Art Collection by Jacomo #08 Jacomo for women

I bought this blind, based on a deep and abiding love for Tea for two, Five O'clock Gingembre and Burberry red. It's alot more on the Burberry red side of things, but decidedly less stridently sour in the opening.
I don't think I can add anything new to Migotka's excellent review, other than I did get the freesia note for about half an hour, and while it sounded slightly out of sync with the other notes it blends beautifully.
I think this is going to be a daytime alternative for my two favourites Tea for two and Five o'clock. Sillage isn't great, but it does seem to last albeit very close to the skin.
Absolutly lovely.

The perfumed equivalent to a lightly toasted hot cross bun and a glass of refreshing iced tea :)

I find similarities with Diors 'escale a pondichery'
Both have the tea and cardamom notes.

There is almost a freshly baked bread aroma with this scent, interlaced with dried spicy fruits,hence why hot cross bun springs to mind. The cardamom helps to boost 2 ingredients in this.
With cardamoms spicy, herbal quality it combines beautifully with the dried fruits, to give this fragrance Pizazz, and it also helps give the tea note a boost in the longevity department,as i normally find tea notes in perfumes abit fleeting (sadly) but that is not the case with this scent, thanks to cardamom.
Ginger also plays a prominent 'zingy' role

Im finding it hard to detect freesia and honey, i think their main part is to provide this fragrance with a creamy,sweet presence and to stop the ingredients from becoming to spicy.

This is my 2nd favourite from the collection :)

this fragrance would be particularlywelcoming in the spring/summer months to provide a refreshing feeling, but it would also go down a treat on a balmy summers night too :)

xxx

I feel a kind of lemon tea with a hint of milk. I'm not a fan of tea scents so this one doesn't impress me more than other tea scents.

I guess I am luckier than a lot of other people when it comes to this scent because I smell every single gorgeous note that you are supposed to smell. What I absolutely love about this fragrance is that the cardamom stands out. I've never smelled cardamom so clearly in a perfume before.

This perfume reminds me of Samsara or Allure due to its ability to morph from cool to warm. The opening is a cool, green, fresh blend of cardamom and sweet tea. But the drydown is a warm, soft, smooth blend of milk, cinnamon, cardamom, and honey. Yummy! I wish there was a slightly smoky note mixed in for a bit more depth and mystery.

The only thing that makes me soooo sad is that the sillage and projection aren't as strong as I would like. I usually spray myself 10 times before I go out, no joke.

First thing I can say about this, is that it is difficult to find spicy and yet not too spicy fragrance. Serge Lutens' fragrances are full of spices, however, they are also too heavy for a lot of occassions. The reason that I bring Serge in the game is that I actually find Jacomos #8 very similar to SL Five o'clock au Gingembre. They both feature ginger, tea and cinnamon which play a key role in both compositions.

Out of the two, Art Collection #8 is a more toned down and appropriate for daily wear. The notes are delicious. I am at the moment enjoying my 'afternoon blend' cup of tea, looking outside the window and sniffing my wrist.

It does not matter that my mug is chipped and that I cant see much because it's quite foggy here at the moment, and that the view is not that stunning. It does not matter that it's cold and that I urgently need to finish my essay for tomorrow. It does not matter that I will probably have to work on it until midnight and will wake up tomorrow wich dark circles under my eyes way too early in the morning.

I dont find the fragrance sharp or masculine. On the contrary, to me #8 is such a conforting, soft-spicy scent that I find really soothing and relaxing. Milk and honey blend fantastically well with cardamon and cinnamon. A real treat during stressfull day, alongside my cup of tea :)

this smells like honey layered anis and cinnamon christmas cookies, sprinkled with caramelizised dry fruits. the ginger is little bit sharp in the beginning, even made my eyes watery. the floral aspect of this perfume with freesia get lost completely to my nose. it calmes down very quick to a just slight warm and still very spicy gourmand scent. the milk i can t destingue from the other notes which seem to be more prominent in this composition.

for me this is an ultra masculine and edgy scent for its remarkable spyciness and lack of something round and soft. very well blended, not harsh but stroooong in the beginning, lingers wery well after a while, perfect for cold days in winterperiod. good sillage, longivity average, after an hour it sitts really close to the skin. will never be disturbing anyone as people would have to come really close to catch a whiff. the pink black bottle is very nice.

add. note: the drydown is wearable also for women definitively but wouldn t wear it because i don t wanna wait near an hour to get what i want. but i want still to point out: this is a great smell for a man who don t like all the common fresh citrusy or woody scents and even more if he s a chai tee lover as my beloved it is ;)
i find it a little bit a shame that the promising rich and strong opening ends up after 2 hours in a very shy, cosy scent, almost noticable by yourself than others.

