R'osa
Acqua di Portofino (2016)

Acqua di Portofino R'osa is a refined powdery/musky accord of heliotropic rose/jasmine and fruity white musk. Tropical fruits and bergamot provide initially an aura which is all at once classic and exotic, while musk unfolds a sort of darker woodsy mossy neutraly. Opening is definitely wet, peppery, sparkling and hesperidic, a complex aristocratic blast and the most conservative (though vaguely fruity exotic) part of the whole olfactory appointment. The woman wearing R'osa is indeed extremely chic, vaguely snooty, slightly conservative and "high class" in her white linen-wide white trousers, the Hermes foulard, the 70's Ysl sun glasses and the wide brimmed hat. A vanillic core soon emerges with its charge of ambery/poudree brightness and a soapy sense of arcane rosey cleanliness. Sambac jasmine is the main floral presence so soapy and candid while rose emerges gradually in all its gorgeous musky neutrality. The general aura is talky and floral (with a spicy-musky, neutral and extremely chic secret background) with a tad of lofty exoticism conjuring cruise ships, gran galà and unforgetable happy memories.