Bvlgari Omnia Amethyste

I had seen these on the perfume sites I use and have always lusted over the bottle alone. It is sucha feminine shape and colour and oozes riches. I have heard of Bvlgari perfumes before and had always wondered what they were like. I managed to get my first try of one when I bought this as a mini in a set of five from a BR lovely.

I paid $10 for the 10ml bottle and let me tell you how blimmin cute the bottle is!! When I tried to open it, it made me feel a tad silly. I couldn't figure out how to open the bottle. It felt like I was opening a cryptic puzzle and I was losing. It took my husband to open it up for me haha. After taking a closer sniff I was both surprised and slightly disappointed.

The first impressions I get are WHOA that is soooo strong, and almost passes as a 'old lady perfume'. Old lady perfume to m is very, very strong, almost sickly and only a tiny dab is needed to last all day. At first it was a smell I thought I could learn to love but as the scent warmed to my skin I quickly began to dislike it intensely.

When I first dabbed some on my wrist and then my collar bones I got the distinct scent of roses and grapefruit. It was both fresh but floral. I can't say I love the mixture of fresh and floral. As the scent warmed to my skin it became almost powdery smelling. Like a strong talc powder that belongs in the undie draw. It lasted all day long even after a shower I could smell it on me. I think my husband was the only one out of us that liked it. Come to think of it, it could almost pass as a males fragrance because of how strong and after shave like it smells.

I can't say I love this perfume. I love the bottle and the idea behind the gem that it reflects but to be honest it fails to capture that essence. I would imagine a sexy, musky smell for an amethyste gem not a floral after shave like perfume that I got. No thank you!