Well, I really don't know about this one... I found it for a decent price online and it was a blind-buy. Because the notes sounded mouthwatering.
However I think something is wrong about this one. It definitely smells like masala chai, yes, but a cold one. There is one note missing to warm up this perfume. I was expecting something more "smokey", steamy, or more skin warming, maybe little bit creamy also. But this scent is fresh, it really is despite all those cinnamon accord.
I can not smell beautiful freesia at all, or dried fruits. Cold tea with cinnamon scent stands out for most of the time and it makes me dizzy, literally.
It's true that this one is really an unusable parfume. Wanted to love it, just, couldn't.

I am very impressed with the new Art series from Jacomo - they have managed to create a beautiful trio of interesting & wearable scents with a heavy lean towards an artistic interpretation for each theme.

#8 is a warm spicy-fruity scent on my skin, which fits the beautiful artwork to a T. The first blast is an astringent ginger/tea combo with a heavy dose of spice (cinnamon, clove, cardamom, black pepper) & strong, tart red-berry hit (redcurrent?). From this first stage I feel this scent could easily be worn by either males or females.

All this could seem far, far too heavy to wear bar a once a year Christmas spritz, but this really is not be the case. #8 is only a mid-weight fragrance with a rich ruby glint - a transluscent scent with a "sun-rise in India" luminescent quality & a formidable persistance & sillage.

As this perfume settles it warms, sweetens & lifts the overall feel with a slightly fizzy citrus edge before cosying down to a creamy spicy number. The fruits & spices are still very present to my nose, but now less sharp & far more honeyed.

I do not get the heavy lactonic milky tones I expected from reading the notes alone (indeed, it is not the chai note that I know & love) but I feel this stops the whole composition from souring or becoming stodgy & heavy. If I were to liken it to chai it would have to be a red-berry version, with skimmed milk!

Those who adore fruity scents but are longing for something with a kick & an edge or those who love Elle, but find it a little synthetic or lacking in spice should definitely try #8. I hope that a few men may also give it a shot as it has a universal appeal.

A spicy winter warmer that won't leave you feeling bloated or heavy. Bravo!

one of my friends said this smells like Christmas :)) with all those lovely warm spices (cardamom&cinnamon). The tea note is also very detectable.

So far did not get much of the milk or the honey but that might come later (hopefully, I love them both)

High five, this one worth a lot more that the money spent on it (taking into account this one is very affordable).

Very nice, opens up with a strong tea note before fading to a lovely smooth cinnamon, cream, honey smell. Not too strong or overpowering but unusual and classy smelling.

Oh my good lord do I love this one! It opens with a heavy dose of clove and cinnamon, but the drydown it so sexy and sultry, smooth and creamy clean(tea)and sweet. This should NOT be worn by any man, this scent should be worn by a woman only. PerfecT for winter makes me feel warm. It lingers on forever but only very subtle, I can cathch a wiff every now and again! I am so glad I have this in my collection.

Finally I have this wonderpoison -
like masala chai, but at the same time not gourmand. It is clearly a perfume and not some food you spray on.
I second and laudate the review by NebraskaLovesScent.

But where she smelled no fruits, for me the middle notes are clearly detactable and stay with me for a long time. The 3 stages are all identifiable and transit smoothly in another. The glorious concoction of uplifting spices from the topnotes,blended togehter wih a bit of lightness from the dried fruits and the milk, and all throughout you really feel the energizing effect of cinnamon and ginger. The uplifting and "fresh"(for lack of a better word) character fits geniously together with the understated sweetness of the honey and the depth and earthyness of the amber and milk!

Oh - the longvity and sillage is great, even after 11 hrs I faintly smell it on my wrist, and I just had to use 1 spritz. The projection was quite detectable - to other people ;)

This scent is a mixture of notes which all of them I dearly love, so I can do nothing else but HIGHLY recommend this, love this, and thank the perfumer for creating this! Might have to stock up on this...
Now I'm dying to test the other two of the line!

Magnificent scent. Can be a great unisex fragrance, good lasting power. It is very unique and will make anyone to stand out from the crowd.

To my surprise, #08 is my favorite of the Jacomo Art Collection scent. It's very gourmand and smells just like the spicy masala tea I drank from the tea stalls in India, and which we usually refer to as "chai" here in the U.S.

There's lots of ginger and cardamom in this spicy brew. I don't smell the fruit and flowers at all, but the milk, honey and cinnamon are all there. Truly, it smells edible (or should I say drinkable?) upon first spray, but gets less sweet and more woody as it dries down. It stays close to the skin but has excellent longevity. I agree with pandorosa that this will be great for autumn and winter.

#08 has a lot in common with L'Artisan's Tea for Two and Fendi Theorema. I believe both of those scents are now discontinued, and if you miss them, you may find #08 to be a worthy substitute.

its opening a bit masculine and reminds me cinnamon candies. then it turns to a milky tea with some spices and a spoon of honey. suitable for autumn/winter months also it is not overpowering.

I really love the artwork in this one. And the notes in this perfume really intrigues me, especially the cardamom, dried fruits, milk & white honey. OMG it seems like a dream. Sounds lovely. Must test this! I *love* honey in perfume *a lot* !!