Acqua di Parma - Peonia Nobile Peonia Nobile (“Peonia”) is characterized as a floral. Right off the bat, I want to say that to my nose this fragrance wears more as a fruity floral on my skin. That said, Peonia opens with a fresh, tart, rose-tinged peony dipped in a succulent sweet raspberry. Acqua di Parma characterizes the opening as one with a vibrant black pepper accent with soft raspberry; on me it’s quite the opposite. The initial few hours of wear feel decidedly “pink” and luminous. There is an authenticity to the raspberry note; there are no artificial leanings at all. While certainly I get nuances of black pepper, the opening is all about the decadently rich fruity floral. This juice wears as the same fruity floral for roughly 3 hours when I begin to get a boost of brightness from the geranium. The geranium, and in fact the heart of this juice, seems quite short-lived as by the 4 hour mark, the moodier base notes seem to ris...