Venezia 2011 Laura Biagiotti for women

I have a question. How is it possible for these two fragrances -old and new Venezia- to be alike, when the one has 22 ingredients listed, while the other only 9? I had not smelled the old Venezia so I cannot make the comparison to the new one. Yet, I suppose there must be quite different. I will search for the new one and I feel glad that I have not smelled the old, because the comparison would be dramatic! I beleive that as it happened with so many other perfumes, the modern one is far more inferior to the old...

I adore this perfume! I loved the old version, but this one is very similar only not so long-lasting as the old one. It's soft, playful, fairy-tale like. To me this perfume is not about modern day Venice, it whispers the story of the days gone by, it evokes the images of colorful carnivals, flirty strangers in gilded masks, a sweet sound of barcarole flowing over the canal waters... I'm so happy that they decided to revive this fragrance!

Oh my World!
What a beauty!
I cannot remember last time I felt so under the spell of a fragrance - Venezia melted my heart immediately!
The opening is very pleasant; the fruity note of plum mixed with jasmin petals and a pinch of vanilla...
Absolutely marvellous!After 4 hours I can smell mainly jasmine and as the fragrance dries down, it becomes more cozy thanks to vanilla.
I have no idea how much is the new 2011 version similar to old formula but the 2011 version for sure would become my signature IF it only was widely available.
It is really rich, sensual, deep, a perfect juice for long, chilly winter months.
Lasting power and silage are both outstanding; I could still smell it on my skin after a long hot shower.
I believe that Venezia would appeal to extremely rich and sophisticated fragrance lovers; if Baiser Du Dragon, Elixir Des Merveilles or Badgley Mischka rock your boat, then you have to try Venezia.
Brilliant projection, lovely bottle, quality juice.
Two sprays and you're wrapped up for the rest of the day.
Venezia is a marvel.
Full stop.

From Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We recently bought the new Laura Biagiotti Venezia, at one of the Douglas department stores. We were disappointed to find out that this one is NOT THE SAME as the original one. Oddly the new has a musky tobacco smell or something strange, not rich, fresh, flowery, spring, nicer smell. Well, that's our opinion. We believe the body lotion is worth getting, not the perfume.

Glorious jasmine from the very beginning, real fragrant jasmine, not some chemical concoction that gets to your throat. This jasmine grabs your mind and soothes it. It's uplifting. It becomes sweeter after a while, more balanced, rounder, that must be the vanilla settling in. It is different from the plethora of fragrances that invade the world of fragrances without even showing character.I like it very much. I was so curious about this fragrance that I bought a full bottle without even trying it: I have no idea about what the original formulation was like, but this one is very lovely.

I love the original Venezia and I love Venezia 2011. this one has a nice plum-twist and its great, really. These two perfumes are like sisters - a lot alike and just a twist that separates them. The plumnote is adult, not fruity/sugarsweet, deep and just amazing. Then the vanilla and flowers are deep, womanish and sexy - I'm in love with this one!

Jag älskar originalet Venezia och jag älskar Venezia 2011. Denna har en liten plommon-not som står ut och gör den superhärlig. Dessa två parfymer är som systrar - ganska lika men med små detaljer som gör dem olika. Plommon-noten är inte frukt/sockersöt utan vuxen och djup. Härlig! Vaniljtonen och blomnoten är djupa, kvinnliga och supersexiga - älskar den verkligen!

i ADORE venezia ! it suits me perfectly, just like my second skin !

Smells really nice,very similar to 1st version,but lighter.Could be used in summer too.

Swedeangel's review is spot-on. The original Venezia was my adored signature fragrance and I've never found anything I liked as much....the usual story of bitter disappointment when they discontinued it.
I ordered a couple of bottles of the relaunched Venezia from Germany recently. I agree with Swedeangel on every point she makes; there is an undeniable reminder of the original but on spraying, the first impression is so synthetic, it smelt 'off' to me, not even too-sweet or too-cloying- just off, like an old lady's supermarket perfume that's been in a drawer for 20 years. It then gives way to a very faint copy of the original- yes, it's the same smell, I'd know instantly it was some form of Venezia but much, much weaker and by the time I'd got to work 40 minutes later my colleague said she couldn't detect anything on my wrist at all. This is such a shame. On the plus side, the new bottle is wonderful- modernised but not overdone.I will use this as an extra fragrance and just hope I got a 'bad bottle' and the other one I've got is better. But this feels like bad news....now the real Venezia will never be seen again.

