Tempore Donna Laura Biagiotti for women

It's valentine's day in a bottle! Fruit, flowers and chocolates. I smell mostly pineapple dipped in chocolate- also peaches, oranges, vanilla and freesia. The dry down on me leaves chocolate-vanilla with just a few remaining drops of tart fruit juice. I like it! Probably best in cooler weather for me, otherwise it could border on too sweet during the first couple of hours.

On me, no pineapple, chocolate or lemon. The initial blast is sweet peaches with a floral jasmine based grounder, somewhat sharp, and interestingly different. It sadly, mellows out to an everyday bouquet that lasts about 4 hours. I love the pineapple in Just Me, but it's a short-lived frag on my skin. I got this one to compare, also, I hoped to add some chocolate edge to it. I guess I'll stay on my quest for the choco-pineapple combo. Ohhhh, Donna, you're not my new BFF. Boo Hoo.

Tempore is one of my all time favourites.
It starts with citrus notes, pineapple and peach - yellow, sunny fruity notes that resemble the feeling of warm rays of sun on my skin.
The floral heart notes of violet, freesia, lily-of-the-valley and jasmine define the heart of the composition and make it a floral fruity fragrance.
The soft powdery violet note mingles with the intense, sweet and warm base notes of vanilla and chocolate.
All in all the composition smells like sun and vanilla.
This is what my husband says and I think he is 100% spot on!
Tempore lasts for hours and hours on my skin but has average sillage only.
Still, the longevity is marvelous and I get whiffs of this sun & vanilla scent all day long.
Another discontinued 5 star fragrance from Laura Biagiotti.

Oh, I remember this perfume! Sexy, vanilla, cream and a hint of spices. I used to love it!

Finaly i got this one at hand again . Actualy i never owned it myself earlyer , but i tryed it several times , wanting it . but one day it was nowhere to be found . and i was so sad about it . but thanks to ebay i now have a few small bottles:)
this isent cuite as i reamemberd it . somehowe i did think this was sweeter.
Trying it on my skin now and i feel a strong relation whit L`instant. I can feel the citrus and pinapple , and the jasmin, lilly of the valley and violet lingering in the middle.
the chocolate and vanilla whit all its glory ending it nicly up whit all the other ending notes.
a lovely fragrance but i must say im a little disapointed in my memory of this one .
Reamembered it more chocolaty and sweeter , but this is nice to:)

I was wearing this few years ago, went to night club and one Man said to me about this scent "ahh, scent of woman". So I take this to be pretty good One. None have said so before or after him. Smiling, maby its about men in my country.. not talking much about these kinda things... or this is Truely feminine perfume. ;)

yum this smells just like those chocolate covered pineapple pieces behind the display case at fanny may
quite peppery as well

I ordered a bottle and the fragrance reminds me of Kenzo Flower and Lalique Le Parfum.
Lovely floral with hint of chocolate - but unfortunately not quite my cuppa :-(

A huge 100ml bottle up for a swap if anyone's interested! :-)

You are very very welcome!

Thank you for adding these, Action :-)
It will help others to make a more informed choice about purchasing Tempore Donna :-)
Based on notes you added - I just ordered myself a bottle!!!
Thank you for taking the time, Action!!!
xxx
Mad

Some missing notes in this perfume are the following:

-Pear
-Cyclaam
-Magnolia
-Plum
-Rose
-Nuts

I have a special fondness for this fragrance and I'm afraid my review's gonna be fueled by emotion rather than fact.

For me it's the soft fruity milky touch that makes Tempore shine brightly in the sea of floral-fruities, it gives it that special warm aura (picture a spring day when it's not really hot yet but the sun makes things smell really nice and comforting like my daughter's hair or my cats sunbathing...)

It starts out with pineapple, a little peach, citruses and a milky note. Just a hint of the top notes stays noticeable until way into the dry-down.
After a while violets and white flowers come into the mix and build a bridge to the base notes.
The scent dries down to a really great combination of chocolate, vetiver and woods with a touch of vanilla.

But enough with the walk down memory lane, reality check!
Unfortunately body chemistry can change over time and Tempore is working decreasingly well for me. The violets - barely there in the past - are now dominating the scent for a short period about 2 1/2 hours in. During that phase they turn the scent way too powdery on me. It's almost suffocating the wonderful dry-down and clearly taking away from the overall experience.
With that said I gotta admit I probably wouldn't hold on to the scent if it was still in production and easily attainable.
I haven't found anything that could replace my sunshine association with this fragrance's top notes but if I miss the dry-down I put on the original Jil by Jil Sander. It reminds me a little of this scent.

Tempore lasts about 6-7 hours, maybe a little longer if your skin doesn't react strongly to violets.

Light, yet comforting. The fruity and floral notes are sheer, but they do lift the chocolate powder base nicely. Enjoyable soft winter scent. [4/5]

Tempore Donna is another fragrance that I miss.
I still have almost a full 50ml bottle left but as soon as that will be finished there will be no way to stock up on this lovely, feminine, sweet and sexy fragrance.
I use it very sparingly because it is one of my treasures.

The fruity stage of this perfume is quite unusual in that it is sweet, cohesive and sits on a milky base.

I cannot pick out any particular fruit, except for lemon, although it has an overall fruitness to it, akin perhaps to the overall milky fruitness one finds in a tropically themed smoothie. Including the tartness from natural yoghurt.

The florals are sheer and mildly astringent, although this could also be a lemon reference. I feel that the taste of florals is primarily there to blend the fruit to the sandelwood/choc base.

I think that the underlying briskness of lemon ruins the heart somewhat. While it adds a level of complexity not found in most modern fruity florals, it does seem to curdle the milk a tad and leaves a sour dryness in your mouth.

