Casamorati 1888

Vintage Italy in a bottle! Great smell with awsome performance! Yes, it's a mature scent, great for spring/autumn! After you spray, you will be hit by the smell of powdery carnation, a looooot of carnation with pepper and i might say that the first hour it leans feminine, but the middle stage and the drydown it is more masculine, a mix of flowers, spices with a leather touch! Definitely the scent is very bold and one of a kind! I love Italy, especially Venice, and this perfume reminds me a lot of it, and i might say that you can pick this smell in the air when you walk through the canals in Venice! Smart-casual for the day or a formal suit in the evening might be appropriate when wearing the scent! For me it was a risky blind buy, but thank God that it's not completly a fail! It's a like, not a love....but I let time to decide more! Such an interesting scent, definitly needs a try! Totally unisex, if you can deal with the flowers and the vintage smell!

This is an exquisite fragrance - this does not smell like "soda" or "cola" in any way. That is a poor description this is rich and smooth and yes it is most definitely unisex and it is gorgeous. Very rich and ambery/vanilla and it does not scream female although it is sweet and projects very well. My colleagues down below described it pretty well but the "soda/cola" description is so improper - it is so much better than that and I don't get soda whatsoever. This is refined, rich, elegant, sweet yet not too sweet and very well done. Get a sample - I got mine from fragrance line for pretty cheap. its well worth it and like I stated earlier the projection will not be a problem for you. Very well done and the amber and vanilla are very well done. This can most certainly be worn by men or women.

This is 10 TIMES better than Naxos. I STAND on that. Its like a warm buttery root beer float. You get more of the amber sweetness in the dry down. Its like the Dodge Challengers, or Ford Mustangs of the last decade. Its modern and exciting, but its old school and mature at the same time ( You'll understand when you smell it ). The longevity is excellent ( 8 to 10 hours on skin ). The projection is perfect. Its STRONG, but its not too loud, or obnoxious. People WILL smell you, and most of them will be captivated by your scent. This, Lira, Gentiluomo, Renaissance, 40 Knots, Golden Dallah, and Tony Iommi Monkey Special....are my favorite Xerjoffs in my collection. The Magnificent 7.

Interesting, this doesn't smell like amber in the traditional (or even designer) sense. 1888 smells like a dessert wine to me, some kind of boozy plum ice wine thing. It took me a while to decipher this scent based on the note pyramid votes, but honestly this is an ylang-ylang scent. The ylang-ylang imparts a floral yet boozy, anise / banana quality. To my nose, this is 60/40 ylang-ylang/amber. (A reminder to follow your nose and not the votes on Fragrantica or the marketing tactics, lol). If you're expecting and amber like SL's Ambre Sultan, or Molinard Ambre, look elsewhere. This is an amber floral through and through, heavy on the floral.

My introduction to niche fragrance began here in 2016 with a simple aesthetic post showcasing the bottle without a drop of context. I searched for this scent and was repelled by the now very reasonable price tag, instead opting for a decant off ebay. I was taken over by the still unique profile and it became a part of me. I still frequent this scent more than any other of the thousand or so ive tried. Not for its nostalgia or my connection to it, but truly for what it is on its own. Floriental ambers are my territory, and this is among the very best in a format that is conducive to daily wear, regardless of the occassions.