Portinari O Boticário for men

Portinari
oBoticário Portinari 1998, inspired by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari 🎨🇧🇷🇵🇹
I am so lucky to have this EDT as I did not pick it up on holiday where I should have lol 🥹

This opens up bright with a nice fresh punch of tangerine, bergamot and a green/dry touch of cypress. The mid is a beautiful clean smooth blend of green notes, spices and woods. The base contains a lovely vanilla and light musk, also containing a warm amber and a grassy tonka bean this fragrance is very light and sits close to the skin but reminds me of being in Madeira, this fragrance is still very professional artistic and beautiful today a true unique fragrance to own

Longevity 3-4hours until skin scent
Spring/autumn fragrance

Update: I sprayed this the other day and I got about 7 hours 💪😁

For those who look for a usefull review between the medley created here: It's a very well blended, inoffensive, easy to wear fragrance. The newer formulation (new bottle different from the picture) has a performance close to average, 7 hours longevity on body, more than 8 hours on clothes, kinda 2 hours of average projection close to the body on me. The blend vanilla/cloves/lavender is very well balanced here It smells surprisingly smoothy non synthetic and brings me a cozy feeling and use to be pleasant for people around. It is NOT a fresh fragrance as it drives to a soft woody oriental spice that has a tendency to the seductive warmth side and can be better between 18-29 degrees Celsius. It's also a very distinct fragrance, don't be confused by the mix of comments below. Someone said it is givenchi pi copy what has not even any resemblance (yes I have both of them) the only shared accord is the vanilla what does not make them close scents as Pi goes to a totally lactonic side but Portinari does not. Other comment says Xeryus Rouge and another says Versace Blue Jeans but there is nothing so accurate here. For me the closest fragrance to compare would be Kenzo Jungle Homme, but I'm talking about slightly resemblance only nothing too close. Women would be able to wear Portinari as well due to its soften, don't take me wrong it is on the male side of the force but could suit well for those girls who like this kind of fragrance.

I've recently become interested in Brazilian fragrances. I blind-bought this one. I like it.

Portinari reminds me a bit of JPG Le Male. In fact, it shares a lot of the same elements: bergamot, caraway, lavender, tanka bean, vanilla, amber, sandalwood. Le Male, however, is a much heavier fragrance and of course has elements not in Portinari. Portinari, with the vanilla and wood, also reminds me a bit of YSL Opium Pour Homme--but beyond that they are very different.

I'm not a big fan of vanilla/wood in fragrances. I think the combination has been overused. But, fortunately, lavender saves the day here. It is not overpowering--and in fact I wish it were stronger--but it does linger for some time as a heart note and I like that. But overall, the final dry-down, once all the other notes disappear, is a little underwhelming.

Sillage and projection are fairly weak. But to me that is okay with this one because it's not easy to over spray. There is a lightness to it. A refined sense.

RATINGS:
Art/Design 7/10
Cost/Quality 8/10
Sillage 2/10
Odor Life 6/10
Buy again? 8/10
Recommend: 8//10
Overall Love/Like/Dislike?: 8.5/10*

FINAL SCORE: 6.78 = B- = Superior

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Rating Scale:
A = High Distinction! = 9.5-10
A- = Distinct! = 9-9.4
B+ = Very Superior = 8-8.9
B = Moderately Superior = 7-7.9
B- = Superior = 6-6.9
C+ = High Average = 5-5.9
C = Average = 4-4.9
C- = Low Average = 3-3.9
D+ = Poor = 2-2.9
D = Very Poor = 1-1.9
F = Fail! = 0-1.9

* Love = 10 <--> Dislike = 0

During a trip in South America I visited an outlet of O Boticário. I was reeled in by Portinari's display because of its colourful and attractive packaging. I sampled the fragrance there and then and was impressed so I made a swift purchase. I was delighted with Portinari's light and crisp scent; to my nose it's like a fresh citrus and tangerine blend with a musky base. Definitely a fragrance for the spring and summertime. What I also found interesting about this fragrance is it was named after the famous Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari and the packaging depicts one of his colourful paintings.

@jhony don't be a monrone

12 years ago before reformulation it used to smell like Blue Jeans by versace.

For me, it is a try to copy Givenchy Pi. Nothing more...

All-around fragrance. Suits young and old people, warm and cold days.

In my opinion this scent (with the vast majority of Boticario) is a copy of Xeryus Rouge, but does not have the same projection and the same fixation of Xeryus, but is very well done.

I believe this to be the best offering from O Boticário. The most elegant and well-balanced. It merges the Brazilian tradition of fresh/green woody fragrances with some heavier, sweeter accents, to an extent that I don't find Portinari to be a good day scent (works better at night).

The notes piramid shown here is accurate. First citrus, then the wood/geranium combo, trademark of the classic scents from this house. Here, it's always tending to the sweet side: amber and vanilla. Amber here is subtle, as it should be. Not a strong punch like in O Boticário's Coffee Man or Zara's Ambar.

For situational purposes, Portinari reminds me of Lancôme Miracle Homme and Givenchy pour Homme.

Pra mim essa colônia é mais puzada pra oriental fresca, ele é muito bom apesar de não fixar bem em minha pele e tem um cheirinho q lembra cravo e lavanda.