Italian fashion house Blumarine has launched Bellissima, a floral musk fragrance for women. It is the brand's first perfume.*
Bellissima was developed by perfumer Sophie Labbé; the notes feature dewdrops, ginger, orange, grapefruit, peony, passion flowers, sandalwood, vanilla flowers, musk and cashmere.
Blumarine Bellissima is available in 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum ($50-92) and in matching body products. It will launch in the US in October. (via wwd, veraclasse.it)
* Update: it is the brand's first fragrance under new licensing arrangements with ITF; there were several prior fragrances under arrangements with Schiapparelli. Many thanks to Cosmicscents for the correction!
I know of 3 other fragrances by Blumarine, they are called: Blu, Bluemarine II, and Vintage. Are they launching Bellissima as their first?
Thanks, the WWD article said:
“Blumarine will christen its fragrance license with a scent named after one of Italy’s most often used words. Bellissima is the first fragrance for the ultrafeminine fashion house, founded in 1977 by designer Anna Molinari and her husband, Gianpaolo Tarabini Castellani”
Which isn’t as clear as it should be, but I should have checked!
Hmmm. Sounds very office appropriate.
I need some of those…might have to look at this one.
Yes.
Bluemarine II was a beautiful fragrance.
Never smelled it! Never even saw it.
I remember that one from my early Makeup Alley days, actually! It was a sheer rose-violet-ylangy thing, very pretty in an artificial way. Wish I’d bought a back-up.
Sounds nice, thanks!
the pink color of the juice makes me a tad suspicious…you know, fruity floralish
I’m pretty tired of pink myself.
Dewdrops? Dewdrops? Do dewdrops actually have a discernible odor?
I think that I’m becoming more cynical as time goes on…
That was my first thought, too–now they’re listing water as ingredients. Although, come to think of it, that has already been done. I wonder if the ginger is taking the place of pink pepper in a kind of fruity pink floral.
Yes, they smell like melon 🙂
Tee hee!
That anything watery is the first note is making me nervous.
I liked Blumarine II as well, it was nicely done. Looking forward to sniffing Bellissima!
Hope it will be as nice 🙂
I love their clothing line, but I don’t know about this perfume… pretty bottle, though.
It’s very classic looking.
This Looks and Sounds GORGEOUS! I am almost in Love with it from just the notes and bottle and packaging alone! CAN’T WAIT To Get a Sniff… i got that same feeling i had about the new Valentino Fragrance (AND LORD HOW I ADORE THAT ONE!) and i feel this may be worth the buy! also noticed that the perfumer created the new Alberta Ferretti scent as well which i am EAGERLY awaiting too!
I forgot about the AF — we’ve still got a long wait for that to get to the US.
I tried it at nords 2day and its another beentheredonethat scent but I liked it. I like the bottle and packaging too!
I still haven’t tried it, as usual!
I also had the opportunity to wear Bellissima for a couple of days and received more compliments on it – I really lean towards more aggressive fragrances but may integrate this into my rotation when I want to go “pretty”.
I have only tried it very briefly so far but would agree w/ pretty…more so than most.