This is our first experience of a fragrance by Angela Ciampagna and we were very excited to try it.
Described as an aromatic spicy fragrance suitable for both men and women we were keen to find out if it appealed to both sexes equally and conducted our own mini survey, however unfortunately neither were particularly enthusiastic at first.....
The fragrance has a rather sharp, sour and very green opening although there are a number of florals in the top notes such as mimosa, ylang-ylang, lily and cyclamen. We had to get rather intimate with our left wrists as the aroma didn't seem to carry very far, when we first spray a perfume we do quite like it to fill the surrounding area at least for the first minute or two, but this just seemed to stay close to the skin.
As the perfume settles the green and sour notes do subdue into something more pleasant and although the green-ness stays it becomes altogether softer and far more appealing, heart notes of pink pepper add a little spice, artemesia (our aroma of the week) brings a green hay-like note and then a sweetness emerges courtesy of vanilla making it a sweet floral that is altogether more pleasant to our noses.
At the moment the jury is out on this one - it seems to be neither one thing nor another.
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