I absolutelly love this smell! I don´t know the original, but this 2011 version smells really good on my skin.

I don't know how the Original Venezia used to be, but this one it's a nice , pretty fragrance.
Plummy, sweet and powdery, easy to wear , comforting scent .

It is apealing enough, feminine , it has a great sillage and the lasting power it's good enough...about 5 hours on my skin and many more on fabrics !
The bottle is very nice too.
A must try really ;)

The flacon and the campaign were very capturing to me, so I decided to try it. I must admit smelt really bad on my skin.. simply disappointing :(

Well I don`t have a clue how the original Venezia smells like but I tried today the new one.
What can I say... It`s nice. I didn`t really get the chance to get to know the top notes but after a couple of hours (and now, after 5 hours)I can smell a soft, sweet,light oriental scent. Very vanillic.
I wouldn`t mind smelling like this, it`s very cozy! But I don`t think I`m going to buy it.

I just tried a sample of Le Labo's Aldehyde 44 and in the dry down it's very similar to the original Venezia. Well worth sampling!

today i tried this scent....what a stinky blast!it hasn't got any structure and the olfactory pyramid is nonexistent.the perfume stands on the skin without changing and getting any shape.it's very simple and it doesn't make me think about venice and i'm italian and i live one hour far from venice.this strange smell remembers me about very sticky old parfumes.

Even though I don't suffer of nostalgic craving towards vintage Venezia, as I never had a pleasure of owning this perfume (I have only a sample - many thanks, Sa Majeste la Rose!) I also share the opinion that Venezia 2011 fails to sustain the name of its great progenitor - deliciously sweet, profound, dense... a marvelous perfume!

This is neither bad fragrance, nor very special. And not our "fault" that we compare it with an etalon. Would be more appropriate to name this one L'acqua di Venezia.

I bought Venezia 2011 on ebay and it arrived Friday. I LOVE IT! In fairnes, I haven't yet sprtized it on my skin but the whiff from the bottle took me back. Smelled to me, very very close to the original. Can't wait to wear it to an upcoming wedding. I'm rationing it! I hope it comes to Canada soon. Apparently it's only available in Germany and Italy currently.

I have just bought it today. I still have little of the original Venezia, so I compared and tested... The new one seems to be at first a disapoitment, but later it fits perfectly with my skin, and I love it! :-) It is not the same as the one years ago, but I am not the same either. It used to be my signature frag and I think it will be again!

is the new venezia available anywhere in the uk? my mother just back from malta and couldn't find it on the island or a duty free

Tried again. No way. It's not anything like old Venezia. Similar for sure, but absolutely watered down and made much much simpler.
It's a nice scent and I could wear it if I didn't know the old one. Venezia used to be one of my staples of '90s. Then they discontinued (why???), then launched again, then now in 2011. I don't know if these are the rules of marketing but they don't work on me!
They could choose another name for this scent. It's modern and fruity with just a hint of the glorious oriental nuance of the old formula.
I don't feel like another Venezia for 46 euro. I want the old one.
Anyway, this new one is not so bad.
I like the plum feeling.
I suggest to give it a try if you don't care about old formula, especially if you were too young to experience it!
You may find a pleasant fragrance with a soft sillage.
Think of it as a new perfume on market.
For the nostalgic it won't work wonders, but a hint of real Venezia is still there. It was enough to bring back memories, so it is not completely different.
The staying power of 2011 is average in itself, totally poor if compared with old one!

hi bandit.....please dont get me wrong. i was not picking on passionato20..............i was just saying that the review was harsh. unfortuntely i think many people will be quite scathing with their views on a relaunched fragrance, and thats a shame. im not on here to argue....we are all allowed our own opinion, but maybe we should be a little less critical if we are unfamiliar with the original ....and if we just dont like it then its obviously going to be difficult to give a fair and positive review.

to fayireton:

If they don't want us do give bad reviews on perfumes, they simply could make them better. Not passionata20s review is the problem, but this really bad reissue of Venezia. This is not about fandom, this is about marketing. They use the old name to give us a weak perfume, that'll never sell without the name "Venezia" on it, because it is really not a good perfume at all.

If you like it, that's fine, but a lot of people don't agree on that and you shouldn't pick one of the naysayers personally and make her responsible.

I guess, a lot of old fans will give the new Venezia definitaly a try and make up their own minds - regardless what you, me or passionata20 wrote about it.

