Bvlgari
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A bright, slightly acrid burst of mandarin meets immediate saffron smoke—there's an almost medicinal quality that catches you pleasantly off-guard, reminiscent of opening a spice cabinet in afternoon sunlight. The citrus cuts through with enough sharpness to suggest freshness, though the saffron already begins pulling you toward something warmer and less predictable.
The tuberose emerges with surprising gentleness, its creamy character blending seamlessly with osmanthus to create a unified fruity-floral sweetness that dominates the middle hours. You're left with something closer to a sophisticated fruit compote than a traditional white floral—the garnet in the title becomes a useful descriptor for this blushed, berry-touched sweetness that's more approachable than challenging.
The composition gradually simplifies into soft amber and woody whispers, the saffron-citrus completely faded and the florals reduced to a powdery memory. Within four to five hours, you're left with barely-there sweetness and wood—a gentle skin scent that feels like the fragrance has surrendered rather than gracefully concluded.
Omnia Indian Garnet announces itself as a peculiar marriage of spice-forward freshness and creamy florescence—a fragrance that seems caught between Morillas' desire for bright citric vivacity and something far more sensual. The mandarin-saffron pairing in the opening is where this scent finds its most compelling voice: that tart, aldehydic burst of citrus immediately tempered by saffron's earthy, almost metallic warmth, creating an unusual juxtaposition that feels simultaneously invigorating and drowsy.
What follows is the crux of the composition's identity crisis. The Indian tuberose—typically that intoxicating, almost animalic white floral—appears oddly restrained here, playing second fiddle to osmanthus's apricot-like sweetness. Rather than the typical tuberose indolence, you get a fruit-floral cocktail that leans sugary, more cotton candy than sultry gardenia. It's as though Morillas intentionally defanged the more dangerous aspects of his florals.
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