What a nice little surprise! I actually am loving this one. Fresh and flirty. Springy and innocent. But it's mature too. There's a green and a dry hay note in here that make this deeper and more profound than a typical spring bouquet. I agree with the person below me, this is definitely a mom scent. It reminds me of my mother in her youth in the kitchen making sesame dumplings...wearing a pretty dress and looking so elegant and feminine. Sometime in the '90, my snobish sister recived a small bottle of this from this really nice lady, let's call her M. Her reaction was, "It came from M, so it must be good." While M was, and I suppose still is, delightfull human being, my sister's caracter leaves much to be desired. She has great qualities, but good taste and tact are not among them. |Nino Cerruti, was known as "the youngest of the great classics," opened the first Cerruti boutique in Paris in 1967, on rue Royale I came across some good perfumes since, but never was mesmerized. The problem is that I only notice perfumes on people and very often am uncomfortable asking what the perfume was.

Cerruti 1881 By Nino Cerruti For Women. Eau De Toilette Spray Cerruti 1881 By Nino Cerruti For Women. Eau De Toilette Spray

I've moved to live in a Mediterranean coast, so from the middle of May to the last days of September average air temperature goes from 22 to almost 40 degrees of Celsius. I strongly support opinion of all reviewers who wrote that 1881 is non-offensive, friendly, discrete, subtle, office-friendly and comforting perfume for semi-formal occasions and summer months. This perfume is very soft, gentle, and sunny. Mostly I get a touch of mimosa, iris, and rose followed by a healthy dose of "clean laundry musk." It starts out herbal, floral, and slightly green like the steam rising off a cup of rose or chammomile tea. In the middle, it goes through a phase of smelling like a luxe cake of provence soap. To make the image more precise, I don't mean a perfectly smooth factory-made soap, lovely though those may sometimes be; I am thinking of a handmade farmer's market soap, with little bits of dried herbs and flowers set into it! In the dry-down, there is the politest whiff of powdery vanilla sweetness. Eight hours in, the clean, cozy smell of cedar is still lingering faintly and the anisic fuzziness of mimosa is holding on as well. It really lasts a long time (it feels like forever), from morning to night, and is easy to hear, i.e. the sillage is also great. The fragrance has been around since 1995. IMO it has not been reformulated, only the bottle has been slightly changed (different cap).I have a vintage EDT and Parfum and have first tried the EDT. I will add my review of the parfum later. So far it is juicy and sour, almost melon-like, and full of lush floral notes. It's also quite powdery. The smell from the bottle was a bit harsh and generic, but on my skin it warms to something else. Nothing is obtrusive, but rather everything is seamlessly blended. I'm not sure if I could pull this off, but it is very lovely. I know this isn’t unique but sometimes when I smell a perfume, my mind instantly makes a connection to a movie, a piece of art, a book or as in this case, a song. When I smelled 1881, all I heard in my mind was Donna Summer’s I Feel Love. It feels like scented equivalent of very classy linen material touching fresh, bare skin on a hot day. I recently got a newer bottle of 1881 with the gold cap. I have to agree with both opinions of the reformulation. Yes, there is something undeniably more special in the vintage. It’s more bubbly if that makes sense. As it dries down, it becomes basically the same. I’m not disappointed with the gold cap whatsoever. The newer version feels a tiny bit more diluted and powdery. Longevity and sillage perform very similarly. The vintage bottle is still way prettier in my opinion. Even though they are a little harder to come by, seek out a vintage UK bottle particularly if you are already familiar with this fragrance and want the best version possible. hmmm, the accords for cerruti 1881 look about right, except the opening is an alcoholic blast...of soft floral non descript alcohol...

1881 Pour Homme, Eau De Toilette Spray, 100ml Cerruti 1881 Pour Homme, Eau De Toilette Spray, 100ml

I like the softness and understated elegance of this scent. Something very gentle and kind somehow... wierd description I know but that's exactly how I perceive this beauty. I recently reviewed the old vs new, side by side. The old bottle is obviously far more beautiful. As for scent, both are not very heavy or projecting and I did not notice any difference in longevity or projection. However, the development of the powdery smell (Iris) is a bit more predominantly in the dry down for the old formulation.

While I didn't genuinely expect it to be that close, I can't detect a single note this fragrance has in common with MSM. 1881 is quite sharp, and it seems like all the notes are in the upper range. It's the aromatic equivalent to turning on a music player and getting all treble, no bass. It's strong and it's sharp. It’s one of those perfumes, that you feel. It’s not that strong, but gentle creeps up on you. If you get my drift. I sprayed this 3-4 times on my skin, it has now been 6-7 hours and I even showered. It still lingers faintly and that is exactly what I need. Nothing stays on my skin for more than couple of hours. Loving this!! I received this today as a christmas present....and I love it. Its a beautiful floral, fresh and sweet smelling fragrance... I definately think it is a summer fragrance, and day wear to the office as its such a pleasnt smell and a people pleaser.......maybe not what I would wear for an evening out but I love this perfume. Its very long lasting too, considering its an EDT, it lasts longer than some of my EDPs. Well.. I'm disappointed. Far too powdery, creamy and sweet for my taste. I was hoping for some sharp 90s floral, but this is very muted and, to me, old-fashioned. Violet can go either way for me and, unfortunately, it's a turn-off in this scent. But I can see why so many love it - it is indeed very unique.

Cerruti 1881 | Cerruti Eau De Toilette 100ml Spray | Cerruti

i remember the first time i smelled it on my best friend. i thought she smelled like an ANGEL. such a divine smell. It is slightly powdery, camomile/fresia light-pink floral mix (the color of the bottle reflects the scent very well). I think this is a safe blind-buy for musk-lovers or anyone looking for a polite, all-purpose scent to have on hand. I don't mean to downplay this as the "elevator music" of perfumes or something. To be clear, I think it smells great! I keep sniffing my wrist to experience it again.There is something that irritates me in the first few minutes ...but then it disappeares and the flowers take the front seat. It is true that mimosa is the most dominant floral note here, and it does smell yellow and optimistic. Whatever that means. After half an hour, the dry down is a little bit more difficult for me. The sandalwood is a sweet, exactly like in Eau d’été Kenzo (the last one, green in the leaf shape); it doesn’t work very well with the happy flowers. I would have preferred the fragrance to stay clearly floral and springtime colored.. I got a small bottle of this perfume on the advice of GinCatsBooks (#superfan), and what I got was *not* what I was expecting. It's a soft, fresh and clean scent, but it's actually quite distinctive and stands out from other perfumes.