Once the lemon phases out however, you are left with an exquisite vanilla milk chocolate with distinct dry sandalwood undertones. It is very palatable and I find myself revelling in its simple pleasure.

All in all, this is a very pretty fragrance, with enough complexity to make you work for it.

it would almost be great.

but no.

starts deceivingly promissing, vbut after an hour pineapple, violet and vetiver clash and ruin all the powdery white chocolate.

I wish it would all stay like in the top notes in this one.

I found Tempore Donna in the internet store and bought again after ten years interval, when I used it first time. It was my signature scent. I do not dissapointed, the scent is so delicate, feminine vanilla. Today is raining all day and I can enjoy this sweet, soft vanilla chocolate and spices. I do not feel floral notes, there are some mix of sweet flovers, but I can't separate them. At first notes I can smell apricot, but do not lemon at all. I like it at cold, rainy days it gets me feeling of warm.

The beginning of this perfume was very fruity, I was almost sure I was smelling apricot. Then the flowers emerged, first their freshness and sweetness peaking through the slight sourness of fruit, then taking the center stage. This was my favorite part of the smell, especially when the flowers started to smell sweeter and sweeter... I've been smelling this throughout the night, on and off of sleep (yep, I am somewhat an insomniac) and in the morning I woke up with pure dark chocolate on my arm. Will update my review for a more awake experience ;)

Parfum au chocolat...This is warm, sweet-a touch of vanilla, a touch of powdery flowers, the fruit is there, sweet on the skin, but this is a lot of dark chocolate. I think I don't like chocolate in perfume either, or gourmands for that matter, but this would be great for a gourmand-lover-Maybe I could get my mom to wear this instead of Angel.....

Well I admit I can't pick out any specific note, but I don't need to, it's wonderful. I've dabbled in Laura Biagiotti since my mom gave me the balance of one of her bottles of a Laura Biagiotti fragrance when I was in high school. I used every last drop and was never able to find it again. So my love of perfumes started there. This is easy to wear, soft, feminine and fabulous. If your a fan of Venetia it's a definite must to try. Softer than Venetia and just as enjoyable to wear. It's a sweet (but not as sweet as say, Lolita Lempicka) and fruity floral. So well blended it just smells like a big cloud of comfy happiness, much like wrapping up in a fluffy blanket.
The dry down makes me think of snicker doodles for some reason. I decided to wear this Christmas day and I couldn't have picked anything better. Perfect for anytime anywhere, and absolutely perfect for the holidays. This is one I'll be wearing for a long time.

I am not a fan of fruity florals, but this one is quite stunning. Feminine, vibrant, playful and piquant are adjectives that attach. I got a lot of jasmine and mandarin, but you could smell the other notes variously even as the whole blended harmoniously. Lasting power was good.

Tempore Donna -- quite a lady!

Tempore donna is a very feminine and upbeat fragrance, which actually came as a surprise. I was expecting warm and cozy....but it's actually quite bright. To my nose, the beginning makes me think of a combination of Woman in Rose & Lollia Always. I "thought" I could smell rose & some kind of citrus (like the grapefruit in Always--just not as potent). I see in the notes listed that TD consists of neither one.
When the middle notes arrive, I can't discern the individual floral notes. They seem to be very well balanced, and not strong at all bec. I'm still smelling a vibrant rose-grapefruit aroma...but more powdery now that the middle notes have arrived. It actually takes a while (at least an hour or so) before I finally start smelling a soft spray of vanilla...and it takes another hour before I smell the chocolate (though it's very light & still mingling with the top notes that haven't completely gone away). The woodsy notes do not take root on me at all. Not a bad thing, though I'm still convinced it would have added a bit more sexiness or sensuality at least if they HAD appeared on me. Overall, it's not a bad little potion. I feel very feminine, upbeat, and....poised at the same time. Darling fragrance. I could wear this in the Spring, Summer, AND Autumn....though I think I would need something more "sturdy", deep, sweet, and rich for the Winter.

*UPDATE: I'm wearing it after my shower, and though I still get a very soft combination of grapefruit & rose, the sweet chocolate arrives faster this time around. It's so warm and tender right now that I don't know what to think---except that I really truly DO enjoy this fragrance. It's actually quite comforting in its own special way. I love that the sweetness shows up sooner this time. I am very pleased!

Yammie...
Sexy, everwear...
pity it's a hard-to-find fragrance esp. in Europe :-(

There is something extremely attractive about Tempore Donna...Very soft, feminine, it does not shout but it whispers.In my mind, it is a scent for Eliza Sommers, the adventurous, but very gentle and loving heroine of Isabel Alliende. I almost can see her in her pastry shop in old Chinatown - with the aura of exotica and mystery about her. This woman will not tell her secrets to anyone, she will keep them in her heart...or in the sand clock bottle of Tempore Donna.

I am glad the note of chocolate in this perfume doesn't kill your sense of smell like the one in Mugler's Angel does.However, both are too sweet and not for me.

Tempore Donna for my nose smelled appetizing vanilla, milky chocolate, a bit tangerine and spice. These perfume are warm, motherly, calming and also subtly seductive. They underline delicate and warm side of nature of woman. In it is a little an nostalgia. Excellent, pretty smell.

Fruits, flowers, and chocolate; it's a strange combination but it works. Tempore Donna smells like that chocolate powder you use to make chocolate milk with. It's delicious and wonderful if you like chocolate notes in perfumes, but I don't like the smell of chocolate. I get a lot of the lemon note out of it with florals. Unique for summer, however not for me.

very nice delicious parfum for every day ,for offis or for walk

A really warm Vanilla smelling fragrance...bottle is a bit naff though.