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Odori Zafferano

« H E Reviews :: Kathy :: email
posted Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Notes: American cedar, Italian saffron, raspberry flowers, wild rose petals, Moroccan jasmine, lily of the valley, oriental amber, rosewood

Zafferano, Italian for saffron, starts out with just that - a very iodized version of it, however, more oudh-like than actual saffron, paired with the faintest bit of cedar.  Beneath the top layer of saffron is a powdery floral aspect, redolent of rose and a dry berry-like quality that fades quickly to leave behind a predominance of rose.

The bottle might look masculine, but the scent is overwhelmingly powdery and rosey in the drydown, with a wee, tiny, miniscule bit of woods.  Part of me thinks, "ok, I sorta like this scent," while another part of me says, "bleah! too powdery! and it vaguely smells like department stores."  So I'm torn.  

Odori scents are very expensive EDTs - $210 will get you 100ml at Luckyscent.  And now I'm not so torn.  I don't really like Zafferano at all. :)


comments (1)


1. S. Muir left...
Sunday, 10 August 2008 1:01 pm

Agree completely about the oud-like quality of this! In fact, I wondered whether oud was a "mystery ingredient." I sometimes like oud, and I sort of like the perky dry notes here. But this is an unusual scent, and probably not for most!