Mariella Burani Mariella Burani for women

I have worn only this perfume for about 15 years. I LOVE it so much that, now that it is no longer available, I haven't worn perfume daily as I once did. If anyone know of a perfume that is VERY SIMILAR, please post it.

Relaxed elegance is a good term for this perfume and I would say also feminine and easy.
I own a small bottle many years ago I liked it quite enough, but didn't love. There was just a pungent frizzy note that left me doubtful, maybe geranium?
The rest of composition is very floral, not too sweet, with a woodier base typical of older perfumes.
Longlasting, not too expensive, it was a good deal to buy.
It annoyed me after a while so I never bothered to buy a new bottle.

Lord & Taylor carried this perfume back in 1993 when it was first launched. I think I first smelled it in a magazine around that same time...when I was 13. I bought my first bottle when I was 14. I have been wearing it ever since. I have some other perfumes, of course, but this has been my standard 4-6 days/week scent for almost 20 years. Can you believe that? It's a little hard to find these days. I dont think Neimans carries it anymore. I am currently searching for a new perfume for my wedding...time to move on, at least for a week or so. :)

These notes are listed at Perfume Intelligence. I think the fragrance contains the notes from both lists. Now I know why I love this scent so much! All those natural smelling citrus notes are just fabulous!


lemon, bergamot, mandarin, orange, grapefruit, cardamom, geranium

rose, lily of the valley, orris, violet, ylang-ylang, jasmine, carnation

cedar, styrax, sandalwood, vetiver, vanilla, tonka, balsam tolu, oakmoss, benzoin

It is a nice smell to my nose. Sweet and dark, but I am still not sure about it. I ordered a vintage bottle. Can the perfume get spoild by the time (edt)?

Nice but IMO not worth the money.

Very pretty, floral, sweet, powdery fragrance, but with some depth and substance as well. It is light hearted, as one reviewer noted, and I also agree with another reviewer below that this is deftly composed and balanced. The tarragon is great, slightly anisic/herbal, and it works as a fulcrum between the citrus and florals, and the dense, sweet base notes. I'm not not always in love with amber, except in small doses, but just as I think this is going to sink into an earthy ambery-woods-vanilla-musk stew I get repeating whiffs of the tarragon and florals, which keep the fragrance uplifted and the base notes more diffuse. A friend decanted some for me to try, but it would be nice to have that pretty bottle to look at. If you DO NOT like powdery scents (if they seem too mature to you), you may not like this. If you like aldehydes and powder, you will probably love it. :-)

Powdery florals and bright citrus over a base that is detectable note by note as those listed here: amber, sandalwood, tonka bean, patchouli, musk, benzoin, vanilla and vetiver. More powder than I like ( I normally abhor powder notes) but it's a creamy face-makeup powder and not a talc style powder. Still, complex and feminine for those who like powdery florals with oriental bases.

Mariella Burani is one very special fragrance. So complex with interesting elements, and with a fragile balance that must have taken much time to perfect.

A soft, smiling opening which is bright with a little green earthy bite, letting you know that she is classically feminine but walks to her own beat.

The floral heart is full of just that--HEART. It's full, feminine, gentle, endearing, yet enduring and firm. There's also a velvety powder touch that makes this feel ever so tender.

The benzoin, vetiver and tonka create a deep, gently sweet harmony with the more familiar base elements.

Mariella Burani truly differentiates herself from the rest without having to shout about it. This is one of those fragrances that you'd rather keep a secret because it's easily adoptable as a signature being unique, yet versatile. It's also hard to find.

It's fragrances like this that bring out the tender-hearted woman in you when you wear them.

A very creamy and lush citrus-floral-vanilla scent. So surreal, feminine, sensual, unique and scrumptious with delicious sillage and unbelievable lasting power. I'm desperately trying to hunt this one down. I'm lost for words, this scent is just gorgeous...reviewers darkbeauty, mariella, sassy1, malegria, rainydaze and mals86 have all described this heavenly scent in ways I couldn't...I just really love this stuff...

A wonderful, heady, rich, fragrant rose perfume in a beautiful bottle.

This is a beautiful, soft, well blended floriental, almost a floral chypre. Starts with fresh orange citrus and sparkling aldehydes, moves on to a lovely floral heart, and finishes with a warm, slightly earthy, vanilla amber base. I love tarragon and here it provides a gentle herbal note that runs throughout the entire fragrance. To my delight, this is a natural smelling scent. Not overtly sexual, but definately sensual. There is a relaxed elegance to it. As others have said, this is a feminine, womanly fragrance for grown-ups.

This has been my signature for quite sometime, until I finished my last bottle and had a hard time finding it again!

It's sensual, soft, dreamy & creamy... if you love soft amber, vanilla w/ subtle spices and a touch of citrus in your fragrances than this is perfect! It's so grown up, sophisticated and classy. Never tries too hard either!

