“Santa Maria Novella’s ‘Gelsomino’ fragrance is a sweet, delicate, feminine single note scent. The jasmine plant originated in Persia where it was once used to make a scented oil. Arabs brought it to Italy around the 9th century. Tuscan brides used to wear a garland of jasmine flowers on their head for their wedding day. Jasmine symbolises sensuality.”

 

Santa Maria Novella's 'Gelsomino' is a jasmine soliflor that oozes hyper-real jasmine grandeur. This would grace the neck of a blushing bride on her white wedding day as it has an innocence and purity but is still bold, powerful and certainly no wallflower.
 

Sprayed onto a tester strip and it comes across as quite potent and intense, but that strip then lasts for days to still carry memories of the scent. Sprayed into the skin, the longevity is not as long as I'd like but dances about your neck/clothing for the next few hours.
 

As expected from a jasmine centred fragrance, it's heady, indolic and is a white floral charmer.
 

If you like Al Rehab's 'Full' then this is the luxurious alternative. It's certainly cheaper than Nasomatto's 'Narcotic Venus'. It's probably the best, most realistic and naturalistic jasmine soliflor, but I now want a little more depth and daring excitement from my jasmine scents.