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Young Hearts (Pure Essence) 2019

8.5 / 10 24 Ratings
A popular perfume by Acampora for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is green-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green
Spicy
Woody
Resinous
Floral

Fragrance Notes

BergamotBergamot Birch leafBirch leaf Fir balsamFir balsam JasmineJasmine PinePine GalbanumGalbanum AmberAmber MuskMusk OakmossOakmoss PatchouliPatchouli RoseRose SaffronSaffron

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.524 Ratings
Longevity
9.021 Ratings
Sillage
8.121 Ratings
Bottle
6.320 Ratings
Submitted by Maggy4u · last update on 11/05/2023.
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Interesting Facts
This perfume is one of the winners of the Art & Olfaction Award 2020 in the independent category.

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What the fragrance is similar to
Young Hearts (Eau de Parfum) by Acampora
Young Hearts Eau de Parfum
Young Hearts (Extrait de Parfum) by Acampora
Young Hearts Extrait de Parfum

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3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
JustusJones

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In the Enchanted Forest - or: Young Hearts Chase Adventures
First of all, welcome to my first review. And of course, I had to write it about not only my favorite fragrance but also the one with the most beautiful name: Young Hearts - what an image!

I have been involved with fragrance for three and a half years now, and I still find it difficult to pick out individual notes unless they jump out at me in the olfactory bulb. Moreover, I usually don’t think it’s necessary to be able to do that, after all, I am not a perfumer but someone who enjoys adventures in sprayable flacons.

The first time I encountered this fragrance was about a year and a half ago. Included in an order from my best friend was an inconspicuous little glass vial, which, as we sadly realized, was not even a quarter full. The viscosity of the concoction made us ponder, and when we finally dared to pull out the plastic stick, a cloud of fragrance exploded into the room, which we hadn’t anticipated and which could not be removed from the room for the rest of the day - and that was with just a few drops on my wrist.

Young Hearts smells as if you are walking through a dense mixed forest, where coniferous trees dominate, and discovering a dewy rose bush in a sun-drenched clearing. It is morning, and the night’s rain has washed the scents from woods, mosses, and grasses and launched them into the cool air. Young Hearts is a delightful stroll through a magical forest, into which one can completely immerse oneself, that swallows you up and from which you take a piece back out with you. The scent progression underscores this image excellently. It starts with a slightly zesty conifer scent and a bit of mossiness; after half an hour, the rose suddenly blooms, which for my nose does not want to leave for the entire duration of the fragrance. Fortunately, it remains juicy and never becomes sweet or soapy. In the background, woody and balsamic notes linger, giving the fragrance a wonderful depth without ever drifting into resinous or even smoky territory. The scent embodies a sense of departure - perhaps also due to its name; it has edges and corners and is anything but a casual character that just wants to please.

Young Hearts is an adventure, a journey in a flacon that brings a smile to my face every time I get to smell it. Thank you, Miguel Matos, for this fragrance, which I can only rate with a full 10 points, also for its longevity and sillage.

The only downside, in my opinion, is the flacon: Visually, it really makes an impression, the black coating and the green lettering look great, and the cork stopper has its charm, but it is not the sturdiest and wears down after some use. So, a bit of caution is required when handling it.
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Shaking

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The Stroke of Genius
As I already mentioned in my brief statement, Bruno Acampora has achieved a small stroke of genius with the hiring of enfant terrible Miguel Matos and the subsequent release of the perfume line "Acampora Fifty Four".

Whether and how these wild creations will positively impact the business of the traditional company, I cannot judge.
Nonetheless, I am immensely pleased that companies today still have the courage to take risks and not sink into total insignificance or pandering to the mass market sic!(yes "Wilgermain" especially you.... feel addressed! ; "Caron" and "Le Galion" should only be ashamed in specific instances and seek the "Stille Treppe")!

Apparently, the jurors of the Art&Olfaction Awards 2020 saw it this way too and awarded the perfume in the "Independent" category.

A side note: Although this award means nothing in my eyes, and especially my nose, when looking at the other winner "Nimbis" of the Art&Olfaction Award 2020 in the "Artisan" category.

What the jury was thinking is truly a mystery to me!

Here, the "courage" for something new is not rewarded, but simply the "courage" to be so different that it must be art.
I would call such a thing pretentious narrow-mindedness.

As a blueprint from Henkel, Bayer, and BASF for what is possible in the "chemical kitchen" today... OK (Orto Parisi don’t be upset, you will win again, I am sure... just submit "Fantomas") but to deliver something that is supposed to describe the "falling shooting stars" is quite questionable.

Art is, after all, art, and one should actually be happy that new things are appearing at all, but in this category, there were sooooo many strong scents represented that I honestly have to doubt my nose.

