Il Bacio
Borghese (1993)

Lots of freesia. Big floral opening with dirty jasmine. Melon and peach smell like they've been soaked in cheap booze. Musky sandalwood base with a touch of cedar. Overall it's loud and brash and I can't quite get "into it".

A delightful collection of Peachy, Plum and sort of Melon Cocktail, supporting an in-dis-stinkable melange of Florals, that are further bleached by a base of Static and blinding White Musk Woody Aroma Chemical. Thankfully the gobs of Maltol are applied gently.

I would call this an early model of the "Freshies", that airbrush out, all the unique human-ness of the Female and Male human body.

I think I'll wear a big dose of Mazzolari Lui today. My Girl, she wears numerous squirts of the lovely, Coty Elan.

All becomes right in my Caramel World.

I wore this fragrance for many many years. This last year however, Borghese must have changed something that made it cheaper to produce (it was inexpensive anyway). Whatever it was that was changed, has made this once fresh and sexy fragrance something that has turned. There is nothing that I can reference it to, as it has become that horrible to have to smell. Borghese, please bring back the original mix.

Heavy, fruity, cloying and horrible!

I didn't expect to love this inexpensive unnoticed perfume but I do. While the initial burst of honeysuckle, osmanthus flowers and voluptuous peaches and plums can convey a brash flirtatious personality, the sort of women who wear Versace (shudder...), it mellows quickly to a warm and delicious skin scent that hugs the body while giving off wafts of pretty, coquettish florals. The note that makes it smooth and outstandingly sweet is the honeyed osmanthus - the sweetness is neither pungent nor sugary/vanilla-ry, but soothing, intimate and rounded. It seems to be anchored in a long-lasting base of white musk, which perfectly carries, echoes and continues the beautifully blended top and middle notes of fresh flowers and succulent fruits. The sillage and longevity are amazing, yet Il Bacio gently and sensually perfumes the air like a garden does. It appears to attract men like bees to nectar - they all want a closer sniff!

Compote! This is a great fragrance for someone who's nostalgic for good, sweet, old-fashioned fruit compote- just add cream and cinnamon! The white flowers are a pleasant backdrop to all those ripe fruits- a whiff and you're back at gramma's table= dessert, anyone? A fun scent.