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Francesca Bianchi Once Upon a Time
Francesca Bianchi

Once Upon a Time

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Rose
Jasmine
White Floral
Aromatic
Extrait · unisex

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
30%
Fresh
90%
Floral
100%
Rose
90%
Jasmine
50%
White Floral
50%
Aromatic
30%
Woody
84%
Oud
80%
Musky
42%
Amber
70%
Warm Spicy
60%
Spicy
60%
Vanilla
42%
Sweet
42%
Gourmand
42%
Smoky
42%
Creamy
50%
Fragrance Notesai estimated
Top · 0–30 min
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Pink Pepper
Pink Pepper
Fruity, slightly rosy, and gently spiced, pink pepper is softer and more aromatic than black pepper. It occupies a unique space between citrus, floral, and spice families, which makes it exceptionally versatile. You'll find it in contemporary fresh fragrances where it adds lift and personality without aggression.
Ginger
Ginger
Warm, zesty, and slightly medicinal with a bite that sits between spice and citrus. Ginger root adds a lively, invigorating quality to fragrances, it energises rather than soothes. Depending on how it's used, it can read as fresh and zingy or warm and earthy, making it unusually versatile across fragrance families.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Rose
Rose
The queen of floral notes and the most-used ingredient in fine perfumery. Real rose is simultaneously velvety, honeyed, and slightly spicy, nothing like the synthetic candy version. Depending on the variety used, it can anchor a composition or drift through it like a ghost, adding warmth without dominating.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Osmanthus
Osmanthus
Apricot-like, leathery, and floral all at once, osmanthus is one of the most beloved flowers in Chinese culture and one of the most interesting in Western perfumery. Its dried-fruit, suede-like quality makes it feel simultaneously sweet and sophisticated. A note that elevates almost everything it touches.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Oud
Oud
The most prized and expensive raw material in perfumery, a resinous wood produced by agarwood trees infected with a specific mold. Real oud is animalic, smoky, leathery, and sometimes medicinal, with enormous lasting power. It anchors the great Middle Eastern fragrances and has become the defining luxury note of contemporary perfumery.
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Musk
Musk
The base layer of almost every modern fragrance, a soft, warm, skin-like scent that extends longevity and bridges other notes together. Natural musk was once derived from deer (now banned); today's musks are synthetic and range from clean and soapy to dark and animalic. The right musk makes a fragrance smell like 'you.'
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The MysticBest match86% match
You wear what others can't place — and that's exactly the point.

Warm incense, dry resins, airy woods, smoke with softness. Never obvious.

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The Reverie86% match
You live slightly outside the present — and your scent proves it.

Warm, experimental sweetness. Caramelized woods, unusual ambers, avant-garde gourmand.

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The Homesteader81% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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Scent Profile
Citrus30%
Fresh90%
Floral100%
Rose90%
Jasmine50%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
Extrait
Decants Available
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Francesca Bianchi Once Upon a Time— Prices, Coupons & Buying Guide

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Frequently asked questions

Cheapest price for Francesca Bianchi Once Upon a Time? +
$293.82 at Francesca Bianchi. Gush compares 47+ retailers updated every 2 hours.
What are the notes in Francesca Bianchi Once Upon a Time? +
Top: Bergamot, Pink Pepper, Ginger. Heart: Rose, Jasmine, Osmanthus. Base: Oud, Amber, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Musk.
What fragrance family is Once Upon a Time? +
Francesca Bianchi Once Upon a Time belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an Extrait.
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