Blu Indaco
Giardini di Toscana (2022)

This fragrance will appeal to all those appreciating something with almondy vanilla plus a musky ambroxan base, the former combined with a touch of fresh (citrus or spice) at the top. Blu Indaco by Giardini Di Toscana is a musky-almondy flory-oriental dry (talky) fragrance for women and men. The nose behind this fragrance is Silvia Martinelli. This creation is a combination of freshly fluidy fruity-floral (citric-lymphatic) elements and dry talky almondy muskiness rich of "blue" powder. This fragrance is talky, clean and simply irresistible. It is ideal for all those loving cozy and comforting semi-gourmand finally dry perfumes whereof that evolution starts with a bright fruity botanic opening, finally settling in to a moderate ambery powdery sweetness with a lingering musky warmth. Blu Indaco is great for evenings or cooler weather but also wearable during day time if you like a richer scent. The vanilla/almond central accord may lean gourmand over the initial bright floral opening but gradually sweetness recedes (while rich frangipani unfolds its leafy-citric elegant austere aura) in order to leave the stage to this dominant drier talky-almondy erotic muskiness with resinous-vaguely metallic amberish-woody blue nuances. The musky-soapy-aldehidic synth Muscenone (with its volatile smell of clean and musky laundry) and the white musky Habanolide (with its nuances of vapor, hot iron, ozone and ironed linen clothes) are central elements in determining the dry blue laundry-soapy-talky dominant accord. I perceive Blu Indaco as something in the middle between the less gourmandish vanillic Comptoir Sud Pacifique Éclats d’Amandes (2019), the almondy orangy aromatic less gourmandish Juliette Has a Gun Gentlewoman (2015, which leans more towards something powdery floral and sophisticated rather than in to a contrast between sweet and fresh notes) and the immensely romantic and decadent Heliotrope Etro (1989, more regal, almondy floral and balsamic with aristocratic nostalgic nuances). Blu Indaco manifests itself by a decent projection and a good lasting power. A melancholy and meditative fragrance for spirits who love to observe the snowy tundra and snow-laden birch trees, a fragrance for those who are wrestling with their past and embrace themselves shivering with nostalgia with their head between their knees.

I always dislike being the first to review a new fragrance. And I feel equally bad when my experience is less than stellar. But someone has to be first. And the review is simply my experience. Your experience will be different.

I've been searching for a comforting, warm, SWEET, gourmand-ish (not FULL ON food), enveloping, vanilla-centric fragrance I can liberally apply at bedtime. I sampled Bianco Latte and purchased a full bottle. As I've worn Bianco Latte, its lure and appeal have somewhat waned for me. Someone suggested I try Blu Indaco. I bought a relatively ample decant sample and recently gave it a try.

So, I am wearing Blu Indaco (again) as I write this review. And this fragrance is a definite "NO' for me.

Upon application and straight-up, Blue Indaco is a VERY powdery, like EXTREMELY powdery, like UBER powdery, dry, arid, almond bakery scent. The powdery, bakery, almond opening notes are almost cloying. And over time, the mid and base notes that emerge are synthetic and cloying. I find very little vanilla (unlike Bianco Latte). On me, this fragrance is an almost sour, EXTREMELY DRY, almond butter scent.

I imagine this fragrance is okay for some. But for me, it's just a no. I am not a fan of this fragrance at all. Blu Indaco is a serious pass.