Hi passionata20..........i'm sorry you dont like the new or original venezia. i have both...so i compared both on my skin at the same time. they were both lovely, i did not expect the new version to smell as good as it did. im sorry you dont agree. maybe you should not bother reviewing perfumes you know you wont like! i had the original when it came out and fell in love with it...i have several bottles now, unopened. spraying the new one sent me straight back to the early 90s! its not exactly the same but it cant be can it!! so maybe if you cant say anything nice then just dont bother because there are alot of venezia fans that will be glad to have this gorgeous fragrance back. please dont delete as i am just putting my view across. i for one am happy to have this icon back X

Ha mantenuto le promesse. Provato proprio oggi....peccato che nella mia città quasi nessuna profumeria lo tenga!

i have tried this one several times now and today i went to the shop with my original edition of "Venezia" from the 90´s to compare with this one. What can i say? This version is not similar to the original Venezia! At least in the opening notes. Let me say that i am not a biggest fan of original Venezia either, to me it is a cold fragrance, it doesn´t have a warm vibe. I am quite neutral about it.
This version is even more colder and more plastic than the original one. The opening is quite synthetic and bitter even, very dry and lacks the richness of the original version. That bitter note(i don´t know what it is) simply ruins everything. Quite unpleasant to my nose in the beginning, but after 30minutes or even more in the drydown it becomes similar to the original Venezia and only then i feel the similarity, not earlier. That´s when it becomes softer and more spicy, plum note comes out in it´s full beauty. Still it lacks something, it is quite light. Not a biggest fan of original i also won´t be the fan of this one sadly. Someone who can´t compare directly with the original this one, will find it pleasant but not me. Almost every friend of mine who smelled new release of Venezia already says it is similar, but only when they smell the original the difference is obvious 100%.
One plus from me is the great staying power, lasts more than 6 hours on my skin, just like the original one.
I think they should have released it not as re-release but as a flanker, then it would not dissapoint the fans of the original.

Please do not remove this comment, since others might find it useful. Not every review should be positive, so people like me wanted to make a blind buy might find it very informative. Thanks.

I have just got a bottle!! I love it!!!! Smells like the original :) more so then I expected!! I am so happy and have lots of memories flooding back :) Will defo be buying in bulk when I can it locally!! My hubby got this bottle on ebay. Love it!!!!!

I already found it myself at an German website! But thanks anyway!

Oh, memories ae all around me, thinking of Venezia in the 90's! I haven been searching and I asked in a lot of shops today when they are expecting this parfume to be in the shop! But they didn't know anything of this scent!AARGHHH.... So, please can somebody tell me where I can buy this in the Netherlands or online? ( only paypalsites please...)
Thank you so much!!

at Jazzy 76

le commesse non sanno nulla, ma il loro capo sì. è successo a me, stai tranquilla e aspetta, le profumerie lo hanno ordinato.

i love this one. i think it is very seductive. i have to admit that i do not remember the original one (i was too young for such a perfume at that time, but i remember the commercial which was very similar to the new one ;) ) but to me this perfume is really great. another one on my want list. to my mind plum notes in perfume often do not work (unfortunately as i love plums) but the plum/vanilla combination in this one is very well done. it is a bit sweet but definitely not too sweet, very warm and cozy. it is a mature perfume not for teenagers. thumbs up for this one.

Ma quando arriverà nelle profumerie italiane? :(
io non lo trovo da nessuna parte e le commesse non ne sanno nulla...help!

Got my bottle from germany today,and was so exited to test it . i know what the recencents have said here - it resembles the old one but is a disappointment never the less.
At the first spritzes ,I felt like crying ,it was not at all like having venezia on ! The old venezia had a warmth,a rich and full note entirely without syntetic in it . This new Venezia smells syntetic,thin in its notes ,it has no body. The vanilla,the musk,the plums,that yummy caramel-comfort is just faintly there....
In its drydown it smells more like the original though, but like a weak faint echo only. And by that time,an hour - its hardly there to detect.
Im so sad they couldnt make it more like the original one,this smells ok but it is like eating a porkchop when you expected a filet...

I have been wanting this back for a long time.I used it when i was about 15(it was maybe to mature,but i just liked the smell) around year 2003,and today i saw it in the store.This one brings back so many memories for me.It is very similair but it is lighter.Times have changed and perfumes are not made in the same way as they use to.But it brought back memories so it must be quite similair.You can say it is Venezia in a modern way,and they did a good job.They kept the smell and managed to make it wearable even in 2011.
I will purchase for sure!

