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!