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Signorina Misteriosa
Cold weather is where Salvatore Ferragamo Signorina Misteriosa Eau de Parfum 100ml makes most sense, because the dark end of it needs a little resistance to show properly, and in summer heat the vanilla and patchouli can come forward too fast.
The opening is fruit rather than flower. Wild blackberry is tart and almost brambly, with none of the candied quality fruit usually has in this register, and neroli cuts alongside it with a bitter green edge that keeps the sweetness honest. It is a confident start, and it tells you early that this is not going to be a polite fragrance. Orange blossom and tuberose make the middle, one clean and transparent, the other thick, creamy and unmistakably heady. Tuberose at this volume is a statement, and placing it over a berry opening is what earns the fragrance its name. Beneath, black vanilla provides a smoky, resinous sweetness instead of a dessert one, and patchouli gives it earth and a touch of bitterness.
Six materials, and the whole thing holds together because each tier contradicts the one above it. Worn at eau de parfum strength it lasts most of an evening and leaves a warm trail early on. It reads feminine, it suits dinners, theatres and nights out rather than the office, and it is a scent for someone who already knows what they like. Composed in 2016 by Juliette Karagueuzoglou, Nicolas Beaulieu and Sophie Labbé. The name comes from Salvatore Ferragamo, the shoemaker who established his business in Florence in 1927, and the company has kept its headquarters at Palazzo Spini Feroni since 1938. Fragrance came much later than the shoes and is made under licence rather than in the company's own workshops.
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