Arancia Di Sicilia

Arancia di Sicilia is my first try from Perris Monte Carlo. It’s one of the house’s more recent releases (from 2019) and, as best I can tell, one of the more discussed. On name alone, it sounds it should be a citrus-dominant mix, but the note breakdown is much more interesting, and the same can be said of the fragrance itself, which definitely has a prominent sweet-and-creamy citrus aspect to it, but smells far more of a blended dessert, with notes of almond, cinnamon, and coffee. So while it’s fresh and citrus to some extent, is far more of a mixed experience, but still very sweet and almost entirely gourmand, with very good performance. So it has freshness and sweetness, with a sort of year-round friendliness, mostly for gourmand fans. And it’s not particularly redundant with entries that may sound similar, like Profumum Roma Dulcis in Fundo, which is a superb expression of the citrus/vanilla blend but does not entail some of the other attributes of Arancia di Sicilia. Arancia di Sicilia is sold in the US by Indigo Perfumery, Luckyscent, and some department stores like Bloomingdale’s and Neiman Marcus, and is priced at $190 for 100ml in EDP concentration, a fair price point for the quality of the juice. This is very impressive stuff and will have to be on my list as a future acquisition. 8 out of 10

I am really impressed with Perris Montecarlo. This scent is a very realistic orange pulp and zest fragrance. It is light and only slightly sweet. The vanilla and amber in the drydown are very very light. It is a soft and ethereal scent. It is beautiful. Longevity and projection are short probably less than 2 hours. But I don't mind reapplying if needed for example if I am at home . I work in a healthcare environment and this is the only type of scent I can wear to work, ethereal, soft, skin type fragrances (I don't re-apply when I am at work) that won't bother anyone. I don't perceive any coffee here. I just get a tiny hint of almond. Also, someone asked about ambroxan, if it has it, I can't perceive it.

A winter citrus/summer amber. It's good year round. The opening is a nice sweet orange that turns into a bit of an orange soda vibe as the vanilla and almond kick in. The amber gives it some body and heft but it doesn't get too heavy in warm weather. This is one of my favourite orange perfumes. It's not as fresh and cooling as some citruses. If I just want something super refreshing, I usually reach for Mandarine Basilic, but this is perfect for when I want something orange with a little more heft, a little sultry from the amber. It's almost gourmand but not a literal orange cake, which makes it very versatile. I find it has decent to good longevity, especially for a citrus, although it isn't a huge projector.

Very beautiful, life like smell of oranges here. It's so incredibly fresh, citrusy, and real smelling. Then, on the dry down the sweet, gourmand-esqe notes come alive and complement the fresh, citrus notes so perfectly. There was a candy I remember getting as a kid and they were chocolate's shaped like an orange and each little slice created a chocolate orange and this fragrance reminds me of that candy. It becomes sweet, vanillic, slightly creamy and nutty. It's the perfect sweet gourmand type fragrance for Summer. I live in very hot weather so I'm anticipating getting plenty of use of this scent. It smells unique and different to most of the other citrus scents that I have. So far, I;m very impressed by this house. Ylang Ylang Nosy be is a yellow floral with uniqueness and incredible performance. Vanille de Tahiti is the best summery vanilla that I have and now I have the best sweet citrus scent I could envision. Very happy with my blind buy and glad I added this one to my collection. There are so many lemon forward vanilla's on the market but i don't know of many orange ones and PMC nailed it here.

Nice juicy orange scent, but very very close to the skin. Not worth the price for me.