Some notes...
- Duty free shops don't offer anything else than the usual, plus Acqua Di Parma. Average prices are high. Same with Schiphol.
- Looking for niche scents is fairly easy in Northern Italy as witnessed in Vincenza and Bergamo. Just stroll down the mainstreet of the Centro Storico, you will find an upscale perfume shop.
- In Milan it is a piece of cake. La Rinascente can be a nice place if after mainstream exclusives.
- While in Milan it caught my attention that Villoresi's scents were sold in kinds of store I can't describe for there aren't any of them in Buenos Aires, high end tobacco and wet shaving stores.
- In Genoa I had the chance of stepping by a "store" specialized in testers. Caveat emptor.
- In Naples there are perfume shops selling unknown and discontinued brands for relatively low prices. There is a store at Via Toledo selling bespoke blends. I don't have further information about it, I just saw the store.
- As in Buenos Aires, small perfume shops were offering Dior's usual ones with a 20% discount. I guess they misscalculated sales or they are getting rid of faulty batches
- Every big garment discount store have their own selection of "colones" - IMHO, Ddon't waste your time, except for Monotheme.
- As mentioned in another post, bought Tobaco by Odori for nothing.
- I had the chance of smelling the nicest agarwood scent while there. I left without a clue as to which was it and who was wearing it.
- I did not try many, but Villoresi's Patchouly and Dior's Exclusive Ambre Nuit were the ones I would buy if it were not that they were way beyond my budget.
- I found the best selection of Guerlain in a Douglas perfume store in Ravena. I tried Mouchoir de Monsieur (finally!!!).
- As for niche scents, I tried an amazing amount of them in a shop in the Trastevere: I explained in my faulty Italian that I wanted to try some unavailable in Argentina (well, all). The SA told me I was free to try as many I wished, I realized many were overhyped.
- Finally: IMHO, and up to this moment, almost none beat the classics, specially if vintage. Well... Villoresi's Patch and Dior's Ambre Nuit make me swallow my words, but you get the idea.
- Duty free shops don't offer anything else than the usual, plus Acqua Di Parma. Average prices are high. Same with Schiphol.
- Looking for niche scents is fairly easy in Northern Italy as witnessed in Vincenza and Bergamo. Just stroll down the mainstreet of the Centro Storico, you will find an upscale perfume shop.
- In Milan it is a piece of cake. La Rinascente can be a nice place if after mainstream exclusives.
- While in Milan it caught my attention that Villoresi's scents were sold in kinds of store I can't describe for there aren't any of them in Buenos Aires, high end tobacco and wet shaving stores.
- In Genoa I had the chance of stepping by a "store" specialized in testers. Caveat emptor.
- In Naples there are perfume shops selling unknown and discontinued brands for relatively low prices. There is a store at Via Toledo selling bespoke blends. I don't have further information about it, I just saw the store.
- As in Buenos Aires, small perfume shops were offering Dior's usual ones with a 20% discount. I guess they misscalculated sales or they are getting rid of faulty batches
- Every big garment discount store have their own selection of "colones" - IMHO, Ddon't waste your time, except for Monotheme.
- As mentioned in another post, bought Tobaco by Odori for nothing.
- I had the chance of smelling the nicest agarwood scent while there. I left without a clue as to which was it and who was wearing it.
- I did not try many, but Villoresi's Patchouly and Dior's Exclusive Ambre Nuit were the ones I would buy if it were not that they were way beyond my budget.
- I found the best selection of Guerlain in a Douglas perfume store in Ravena. I tried Mouchoir de Monsieur (finally!!!).
- As for niche scents, I tried an amazing amount of them in a shop in the Trastevere: I explained in my faulty Italian that I wanted to try some unavailable in Argentina (well, all). The SA told me I was free to try as many I wished, I realized many were overhyped.
- Finally: IMHO, and up to this moment, almost none beat the classics, specially if vintage. Well... Villoresi's Patch and Dior's Ambre Nuit make me swallow my words, but you get the idea.