PLEASE!!! someone tell me where I can get hold of a bottle of this!! I'm in the UK and I can't find it anywhere!! Please help!! Thanks xx

I haven't been a user of the Original, but one knows Venezia, it was much worn in the 90s. A real stinkbomb (for one a good stink, for the other a nightmare stink).

The new one doesn't smell like the Original, I'm sorry. It's watered down to the point, where you cannot smell much at all. It is similiar, that's all. Very sad, indeed.

I'm sorry, that I have to dissappoint all of you fans of the Original. I think, that means that now Venezia is gone for good...

@nausikaa: I've just been to a Müller Store and tested it. I didn't know the original Venezia from the 90's, but I've read many enthusiastic comments here, and since I love Roma I thought I should give this one a try.
It's a nice warm scent, more floral/sweet than oriental to me, but it's only been on my (left) wrist for one hour or so (right wrist: Dune). So far it reminds me of Escape (CK), did anybody else notice that?
I'm not sure, if I'll buy it, depends on how the scent develops during the day.

Okey,
this is NOT THE SAME Venezia than it used to be. I have this new in my other wrist and old in other. And this new one is truely like a colonge, just a floral fruity like Juliette Has a Gun said. People, you will get disappointed if you think to get the old one back. It will be not. Will not purchase
sorry.

Fizzy and Elizabeth....where did you get the new veenzia and how much was it??????? In the uk , all the stores i've been to have never heard of it!!! I dont even know if its really going to be available here!!! i love the original...and want to try the new!!! i would really appreciate any feedbck XX
thanx

When I first sprayed it, I could not get enough of it. So I sprayed maybe 20x, because the opening is amazing lovely! But there is no lasting power of the head smell and the smell turns very very fast in this well known old Venezia, which is oriental and with lot of spicy vanilla. One in all - a weak parfum with amazing opening. Not worth the money.

I couldn’t wait to smell Venezia again as I missed it for many years so I really got excited to find the ‘new’ Venezia 2011 already yesterday at a local department store. I had to test it quickly to see if it is like the vintage version. At first sniff it smelled a bit dated to my nowadays nose , which I didn’t expect – in my memories this scent is such a rich and timeless oriental fragrance – maybe I recognized at that moment how much time has passed since its first release. I than left the store to see how this fragrance develops on my skin and short time later I fell in love again with this perfume as I did when it first came out in 1992. I had to buy it immediately. To my nose Venezia 2011 is very much like the vintage version only a bit lighter. May be it is just impossible to bring it back exactly like the old one because of ingredient restrictions on the perfume market. At least it is a very well done relaunch. Venezia is a timeless classic and I hope it will never be discontinued again. It is so great to have this treasure back! Love it, love it, love it!!

@LaLotus, OF COURSE it´s the relaunch! Here in Germany it is available since the beginning of August

How can some people already have bought it and reviewed it, while it will be launched 1st september this year, 2011? Today is august 12 2011! Cannot possibly be the relaunch of the original Venezia.

Blind buy as well and a good one!! I used to have (the old) Venezia for many years, so I know it quite well, and "new" Venezia is very similar to me. Maybe it is a little bit lighter, but still lasting power is good, and I can even smell it on me the whole day. Memories are coming back...
I would like to add that my expectations were not very high, as I was dissapointed with the "relaunch" of Organza Indecence, but this one is well done!

Blind buy: Bought it without testing. A huge mistake. This does not bear any resemblance to the original (I still keep a vintage bottle for reference). A rather ordinary fruity-floral. Too nondescript to even bother - if it was not for the impertinence of exploiting a great name and relaunching a perfume leading us - the costumers - "by the nose" - so it seems. At least to me. A clever way of making money - playing with the expectations of the clients and of those who crave the real, old thing and are given this boring and "void" faceless modern perfume instead. One more reason to turn to niche-fragrances. This is a true example of a multi-national giant (Proctor and Gamble - P&G Prestige Beauty) just keen on making money. Sorry, folks! You cheated me, but maybe this review can help others and prevent them from making the same mistake (forking out money for a scent which is no better than Beyoncé, Spears, Aguilera et.al. - only more expensive).

I did the skin test today and I still think it's like the former Venezia. It developes very nicely on me and the staying power is good. It gave me nice memories and now I'm inbetween whether I should buy or not :)

Due to the so wonderful comments, I´ll tested for sure.
this scent seems a dream!

