Papavero Soave

Overpoweringly sweet and after a while it even smells like a gay man's fragrance..Not something that I would choose.

Official description: floral, amber fragrance. Notes of: Poppy Petals, Indian Davana, Water Jasmine, Prunella. From the perspective of my lower-intermediate level of experience, this one seemed unusual. Ordinarily, the patchouli serves to provide depth rather than an introduction. But this one opens up to me as a straight up patchouli (could this be davana/artemisia?). I bought it after sampling a shower gel, which won’t show you the perfume progression. Even though I already own plenty of patchoulies, I decided to get yet another one, out of curiosity as to where the perfume would go after the patch-like opening. When I wore it the first time, it was straight up patchouli for at least a couple of hours so that I began to reconcile myself that there would be no development. When I almost lost hope, it began to mutate into something like a powdery rose. On second wearing, the quasi-patchouli note showed backed by aromatic and amber nuances. But then the fragrance became faint. Today is a rainy day when perfumes radiate better, which leaves me to wonder if I may have become nose-blind to it. I sprayed four times by the way (which is heavy for me). No fruit in this to my nose.

One day, in childhood while playing in the garden my friend and i came across tiny poppy glade (in the back of the garden) Then for the first (and only one ) time in my life i saw huge silky-scarlet poppy flower. It stunning in beauty flower with a bitterly- tart distinct scent; it is without exaggeration hypnotic! Well now Paravero Soave by L'Erbolario perfume is not exactly sound as poppy, but rather sweet- herbally & at the same time powder- poppyly, i think. Thus would smell like petals and stamens with seeds of poppy in powdered sugar. The aroma of poppy flowers in the fragrance is more than recognizable to me; i have never smelled a fragrance with a really solo poppy, so for me this perfume is unique, as well as that childhood memory about magic poppies from the garden. It is sweet & some how soothing, dreamy and refined scent.

Happy to add this amazing perfume to my collection. It's rich, sweet, sexy, feminine and very italian to me ;-) In the best meaning of those words ;-) And the red box it comes with is just pretty!! Thanks, l'Erbolario. I was waiting for a long time for a perfume like Papavero. Not to mention that i LOVE poppy's.. Beauty!

After having tried it some weeks ago, at last I bought Papavero Soave and... wow! A very interesting and sexy combination of fruity and smoky accords that I never smelled in any other perfume before! As just said, it's hard to describe this scent, but every time I'm smelling Papavero Soave, it reminds me something delicious that belongs to my best memories... and then I realized: every years, on June, my mother prepares a simple dessert made of strawberries dipped in Porto (a delicious spanish red wine) and sugar, and it does stand in the refrigerator some hours before serving it. Then the strawberries have become liquorous, and the wine is more and more dense and aromatic: it's a real treat to eat and drink. Papavero Soave has the same beautiful scent, with the addition of floral and smoky accords and a warm, sensual base that make it very classy and charming! This is another good surprise from L'Erbolario, which recently is starting to make very good perfumes, more original and interesting than the earliest ones... Papavero Soave is so lovely, I think it's going to be my springtime signature scent!