THESCENTOLOGY

An evocative perfume based around the incense and amber The master perfumer Luca Maffei creator of some perfumes that I love such as L'attesa by Masque Milano, Oud Imperial and Rose de Taif by Perris Montecarlo, has created this complex and rich scent. Imagine the sensation of entering a forest full of intoxicating labdanum with a humid/moist soil where there's a church in which incense is burning and a cedarwood campfire is also burning at the entrance. A warm and dark incense opening mixed with a leathery and smokey labdanum meets a spicy and resinous heart with a dark and burned sensation provided by the mix of resins especially elemi, labdanum and most important nagarmotha that adds a dark and mysterious sensation. Sacreste is a fragrance with a very deep and marked character. Fantastic longevity and moderate sillage. Notes: Labdanum, Elemi, Cardamom, Saffron, Incense, Fumencens, Hydrocarbon, Resin, Cypriol, Black Pepper, Virginia Cedarwood, Guaiac Wood, Cashmeran, Ambe...

“Mixing instant fear and convulsive pleasure, between salt revulsion and pleasure” It opens with a huge load of salty sea air. It's fresh and it's bracing, almost cold. Blue water, grey sky and seaweed is what it evokes. It's bright and invigorating but has some darkness in it and a kinda melancholic side to it as the rest of Filippo Sorcinelli creations. It has that one of a kind and different vibe that makes this house so unique. I barely find many differences from the begining to the drydown and the base. It becomes salty yet very ozonic even cold and damp. There's a metallic vibe in it that you'll either love it or hate it and it seems that it's exactly the effect that Sorcinelli was going for with this fragrance; “mixing instant fear and convulsive pleasure, between salt revulsion and pleasure”. With above said, consider this scent to be classified on the "challenging" side of things. The bottle presentation is beautiful and super original. Be...