Rulokat

There is something very, very Coromandel about this, I don't know how, something about the sweet and creamy spices that dominate the perfume's body, not warm but slightly colder and almost gourmand. I'm also smelling a faint patchouli. Woodier and more resinous than expected. I don't smell any fruit.

I've tested a few from Armani's private line, the ones that were accessible in my area, and I'm loving every one of them. There's a unity in this collection, which is absent in most brands.

Smelled this on a 50-ish lady standing next to me at a concert. She was lovely and elegant, and when I asked her what she was wearing she told me it had "an Italian name, something like Ferrari, with a yellow ribbon." Her sister had gifted it to her years ago and the bottle was so old, she couldn't read the label. Anyway, I rarely give any compliments to perfumes because there aren't many people around me who regularly wear one, so I grabbed this opportunity and told the lady I liked her perfume.
It is a basic perfume and perhaps not signature-worthy, but not every perfume has to be complex. It's office-safe, and easily wearable throughout the day and year.

I had bought a bottle in 2016 when it first came out. Now, I tested the most recent batch at a Sephora and it’s definitely been reformulated. It used to be a muskier, more refined perfume, patchouli-dominant and still with a youthful aspect. But now, all I can smell are pink fruits like raspberry and strawberry.