Francesca Bianchi Perfumes Lost in Heaven Review (Francesca Bianchi) + Imagine Draw

 

Francesca Bianchi Lost in Heaven review

 Francesca Bianchi Lost in Heaven, by Elena Cvjetkovic

Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one -John Lennon, 1971

John Lennon Imagine

John Lennon Imagine, photo by Wikipedia/John Lennon/Yoko Ono

“Now I understand what you have to do. Put your message across with a little honey”. John Lennon said this about Imagine, the most successful single of his solo career. A song full of positivity and hope, a melodious depiction of a utopia and vision of a world inhabited by sinless, perfected humans…

As simple as these words and piano melody may seem, this is a complex song. The vision behind it historically runs much deeper, just as the vision behind the perfume Lost in Heaven does, although it presents itself as a seemingly simple happiness & well being providing fragrance that makes you want to hug the whole world. That part is true but there’s more to it, much more…

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Francesca Bianchi and Elena Cvjetkovic at Pitti 2019, photo by Elena Cvjetkovic

Francesca Bianchi presented Lost in Heaven (30 ml extrait du parfum) together with The Black Knight during Pitti Fragranze in Florence in September 2019, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Mixed chromosome twins were born: Lost in Heaven belongs to her Freefall collection, alongside with Etruscan Water, and The Black Knight is a part of the regular collection. Both fragrances differ in expression from all the other creations, yet they definitely have Francesca’s fingerprints all over them.

 Lost in Heaven, by Francesca Bianchi Perfumes

via Francesca Bianchi

Lost in Heaven pulls you tenderly in immediately after opening, offering you a Proustian Madeleine moment of utter bliss after the first sniff, a feeling of primal and overwhelming inner happiness sprinkled with indolic flowers,  bits of candied orange, gentle and powdery mimosa puffs, creamy-white lush Magnolia petals and mouthwatering spices. It feels like you have just consumed delicious, ambrosial and divine nectar straight from Paradise, and its effect spreads throughout your body and mind, bringing an instant smile upon your lips.

An illusion of divine perfection is created, comforting and soothing, and you can’t help it but feel good – about yourself and the whole world. In all that heavenly and delicious almost-gourmand fruitcake made of your best childhood memories and overcast with clouds of floral dust, there’s an undertone of the weakness of the flesh, rooted in the way in which Francesca constructs her distinctive Orris accord, a fine weaving skilfully intertwined with Castoreum and Opoponax tones.

Temptation rolls in with a well-balanced animalic breath, and if this is Heaven then you can observe it becoming saturated enough to give way for the Original Innocence to turn into Original Sin: despite the almost gourmand feeling at the beginning which is mirroring sweet innocence, there’s a touch of finely integrated, elegant sensuality always present. The depth-adding Cinnamon and Cumin pave way for the fragrance to turn its other cheek, with musks and resing rising. Beeswax and powdery Heliotrope alongside Tonka Bean pour some honey over this latently sensual floral-oriental facette, while buttery-warm Orris adds a darker dimension of lust. In Lost in Heaven Francesca Bianchi tames Castoreum and Opoponax, together with a smoothly polished sultry Ambergris thus creating a refined vintage-resembling, lurking animalic vibe with a Civet without any fangs flashing openly – its beauty lies in its fusion with floral chords! There’s no drama in this change of the atmosphere toward the drydown, layered with honeyed resins and streaks of leathery Orris, the intimacy of musky-warm human skin, and with a halo-effect of all-encompassing tenderness.

If you wonder what the deeper message is, the one put across with a little honey, I’ll give you the full disclosure. The officially published text by the brand describes Lost in Heaven as “a fragile, sensual, emotional scent that represents the dichotomy of the longing for a place of uncontaminated innocence and the inevitable and controversial burden of life.“  Every work of art or artisan perfume embodies the vision of its creator and a small facet of the collective mind. I’ve spent a lot of time contemplating Lost in Heaven, scratching the surface in search of the vision behind it, asking questions, even having philosophical debates with Francesa Bianchi in order to grasp the fragrant message fully – because I could clearly feel that there was a one.

