Comments on: Blu Mediterraneo

By: March

March — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:41:26 +0000

Well, you’re entitled to a change of opinion … heck, I have a whole collection of (moderately pricy) decants that I sniff now and think, what the heck was I thinking?!?!? If I could have a free bottle of one of them, I’d take the Mirto. And I’d send you some.

By: March

March — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:39:37 +0000

I agree that it could definitely be a CDG, the more I ponder it. What a peculiar smell. I agree with your addition of “minty” to the notes.

By: Vasily

Vasily — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:55:06 +0000

Two disappointments this summer were decants of Cipresso and of Creed Baie de Genievre both of which I loved when I tried samples a year or two ago, but Cipresso seemed less cypressy and B de G seems to have lost the cinnamon leaf goodness and complexity I experienced when I first sampled it. Both are pleasant, sure, but they’re not at the top of my decant list. I don’t know, maybe I was in a different place when I first tried them … maybe I got bad decants or samples. Would I get another decant of Cipresso? Sure, but I’m not certain I’d buy a whole bottle.

By: Masha

Masha — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:49:11 +0000

My DH and I wear the Mandorlo occasionally (it was from friend who didn’t like it). It’s sassafras (sp?) and school paste and other weird things, kinda minty, and it’s nice when you don’t feel like wearing anything remotely “perfumey”. I think it really could be a CdG.

By: March

March — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:41:12 +0000

Why do you think you liked it less, I wonder? I would definitely put the Cipresso on a gift list for a friend. Gosh, I thought it smelled handsome. I never appreciate scents like this in the winter — always “meh” — I shouldn’t even try them then. In the dog days of summer, it’s a different story. The fact that I can keep the bottle in the fridge and reapply often is a bonus then.