Fiore di Riso Farmacia SS. Annunziata for women and men

Creamy, warm, sugared lemon. A LOT pretty, a little sexy. But in no way juvenile or overly foody. I absolutely love this one. And while I do wish it had a bit more projection, it definitely feels very much a part of me when I wear it.

I got this sample hoping it would be a 'poor man's' version of Bois D'armenie ($160 for 100 ml vs $230 for 75 ml). I love a strong benzoin scent, and for those who are knew to it this is one of the 'powdered' notes (the other noteworthy one being iris)

What Riso does right is bring in vanilla, similar to Bois D'Armenie and Diptyque's Eau Duelle. In all three it is the rich, creamy vanilla and warm, polished benzoin that shine, making it wear like your favorte fall sweater.

The opening of Riso hints at citrus, but it is too weak to make much of a splash. This scent goes the distance, at least all day on me, and silage is moderate. Most certainly a fall scent, and one could easily mistake it for a showcase on amber. Caron's Parfum Sacre calls to mind, less the spicy edge.

This gets thumbs up from me.

You can smell very powdery white flowers at the beginning, gardenia the most. Im not a white floral fan really but this is ok so far, not too overbearing. It is a strong scent though so far. After about 10 minutes out comes a lovely tart-ish jasmine (not cloying or indolic) and it takes alot for me to say that as I usually hate jasmine, mixed with some tonka and soft benzoin. MMmmm this is lovely. It kind of has a white-ish feel to it, but I don't rally understand the name (translation: flower of rice). I thought it would be a gourmand, but it's not really, apart from the tonka but overall its a lovely scent, quite original too.