Lost in Heaven by Francesca Bianch

 Jean-Jacques Rousseau meditating in the the park, by Alexandre Hyacinthe Dunouy, Museee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Every artist attempts to express their inner truths, reflections of their inner worlds, to create an expression that touches us at various planes of consciousness and moves our souls.

The vision behind Lost in Heaven contemplates the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a rebel-rebel of his time (18th century), a servant, tutor, philosopher, writer and composer with a must-read biography that could make a great plot for a period romantic drama movie, larger than Dangerous Liaisons. Rousseau kept returning to the thought that people are good by nature but have been corrupted by society and civilization. He did not mean to suggest that society and civilization are inherently bad but rather that both had taken the wrong direction and become more harmful as they became more sophisticated.

The Ages of Life – Youth, Thomas Cole, National Gallery of Art Washington DC

 

Imagine…as Lennon sings. Places of uncontaminated innocence…To simplify, Rousseau’s belief was that people are naturally good and that human goodness would overcome only if political and social conditions were…well, right, or like Lennon sang – based on a brotherhood of men.

Rousseau also pushed forward what later became a characteristic idea of Romanticism – that, in art, the free expression of the creative spirit is more important than strict adherence to formal rules and traditional procedures. Freedom, utter human goodness, and creativity set free should suffice for creating a Heaven on Earth. These aspects of Rousseau’s philosophy are reflected in Lost in Heaven, in the first stage of the fragrance – a longing for a beautiful, yet an unsustainable idea. Francesca Bianchi therefore weaves further a fragrant story of innocence lost, of how are all sometimes Lost in Heaven – sometimes we forget true values under the burden of everyday, material world. She also inserts elements and shadows of Original sin transferring itself in temptations that all the mankind faces, by adding some indolic dirtiness in florals and lighter than ever animalic notes to all those ambrosial-nectary notes – to show that we are simply not perfect beings.

Francesca Bianchi Perfumes Lost in Heaven Review

Lost in Heaven, photo by Elena Cvjetkovic

In reality, we are tempted, make mistakes, exhibit negative feelings, and complicate needlessly – and that is also perfectly natural and inseparable from the nature of mankind. What we need to do is to forgive ourselves for not being perfect in each and every situation in life, accept and love ourselves for what we are, rejoice in our uniqueness, and share this kind and comforting love with all the world – being the best possible versions of ourselves. Imagine…and enjoy being Lost in Heaven.

Notes: Grapefruit, Green Tangerine, Orange Flower Absolute, Jasmin, Ylang Extra, Mimosa, Magnolia, Cumin, Cinnamon, Coriander, Ambergris, Musk, Castoreum, Beeswax, Iris Butter, Ciste Absolute, Opoponax, Heliotrope, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Tonka Bean.

Elena Cvjetkovic, Senior Contributor and Author of The Plum Girl

Disclaimer: A Lost in Heaven sample was kindly provided by Francesca Bianchi Perfumes during Pitti Fragranze 2019. Opinions and feelings are – as always – of my own.

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Sample Set of all 9 Francesca Bianchi Perfumes

Thanks to Francesca Bianchi we have draw for a registered CaFleureBon reader for the EU, AUSTRALIA, USA and Canada for a sample set of all  9 of Francesca Bianchi Perfumes including Lost in Heaven. Tell us where you live and what you found most interesting in this review, what your thoughts are and where you live! Draw closes 2/7/2020

Available to sample in the USA at Indigo Perfumery

Francesca Bianchi was a 2019 Best of Scent winner for best  artisan and Lost in Heaven was in Michelyn’s top ten favorite perfumes. Sex and the Sea Neroli was best flanker

Photos: Elena Cvjetkovic, Francesca Bianchi Perfumes, Wikipedia, Museee Marmottan Monet, National Gallery of Art Washington DC.

