Sent briefly ahead: those of you who are less interested in my allegorical frame story are welcome to jump right in at my olfactory impressions in the text at the point "to the flacon".
Under the category "new and noteworthy" on the Parfumo home page, the five cheerfully colorful Bvlgari flacons of the Allegra series at the beginning of the year immediately attracted my attention.
About the flacons in classic Zuckerlform one can certainly strongly disagree, I personally oute myself as the inclination group "love at first sight" belonging. From the color combination has appealed to me Rock'n'Rome the most and fortunately the fragrance pyramid has also aroused my greatest interest.
When I slowly began at the end of March to recover from a physically and also mentally stressful illness (you guessed it perhaps already, it has me actually this nasty Covid-19 virus had caught), I could use every conceivable positive feeling for the healing process.
My room to maneuver was still severely limited at that point, so I enjoyed three online purchases. My choices were a colorful summer dress, a shiny gray metallic leather bag, and rock 'n' Rome.
According to perfumer Jacques Cavallier, each fragrance in the collection is meant to represent a certain Italian attitude towards life. And voilà, since we all know the secret of the space/time travel magic of fragrances, I found myself wearing my new dress on the terrace of a cozy café in Rome's old town.
It's a warm spring day, I'm in pleasant company, and my gaze falls on a venerable piazza, in the middle of which a picturesque fountain makes pleasantly soothing splashing sounds; in short-I'm in the midst of la dolce vita.
The small glass bottle with viscous yellow-golden nectar, familiar from earlier Italian vacations and coveted from childhood days, stands in front of me and exudes its fruity-enticing apricot scent. It's accompanied by hot chocolate, which is slightly smoky to my nose. In between, I sniff my new soft leather bag. My companion behaves pleasantly quiet at my side, he does not demand my attention, but enjoys with me this wonderful sensual moment.
To the flacon:
The 100ml bottle has surprised me with its size - it belongs with its 13 centimeters height and 5 centimeters width with the largest bottles in my collection. The color is in natura just as beautiful and colorful as shown in the pictures. The finish leaves nothing to be desired and is with its gold and glass elements detailed worked and the heavy stubble very valuable. The spray is smooth, but quite strong, so dosing is rather difficult, although you can hardly overdose the fragrance-but later.
To the fragrance:
Rock'n'Rome starts with a sour-citrus note, which changes after a few seconds in a fresh fruit note. My nose reaches the authentic scent of apricots, which are accompanied from the outset by a subtle leather note.
Although the bottle would suggest it, the apricot fragrance has no squeaky candy sweetness, but actually smells like juicy apricots.
Perfumer Jacques Cavallier describes Rock'n' Rome as liqueur-like.
Liqueur in the sense of alcohol I can not understand so, although I actually now and then in a certain phase of the fragrance course also the one or other overripe fruit to perceive, but fortunately this light touch is always immediately over again. However, if he means this thick consistency of a delicious apricot nectar, I find it again very appropriate.
The fruity-floral scent of osmanthus goes here as a powdery peach note a very harmonious melange with the apricot. Unlike in Le Gemme - Coralia, the leather note of osmanthus shows up here very soft and subtle and in no way salient or synthetic. I really only smell it when I hold my nose directly to the scented area. Otherwise, it probably contributes to a certain elegance and lifts the fragrance from the pack of arbitrary fruit perfumes, which can also easily drift once into the girliehafte.
When the fragrance turns towards the base, the apricot leaves part of its presence to the benzoin. Rock'n'Rome then also gets a certain balsamic note, which fits in quite wonderfully and now adds a suitable groundedness and also cuddliness to the fragrance. If I sniff again directly at the fragrant place, I can perceive chocolate aroma.
But...
For all those who like to wear statement fragrances, I can not make a recommendation. Rock'n'Rome is really a very subtle fragrance. It's a nice fragrance, balanced in its components, has an interesting progression, but its sillage is definitely weak. It's a quiet companion that's there for you to enjoy when you consciously turn to it, but otherwise tends to stay in the background. The longevity is definitely there at a couple of hours, but it takes such a conscious attention-getting after a while to notice it. Who, on the other hand, is looking for a light unobtrusive fragrance for the warmer seasons, is quite well advised with him.
Possibly, the weak sillage is quite intended, since the five colorful Allegraflakons with another five so-called Magnifying Essences (50ml, white, also in Zuckerlform) were launched. Those are intended to complement the perfume by certain notes-available are Musk, Bergamot, Patchouli, Vanilla and Rose- refining and more personal.
For me, Rock'n'Rome is a very cheerful and fun-loving fragrance that fits perfectly in the spring or summer time. He exudes lightness and lightheartedness and has despite its restrained appearance the power to trigger pleasant childhood memories or to catapult us also as described in the middle of la dolce vita
Scentwitch
