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Sound of Donna
Trussardi Sound of Donna Eau de Parfum was composed by Emilie Coppermann, and it is a quieter, nuttier take on the white flower bouquet than most houses attempt.
Green almond opens it, and that is a particular smell: the unripe nut in its soft shell, milky and bitter and faintly grassy, nothing like the toasted kind. Mandarin orange gives it juice and lift, and magnolia arrives early rather than late, clean and citrus edged with a creamy weight underneath.
The heart is where it turns properly floral. Tuberose is the loud one, thick and buttery and unmistakable, rose steadies it with a cooler classical shape, and heliotrope runs underneath with a powdery, soft, faintly sweet quality that smells of old fashioned face powder and boiled sweets. Heliotrope is the material that gives this its retro feel, and it is the reason the bouquet never reads as a modern fruity floral.
Chestnut, patchouli and sandalwood finish it. Chestnut is unusual in a base and it is the link back to the almond at the top, warm and slightly starchy, while patchouli adds earth and sandalwood a creamy smoothness that softens everything above it. Nine materials and a shape that runs from green to powdery to warm.
Eau de parfum strength means it lasts, though it stays reasonably close to the skin after the first hour. It is a women's fragrance, better in autumn and winter than in the heat, and it suits somebody who finds most new releases too sweet and too bright. Trussardi is an Italian house that began in 1911 with Dante Trussardi's hand made gloves in Bergamo, grew far beyond accessories under Nicola Trussardi, and now licenses its perfumes to Angelini Beauty.
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