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74 comments

  • I am continually impressed with Francesca Bianchi’s offerings, even though I have yet to try them. Each note listing seems to exactly capture what the name of the fragrance is. I would love the opportunity to get my nose on these samples! I enjoyed the mention of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this review. I wonder what thoughts he would have on modern society…
    From Canada!

  • Never tried anything from this house before but Lost in Heaven sounds amazing. Iris butter? Opoponex? There are some exotic notes in there. I’d love to try it out. Thanks for the great giveaway. Commenting from Kentucky USA.

  • Elena’s review nicely conveys the idea of a luscious perfume I’d probably very much love. The combination of both spicy and sweet floral notes makes this fragrance quite appealing. I am in the USA.

  • Oooh Francesca Bianchi I wanted to try some of her perfumes for quite some time. Wanted to try some of the testers so this would be a great win. Loved the references to Lennon and Rousseau and how the scent rolls in with an animalic breath, great review. Living in the EU

  • Starting with Lost In Heaven name all the way through the notes listing. Lots of very lovely notes in this. Forgiveness is also key in living and loving. So love the inspiration. I’m in US and would love to try. Thank you for the chance.

  • I own a bottle of this beauty. From the very start it has a big dollop of animalic facets – especially castoreum. It is like a creamy, slightly sweeter/gourmandy and a ‘soft-spoken’ sibling of the loud, yet gracefully dominating Salome by Liz Moores.
    I enjoyed the connection between Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s one variant of romaticism and Lost in Heaven that Elena has explored in this essay. By the same token, if I may, if unbridled happiness (or the absence of any unpleasantness) is part of the package of losing oneself in heaven then I would propose that LIH has been a successful in mimicking it – at least for few hours in the cold dreary weather.
    Thank you very much for this fantastic prose. (Bangladesh & UK; I hope the latter still counts as part of Europe!)

  • I got Lost in this review. Beautifully composed review intertwined with Rousseau. Been digging into some Bianchi’s lately and would be thrilled to get the rest of the line.
    From USA.

  • The John Lennon quote sets the tone for this scent’s description. With so much negativity in this world we can all use a perfume that project happiness. I have read much about Francesca Bianchi’s perfumes here and yet have never gotten around to sample this line. Thanks for the draw. Regards from Boston USA.

  • wallygator88 says:

    A beautiful review tying together one of modern music’s most iconic characters with a path breaking philosopher of years past and a wonderfully thoughtful modern day perfumer.
    Location – WI USA
    Regards

  • Lost in Heaven just may become my comfort scent. The notes sound wonderful and the story behind it is comforting in itself. Yes, love and forgive. Thanks for the opportunity to try the sample set. USA

  • Lost in Heaven sounds like a lush, comforting scent. Mimosa and Iris butter are two favorite notes and the entire composition seems well balanced. Innocence lost is an interesting concept. I think we would all like to get back to a gentler, simpler time. I’ve never tried any Francesca Bianchi perfume before. I’m in the US

  • The officially published text by the brand describes Lost in Heaven as “a fragile, sensual, emotional scent that represents the dichotomy of the longing for a place of uncontaminated innocence and the inevitable and controversial burden of life.“ What a lovely description!

    I’ve always found Rousseau’s philosophy that men (mankind) are inherently good to be suspect.

    I think we’re inherently selfish creatures but that society/community is what has enabled us to develop the arts and higher mental faculties and advancements; the very nature of raising young that will not be physically and mentally mature until 16-20 years in necessitates a pack mentality in which we are capable of selflessness and acts of kindness in service of others with the idea that overall it serves us as well. So it’s advanced us, but of course modern society is burdensome in its own ways and particularly in its complications.

    What a joy it would be to try a scent inspired by such complex and conflicting thoughts! Thank you for this lovely review.

    In Canada.

  • I really loved the pieces of art selected for this review. The paintings and also the song Imagine. It truly sounds wonderful. Also it sounds as if it tells a story of innocence, temptation, as well as sin throughout the evolution of the perfume. I’ve been a bit timid about animalics however it seems they r done more subtly and balanced with the florals in this composition and I’d love to try it. I havent tried anything from Francesca Bianchi yet but have read about a number of her perfumes here. I live in the U.S. Thank you for the generous draw.

