Goldea Bvlgari perfume – a fragrance for women 2015

Ok, I just got this one and I feel like I’m going insane – this smells soo similar to Tom Ford Black Orchid to me! I blind bought this one after doing research and I thought I had a good idea of what to expect, but damn, I was thrown all the way off when I sniffed this and immediately thought of Black Orchid.

Goldea feels like it has the same DNA as TF BO, but it’s more light and bright, has less spice, and is overall more friendly and wearable. Once Goldea starts drying down, the musk comes forward and becomes way more pronounced, and the depth starts disappearing a little. It starts to move away from the TF BO scent more and more in the drydown. And this just goes to highlight the difference is sillage and longevity. TF BO projects very well and has a very bold sillage on me, and its’ longevity is incredible. It stays on me even when I don’t want it to. Goldea has very moderate sillage and longevity, which is very common and similar to other perfumes in this price point.

It feels crazy to me that I’m comparing this to TF BO, but it really does smell similar to me. It seems that quite a few ppl have said that this smells like something else to them too (a bunch of different things, all widely ranging). I wonder if this has to do with common factors, such as reformulation and batch differences, or if it’s just something that smells THAT different on one person to the next? Whatever it is, this little chameleon is a gem and I love it.

Edit:
I checked the notes and there are some overlaps:
Top notes both have Bergamot;
Middle notes both have Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine and Musk;
Base notes both have Amber, Patchouli, and Musk. They also both have some fruity notes too (Goldea has raspberry, TF has orange, lemon, and fruit notes).
Maybe this is the skeletal structure of TF BO without the added spice.