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Santa Maria Novella Eva Cologne

Santa Maria Novella (SMN) is an Italian fragrance house I had never heard of before but I grabbed a bunch of testers from their distribution outlet in NY.

This Eva cologne is a unisex scent but apparently it was made for women. Not quite sure about that but I'm sure it quite good.

From SMN: "Santa Maria Novella's newest fragrance, named after Eve, the first woman. A fresh blend of citrus and bergamot combined with a spicy and woodsy scent of black pepper topped off with a classic vetiver scent makes this perfectly suitable for men or women."

The top notes start off quite smoothly with a nice touch of citrus, more lime with hints of lemon, coupled with a spicy peppery bergamot and other woody notes. From the mid - basenotes, the vetiver plays well and it retains its spicy character while losing some of the citrus notes. A great scent.

The staying power reasonably good. Price are a bit high but this one is a tad bit more reasonable than some of the others.

One thing I can say about SMN colognes is they are of a high quality. I have tried only three of their colognes thus far but I would say this scent house tops Penhaligons. Similar to Penhaligons, their colognes also carry a similar foundation throughout the offerings, its something of a carrier oil or something, not quite sure.
Price
4.00 star(s)
Scent
5.00 star(s)
Quality
4.00 star(s)
Packaging
4.00 star(s)
Complexity
4.00 star(s)
Staying Power
3.00 star(s)
Quality of Atomizer
5.00 star(s)
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