Roma (for women)
Designer: Laura Biagiotti Olfactive Group: Oriental Spicy
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Roma by Laura Biagiotti is a oriental spicy fragrance for women. Roma was launched in 1988.
Top notes are black currant, sicilian bergamot, pink grapefruit, mint and hiacynth; middle notes are carnation, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and rose; base notes are amber, sandalwood, singapore patchouli, amber, musk, civet, vanilla, oakmoss and myrrh.
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I find it refined, elegant yet warm and rich. Modern and classic at the same time. A fragrance I discovered how carnation can be done nicely, just a touch of darkness with a hint of spice. I like the woody - vanillic part too. Although it's been done many times before, the drydown of Roma isn't too harsh like that of Shalimar, it's like a whisper and more sweet than woody. There's only a tiny hint of what I think might be the civet or the amber? A kind of plum compote that's gone slightly sour? The most approachable of them great orientals.
07/01/09 10:19:57
Roma is hard to review.It is an important perfume of its generation.Well structured,expensively based,correctly marketed,it is no wonder it is still around 20 years later.Still I don't like it.
I find it tiresome and somehow confining.It evokes a sense of melancholy.The depression of a lost chance.
Like having a bitter liquer in Trastevere and remembering all your lost loves of the past.
I find it tiresome and somehow confining.It evokes a sense of melancholy.The depression of a lost chance.
Like having a bitter liquer in Trastevere and remembering all your lost loves of the past.
06/17/09 12:08:01
I'm a big fan of Biagiotti's fragrances and all of them bought without testing! as in this funny country I live testers of less popular fragrances are not to be found.
And Roma is another success of LB.
The opening ingredients play around so nicely, while you almost succeed to distinguish one another comes along.
After a long while the composition settles into a beautiful, warm and powdery, feminine fragrance.
It's kind of mysterious like the streets of old Roma and you need an appropriate outfit for this fragrance I think, a t-shirt and jeans would be a profanation.
When I close my eyes and explore the development stages I can "see" the history of the eternal city: Roma - exceptional city, exceptional fragrance, love it!
Long lasting and rather intense thus not to be overdosed.
And Roma is another success of LB.
The opening ingredients play around so nicely, while you almost succeed to distinguish one another comes along.
After a long while the composition settles into a beautiful, warm and powdery, feminine fragrance.
It's kind of mysterious like the streets of old Roma and you need an appropriate outfit for this fragrance I think, a t-shirt and jeans would be a profanation.
When I close my eyes and explore the development stages I can "see" the history of the eternal city: Roma - exceptional city, exceptional fragrance, love it!
Long lasting and rather intense thus not to be overdosed.
06/10/09 02:19:12
A very elegant perfume. This time it is much sweeter on me than before. The beginning is mostly pink grapefruit with flowers. The prevailing note is an untypically powdery, comforting scent of doll head, a bit plastic-key, but this doesn't have to be a synthetic note. It can easily be quality ingredients. In the middle is jasmin surrounded by other flowers as if in a bouquet placed in the summer shade. The end is more woody, smells like pine forest. It is lasting and strong but not offensive. I will wear it in the colder autumn, although some may choose it for summer days. It has also certain aromatherapeutic, calming quality. I wouldn't recommend it to too young women, and if so, then they should be dressed smart or feminine - frills, shirt, suit, broach, even hat.
04/22/09 07:28:47
Addicted to Roma for about 13 years and do not bother looking for something else. This is my fragrance!!!
04/21/09 10:18:06
suits the fair skinned ladies, all the layers come out in a comforting way.Definitely for winter
04/01/09 15:50:50
This scent is very comforting to me. From the moment I smell it I go into this meditative state of bliss. The warmth of the vanilla is wonderful. I think it also has a sexy edge to it too. Sometimes when I walk by the perfume I have to pick the bottle up just to smell it. It's just so lovely. I will always have this one in my collection from now on!
04/01/09 14:33:48
Elegant, layered, refined. This is a wonderful oriental with a few different notes to keep it ahead of the usual pack of orientals.
12/14/08 16:13:01
a woman feels so special when wearing Roma
it's as if the spirit of the ancient city has flown out of the bottle
romance, love, eternity and...
seduction
I simply LOVE it!!!
it's as if the spirit of the ancient city has flown out of the bottle
romance, love, eternity and...
seduction
I simply LOVE it!!!
