Jardin D'Amalfi

I smelled this fragrance a couple of months ago and really really liked it, was almost obsessed with it :-) maybe because of the price-tag (the exclusive thing about it, I don't know). Now that I was in the position to buy a 30 ml bottle I went to my local niche shop. I smelled it again (on paper) and thought that it smelled good, the salesperson also let me smell Original Cologne and Spice and Woods. Looking back I should have bought Original Cologne. It smells more natural then Jardin D'amalfi, and if you want to smell classy in the summer this is a very good pick imo. Spice and Woods smelled real good too, but I was looking for a summer fragrance, and Spice and Woods is more a fall fragrance.

Now I can immagine you guys know the feeling, you arrive there all hyped up like 'YES I'm finally going to have this brilliant fragrance', you smell others that smell better but since you allready wanted the one your obsessing over it seems like you can't help it, you need the item ticked off from your checklist. Well Jardin D'amalfi did just that to me. After I sprayed it on my neck (after I bought it of course ....) I smelled the off-note people are talking about, never smelled it before and don't think it's the juice going bad, it's just the scent. It smells like a cleaning product mixed with flowers :-( Now I own a 200 dollar bottle that I don't like and I keep wearing it daily in the hope that I will like it more, but a cologne you enjoy must smell at least good in the beginning. I don't see me being able to ignore the cleaning product/flower smell in the next coming months. To top it all of the bottlecap just smells bad (it's like the offnote concentrated *10, nothing gardeny to find there).

So for all of you that are wanting to buy this fragrance please sample first (I reached out to some people in the U.S who did splits but they didn't ship to Europe). It will save you alot of money in the end. If you want a safer but elegant fragrance for the summer try Original Cologne.

Ohh I really hope I will like it more as time goes by, will keep you guys posted!

try combining Aventus with Jardin d'Amalfi for a truly special blend.  (1:1)

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Originally Posted by FISS80 


I find it odd that you were able to purchase a 30ml bottle of something that is only sold in a 248ml flacon.

It is available in 30ml.  Check the creedboutique.com website.

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Originally Posted by FISS80 


I find it odd that you were able to purchase a 30ml bottle of something that is only sold in a 248ml flacon.

it also comes in a 1 oz (30 mls)

http://www.creedboutique.com/156-jardin-d-amalfi.html

oops someone already responded. I love this scent. i cant wait for it to come in a 4oz bottle (hopefully) i cant get myself to spend that much money on a flacon. Hmm the layering with Aventus is intriguing. I currently layer Aventus with VIW, but i can see this working as well.

I'm interested in trying this one. So far I have not cared for any of the Royal Exclusives except Spice and Wood.

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Originally Posted by papillo 

Hmm the layering with Aventus is intriguing. I currently layer Aventus with VIW, but i can see this working as well.

i found Aventus + Virgin Island Water to be a big fat fail.

however, both Jardin d'Amalfi and Pure White Cologne work BRILLIANTLY with Aventus because they both have exquisite and airy top notes that sit on the bed of Aventus's musk and woody basenotes.  it makes both JdA and PWC much more masculine (for those fretting JdA's feminine tilt).

i was wearing Aventus+Pure White Cologne last summer at an outdoor seating area of a restaurant, waiting for my group to arrive.  a table of 4 people were about 20 feet away.  as they left, one of the girls comes up to me and asks "what is that cologne you are wearing?  it is amazing.  everyone at my table wants to know!"

i'm usually not a big "blender" of frags.  but these are two exceptions i make regularly, because both are examples of where the end is better than the sum of its parts (and its parts are pretty damn good on their own!).

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Originally Posted by Casablancas 

 

i found Aventus + Virgin Island Water to be a big fat fail.

 

however, both Jardin d'Amalfi and Pure White Cologne work BRILLIANTLY with Aventus because they both have exquisite and airy top notes that sit on the bed of Aventus's musk and woody basenotes.  it makes both JdA and PWC much more masculine (for those fretting JdA's feminine tilt).

 

i was wearing Aventus+Pure White Cologne last summer at an outdoor seating area of a restaurant, waiting for my group to arrive.  a table of 4 people were about 20 feet away.  as they left, one of the girls comes up to me and asks "what is that cologne you are wearing?  it is amazing.  everyone at my table wants to know!"

 

i'm usually not a big "blender" of frags.  but these are two exceptions i make regularly, because both are examples of where the end is better than the sum of its parts (and its parts are pretty damn good on their own!).

 

Really? i have gotten very good reviews from people on the Aventus and VIW combo. I am not a huge fan of the Ashy drydown of aventus or the predominant lime note of VIW so i hardly wear them separately.  I believe i have a sample of Pure White cologne somewhere and i will def try this layer out. 

Really? i have gotten very good reviews from people on the Aventus and VIW combo. I am not a huge fan of the Ashy drydown of aventus or the predominant lime note of VIW so i hardly wear them separately.  I believe i have a sample of Pure White cologne somewhere and i will def try this layer out.