Portfolio Neroli Canvas

To Buy or Not to Buy?

If this scent were a character, it would be the overly enthusiastic, but ultimately bland, travel brochure photographer perpetually stuck on auto settings. He's trying to capture that perfect sun-drenched vista, but the lighting is always a bit off, and the subject comes across looking vaguely artificial.

The Scent Profile

Portfolio Neroli Canvas throws you headfirst into a sparkling citrus grove, all sharp bergamot rind and slightly bitter mandarin peel. There's a fleeting impression of lemon hard candy. The heart leans heavily on the orange blossom, but with a soapy, almost industrial cleaner twang, rather than delicate sweetness. It's a far cry from sun-drenched Italian coastline. The jasmine struggles to cut through, remaining a ghostly presence. As it dries, the amber emerges, but it's a flat, one-dimensional warmth, missing the sun-kissed skin accord that the original embodies. I detect a synthetic muskiness from the ambrette. The angelica adds an earthy counterpoint, but unfortunately, it doesn't quite save it from the generic amber fate.

Projection Power

I managed to get about five hours out of this on skin, with projection that extends to about an arm's length for the first hour before quickly retreating. I wore it during a humid summer day, and it became cloying quickly. Wearing this in the office elicited no compliments, and one colleague wrinkled her nose.