11/13/08 10:10:20
Very sensitive and rich perfume! Special for me
11/11/08 04:45:46
...this is ''the powdery'' scent in its purest form...fantastic,warm,very sensual...it reminds me of Greece,tangerines,sea,summer.....
the drydown is silent and powerful, it is very hard not to recognize this scent...I remember when I was working as a student, and me and my friend were cleaning offices, there was this office that smelled divine...like a scent of furniture soaked in precious oils, a hint of orange and ancient spice,I was enjoing it for a long,long time....and was in love with this soft,cloudy feeling of feminine wormth...much later I discover that the lady working there wore Roma.....love it,love it!!!
the drydown is silent and powerful, it is very hard not to recognize this scent...I remember when I was working as a student, and me and my friend were cleaning offices, there was this office that smelled divine...like a scent of furniture soaked in precious oils, a hint of orange and ancient spice,I was enjoing it for a long,long time....and was in love with this soft,cloudy feeling of feminine wormth...much later I discover that the lady working there wore Roma.....love it,love it!!!
11/11/08 00:50:31
this is one perfume that melted well into my skin and left a warm scent in the air. it´s blend is woody but yet light and comforting to wear. a perfume for autumn and winter in my mind. I even wore the for men version of this for evenings, it works really well for women too.
11/11/08 00:18:13
I tried this and at a certain point during the day I was in a crowd of people and suddenly a smell of a fresh Christmas tree bark sap came to my nose and I was looking what it can be or who can smell like that. It was my wrist I think, there's definitely pine trees.
10/06/08 13:24:43
Vicalena , your description is incredible, very unique vision or may I say feel of a scent. I've never tried Biagiotti 'Roma' before, but I'll be looking for it now
10/05/08 13:19:10
I tried "Roma" (EDT) about a week ago, and I can't forget it!
It is incredible, what aromas can do to us... I had very concrete associations with a place, where I've never been. I could not believe myself... I had to test it another time, to be aware of the effect.
For me this is a smell of very old town - a grey damp smell of an old (very old!) stone walls, and hot south wind with aroma of flowers and pine wood, warmed up on the sun.
I can't imagine, how such perfume could be done.
P.S. EDP is sorter, and EDT is a sharp one. I like EDT.
It is incredible, what aromas can do to us... I had very concrete associations with a place, where I've never been. I could not believe myself... I had to test it another time, to be aware of the effect.
For me this is a smell of very old town - a grey damp smell of an old (very old!) stone walls, and hot south wind with aroma of flowers and pine wood, warmed up on the sun.
I can't imagine, how such perfume could be done.
P.S. EDP is sorter, and EDT is a sharp one. I like EDT.
10/05/08 13:07:52
It is a verry pleasant fragrance ... calm and...though strong! It gives me a verry good feeling of confidence!
It is somewhere between sweet and spicy but in a verry pleasant way...
It is somewhere between sweet and spicy but in a verry pleasant way...
09/22/08 00:20:27
For me Roma - a pine smelling fragrance. Reminds me of walking in the pine forest by the sea on hot summer's day....
09/11/08 02:31:20
Always wanted to have this perfume and have only decided after reading your reviews.
It's a quintessence of Woman.
Delicious and dreamy fragrance.
It's a quintessence of Woman.
Delicious and dreamy fragrance.
08/27/08 14:54:12
I agree with noor_jehan
A classic fragrance,I like it again ;@)
A classic fragrance,I like it again ;@)
08/26/08 22:14:11
I love Roma, it's a very suitable perfume for wandering around a city like Roma. :) It's very womanly, but not very strong. However, it won't go unnoticed. It has a confident vibe about it and it sparkles with bergamot. I'm definitely getting some animalistic notes from this that are a little too strong, but softens up as it dries down. It's beautifully blended and great for dry summer weather.
05/05/08 15:17:59
Yes, it has, you can see it among the top notes (small pictures).
04/27/08 11:10:32
I always thought Roma had blackcurrant leaves amongst its top notes?
Anyway, ikt's the initial blast that gets me every time. It's a real winner in my book.
Anyway, ikt's the initial blast that gets me every time. It's a real winner in my book.
04/27/08 03:03:13
i am kind of rediscovering roma again using it for the past few days. i still find it exciting, sensual and special. i like the vanilla-like drydown which i can still smell hours after applying. and the bottle, for me it is one of the most elegant.
but if someone remembers roma from the begining of 1990's, was it without atomiser, and somehow in my memories it smelled a bit more fruity (it reminded me then of apples and cinnamon, which are not among the notes :)). am i right?
but if someone remembers roma from the begining of 1990's, was it without atomiser, and somehow in my memories it smelled a bit more fruity (it reminded me then of apples and cinnamon, which are not among the notes :)). am i right?
09/13/07 14:14:08
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