Bellodgia Caron for women

This is a cold, not dark scent for me. Full of carnation, little bit cloves and maybe jasmine? Very good for the blond haired youngsters of us. Loud, long lasting and pretty. Perfect for warmer days.

Carnation, clove and vanilla. I was in heaven looking at the notes. After one sample vial I am feeling a little down. It seems that the combination of lilly of the valley and jasmine (which always manage to smell like poo poo) break through after a few minutes. This leaves the cloves and carnations batteling it out.
There is a certian skankyness which I would normally find appealing but I think that there is too much going on here. Each of the notes are of good quality (especially the jasmine) But I belive that both jasmine and lilly of the valley must work for you to enjoy this.

johngreenink, have you tried Tabac Blond? There is a heavy dose of carnation in it and it seems like quite a few men wear it.

The descriptions and reviews of this sound really fascinating - is this too floral for a guy to wear? Can anyone recommend a male or unisex scent that would mimic this? I also love carnation, this sounds like a great scent combination.

I read reviews that it is strong and lasting heavy frangrance, and I get jealous. On my skin the lasting power if about one hour. It begins as a very beautifull floral scent, but then suddenly: soap and sugar. Even my work colleague, who normally comments all new fragrances, couldn´t recognize any! Is it the reformulation? I bought the EDT, that could be also the reason.

vintage smell. I gave it to my mom, she likes it.

Just looked at my bottle again and I'm still wondering if it's authentic. The top doesn't fit over the spray very well. As in, if you pick up the bottle by the top, it comes off. Fortunately the bottle didn't break.

Well, if a copy, it's a good one. It just doesn't last on me.

I'm sure I paid less than $20 for it, so...lesson learned.

This was also my mom's favorite back in the 70s. I remember taking my babysitting money to the perfume counter and buying it for her for Christmas, birthdays, and/or Mother's Day. I loved it at the time, but it seemed too old for me.

Well, a couple of years ago I bought a bottle of the EDT on eBay, and I still love it. But it just doesn't last in this form on my very dry skin - maybe 2 hours.

I just got out the bottle and looked at it, and I wonder if it's counterfeit? It doesn't have a label on the bottom, just the front. Huh.

Bellodgia is far too sweet for me, but if you want a lovely carnation try Comme de Garcon series Red
"Carnation" it is lovely.

i love bellodgia, its clovey pepperiness subsumed into rolling waves of carnation that scent lake como.
my partner always takes a look at the catbox, tho, to see whether it needs emptying.

Carnations have been in bloom at my parents for a while now and I've had bunches in vases perfuming my bedroom. I had almost forgotten how much I love their smell. So a few weeks back I took a risk making another "blind-buy" by bidding on a bottle of vintage Bellodgia.

The reviews here convinced me I'd probably like it. Well today it arrived and I must exclaim "WOW". This is strong, heady stuff. But wonderful! The fragrance is delightful - the carnation a true delight. My bottle is meant to be used but it could only have been a few times as it looks full. The box has flowers on it and the bottle is rectangular with a large, chunky gold lid that has irregular lines ingrained. I don't know when version this was in production, perhaps the 1960's - 70's? The insert has a picture of a girl that looks to be of that era. Sometimes I cheer for eBay but sometimes I pull my hair out. Today I am cheering.

What a treat Bellodgia is. I've never seen it here in Adelaide/Australia. Very little Caron at all. These reviews can be an incredible guide, so thankyou for your comments everyone. I am thinking of following Sherapop's idea of layering with vanilla also.
Try it if you like carnations, you may be amazed.

(Note: I'm reviewing the vintage "parfum de toilette". I've heard that tragic things have been done to the reformulation.)

This is a lovely carnation whose sharpness is softened by vanilla and musk. Clove opens as it warms and stays with the scent for hours, giving it a milky quality. I will use an odd word to describe it: it's extremely amiable.

Sillage: 4-5 ft; I get many compliments
Durability: 6-8 hours for this formulation
Fabulosity: a drink with your best friend
Price to value ratio: high
8/10

I've always been interested in Caron’s fragrances, because this house has a lot’s of big perfume hits back in the 10’s or 20’s.