It is very much like the original. I was brought back to the scent right away. So I would say it's the same scent. The staying power is good too. Just I had to figure that I probably wouldn't wear it anymore today. I was sure I would buy it but now that I used the tester, it's not for me anymore. I don't want to smell like I did when I was 16 :)

i've seen this yesterday at a müller store. i was about to buy it but they had no tester and i was afraid it wouldn't be as good as the vintage one so i decided to wait.

Im sooo pleased that this is back and cannot wait to buy this in sept, I used to get men and women coming up to me and asking what it was I was wearing as it was absolutely gorgeous, I cant wait and have put my order in with my hubby for it already!!

I can`t wait to buy this again!!!! Hope Sotto Voce comes again too.....someone ;-)!!

News!!! Direttamente dalla pagina FB ufficiale del gruppo L.Biagiotti, la risposta ad uno dei numerosi commenti : "Laura Biagiotti- The formula is the same so you will love it! Help us to spread the news on forums!!" Son davvero impaziente per questo grande ed attesissimo ritorno!! :-))

It's great message.....ye, yes, yes.....I love it Venezia

p.s. i read just now that it will be available on september ... very good!! I think i'll buy it !! :)

I live in Italy, but i haven't seen any sign of this new Venezia.....I 'll wait again....:/

I agree we want also pastelo and sotto voce!!

We want "Soto Voce" !!!!!!!

And by the way !!!
We also want Venezia PASTELLO back too, you know ?!?

This is beyond any hope and dream !!!
BRAVO BIAGIOTTI !!!
I still have a bottle of the old perfume that I use only on very, very, very special occassions. Now I can use it more often with no worries ;-)
Still.... I hope very much the new perfume is't that changed. For eg. Roma used to be my daywear perfume and Venezia the evening one, about 15 years ago, maybe more... but at some point, the Roma perfume disapeared from shops and afterwards it appeared back, but a little changed... enough for be to not stand it anymore :-((( you can imagine my dissapointment, as both perfumes were my signature-perfumes.

we also want back Venezia Uomo, you know? :)

I have found a recent comment by Laura Biagiotti on her Facebook page where she says that the formula of the new Venezia 2011 is the same as of the vintage version...so there is hope that we will have our old treasure back. I just love love love this fragrance and can't wait to have it again.

Taken from the official Laura Biagiotti facebook page: "The myth is back!! It's official that Venezia by Laura Biagiotti will back on September 1st. We are very excited and proud! More news to be shared very soon!"

some update from Biagiotti´s official FB page:
"It will be back on shelf on Sept 1st! Don't worry, it's not a limited edition! Anyhow you will be able to buy it also through our official website..."

"The formula is the same so you will love it! Help us to spread the news on forums!" (i certainly hope so!)

the tension rises!

I am ultra excited about this! I wore the original years ago and my jaw dropped when I read that there was a new version!! I can't wait to try it!!

I hope this is the beginning of a trend! :)
I hope the other houses (well, the companies who own them) will follow this step and bring back their vintage jewels!

I really stand for this! Go Biagotti, go, go, go!!!! :)

I have a friend, who used to said she'd always have a bottle of this. I remember the sweet, feminine, rich and cosy scent. It's really worth it! Hope the new one will be adorable too!

Thanks for your info Sandrina. Im very exited about this one. Hope it will come to the Netherlands also

It is changed a bit, and it will be available at the end of June... I will update news soon:))

I'm reading all those reviews below... Wow, it makes me smile, Venezia is sooo loved and desired. By me tooooo of course.
I hope for all us Venezia-lovers that we will get a chance to enjoy this beauty again. And to stock haha, just in case!!

Im a die hard Venezia fan, this is THE ONE for me! Thank God Laura Biagiotti has heard our prayers, to have this rare gem relaunched again. Can't wait to have it. But is it going to be very limited edition and hard to find? Hopefully not,so that everyone can have a chance to try it.I don't want another limited edition, and no more heart ache. It's been painfull 13 years without Venezia!
Thank you LAURA!

Hope this fragrance will be on the market soon... I loved the old version as many other fragranticans. It is rare and even more remarkable that a perfume house relaunches a fragrance once discontinued. Thank you in advance, Laura Biagotti!

plum,jasmine,vanilla the notes are great; hope it smells as good as the old version :0
CAN'T WAIT TO TEST

I hope it smells the same as the vintage scent.
that one smells gorgeus, hope this one to im very curious

uraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!