Neroli Portofino is the unisex eau de parfum Rodrigo Flores-Roux composed in 2007 for Tom Ford’s Private Blend collection. The house sees it as a new reading of the Italian eau de cologne: bergamot, mandarin and lemon, Tunisian neroli, orange blossom and lavender, amber and rosemary. Dressed in turquoise since 2011, it has given its name to an entire collection.
Victoria Frolova (Bois de Jasmin) sees a very good cologne, impeccable but overpriced; Thomas Dunckley (The Candy Perfume Boy), a vibrant, clean cologne, resolutely modern.
Olfastory’s review
Bois de Jasmin: a very good cologne, overpriced
Victoria Frolova, on April 5, 2011, gives it three stars out of five: a very good cologne, but overpriced. She calls it impeccably crafted, yet offering nothing that cannot be found elsewhere; Chanel’s Eau de Cologne, Acqua di Parma’s Colonia and Mugler’s Cologne strike her as richer.
The Candy Perfume Boy: a resolutely modern cologne
Thomas Dunckley, on August 1, 2014, sees in Neroli Portofino a vibrant, clean neroli cologne, whose phenomenal success gave birth to the collection that bears its name. Tom Ford’s colognes tip their cap to history, he writes, but remain resolutely modern.