Eleganza Luminosa Linari for women and men

Linari ELEGANZA LUMINOSA seems like a pretty plain Jane floriental to me. This is a yellowish perfume, with a creamy feeling, slightly sweet sandalwood--nothing like this house's Mark Buxton caramel perfume, thankfully--with a smooth mix of florals which give something of a mimosa feeling, although mimosa is apparently not present here. Perhaps yellow freesia plus x, y, and z creates a quasi-mimosa effect to my nose? Who knows?

The drydown of ELEGANZA LUMINOSA is, once again, a smooth sandalwood vanilla scent, and it smells perfectly fine, but I think that this same effect has been achieved by dozens of other perfumes at a fraction of the price. I'm not saying that every perfume has to be radically unique, but this one is not distinct enough to stand out from the crowd, so, all other things being equal, it seems rational to seek out a less expensive member of the same class, if a creamy yellow floriental is what you're after...

This seems more feminine than unisex to me. Something about the sweet florals, perhaps?

***UPDATE***

Dries down to a VERY subtle vanilla base.

I have to agree with alfarom here - much as I enjoy this scent, I can't help but feel that it's been done before and a similar fragrance can be found for a much lower price.

Scents such as this remind me of champagne - sparkling, light, golden yellow in colour, fruits blending with florals. Very wearable, very pretty, superbly feminine.

Projection is minimal on me and longevity isn't great at only 4 hours or so.

I often think that the benefit of having so many similar fragrances is that we can each choose the one which leans towards our particular preference, so that we may wear variations on a theme. The question then is whether you want to pay £145 for this variation or hold out for one that may only cost you £50.

A well executed floral-woody-citrus. Almost perfect in its balance and progression from the citrus opening to the woody drydown via the flowery middle phase, unfortunately it's not particularly original (Chloè EDP, Flowerbomb, Narciso Rodriguez for Her...too many to mention). Ridicolously overpriced.

Rating: 6/10

Another wonderful creation by Egon Oelkers. The same as eo02 by biehl.pw that I’m in love with, this is very special and impressive for me. Complicated and divine. For very special occasions. Distinctive, creamy with unbelievably wonderfully balanced woody notes. In my opinion much better than “Amouages” but the style is a little bit similar.

This is absolutely divine. I dont normally like anything too citrusy or anything with too much floral and I would never buy a FB of this based on the description and notes because it just doesnt sound like something i would love, but wow this is so pretty yet timelessly sophisticated at the same time. The fruits and flowers are so seamlessly blended into one another, my nose is having an orgasm every time i breathe in. Im not sure how to actually describe to you how this smells, but it first and foremost reminded me of Coco mademoiselle, which i like, but this a softer version with maybe a touch more sweetness. Get a sample if you can and try this, I was really pleasantly surprised and I will now have to buy a bottle :)