Iperborea Lorenzo Villoresi for women and men

Iperborea makes me sad and I'll tell you why. It's hands-down my favorite fresh green floral, but its staying power is nill and because of that, I can't justify the cost. Also, it is not easily available in the U.S., so I've given up chasing it. For those of you lucky enough to have it readily available, it's definitely a tinge soapy, but that dries down immediately to a very elegant spring floral. There's just nothing else like it that I've been able to find. Oh well.

Soap opera!

I mean, really. Lovely soapy fragrance, creamy, musky and delicate. Small white flowers, not overwhelming and "loud" but very... well, blissful. Think Ciel Amouage. Soft and slightly fresh. I didn't expect it to be that good and although it's not my fragrance group, I wouldn't mind having a bottle ;]

Try to imagine pureness in the highest quality. Everything white around and feeling of ice. I love the early spring days when in the air you can smell coming changes and this is it. In my opinion this is very unusual fragrance. I have only the sample but for sure I’m going to buy full bottle of this miracle.

I agree with Juliette it's very soapy, but it's a nice green floral fragrance, which is very light, "without shadows", good for Spring. I smell clean and green lily-of-the-valley :o))

Villoresi's 2010 contribution is a complex green floral starting with extremely soapy, greenish top-notes which give way to a dominant magnolia-jasmine accord. The first impression, especially the top-notes, did not appeal to me at all, the heart seemed very harsh and uninviting and in the end I recognized the familiar musky notes Villoresi used in his top-seller Teint de Neige (a scent which I love, btw). Iperborea seems like an attempt at recreating classics like Balmain's Ivoire or Scherrer I, but it is less remarkable. It does not possess the effortless elegance of the great iconic green florals, nor does it please the senses with a well-balanced cocktail of flowers. Staying-power is excellent, but the overall impression is not.