Nacre Blanche
Antonio Alessandria (2014)

Nacre Blanche is a nice white floral with moderately sweet facets and a very nicely played leather component. Just like the other deliveries from Antonio Alessandria, it feels very competently built and pleasant enough but, in a crowded territory as the tuberose-jasmine which is populated by some truly heavy-hitters of the perfume history such as Fracas, Carnal Flower, Tubereuse Criminelle, Sarrasins, Rubj, Poison, Giorgio Beverly Hills, Tubereuse Animale, Eclair AKA Bolt Of Lighning, Tubereuse Couture (to name only a few), it doesn't gain the special spot in my heart I expected.

Again, the line is somewhat solid but I honestly think a bit of courage would have played in favor of these fragrances.

Mild thumbs up.

Probably the nicest of Alessandria's line in my opinion. A pleasant "white" bouquet (tuberose, ylang) with zesty, refined and aromatic notes of bergamot and tangerine on top, something slightly fruity (blackcurrant? Tea? – oh ok, it's osmanthus, close enough...) on a soft base of vanilla dirtened by a grumpy leather accord, not even this close to any proper leather accord as we vintage lovers are used to with our beloved chypres and fougères; still a decent leather, polished, restrained, trendy and inoffensive (think of Puredistance M and the likes). That's it, but it works: a simple, nice contrast of a few opposing axes – white notes, fruity notes, "black" notes. As the other two scents of this brand, the longevity is quite an issue, but this one is promising enough.

6,5/10