If you're a Tonka Bean & Amber lover, then this is also for you. The tonka bean is what you get the most of at the very end of its dry down. However, this perfume has so many wonderful stages throughout its life on your skin that are enjoyable. A real treat!

Update: Just found myself a bottle of this long lost beauty! We are finally reunited once more. So for all of you looking...don't give up.

This is...different.I received a generous decant from pitbull_friend a while ago and fell in love.
Finally I got the artemisia note that is not jammed between other components, but sings almost solo in the beginning! MB is very, very powdery - lot`s of rose, ylang-ylang and orris root. At some point I could swear there is coconut in it, but there isn`t - I guess that`s ylang being assertive.
A casual yet original scent with a seriousness of Golden Age classic perfumes.Gorgeous dry down, and an unbelievable staying power.

For some reason this rose topped bottle has been tugging on my subconcious over the last 6 months. I'd never smelled it before but somehow I just knew it was "the one".
And I'm not disappointed.
The lemon worried me a lttle, some other frags use waaay too much but thankfully it's not blaring here. I pick up the taragon, slightly green but subtle. The iris comes on quickly, soft and dreamy. There is a slight soapiness but it isn't distracting and doesn't take away from the lovely floral center.
Amber and vanilla standout in the drydown for me, sweetly lingering. A little patchouli gives it just the right earthbound touch.
It appears the notes are almost identical to No. 5, so that would explain the comparison.
Personally, I prefer this succo. Warm, feminine and easier to wear. Very classy and a definate classic.
I want to wear it for many years to come, so please BUY IT UP LADIES, so not discontinued!

Amber and Vanilla are the dominering
notes from this perfume and a very faint
of scent of lemon i can't make out the rest. it's to creamy Buttery for me
i'm not a fan of creams and amber scents
it's not Pungent and to me it like Wax
to me maybe it's from the amber

i don't really much care for this perfume.

The scent is really warm, soft, creamy, beautiful with just the right amount of sweetness. It is ageless and can be worn in any season, by any woman, for almost any occasion. What makes this one so loveable to me? The bright citrus note that is fresh rather than sharp...lush, blooming flowers...sweet milky cream vanilla...the opulent warmth of amber...the soft, earthy base of greens and woods...all these notes so harmoniously blended together. This is more a floriental than an oriental. I love it. She has an understated and refined kind of sexy about her...she is also classy while being light-hearted, the warm depths of her heart and soul shining through. Very womanly, feminine scent, nothing dramatic but it's also not fragile or meek, not too flirtatious, nor is it a siren begging for attention, it's just perfectly balanced. This is the kind of scent that is impossible to hate. If it wasn't so hard to obtain, I'd definitely choose this as my signature scent, it scores an A+ for me.

I actually bought this unsniffed, prompted by a review comparing it favorably to Chanel No. 5 on the blog "I Smell Therefore I Am," and a friend's recommendation. I'm pleased - it's really lovely, and inexpensive.

Elhe has it right - it is very much a light-hearted scent. I find it difficult to classify properly because it develops rather radically through its stages. It does start out with some aldehydes, although not at the near-overdose level of No.5, and a very bright, cheerful citrus which smells like orange to me. It then morphs into a straightforward floral, in which the classical quartet of rose-jasmine-iris-ylang take the stage. At this point, three hours in, it seems to disappear on my skin. It's only a few hours afterward when I begin to notice the most deliciously creamy-powdery scent wafting up from my arms. It seems almost like a vintage perfume in this stage, very layered and complex. It is rich but not sweet; dry but not dusty; tangy but not mossy. All the notes in the base seem to balance each other out, so that the scent is not obviously classifiable.

If you have struggled with liking No. 5, finding it too cold and powdery, it might be worth your while to pick up a bottle of Mariella Burani, since it is so inexpensive. My friend calls it a sunny Italian version of No. 5 (which she doesn't like), and I see the resemblance, particularly during the heart. It is a very friendly and feminine perfume, and I'll be wearing it frequently, although I won't forsake that gorgeous vintage No. 5.

I thought it smelled lovely, softly feminine and slightly sweet, but not too sweet. Is it really an oriental? It smells more like a rich floral or cypre floral to me. The bottle is just as pretty as the perfume.

Wonderful fragrance, lighthearted and bubbly, effervescent citrus, fruit and flowers and a touch of aldehydes, I think. Light and airy, like a chiffon dress. My summer staple.

This seems interesting,really want to try it.Very good notes listed here,and what a lovely bottle!How is lasting power?

i am happy to write the first review about this lovely fragrance.I really loved it from the first sniff,it is very feminnine,sensual ,sweet,but not in a girlishly way .Very warm and creamy smell with a little hint of citrus.If you are an Iris lover ,well this perfume is for you.There is a lot of it!!!I smell violets too.Suitable for cold weather and any occasions