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Fresia tells you a gentle story, inspired by 800 years of tradition, just waiting to become your story.
The flower, native to South Africa, gives you an aura of charming freshness that touches all your senses. Fresia tells you a gentle story, inspired by 800 years of tradition, just waiting to become your story.
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella’s Fresia fragrance is a very delicate scent. It takes its inspiration from the scent of fresia flowers, native to South Africa where fresias grace many gardens with their beautiful, fragrant flowers. In flower symbolism it is associated with mystery and fascination with the unknown.
A fragrance with a fresh and clean tone. It opens with brilliant notes of fresia that characterize the bouquet. In the heart, violet and centifolia rose absolute give the mélange candid and delicate nuances. The base note, a powdery accord given by the iris note that is joint by soft musk notes.
Olfactory Family: Floral - Musky
Top: Fresia Accord
Middle: Violet, Cabbage (Centifolia) Rose Absolute
Base: Iris, Musk
Michael Edwards Fragrance Wheel
Developed by esteemed fragrance expert Michael Edwards, the Fragrance Wheel divides scents into 4 different families – Floral, Ambery, Woods and Fresh, containing a total of 14 subfamilies.
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Rated 4 out of 5
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Rated 1 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Long Lasting, 0 is Moderately Long Lasting and 2 is Very Long Lasting
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Rated 0 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Complex, 0 is Moderately Complex and 2 is Very Complex
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- Soft Floral
Classic for every perfume wardrobe.
Classic, elegant and wearing a suggestion of vintage romance.
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Rated 4 out of 5
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Rated 0 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Long Lasting, 0 is Moderately Long Lasting and 2 is Very Long Lasting
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Rated 0 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Complex, 0 is Moderately Complex and 2 is Very Complex
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- Soft Floral
Fabulous fragrance
Love this fragrance. First discovered it in Florence and delighted I can purchase it here in Australia.
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Rated 5 out of 5
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Rated 2 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Long Lasting, 0 is Moderately Long Lasting and 2 is Very Long Lasting
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Rated 0 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Complex, 0 is Moderately Complex and 2 is Very Complex
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- Floral
- Soft Floral
My Favourite Perfume
Have worn this fragrance since my first visit to Santa Maria Novella in Florence when I was 16 years old.
My Mother took me to SMN to experience the magic of the parfumerie and the other wonderful concoctions on offer - from that moment Fresia!
ps I am now in my 70s
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Rated 3 out of 5
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Rated 0 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Long Lasting, 0 is Moderately Long Lasting and 2 is Very Long Lasting
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Rated 0 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Complex, 0 is Moderately Complex and 2 is Very Complex
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- Floral
- Amber
- Soft Floral
- Floral Amber
- Dry Woods
A Classic Beautiful Fragrance
Just gorgeous! Honestly! Just beautiful!
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Rated 4 out of 5
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| Longevity |
Rated 2 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Long Lasting, 0 is Moderately Long Lasting and 2 is Very Long Lasting
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| Complexity & Depth |
Rated 2 on a scale of minus 2 to 2, where minus 2 is Not Complex, 0 is Moderately Complex and 2 is Very Complex
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