Flora Gorgeous Gardenia Gucci

Italian mandarin orange punctures the top with genuine citrus zest, supported by a cool brightness of pear blossom that momentarily feels fresh and almost tart. The red berries add a subtle jammy sweetness without yet tipping into cloying territory, and for these first few minutes, you're genuinely intrigued by where this might lead.

The gardenia emerges as a pale, slightly powdery floral presence—present but ghostly, as though observed through frosted glass. Brown sugar begins its patient colonisation of the composition, sweetening everything insistently whilst the frangipani and jasmine grandiflorum struggle to establish any real character, dissolving into the fragrance's growing saccharine centre without memorable definition.

What remains is essentially sweet floral vapour—the synthetic patchouli sitting inert at the base, the florals entirely subsumed into brown sugar's cloying embrace. By hour four, you're left squinting at your wrist, questioning whether it's still there or simply your imagination of it, as the fragrance retreats to a barely-detectable skin scent that demands you smell it rather than announce itself.