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Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina EDP Perfume Review

Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina

Mainstream Monday – Sniffing a Popular Perfume

As long as I keep reviewing designer perfumes, I’m going to keep reviewing perfumes in pink bottles marketed to women. Some things in life are predictable (thus, comforting) like this.

Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina has the sort of opening that has been in designer women’s perfumes for the past decade. It’s pink pepper, red berries and polite florals. It’s the usual “pink” fruity-floral except this time, there’s more sugar cubes. It’s radiant and pleasant, although it doesn’t stand out as… Continue reading | 4 Comments

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Salvatore Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale EDT Fragrance Review

Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale

Mainstream Monday – Sniffing a Popular Perfume

You have to love when a designer brand spares you the prose of their new launch. With Salvatore Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale, I was told it was “inspired by water” and with the name and the color, I could deal with this.

Acqua Essenziale opens with cool herbs like mint and rosemary over aquatic melon. It’s extremely “fresh”. And then it turns into Irish Spring bar soap – the aquatic freshness turns into mountain spring freshness. Sharp and clean… Continue reading | 6 Comments

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Salvatore Ferragamo F for Fascinating Night EDP Perfume Review

Salvatore Ferragamo F for Fascinating Night is a perfume or stronger formula of Ferragamo’s F for Fascinating. Described as a sophisticated floral-woody-chypre, it wears more like any other pink fruity-floral.

Fascinating Night opens up like many generic “pink” florals on the market. You sniff it and it smells pink. I really do get lots of mandarin “sorbet”. It really doesn’t smell citrusy like grapefruit zest or lemon juice. It’s more like mandarin cotton candy. It’s very sugary with a hint of berry. It’s almost Pez like. There’s pink pepper, a… Continue reading | 4 Comments