  • Rousseau’s philosophy lives through the ages and is still relevant today.
    I imagine Lost in Heaven as a phantom, transporting you to a Magian world where Wood Nymphs and faeries hide behind any tree in a deep, dark forest and where you may come upon Rousseau as he sits quietly on a stone.
    Would love to win!

    SK, Canada

  • Love to sniff them all, and this descripion sounds so yummy, just like the ambrosia above mentioned. Ana, Romania

  • Hey! I was in the neighborhood and came across the description “powdery mimosas puffs”. I’m curious and now I’m entering the draw (please?). Sunrise, FL

  • This sounds so thick and deep, and the flowers and cumin make it sound so sexy. I can imagine the iris would round it all out. Overall it sounds really intriguing. I would love to try this and the others! I am in Portland, Oregon.

  • Ow I love the depth of FB scents and of this review. It gives you knowledge and emotions. I’ve tested some of the FB pefumes so far and thinking about getting a bottle of Lost in Heaven or some other…the sample set would help me with this task so much!

    Lina, EU, Lithuania

  • This contrast between innocence and guilt must be fascinating in fragrance, too. I don’t know all Francesca Bianchi’s creations, but I would be delighted to test them. I live in Romania, EU.

  • I live in the States, Southern California more specifically, and I think for those of us here, ideas about corruption and the corrosive effects of our civilization are forefront on all our minds at the moment. I have a young child and the pain my country inflicts on other children keeps me up at night reading fragrance reviews trying to soothe myself back to sleep. Still no final results for the Iowa Caucus…who knows what the future holds? I wonder who dear Rousseau’s favorite candidate would be? But thankfully there’s art to keep us going. This sounds like a particularly accomplished work of art. And I gravitate toward that philosophy, as an anchor in a dizzyingly complex world, that you can be gentle to yourself, forgive and love yourself, and then radiate that love outward toward others and make this world a nicer place. And, with the assistance of the scrumptious notes described from Lost in Heaven, make it smell a little lovelier as well.

  • Beautiful review !!!!!, I do not know this house but I know that everyone recognizes that they are perfumes with a great personality. In LOST IN HEAVEN there is the meeting of floral notes (mimosa, ylang ylang) and sweet (honey, musk), with the most daring and animalic ones (patchouli, civet and cumin). This union of innocent notes and sensual notes in the end seems to be winning.
    Linda – UE

  • I’ve heard so much about Francesca Bianchi perfumes but haven’t got the chance to try them out. Thank you for a detained review and especially on the Rousseau philosophy behind it.
    Thanks for the draw. I live in EU.

  • “As simple as these words and piano melody may seem, this is a complex song. The vision behind it historically runs much deeper, just as the vision behind the perfume Lost in Heaven does, although it presents itself as a seemingly simple happiness & well being providing fragrance that makes you want to hug the whole world. That part is true but there’s more to it, much more…”

    Reading this is making me wonder – is it really more to it [everything] or is it just what they tell us to see.
    Concepts seem to be everything, teaching us – or at least pointing the direction where we have to look – meanings that sometimes aren’t remotely there.
    After all, a fragrance it is what it is – a fragrance.
    And I would be curious to experience it without reading all these beautiful and poetical reviews 🙂
    Living in Europe.

  • BostonScentGuy says:

    I thought the connection to Rousseau was very interesting–the aesthetic sensibility of the perfume combined with the ideas about the tenuous nature of freedom. I also loved the description of the “ambrosial” start to the scent, and the animalic heft beneath it. Thanks so much for this generous draw! I’m in the US.