Despite my desire to buy blind some Caron’s great fragrances, I have been ignoring them for a long time duet to the almost depressed and Overly Exaggerated comments about Caron’s reformulation. Like: ‘’Caron ruin fragrance legends with reformulation’’ ‘’Now Caron’s fragrances smell horrible’’ ‘’ I have such lovely memories of it and the new formulation defintely doesn't have nothing of the original’’

Thanks God! I Don't Take this So Serious and decided to purchase some decants.
and guess what?..

I make an order of almost 20 good fragrances, 5 of them were from Caron, and let me tell you, that this 5 beauties, smell far better than the others fifteen, and also so much better than a lot of fragrances out there. I Don't try to say ‘’Things Don't Change’’, I know that they change, everybody change and Guerlain and Chanel change too, but they are still pretty. And finally I don’t work for Caron, Caron don’t even exist in my country. I only jugde what I smelled.

Bellodgia Edp Review:

What a lovely and unique fragrance! To me this starts with a fabulous sweet carnation bouquet, and then change to a powdery and incensy carnation. It's really complex and delicious.

If you smell closely, you can notice may be certain similarities between this scent and Parfum Sacre, but Sacre makes more emphasis on Rose and Spices.

Give it a try! It's a must-sniff for sure. Lasting power is good.

Ah bummer...I bought an old bottle of bellodgia (maybe .3 oz) from Ebay. I tried to decant it into something new, and the spray cap was so old that it got stuck. I quickly whipped it off and put my thumb over the tube, but the juice just exploded out.

so this is a review of what was left on my hands.

But really, at this point I've smelled so many vintage Daltroff creations that they all start to smell the same. I think I've exhausted my adjectives on how to describe them.

Carnation. One of my favorite florals. Bellodgia is its star performance.

Clove. Yes please. This wears really well on me, not too heavy, not too spicy. Just right.

Vanilla. When paired with Carnation and handled by Daltroff it doesn't get any better.

I haven't tried the newer versions, but it's on my list. More to come!

This was probably my first non-mainstream perfume and it also laid the foundation of my perfume addiction. I bought it off the local amazon outlet, nothing vintage, not parfum... just the plain old (or rather new) EdT. I've read so much rant about it since! The humble two stars from Tania Sanchez... the whole ordeal about it being an altogether different formula than the vintage... even an unforgettable comment from someone at another perfume site implying that Bellodgia smells like smoked sausage!
And yet I love it. I love the initial blast of cloves, pepper and carnation that almost made my eyes water upon the first several applications (nowdays it just suffocates me a wee bit if I get too trigger happy). I adore the soft creamy vanilla cushion upon which those carnations rest. I like the pronounced lemony geranium in the heart, so lifelike, so redolent of the red and pink plushy-leaved flowers on my grandma's windowsills, so balsamic almost on the cusp of medicinal. And finally, I'm smitten by the heavenly drydown. A featherbed of the warmest, darkest vanillic powder. It's musky, it's creamy, it's spicy and it clings so tightly to the skin that it completely blends with the body's own aroma, creating a truly divine skin scent.
It might sound funny, but this is the scent I turn to when I'm on the verge of a bad migraine and I know that any other perfume will let the hell loose upon my poor head. Somehow this carnation/geranium acts therapeutic.

I have worn BALLODGIA off and on for years. I am definitely thankful that I have won it in some awesome bidding wars on ebay for REALLy good prices. Try 14.00 including shipping for a two once bottle. It was just a little used, so YAYA..... If you can find the fragrance you desire USED, you get awesome deals for sure!!!!
After doing a review on the 'old MAJA', I went in on the site almost every day for awhile and NOW, I have five bottles OF THE ORIGINAL!!!!

BALLODGIA on me, actually starts out with a very strong carnation, but then evens out to a mixture of the lily of the valley and jasmine rounding off what could be a screaming carnation.

