“I am gonna try this in my home in the future.” These had been the phrases I stated to my dad again in 2015 once we had been visiting my aunt in Dubai. I will always remember standing in one in all her wealthy mates’ houses, trying on the Tom Ford fragrances taking up the partitions—moonlighting as artwork. It was so tasteful, elegant, and totally different from my house, the place the one artwork that surrounded me was the embarrassing center faculty images my mother plastered throughout.
After I received again to the States, I began my first magnificence journal internship and whereas organizing the cabinets within the magnificence closet, I came across Tom Ford’s Neroli Portofino. Evidently, I needed it so badly—not even due to the odor (it wasn’t my favourite) however to emulate that wealthy girl from Dubai. As soon as I requested my boss for permission to take it house, and she or he stated sure, my Tom Ford assortment took its roots.
Let’s get this out of the best way: I am not huge on perfume. Name me a nasty magnificence editor, however the notes are likely to confuse me and I haven’t got emotional ties to scent (although I want I did). I used to be at all times the kind of woman to douse myself in Victoria’s Secret Love Spell (I am nonetheless obsessive about these scents) earlier than leaving the home. I’ve, nonetheless, at all times had a factor for packaging and the thoughtfulness designers and product builders put into perfume bottles—and nicely, that is what I discovered so distinctive and funky about Tom Ford. With its stylish, sq. packaging, each bottle aesthetically resembles the subsequent—simply with a special identify, shade, and formulation.
That first bottle of Neroli Portofino shortly was a set of two bottles, then ten, and now 23. It is a right away dialog starter when folks come to my home, identical to it was in Dubai roughly 10 years in the past. The query I get requested probably the most is, “Do you put on all of them?” I would be mendacity if I stated I sprayed all of them on a regular basis. However there are a choose few that I’ve emptied and hope to interchange—this time not for my aesthetic, however for the beautiful scents themselves.
That is the perfume I get probably the most compliments on. It is candy however not cheap-sweet like a cherry scent that is so candy it offers you a headache, somewhat, rich-sweet like a crispy cherry pie within the oven on Thanksgiving morning. You are hit with notes of tart black cherry and bitter almond at first however because it lingers, you will begin noticing a deeper cherry liquor scent along with Turkish rose.
This fragrance lasted me a mere three months. That is how shortly I went by means of it. Soleil Neige’s luxury-meets-cozy strategy drew me in: Citrus-based notes of bergamot and carrot seed give “I’ve a crimson carpet occasion” vibes however the vanilla leaves a comforting feeling that screams, “I simply wanna cuddle up at house,” which embodies my persona. Oh, it additionally received a 2020 Best of Beauty Award in the event you wanted one other promoting level.
Is it my favourite scent? No. Does it have the good identify that makes me need to put on it regardless? Duh. The notes are as daring as its identify: Lavender and almond hit your nostril first however after some time, the scent shifts to a spicy end that features tonka bean and musky cashmeran. I will inform you, it takes a fucking fabulous particular person to rock this scent and I feel I am fairly fucking fabulous.
