Mona Di Orio Amyitis Perfume

Mona Di Orio also came to the weekend Sniffapalooza, all the way from Europe , just for us . It was a highlight of the day for me as I love her perfumes and was anxious to meet her and try her newest scent Amyitis.

She was so gracious and told me the most wonderful story for her inspiration for this fragrance. It involved walking naked in the pine needles of the forest, and The Queen Amyitis of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and much more. It is amazing to me to be able to have a vison of that and make into a fragrance. Yet, each of us gets to take our own impression from it.

As with the previous fragrances this one goes thru a few changes as it gets to the drydown ending up somewhat close to the skin with a light sillage ( this at least from my small tester spray).

Amyitis is very green, I can smell grass and a bit of vetiver. It's dewy grass on wet ground. Very fresh with just a tiny touch of floral. The

drydown brings more softness and a bit more floral, the iris and violet poking their heads up just a bit. It's very well done and very different from her past scents.

The notes are :

Top - caraway, savory, green leaves.

Heart- of iris, violet, gaiac wood and cedar.

Base- of saffron, opoponax, moss and amber

Last year I did a review of all her fragrances and you can read that if you like here

All Mona Di Orio perfumes are $ 120.00 for 1.7 oz and $ 200.00 for 3.4

Available at http://www.aedes.com/, and Bergdorf Goodman in NY.