Melograno (Pomegranate) Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella for women and men

What a surprise: Santa Maria Novella MELOGRANO is a glorious green chypre! The green is so intense as to be almost galbanum-like. The oakmoss is also quite detectable. Despite the name, what is not readily evident is the pomegranate. I've spent some time with my nose to my wrist attempting to find the pomegranate, but my commitment to truth in reviewing obliges me to confess that I cannot tease out any pomegranate from the intense chypre elements of this perfume.

Maybe I could imagine pomegranate as detectable here, if I really, really tried, but I would never, ever, have guessed that it was present in a mystery scent vial trial. No, this is unequivocally a green chypre! It may as well be called grapefruit or banana or cherry or melon--all would be every bit as appropriate as pomegranate, it seems.

But enough about the name. This smells great! I definitely recommend MELOGRANO for testing by anyone who loves classic chypres. People who are looking for an intensely red-pomegranate-stained perfume may, on the other hand, be disappointed.

I had bought a bottle in SMN Antwerpen (Belgium) for my mom and she loved (and still does) it. Later I also bought another bottle for myself (because I love the scent) but soon I realized that it's too mature for me, and hence I gave it to her (that has made her real happy). Maybe someday it will be just as nice as it does for my mom....