Bottega Veneta Essence Aromatique
Bottega Veneta (2014)

The Opening is floral, powdery and very mature-feminine. As it dries down, a slightly dirty, musky rose starts to come out. The later stages of the drydown is still powdery but there also a dusty, woody rose.

Performance is good, both in projection and longevity.

The opening combines a bergamot with a mix of coriander and a soft and smooth patchouli. The bergamot is more in the background, whilst the patchouli and the coriander play the central roles.

The drydown develops some nonspecific floral themes, developing also vanilla/woodsy accord that remains until the end. Through the later stages I get a prominent powderiness that mixes extensively with the vanilla impression, with the latter being a bit on the chemical side.

I get moderate sillage, excellent projection and eight hours of longevity on my skin.

A spring scent of a certain level of pleasantness, but let down by the second half with its tendency to veer towards the generic and overly synthetic. 2.5/5.

As well as already by me previously expressed elsewhere I would tell about "skanky burnt plastic and hyper synthetic floral greenness". Bitter chemical tonka, aromatic gas and undiscerned floral aroma chemicals. Inadmissible inutility. A fragrance of indescribable "ugliness".