Comments on: Lorenzo Villoresi Garofano ~ fragrance review

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 21:57:21 +0000

M, you are so kind, but you must be *very* busy so wait until you get back! And have the Norvaya Zarya, M kindly sent me a bunch of Russian scents. But hey, if you're feeling REALLY kind, do drop by Ormonde Jayne in London and buy me a vat of Frangipani, LOL…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:58:08 +0000

Bottle is plug-ugly. I'll drop it in the mail in the next 2 days if I can, before I leave on my trip. Looking around for my Oillet, but I think I gave it away! I'll send you some Novaya Zarya Carnation too…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 17:31:45 +0000

Thanks for checking, M, my memory is rarely reliable, LOL. I need to get my hands on a decant, I do think it is the best thing Floris ever did. Wish they'd put it in a nicer bottle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:58:45 +0000

Okay, left arm vs. right arm! Garofano is definitely the lusher scent; it smells more “true” thanks to the added floral notes, and it's much greener. Your memory is excellent — Malmaison is (very slightly) powdery, a little spicier, creamier and much quieter. If Garofano is spring, Malmaison is winter. They are quite nice layered, by the way!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:31:30 +0000

I know what you mean about murky — they are dense, and feel like there is a lot going on. This one, Dilmun & Donna are my favorites, but a few of them are too much for me — notably, Alamut, but also Teint de Neige & Spezie, which on paper looks like something I'd love.

Malmaison is a great scent, but I haven't got any on hand — going on memory, it is creamier and more powdery, and I think, a bit more old-fashioned in feeling (?)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:23:34 +0000

Garofano is, I think, the only LV I fell head over heels with. They mostly seem too … murky on me? But Garofano is simply lovely. I also think Floris Malmaison is wonderful too. In fact, I might go spray on these two right now for comparison … my recollection is that Malmaison is spicier?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 01:12:10 +0000

That's right, Golconda. None of the JARs are worth the money to me, but I'm cheap

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:31:09 +0000

You're thinking of Golconda. I love it, but it's not worth the money for me – to my nose, CdG's Carnation is close enough to it to be an acceptable substitute. DW has honey and osmanthus along w/ the carnation and those two notes just put it over the top for me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:51:44 +0000

Going to do Bellodgia later in the week. Garofano is brighter and cooler, and not quite so dense or creamy-rich, and while I called it somewhat old-fashioned above, it has a considerably more modern feel than Bellodgia. If you wore them both, you'd have no trouble at all guessing which was a 1995 LV and which was a 1927 Caron.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:46:08 +0000

I would guess you're right, my associations are probably very much culture bound. I love the smell, but can't think of carnations as sexy.

I remember one of the JARs was a gorgeous carnation, but thought it was something else, not Diamond Waters (?) — will have to go look through my notes.