Bell’Antonio (Beautiful Antonio) is part of the Teatro Olfattivo Di Parma Collection devoted to the theater in Parma (Teatro di Regio di Parma) which launched in 2008. The fragrance is devoted to Hilde Soliani’s father and was inspired by her love of drinking coffee and smoking after the theater. There are few notes more appealing and downright sexy than tobacco and coffee. Mix them together and you are guaranteed a gloriously attractive perfume. Imagine the young Marcello Mastroianni enveloped in a light cloud of pipe smoke, sipping on a double espresso. In fact, imagine the most attractive man you can think of, and that would be Bell'Antonio. A warm, husky aroma of tobacco leads the scent from start to finish, with the dark roasted coffee note providing an additional depth and character. Stunning, charismatic, more than a little dangerous and unexpectedly cozy and cuddly. Absolutely addictive and, despite the traditional masculinity of the notes, entirely wearable and no less beautiful on a woman! Bell'Antonio is an exotic, smoky blend of dark roasted coffee and tobacco. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
HILDE SOLIANI BELL'ANTONIO REVIEWS
Fragrantica: "Pour yourself a cup of Death Wish coffee (that’s an actual brand) and pull up a chair in your favorite cigar humidor. Great stuff."
Fragrantica: "Enjoyable tobacco and coffee for those with an acquired taste. Definitely not for everyone. Starts off very clary sage and clove heavy, then slowly transitions to dry pipe tobacco, mixed with coffee grounds. In the base, tonka and vetiver show up to soften up the rough edges. Eventually, it becomes a bit soapy like a bar of tobacco scented soap. I like it a lot. It reminds me of Tobak by Maya Njie, but that one has an odd odor that I find really unpleasant."
Fragrantica: "I’ve owned Bell'Antonio (with a backup bottle) for about 10 years. Bought it because tobacco scents are always on my radar. Just sprayed once this season and I was reminded about this great fragrance. Tobacco is forefront on me from opening to drydown. Very linear. It's a dusty, mildly sweet, cigarette tobacco that performs for over 24 hours on my skin (only 4 light sprays). I don't get any coffee. And like I mentioned, the tobacco on me stays the same all the way till the end. It's not your TFTV or Herod type of scent. It's a different vibe that deserves sampling if you're into tobacco."
