…if you loved Fendi Palazzo. Women’s Wear Daily reports that it’s been axed. My advice, which nobody asked for: keep the fabulous bottle, fill it with the (also discontinued) Fendi Theorema.
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What a shame that the juice was no match for the fab bottle. The Theorema idea is a brainwave, though…
Yep, but nobody listens to me
I so wish they'd bring back the original! That was their best scent, IMHO…
Yeah, guess what: I have been procrastinating on the theorema uomo for years! I'm gonna get a bottle right after work tonight!
I guess this is the downside of conglomerates handling perfume houses, n'est pas?
hahahahah RESPECT!!! i LOVE Theorema!! fantastic advice
i am listening
you can still buy Theorema online, and in Italy!!
xx
My, that was quick. =o
I never smelled it…
i would, I think the whole line is now kaput…
I know you can still find Theorema, but not at all sure it's still “in production”…
Yep.
Robin, the Original Fendi for women (The ad just said “Fendi Di Roma” if I recall correctly) was very very nice in a late 80's kind of way.
It has been many years since I've smelled it but I recalled being impressed by it the first time. (my geography teacher used to wear it). She was beautiful, but the perfume was killer.
I guess nowadays both how she looked and her perfume would seem dated. Still, it was quality stuff.
Yes, I'm nursing my last bottle. I wear and adore many fragrances, but the original Fendi and Magie Noire, although dated, are totally “me”. They are in the catagory of: “If stranded on a desert island, what perfume would I bring?”.
Sounds like you've got nice memories of it! I'd certainly try it if I saw it…maybe I'll look in the weird hole-in-the-wall kiosk at my mall, they often have stuff like this.
Oh drat, and you've only got 1 bottle? That's a shame.
I know, I am not looking forward to the day when it finally disappears.
Fortunately there are still bottles available on-line. I hope to get a bottle or two in the near future. I am watching online carefully…..
I actually don't mind Palazzo. I find it a pleasant powdery fragrance but not one I reach for often. I do adore Theorema though and have a large full bottle for emergencies.
Sounds like you don't necessarily need to hoard the Palazzo then…
Marshall's and TJMaxx used to have Fendi regularly.
I loved the original Fendi, too, and am hoarding it like there is not tomorrow.
ARHG! really!??! now i am scared!! really Petrified! better stock up and start keeping it in the fridge….
I'll be really sad when I run out…
I just found a full bottle of Theorema in the SF/Bay area, Thinking of purchasing…..
I remember smelling Fendi when I was a late teen and thinking it was amazing, even though I never got a bottle. It seemed a little intimidating to me at the time. I've always off and on thought of getting a bottle. Same as with Asja. It seems a tragedy that all these interesting “Italian” fragrances are being discontinued, especially at a time when niches are all getting into leathers, chypres, smokes, and all other manner of dark and interesting.
Today, as I was passing through the local Kmart to buy diapers, I stopped to glance into the locked glass frag counter. They had 3 bottles of Fendi. I probably would have taken a pass before, but now that things have changed, I picked one up. The lady who helped me at the counter was interested – I said, they aren't going to make this anymore. She said, there are a lot of good perfumes they don't make anymore.
Amen.
The opening is a bit stiff and heavy. (I think this could be entered into the Feminite du Bois show down) But the drydown is gorgeous dry leathery chypre richness. I keep thinking about all the threads on NST and elsewhere that are about chypres and leathers and awesome major league frags like Knowing, Azuree, Paloma, etc etc. What a breed.
AnnS, thanks for the tip on Kmart…
I am stocking up, and just ordered two bottles online, they arrived yesterday, broken…. buggers.
The UPS man said the box made his truck smell wonderful and what was that fragrance??
r.i.p Fendi Palazzo
you were a golden scent, literally
like Gucci by Gucci