  • The parallel between Lennon, Rousseau and Lost in Heaven is so detailed, that I got swept away in a certain meditation! What a profound piece of writing – fabulous job you did here, Elena! And of course, it picked again my interest in Francesca’s work, because I haven’t tested anything from her creations since the first three releases.
    I can add some cinematic parallels, because I always associated this kind of purity in the relationships with children and movies like Wonder and Coco come to my mind. They treat the idea of Heaven on Earth in a way, how to push the Good forward, in ourselves and in others.
    I live in Bulgaria. Thank you for the opportunity!

  • I enjoyed the philosophical implications in this review and how this fragrance tried to capture a life philosophy / belief / attitude or whatever we wanna call it, into a scent, with its perfection and imperfections. I am from the EU and would love to try all the samples. Thanks.

  • Jane Elisabeth says:

    I am looking forward to experiencing “an illusion of divine perfection”. It sounds amazing like its name. Interesting to learn more about Rousseau. I have Under My Skin and would love to try more of Bianchi’s work. I live in the Netherlands.

  • bigscoundrel says:

    Thank you for enlightening me about the the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. So apt for this day. People are good by nature, but society and civilization have taken a wrong turn in many ways. I have been very interested in Francesca Bianchi’s perfumes for a while and Lost in Heaven maintains my interest at a high level. I hope I win. New Jersey, USA.

  • This definitely comes across with an amazing back story. I loved the history along with the poetic descriptions. Thank you for a fabulous review and a generous draw. I’m in the USA

  • Really nice article, Lost in Heaven sounds pretty good. I’ve heard a lot of fantastic things about Francesca Bianchi house and her fragrances but i’ve never tried anything from her. Maybe this is the perfect chance , so thanks a lot for the opportunity, i am in the EU.

  • I would love to get my nose on these samples and I enjoyed the mention of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this review.
    Regards from EU

  • alexandraioana says:

    I have never tried any of Francesca Bianchi’s fragrances, but for sure Elena’s review has made me very curious about Lost in Heaven. The duality that Elena describes, that transcends our human nature itself, and how this is translated in the fragrance’s notes is very intriguing for me. Thank you for this review. I live in Romania (EU).

  • BlackWolf6420 says:

    I see Ambergris, Iris butter and Animalic present and you have me on board! Would love to smell that on me!

    I am from London, UK

  • Shamrock1313 says:

    Wow – so many notes involved – nothing beats a complex, ever changing fragrance – putting one’s nose to the test is the best part of being a frag head.
    Pennsylvania USA

  • Elizabeth T. says:

    Elena’s reviews always speak to me, and this one was no exception. I love her perspective and clarity of thought about perfumes and their themes and of life. Thank you for this beautiful review!! I’d love to try Lost in Heaven, as well as all the others. I’m in the USA.

  • I enjoyed the idea of creativity without boundaries, which describes Francesca’s style well. I live in the USA.

  • “She also inserts elements and shadows of Original sin transferring itself in temptations that all the mankind faces, by adding some indolic dirtiness in florals and lighter than ever animalic notes to all those ambrosial-nectary notes – to show that we are simply not perfect beings.” That is enough all I needed to read to decide I want to try this one out. I live in TN USA.

  • I’ve been wanting to try Francesca Bianchi’s fragramces. They sound great. Hope to get a chance to try them all. Thanks, Ca

  • I loved that closing. We should indeed forgive ourselves because if we can’t live with ourselves how can we live with others? Truly poetic. I’d love to sample this line, it sounds so intriguing!
    I live in NYC

  • I live in TX, USA. Very nice review. I love the Lennon quotation at the beginning and the name ‘Lost in Heaven’, for it is intriguing. Referencing ‘Imagine’ gives it that mysterious touch and the notes sound really wonderful. Would love to try this. Thanks

  • Bryant Worley says:

    I enjoyed the mention of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this review – his outlook on life was interesting. I live in Waldorf, MD, USA. I look forward to finally trying something from Bianchi, as I have not yet done so.

  • I did not have the chance to test any of this house’s offerings, but Lost in Heaven sounds to me, after seeing that it has so many notes, like an old-school perfume that I am sure I will love.
    I am in EU. Thank you!

