbed. Its strong and constant gust of wind enchants the lake in the seasons of transition."

And there's this story on top of it:
Legend has it that long ago a noblewoman of Lake Garda met a Venetian perfumer. The result was a love that violated the conventions of the time, and which has been trying to find its way back into the waters of Lake Garda every evening ever since.
The fishermen tell that in the evening, when the ora stops blowing and the pearl has not yet risen, a wonderful essence can be felt for a few moments.
According to Terre del Garda, this romantic story gave rise to the desire to tell the beauty, desires and memories of Lake Garda in a perfume.

Now to the perfume, but first of all thanks again to JR87, who had enclosed this manufacturer sample!
My evaluation was even less good back then. The scent was too herbaceous at first sight and was put aside. Now I have tested it again and lo and behold, it impresses me this time.

The fragrance results in a fresh herbaceous-light and fruity ethereal-woody symphony, everything is interwoven... I think I smell something, it floats on again...
This will certainly not help anyone, but I can imagine that Vinessa is perceived quite differently anyway, depending on which scent dominates with whom and how skilled the person is.
I, for example, hardly smell the top notes I love so much, or only late in the day. Nevertheless, there is a subtle sweetness and fruitiness underneath all the time. I think I can most easily recognize the base notes that make up the ethereal and spicy note.

The scent reminds me a lot of ZEN and Chance EdP (I had it on the other arm during a test) and I like it more and more. Nonsense, it's just beautiful.

Otherwise: m.M.n. unisex. Durability slightly above average. Fine sillage, difficult to judge.
Unfortunately, I cannot say anything about the material of the bottle, I would certainly like it with its clear, simple form and color

I'm glad you read all the way here. LG & stays healthy ...

i didn't think he'd be so okay
Never ever I would have tested it voluntarily somewhere, but if such a small specimen (age unknown) finds its way to me, then so be it... I had expected that I would find the scent terrible, but now I am positively surprised (even if it does not correspond to my preferences).

Unfortunately, I did not notice the citrus notes, instead, at first it simply smelled soapy and clean.
To me, such scents quickly seem a bit old-fashioned, because my grandmother put masses of soap in the cupboards, which I found horrible and which at first seemed to confirm my expectations of the fragrance...
But pretty soon it also became discreetly flowery, I tapped on violets, but I couldn't really see any scent clearly. Then powdery was added.
I found the course of the disease to be gentle and mild. Here "fine" was written, that is somehow quite good.
The shelf life seems to be average.
The flacon including the packaging I find unfortunately creepy.

Yeah. Well? I am glad that Nonchalance still has or finds his lovers and I suspect that "blindly tasted" he would get better ratings. So, go ahead, give it a try :)

...that I acquired my first perfumes with Ü50 and also desert wind found its way to me.
Every year I am enchanted by the scent of blossoming lime trees and so in the summer of 2019 I decided to do some research to find out if there are any scents that match.
So I ended up at Parfumo and Lehmann and my fragrance journey began...

It was said that Lehmann would soon have to discontinue or reformulate some fragrances and so I made my first panic buying. Beside the lime blossom, some minis were ordered and desert wind.

Lehmann's description was quite meagre with "warm and light"
Mrs Tonis at least listed the scents lemon, tonka bean, rose and lavender and described the fragrance as "oriental-woody".
On perfume, however, it says "flowery-powdery".
Truly confusing everything!

Yeah. And then desert wind disappeared after only one spray in the cupboard, because I had stiffened on the lemon and he did not satisfy this wish.

Recently, a lovely perfuma asked me to describe the fragrance and so I tested Desert Wind a second time and with a nose that had become a little more practiced and patient.
And after I described the scent to her, I thought, why not here as well?

So:
First I smelled lavender, later rose
His nose sunk into the crook of his arm, a touch of lemon also appeared.
The whole thing is embedded in a restrained spicy-vanilla note (tonka bean?).
In the further course of time I also noticed a surprisingly slightly ethereal note.

The fragrance has a warm and gentle effect on me and a little bit like a cream (e.g. Nivea a little spicier).
For me it has nothing to do with desert, although I think of warmth with the scent, but I rather think of "mediterranean-cuddly"...
Desert wind is neither obtrusive nor expansive, insofar as it is actually rather light and only perceptible for a few hours.
And I think it can be worn by all sexes

I like the 100 ml bottle (not the one shown above) very much, I own the square version and I like the heavy and plain glass, it looks clear and noble

...I go to flea markets once in a while.
So I recently got into conversation with a pensioner who promised me enthusiastically to bring miniatures next time that he had collected many years ago. Curious and at the same time obligated, one week later I reappeared at his stand and was proudly presented with a small collection of men's fragrances. Great...
Because of the effort he had taken and the low price, I took her with me and was glad that with Scarf Taormina at least a women's fragrance had cheated its way in between.

Today I finally dabbed it on and was curious about the fragrance pyramid and your comments!
"And as you can see, you see (almost) nothing...".
Well, and so it comes that I dare my 1st comment just here to give this scent (similar to Serafina) a little face.

Despite the probably high age of the flacon, when I opened it again a rich citric-fresh fragrance streamed towards me, which had already fixed me on the flea. On my wrist I could clearly see grapefruit, lemon and a little melon. The perfume reminds me of Goutal's "Eau d'Hadrien", but a little milder.
I did not smell blossoms, but this could also be due to my inexpertness.
In between I thought I noticed a tilted note, which soon disappeared again.
The woods fitted in harmoniously, did not dominate, and were added on very quiet soles.

The Sillage is still difficult for me to judge, I think the scent is well perceptible, but not excessive, in the midfield perhaps. After approx. 3 hours it became very close, after 5-6 hours it was still weakly perceptible - without further course of smell. However, I had only allowed myself 1 swab.
I find the bottle rather creepy, the bulky and bulky stopper almost makes the miniature tilt.

Conclusion: from my point of view a beautiful citric scent, which I have classified as unisex (is strangely not shown in the pie chart) and which should be a test value for lovers of the listed top notes.