I absolutely love Bella Bellissima’s ‘Exquisite’, but it just doesn’t last for more that an hour. This would have been my signature scent as I adore sparkling soapy florals. But it’s just not worth it if 10 sprays still don’t last my hour’s drive to work.
 

Boadicea The Victorious’s ‘Divine’ is the closest that I’ve found and lasts far longer.

 

Bella Bellissima describe ‘Exquisite’ as “a sensuous and inviting fragrance… a luxurious bouquet of florals and woods. Tones of Sampaguita jasmine, lily and Cananga flower will seduce your senses, while the soft aroma of sandalwood, guaiacwood and cashmere mosses enlighten your mood.”

One week later and I’m still having an exquisite love-affair with this. My hand keeps reaching for it to cover myself in 10 sprays, however fleeting I know it’s going to be. It’s taken me a while to realise that it shares a distant similarity to Maison Francis Kurkdjian‘s ‘Baccarat Rouge 540’. It must be the jasmine and guaiac wood combo (although it’s jasmine and cedar in the latter). If Baccarat Rouge was layered with Boadicea The Victorious’s ‘Divine’ to make it more airy and soapy, then that’s my best description for Bella Bellissima’s ‘Exquisite’.

To the fragrance Gods of Bella Bellissima: Please make it last longer, just for me, and then it WOULD be the signature scent I’ve been dreaming of.