Bellodgia (for women)

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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.

mollysmia

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

DawnLady3

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!

tessture

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

Juliette has a gun

Once again, Caron has done a lot of dammage to a perfume which used to be great! Bellodgia has undergone the notorious Caron reformulation - and smells like the reformulated Royal Bain with some spices and a trifle carnation on top. It is a shallow, fleeting floral pleasure, once the topnotes are gone, you are left with a sour drywown, charactersitic of the recent in-house perfumeuer. This scent used to be fantastic, but the new version is a distortion and therefore not recommendable.

hopflower

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.