Luciano Soprani Luciano Soprani for women

MsMaryO, Action, what concentration of perfume do you have? I've seen it's available also in EDP.

Wow...what a beautiful scent-very regal and aristocratic. I feel like I should be wearing a deep purple velvet gown with lots of gold and pearls. I love anything with honey, and here it warms things up nicely. It's definitely chypre, but not a cold chypre.

I won't even begin to describe notes, as this is blended so well that it becomes one symphony of beauty. It's perfume the way it was meant to be experienced, as a whole.

This has some serious sillage and "insane" longevity. It lasted for several days on my bathrobe after my initial test of it-until I washed it. I have no idea how long it could have actually lasted, a month, maybe?

I do have one complaint about it. While the opening and the heart are glorious and I can't stop sniffing my wrist (although I really don't have to sniff that closely because this throws out to about 3-4 feet!), after about 3 hours the base notes get a little screechy. I did buy a used bottle and this could be due to freshness, but it relegates this to "evenings only" for me.

Still, for quality and "queenliness" factor, this rules!

There is a nice thread on right now about the most aristocratic perfume. Well, it is actually this one. The 1st perfume of Soprani (vintage).
Pure gold, pure class, pure royalty.

I put this on and went about my day, forgetting about it. After an hour i thought "Where is that familiar smell coming from?"

This is so much like Caron's Pour Une Femme (pure parfum) I thought i dipped into my own wardrobe. You can see for yourself that every note in Pour Une Femme is right here - plus a few more.

Edit: What both fragrances have that makes me swoon is the incense/rose combo on a heavenly patchouli base. Drydown is a luscious honey/amber powdery accord (unlike the sharper, colder iris powder drydown)

I'm impressed that with so many notes this doesn't slip into a stink or become a flat out mess. It's clear that whoever is behind this fragrance has some experience.

I do think that my Caron has better quality and is more smooth and rich. Luciano is more 'airy' and I get a slight 'hairspray' note (but nothing offensive)

lasting power is going on eight hours. Wow. I would recommend buying htis blind, actually