Notte

I have to admit that I’m a hedonist for scents.  The sense of smell is the sharpest sense for me.  Scents are powerfully evocative, bringing back blurry memories with crystal clarity and prompting mood changes.

My new absolute favorite perfume is Bvlgari BLV Notte.  Most reviews describe the fragrance as vodka and iris, with notes of acacia, galanga, dark chocolate, and  tobacco.  (No, I didn’t know what galanga was until I looked it up.)

I don’t get the vodka, although now that I think about this, the vodka note is probably the source of this very faint sharpness that keeps the musk/powder combination from being too sweet.

The packaging is lovely, too.  Blue and silver, simple and clean lines.  I keep finding Aya playing with the bottle.  One of these days, I’m going to come home from work and wonder why all my scents are gone.