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Bellodgia(1927)

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Brand

Caron

Perfumer

Ernest Daltroff

Launched

1927

Family

Floral

Created by Ernest Daltroff for Caron, Bellodgia opens on bergamot and clove, moves through an overdosed carnation heart alongside rose, jasmine, and ylang-ylang, and closes on sandalwood, vanilla, and musk. Named for Bellagio, the town on Italy's Lake Como, it evokes the romantic, garden-lined elegance of the Italian lakes rather than any literal ingredient sourced there. Its carnation-clove pairing, reinforcing the flower's naturally spicy character, makes it one of the most celebrated carnation-forward compositions in perfumery history, frequently cited as the definitive reference for the note. Bellodgia remains one of Caron's most enduring creations, still regularly discussed by perfumers as a benchmark for how to build a full, complex fragrance around a single dominant spice-adjacent floral.

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