  • The Plum Girl says:

    Thank you for reading and commenting! Should you win, let us know your thoughts and feelings: I’m certain that once you get the sample set of Bianchi perfumes you just might get – Lost in Heaven!

  • Elena has this way with words that bring a smile every time I read her reviews – like describing lost in heaven as feeling like sipping ambrosial nectar in paradise 🙂 This fragrance sound beautiful. Thank you Francesca Bianchi for the opportunity to sample your creations. I’m in USA

  • What a beautiful review!! I enjoyed it. Thanks!!!
    I am intrigued by this beautiful part: “feels like you have just consumed delicious, ambrosial and divine nectar straight from Paradise…”
    Unfortunately, I’ve never tested any Francesca Bianchi perfumes.
    US

  • My goodness, what a deep inspiration for a fragrance! It sounds like a fragrance that uplifts, inspires, yet humbles and grounds us. Commenting from IL, USA

  • Francesca Bianchi is a very nice person, and she makes a very good job with her perfume creations. However I only tried Under My Skin. I would very like to try the other ones also. Thank you for the chance. I live in Europe.

  • I like how Elena relates this fragrance to basic ideas in philosophy and rhetoric, that is, the idea of an idealized perfect past that comes into conflict with a difficult, compromised present. Her associating the former with floral notes and the latter with others has a satisfying coherence. I am in the US, in North Carolina.

  • A borderline gourmand perfume with animalic elements sounds very interesting. I didn’t have the chance to test anything from this house, so the sample set would make me happy. From the EU.

  • The most interesting part of this review, for me, was following the fragrance story! I often have difficulty distinguishing notes or scent development but I can smell all the way along with fragrance stories!

    I have tried a few of her perfumes and loved them- I would love to wear Lost in Heaven while re-reading this review.

    Writing from Canada 🙂

  • Margarita K says:

    I have never tried Francesca Bianchi’s creations but I’d love to – she seems to be a perfumer with a signature style and authenticity, something rare in the wider perfume industry today that seems to drown in the repeating and sameness. Wonderfull and thoughtful description by Elena: “ambrosial and divine nectar straight from Paradise, and its effect spreads throughout your body and mind.”
    Exploring the “dichotomy of the longing for a place of uncontaminated innocence and the inevitable and controversial burden of life” is not an easy artistic concept. This proves Ms. Bianchi to be a fearless artist. I live in US.

  • The way that this review described the fragrance is magical. I need to smell it now, one way or another. Gorgeously written, makes the perfume sound like painted masterpiece. Washington State, USA

  • Every time a sample or a pack of Francesca’s wonders pop up in here, my heart skips a beat or two! Apart from the wonderfully written review and references, I thank Elena for the life coaching message that we should not forget to tell ourselves every day. Lotta love, from Romania.

  • I loved the comparison of innocence and sensuality in the description of Lost in Heaven. I have seen so many positive reviews of Francesca Bianchi Perfumes but have yet to sample. I would be thrilled to win the sample set of all her fragrances. As always, thank you for the giveaway opportunity

  • The photo of John Lennon made my heart stop. Oh, how I miss him!
    Lost in Heaven sounds glorious. All of those florals mixed with spices and earthy notes. I really enjoyed the visual you provided in this review.
    I live in the US.

  • I’m in USA. Oh, those notes and that color. Please lead me to sin! Lost in Heaven sounds like heaven. It reminds me of William Blake’s art and poetry. Or, Milton’s Paradise Lost.

  • Nectar, that’s the word that caught my eye. I adore fragrances that smell delicious, scents that walk up to the edge of edible but then take a few steps back. I want to smell like heaven, but I don’t want to smell like food! 😀 The art and music featured in this thoughtful review lifted my spirits today. Thank you for the generous draw. I am in the US.

  • Michael Prince says:

    Great review of Francesca Bianchi Perfumes Lost in Heaven. I enjoyed learning about the vision of Lost in Heaven and the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I also enjoyed the John Lennon reference. I have heard good things about Francesca Bianchi fragrances especially Lost in Heaven. I am from the USA.

