Trussardi
Trussardi
163 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The Calabrian bergamot and mandarin leaf arrive with unexpected softness, their citrus brightness immediately tempered by a powdery floral haze courtesy of the neroli. Within the first five minutes, you're not in crisp Mediterranean territory but rather in a softly lit salon where citrus has been filtered through fabric and time.
By the second hour, amaretto emerges as the anchor point, its almond sweetness playing against iris's dry, almost biscuit-like character whilst heliotrope swells the powdery accord into something genuinely creamy. The fragrance settles into a delicate, almost edible sweetness—closer to an Italian patisserie than a garden, with that distinctive powdery-almond signature dominating.
What remains is predominantly a soft, vanilla-tinged amber base with traces of benzoin creating a gentle, creamy warmth rather than projection. The powder persists faintly alongside subdued sweetness, creating a skin scent that feels more intimate than present—something you'll catch when you lift your wrist to your face rather than announce as you pass.
Le Vie di Milano's Aperitivo Milanese is a fragrance caught in that golden hour between afternoon and evening—the moment when business suits loosen and the aperitivo trolley emerges. Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann has constructed something deliberately soft-focus here, a scent that refuses to shout.
The mandarin orange leaf and Calabrian bergamot open with brightness, but it's the neroli that prevents this from becoming a conventional citrus prelude. Rather than crisp and angular, there's an almost dusty floral quality to the citrus, as though you're catching the scent of bitter orange blossoms through gauze. This immediately telegraphs the fragrance's central conceit: restraint masquerading as elegance.
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