The bass notes , musk clove, and vanilla are not overpowering at all. I think the musk floats the clove and vanilla. The clove and vanilla seem to give a gentle undercurve to floral notes of very distinctive flowers of carnation and jasmine- both of which I love, but can't take too much jasmine by itself.

When it dries down on me, it is slightly sweet, I think because of the vanilla and clove. On me, I really don't distinguish the vanilla and clove. The musk evens it all out. I don't think that there is a STRONG musk, well at least not with my body chemistry. This is a beautiful perfume ( to me) I have several favorites in the CARON line.

For me, I can wear this scent just about anywhere in any season... except summer. With the warmth, it definitely gets pretty heavy... In the summer, I think the musk and clove start to scream over all the other voices of the choir. Would I recommend that you all at least TRY IT? Absolutely.

I had just recieved my vintage Caron Bellodgia EDP I had won on ebay and bought in hopes to rekindle the rich warm scent of Blue Carnations I wore as a young adult.
I have made myself a promise as I am entering senior citizenry to expand my horizons and senses something unfortunately I had put on hold because first raising a family, working in a non traditional male dominated field landscape design and maintenance...I always adored flowers and found it to be intoxicating sniffing those delicate delights and oh did I mention allergic to most hymenoptera especially bees so no scent and now raising grandchildren who are in their teens and late teens which is quite an intense task.
So I said, "Now is the time to indulge my senses before too late", a much deserved reward especially after all the years of hard work, sometimes impoverishment for I was a divorced single working mom for many of those years and there was little time or money to pamper myself.
The first adult bottle of perfume I bought as a single working mom was purchased at a Gemco cosmetic counter and oh how it was a splurge for me something rarely done. It was a bottle of EDT spritzer " Blue Carnations" by Rodger and Gallet. I savored every mist from that bottle and recieved so many compliments how it smelled like a fresh bouquet of carnations.
As a young teenager I wore White Shoulders, My Sin and Tabu a scent that elicited the very excitment of the promise of it's name. Does anyone remember those spritzer vending machines you found at bowling alleys and restaurants ladies lounges, well that was my first true experience of sampling the lofty fragrances that titillated the olfactory senses.
Now back to my experience with Bellodgia, I was so giddy about my purchase my husband of 31 years had thought I had taken a leave of absence of my senses, in my minds eye I was embarking on a quest of my senses so I immediately applied a miniscule amount to my pulse points. On opening note it smelled like Lilly of the Valley and slightly musty. It then developed into a slight carnation smell and then toned down to a powdery scent not much sillage to this one on me. My bubble was bursted for I anticipated so much more, a sophisticated Blue Carnation.
It was a real humid and hot day here in Northern Maine I do not know if that impacted how this scent developed on me so I tried once again this time no Lilly of the Valley just a soft bouquet of carnations not much development and no staying power, oh dear!
As I said I am a novice here and my preference leans towards floral aldehydes I am open for suggestions please.

Fell in love with it at the first sniff.Gorgeous carnation, combined with cloves - a strange, but irresistible combination. Lily of the valley is included, I guess, to stop Bellodgia from smothering the owner in it`s spicy goodness. Just awesome.

Perfumes like this aren´t made any more. That is something I can´t really put my finger on when it comes to some of Caron vintage perfume. The way they wrap you up and in and at once gives me a feeling of being charismatic, elegant and oh so chic.

Bellodgia is dark, mysterious and I feel like I´m swimming over deep waters, but still being safe. I´ve got a small vintage sample and really wish that the new Bellodgia available will have some of the old formulation soul left, anyone know anything about that?

It´s really hard to think of this as a lilly of the valley or jasmine scent, in my opinion it´s much to golden, warm and sensual for that and I can´t hardly smell any of those flwoers except for being kind of a nice backdrop.

Not as much carnation as in Tabac Blond though. I like Tabac Blond slightly better, but Bellodgia isn´t far behind. When I´m in the mood for this kind of vintage scent, both of them wopuld do just fine.

Try it and get a nice surprise!

Have not smelled the new incarnation of this classic, because I still have two bottles of it from circa 1985. So my comments are based on the original version.