  • I have been wanting to try one of Francesca Bianchi’s creations for a while – lots of her scents are on my test list. The notes list for this one looks amazing, a “nectar straight from paradise”. I also enjoyed getting to hear some of the philosophical musings behind the scent! I’m in the US, thanks for the giveaway 🙂

  • The progression here sounds fascinating, from gourmand to subtly animalic. This review is beautifully written, but this sounds like something that needs to be experienced. I’d love to try it. I’m in the US.

  • The idea of Rousseau’s philosophy linked to this perfume is interesting. Thank you Elena for the review and Francesca Bianchi for the opportunity.
    Kind regards from The Netherlands.

    Diana

  • Lysenko Yana says:

    I tried a few of FB perfumes and they all are potent, intense and a bit vintage to me with unique characters but done in the similar style. This new one is gonna be another hit, I am sure. So I’d love to win to sample the whole range once again and pick some to purchase
    Thanks I am in Germany

  • Fragrant Vagrant says:

    The idea of the two concepts ‘Original Sin’ and ‘Original Innocence being bound together in the same fragrance is interesting. I would love to experience the execution of that idea.
    – NJ, USA

  • Abdul Latif Banire says:

    Notes are just WOW. Sweet, animalic, floral, and woody. I hope I win this. I’m getting a sample either ways..
    Latif. USA

  • New to the fragrance community I’m always willing to explore new fragrance and living in Orlando makes it difficult to find fragrance boutiques. I’ve seen several reviews of Francesca Bianchi’s offerings, and I think they have something for everyone.

  • Notes: Grapefruit, Green Tangerine, Orange Flower Absolute, Jasmin, Ylang Extra, Mimosa, Magnolia, Cumin, Cinnamon, Coriander, Ambergris, Musk, Castoreum, Beeswax, Iris Butter, Ciste Absolute, Opoponax, Heliotrope, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Tonka Bean all the notes sound beautiful. From UK

  • Particularly intrigued by Musk, Ambergris, Sandalwood, Patchouli and Castoreum. My favourite is probably Dark side. Thanks from UK

  • Elena’s review captures the creative spirit, philosophy and motivation behind Francesca Bianchi’s artistic composition, which has lots of notes I absolutely love—mimosa, grapefruit, heliotrope, tonka bean— and sounds like a magical creation I would be thrilled to have. Kay from Florida

  • Have many people within the fragrance community talking this house , the fragrance that seems the most appealing is Black Knight and Lost in Heaven . Live in North Carolina USA.

  • Elena,

    What a phenomenal review! I know that every perfumers fragrances are expressions of themselves, they carry heart and soul in them. I say, and have said since first sniff of her work, Francesca’s embodies a very special sensuality. It’s hard to describe, but it’s there, an extra little bit that makes her work that much more special.

    Thank you to Francesca for the generosity of the giveaway. I am actually working through her sample set at the moment, so I shan’t enter the draw.

    Tony from Metro Boston

  • MissJanners says:

    Very interesting that philosophy inspired the fragrance. As with all of the brand’s scents, this sounds very original and I would very much like to try it.
    I’m in Canada.

  • I have never had the privilege of trying any of Francesca Bianchis’ fragrances, but this article has me thoroughly intrigued. My favorite part was the interwoven way the perfume was described so beautifully between dreams, history, story telling and song all the while getting a clear picture of the fragrance itself. The notes sound absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for another beautiful review!
    Janell from Graham, Washington USA

  • VA, USA
    If Lost in Heaven can deliver that “feeling of primal and overwhelming inner happiness” for all who experience it, and not only for Elena, then Francesca has created something really special. I’ve never tried a Francesca Bianchi creation so this sample set would be a great place to start.

  • Svetlana Strokolis says:

    Dreaming to try all of her creations. So far just have Etruscan water , can’t stop sniffing and thinking about great summer vacation and the yacht.