Pino Silvestre (1955)
by Silvestre

I find this EdT to have decent lasting power and great for every day use. I tend to shift to something a bit more sophisticated if I'm showering and going out for dinner, a play or the like; however, Pino is just great to replenish if it's a stay-at-home or out for a burger 'n beer, etc.

I use it often enough that I'm replenishing my stock.

22nd November, 2011.

I would like badly to give this fragrance my thumbs up, but I can't. I like it a lot, it is very well made, it doesn't smell cheap (although it is), it doesn't smell like cleaning fluids like many here are claiming, it is uber masculine, etc, etc... I could go on and on listing its attributes, but, it just doesn't cut it for a thumbs up, there are hundreds of perfumes better than this that would be not right to classify this perfumes with those that really make the grade. I like it a lot, but it just gets a neutral from me.

26th August, 2011.

If you're an italian, born somwhere between 1955 and 1975, you can't be familiar with Pino Silvestre. This composition reached an incredible popularity during those years as it was widely available almost anywhere around Italy. It was extremely easy to buy being ridicolously cheap and readily available just next to the pasta's shelves in any supermarket. It was offered in an huge range of products going from the classic EDT to the (almost) 5 gallons family format bbubble bath/shower gel via aftershave and deodorant so that almost any italian family had at least a product labelled as Pino Silvestre in their bathrooms.

My mother was a fan of the bubble-bath version and used to buy huge amounts of it. As a child, I grew up showering with Pino Silvestre for more than a decade till I reached a level of complete saturation. I can easily say that my chidhood has been marked by this composition.

Now, as an adult, I associate Pino Silvestre with two types of situations:

1) A good one: Me and my family used to go camping at the seaside during the summer, and after the whole day on the beach we all used to shower with Pino Silvestre. It was a relaxing moment, happy and lighthearted. It was vacation time.

2) A bad one: After 15-20 days of camping around italy we usually came back home and I had to start my personal countdown to go back to school. It was the end of summer, days started to shorten and showering at the evening with Pino Silvestre was the sign that another day before getting back to school was passed.

After more than 30 years I can't honestly see myself wearing Pino Silvestre but I surely understand why it's still very popular all over the world (expecially outside of italy).

16th August, 2011.

Not bad, but certainly not great either. Did not like it much for the first hour or so. Liked it more after 6 hours. Pleasant, but nothing like the uber-elegant Esencia by Loewe which is how fresh green has evolved to perfection.

24th July, 2011.

"Pino Silvestre, aptly named after the genus of evergreen Pinus Silvestris (the common Christmas tree) lives up to its name".

Sorry, botanical correction: Pino Silvestre is, apparently, named for the Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris. As for my experience of it, I received it this month from a fellow Basenoter and acquaintance, who is very pro-conifer in his fragrance preferences. I had to find out what this was all about.

This a.m. was my first opporunity to try it. I did not initially detect any citrus at all. In fact, 30 mins. in, I still smell the same notes I smelled in the first 30 secs, named "Wood". Not quite as offensively woody as some masculines, but still this just smells to me as "more of the same" old masculine notes. I just don't resonate with them at all. Not surprisingly, I am very pro-florals.

That said, IF I HAD to choose a "masculine" this might be it.

25th June, 2011.

Notorious italian coniferous concoction which is a smoky, leathery, herbaceous, woodsy blend with a citrusy opening. It's pleasant and bold, very aromatic and green. This one combines coniferous elements as pine, juniper and cedar, with green aromatic ingredients as basil, thyme and clary sage. The lavender is the natural, masculine, traditional, watery shelter for the green coniferous notes while the dry down is mossy, ambery, with the smoky support of tonka and the texture of cedarwood. Longevity and sillage are very notable. This is like a walk in a forest early in a cold wet morning.

13rd February, 2011. (Last Edited: 15th March, 2011.)