Once Upon a Time by Francesca Bianchi bottle
Francesca Bianchi

Once Upon a Time

3.9/5 · 73 votes Unisex 2025
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Fragrance notes

Notes
Confetti (Sugared Almonds)

Character

Longevity3.5/5
Sillage2.9/5
Day47
Night80
Winter100
Fall97
Spring43
Summer7
Our take

Once Upon a Time suits someone who wants a sweet scent that still feels grounded and a little wild. It carries confetti, cotton candy, and vanilla alongside castoreum, patchouli, musk, and pink pepper, with mandarin orange, bergamot, cedar, and Iso E Super rounding out the mix. The result is powdery, woody, musky, leathery, smoky, animalic, and citrusy all at once. The sugar is present and obvious, but the heavier notes give it weight so it does not float away. It stays close to the body rather than announcing itself across a space, which makes it easy to wear in places where loud fragrance would feel out of place. It remains present for a good while after application, so one careful application is enough to carry it through an evening.

This is a fragrance for cool air and dim lighting, for walking outside when the temperature has dropped and the street is quiet. It fits a night out as easily as a slow evening at home with the windows closed. The person who enjoys it likes sweetness but wants it paired with something rough and earthy. If you usually reach for clean citrus or light florals, this will feel too dense and too animalic for your taste. It is for the wearer who is happy with a scent that feels both sugary and untamed at the same time.

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