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Neroli Portofino* Type Formula Study

Neroli Portofino* Type Formula StudyBigarade Portofino 11 · GA-020119

A Mediterranean citrus cologne in which lemon and bitter-orange peel burst like a sea breeze. Across a herbal bridge of lavender, orange blossom opens white, and at the end a musk as clean as soap stays on the skin.

An independent interpretation — not affiliated with the owner of Neroli Portofino

*Neroli Portofino is a trademark of its owner. GrassAccord is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the owner of Neroli Portofino. This is our own perfumery study document, built on our laboratory’s independent interpretation of how the fragrance smells. It is not the formula of the company that owns Neroli Portofino, and nothing in it was obtained from that company.

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What you’ll learn from this formula

How to make citrus last

a Riviera cologne held up by a clean musk floor

  • Main skill

    Holding the shape

    Citrus is the first thing to fly away, yet here its impression lingers. The bright opening is layered from seven different citrus peels and makes up about a fifth of the formula, while clean, soapy musks fill more than a third underneath. As the peels fade, that musk floor keeps the fresh, washed feeling on the skin for hours. That is the lesson: a fleeting top note lasts when something long-lasting is built beneath it to carry its memory.

  • Supporting skill

    Bridge notes

    How a bridge joins two worlds: between the citrus and the white flowers sits a herbal, lavender-like block of about a fifth of the formula. Two closely related molecules make up about seven tenths of it, so the step from peel to flower feels like one smooth gesture rather than two separate scents.

  • Supporting skill

    The power of traces

    How a trace turns molecules into a flower: the orange blossom is drawn mostly with single molecules and a transparent jasmine material. The perfumer’s secret, a natural flower oil, is less than a thirtieth of that block, yet it gives the blossom its green honey and bittersweet petals. Without it, the flower smells clean but soapy.

  • Key materials

    Ethylene brassylateHabanolideLinaloolLinalyl acetateMethyl dihydrojasmonate (Hedione)

    46 more materials · proportions only in the card you receive

About

ProductDigital fragrance formula (file only)
TypeEau de Parfum formula
Olfactive FamilyCitrus Aromatic Cologne
GenderUnisex
Total Materials51
Total PDF Pages29 pages (English edition)
PyramidTop / Middle / Base
Top NotesLemon, Bergamot, Bitter Orange
Middle NotesLavender, Herbs, Orange Blossom, Neroli
Base NotesAmber, Musk
Recommended Usage15% in perfumer's alcohol
DeliveryPDF download link by email, minutes after payment

Description

At the first breath, freshly pressed lemon and bergamot burst out together with bitter-orange peel, carried on a clear, cool light like a salty sea breeze. Bright but never sharp — a rounded citrus, like fruit peel warmed by the sun. A moment later the cool texture of lavender and herbs carries the citrus over into flowers, and at the centre the white, bittersweet blossom of orange flower and neroli opens. At the end a clean musk with a hint of amber lingers, like skin just rinsed with soap. This is the impression our perfumer formed on smelling the reference fragrance, written in our own words. It is not a measurement and not the reference fragrance’s formula.