For some reason, along with the other flowery notes, Bellodgia reminds me of coffee...that warm rich "brown"-ness. It is quite strong and lasting, which I appreciate because many perfumes quickly disappear on my skin. Men either love it or totally hate it; my best friend's husband was so captivated by it that I think it contributed to his making a pass at me many years ago! Definitely unusual and daring.

Caron BELLODGIA is a carnation clove bomb! My goodness, I applied the edp as though it were an edt, and I was completely overwhelmed! I should have remembered that Caron fragrances are always much stronger than the typical, plus I have a sensitivity to clove. But I also think that the clove here would be heavy for anyone. And the carnation, too.

I do believe that the quality of the essences is high, but there's not a lot of development. I tried layering Victoria's Secret VANILLA LACE, and that transformed BELLODGIA into a fragrance that I was able to wear and even enjoy. So let it not be said that the Secret Garden collection (all members of which I acquired at the astounding price of $4.36 each for a 1oz edt...) serve no viable perfume purpose! When in distress: Layer!!! And if that doesn't work, head to the bath!

this scent reminds me of one of those wrist corsages.faint floral,little fruity that dries down to a soft vanilla.doesnt last long on me.body chemistry and all that but,i can imagine it being quiet nice on some.

I feel only carnation and maybe vanilla. Well, real carnations smell more sofisticated than Bellodgia. Usualy, perfumes are more complex than the simple essential oil, as they contain several different fragrant ingredients, but this time the rule is upset.I better wear a carnation behind my ear, like a Greek old man I saw once wearing.

I've never sniffed the old formula so can't compare. The sample I just received starts as strong spicy carnation. I'm waiting for the drydown , but until then, this one proves less is more...
Update: I never do get the heart notes, went straight from the carnation to a soft vanilla which is barely there.
I'd say this one starts as a hurricane and ends like a whisper.
It's ok, but there are other Caron scents I much prefer to this one.

Bellodgia is a carnation solifloral on my skin. It's a strong, quite heavy, very long-lasting fragrance. When you spray it on yourself, you are walking in a carnation cloud, because even the smallest spray creates a sillage. Ladies who love carnation must try this fragrance.

I wore this years ago, a lot! I received many compliments and then didn't use it for years. Recently purchased it again and was horribly disappointed. There is a fleetinf memory of the old scent and then a horrible, powdery smell takes over.
Feel like I lost an old friend and will never get it again

This is so lovely. It strongly reminds me of Chanel No 22, though it is gentler and not as long-lasting (strange because the notes are quite different). A tiny drop of the Chanel lasts for hours and hours, whereas this one can be applied more generously and more often. I am not saying that it doesn't last - it does, and I keep catching wisps of it throughout the day - lovely - but it is more subtle. I find the very slightly sweet vanilla drydown particularly alluring - I just want to sniff it all the time and really miss it when its gone.

I think this is a fragrance I have been looking for for a long time - a soft, whispering, luxurious, supremely feminine fragrance that I can wear any day, anywhere. I spray this on and instantly feel elegant and special and 'dressed', without it being too much.

I will keep the Chanel (which I adore) for more formal occasions, and have lots of other fragrances for when I want something more exotic or just want a change, but I think that this is one that I will keep coming back to - a staple in my fragrance collection. Very highly recommended.

UPDATE: The review above referred to a sample, and I have just received a full bottle of the EDP and am shocked - it is very different to the sample - and has much less of the character and beauty (and smells nothing like Chanel No 22!) I can only assume that the sample was the EDT, or perhaps pre-reformulation. How very disappointing!

Gorgeous clovey carnation with Vanilla and possibly a note of civet lurking very low. Elegant and layered. I love this one.

This used to be my mum's favourite perfume. I wore it as a young lady and still am fond of it; although I have grown beyond it somewhat now. I wore it again about two years ago, and it refreshed the days of my youth; it is perfect for summer days or even winter with the fresh cut scent of carnations. It is airy and light, not at all close or cloying. If you like carnations, you will love this fragrance.