Perfume Review: Teint de Neige by Lorenzo Villoresi
The approach of fall put me in the noir mood and made me crave heavy floral/spicy oriental scents many of which have been reviewed here. As is always the case, my nose tends to get tired of such richness and asks for lighter perfumes. An apple-pear bake was cooking in the oven last night, and its tantalizing smell was following me everywhere. That, combined with whiffs of seriously cold fall air seeping through a barely open window put me in the mood for cozy comfort scents. In utter contrast to the noirness, I thought of Teint de Neige (Color of Snow) by Lorenzo Villoresi. No, I’m by no means craving snow (in fact, I’d be happier if it never came this year or at all, for that matter). I’m craving fluffiness.
Teint de Neige is created by Lorenzvo Villoresi, a reknown perfumer from Florence, Italy (if you’d like to find out more about him, I highly recommend reading the interview on the Now Smell This blog). It’s said to convey “the delicate rosy hue of a powdered face” of the belle époque era as well as the scent of “perfumed powders” and “the perfume of talc”. I must say it renders that impeccably and could easily be called The Powder of All Powders in perfume. Upon first application, the scent is a bit overpowering with rose and jasmine and powder. As it dries down, the powder gets sweeter and fluffier. In the very drydown, the powder is still there but sort of subdued by honey and almond, not as talc-like any more but rather balm-like. It’s ball dress elegant and fuzzy slipper cozy at the same time, so you can pull it off on pretty much any occasion. The key is to apply with a light hand (a couple of sprays would suffice) - there’s a very fine line between French splendor and baby diapers.
The scent features the notes of rose, jasmine, ylang ylang, heliotrope, vanilla, almond, musk, honey, amber.
Teint de Neige is available at Your Cosmetics, Lafcony, The Perfume Shoppe, Aedes as well as Aus Liebe zum Duft. It comes in eau de toilette and parfum (which I’m dying to possess).
Image source: www.your-cosmetics.com
15 comments September 19th, 2006