Guess Amore Portofino

Guess Amore Portofino, released by Guess in 2024, is a citrus-and-wood fragrance named after the Ligurian harbour town. Everyone who describes it calls it citrus, most add woody, and a minority mention musk, freshness and floral.

The opening is a full Italian citrus: lemon, mandarin and blood orange, bright and juicy with a slightly bitter peel edge. A salt note adds a sea-air sharpness that fits the coastal theme. Cypress gives a resinous, dry green wood that smells of hot hillsides, and geranium adds a faintly rosy, herbal touch in the middle. The base keeps it dry rather than sweet: vetiver brings a grassy, rooty woodiness, patchouli a little earth, and a terracotta note suggests warm clay and stone, with musk softening the finish.

It is worn by anyone. This is a warm-weather, daytime fragrance, suited to holidays and casual summer wear, and to a person who wants a citrus scent that settles into a dry, mineral wood rather than fading away.

Guess Amore Portofino — unisex fragrance by Guess (released 2024). Notes: Blood Orange, Citruses, Cypress, Geranium, Italian Cypress, Italian Lemon, Italian Mandarin, Lemon, Mandarin Orange, Musk, Patchouli, Salt, Terracotta, Vetiver. — Parfica open fragrance database