Well, never mind, enough of the digressions, back to the star of the show, "Young Hearts"!
Here, I must agree with the jury and join in the praise!

Miguel Matos' best scent to date, period!
Why?
Because he has succeeded in breathing new life into the often-dead Chypre (others have managed that before too), but he has made the Chypre interesting for a young generation again, without completely alienating the old lovers of this genre!
A balancing act that has succeeded without losing itself in insignificance.

For this, the scent is too bulky, has too many edges and corners... but on the other hand shows a hip "coolness" (which can even be taken literally), as a deep dark, ethereal, and cooling aura is created through galbanum, pine, saffron, fir balsam, and birch leaf!
Jasmine gives light floral sprinkles that loosen the scent up just enough so that not everything sinks into total darkness.

Next, the rose makes its appearance, knowing exactly where its place is and submissively yielding to the bitter green. It appears as dark red as I have rarely smelled and gives the scent even more depth, but also something vulnerable.

The patchouli, oakmoss, and musk trio gives lovers of classic Chypre scents what they crave and makes them purr with delight:
Animalic
Not unpleasant, not fecal, and not intrusive... just enough to enjoy and want to know where this rough scent comes from!

The base of patchouli, oakmoss, and musk lasts (a restrained rose can also be slightly perceived) almost 24 hours on the skin and makes one sniff again and again at the sprayed spot.
The scent has an excellent sillage and extreme longevity (and this is already with the "only" tested perfume concentration, the extrait version should be even richer).

For over 6 hours, a dark, green, bitter, floral forest scent accompanied me with pleasant coolness, only to slowly end in a very long Chypre base!

It must be clearly stated that even younger noses should take a sniff here, so as not to miss a wonderful scent that expands the fragrance horizon alongside the usual Parfums de Marly and the like!

The name "Young Hearts" was chosen for a reason.
For young and old, who have remained young at heart, a true celebration!

Addendum 23.12.2020:
In the meantime, I can also call the Extrait de Parfum my own.
Here, the longevity has been further enhanced, achieving a "depth" and "aura" that I have rarely experienced! The scent is the same, just the expression is more voluminous!
Maybe the scent will even reach half a point to a 10, I will continue testing :)

Addendum 26.02.2021:
After further testing, I have concluded that this scent is nothing less than a 10-point scent for me. It possesses all the qualities of a fragrance that I appreciate and love!
Long-lasting, very good sillage, timeless scent profile.
For me, already a modern classic!
Updated on 03/15/2021
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Anarlan

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Forest Disco
That the somewhat outdated Italian traditional company Bruno Acampora, founded in the mid-seventies, dares to launch a series of seven fragrances called "Acampora 54," which evokes the glamorous pre-AIDS disco era of the excessive and legendary New York nightclub "Studio54," is initially strange. Once you know that Bruno Acampora himself was a regular guest on the dance floor of Studio54 and somehow belonged to the sprawling circle of Andy Warhol, the connection becomes a bit more obvious. Accordingly, fragrance number one is named "Bruno" as a tribute to the founder.

In the visuals associated with the series (which includes what I find to be a rather lukewarm than hot video titled "Acampora 54" on YouTube), the disco inferno is celebrated in a quite orderly, tamed, and easily digestible manner with stylish images of pretty young people, including the inevitable disco ball.

Tasking a self-taught perfumer and Fragrantica reviewer like Miguel Matos, who has a penchant for experimentation (see his "Scents of Fail"), with the creation of the fragrances must have been the bolder step. This choice has proven to be possibly the right decision, especially after his "Young Hearts," part of the series, was crowned the winner in the Independent category of the annually awarded "Art and Olfaction Awards" in Los Angeles mid-month.

Young Hearts then.

The focal point of the fragrance consists of the resins and balsams of deep green boreal coniferous forests with their majestic aura and tranquility. This has nothing to do with excessive nightclubbing, but is at least as beautiful. The fragrance repeatedly returns to this strong, self-contained mood throughout its long-lasting scent journey. The concentration of fragrance materials in the extrait that I am testing is sheer madness. A few molecules dabbed on my arm with a plastic stick from the sample, and the scent is perceptible throughout the room. My family, contrary to their usual habits, loudly commented on all the fragrances (including "Robin" and "Relight my fire," a small note on that below), which is already unusual enough, as my fragrance preferences usually don't concern anyone at home, meaning: there are hardly any comments on fragrances. I must say that I use fragrances sparingly, as I find a second layer of scent around me rather unpleasant for outsiders. This time it was different; the place smelled like a Scandinavian witch forest. And to get straight to the point: Young Hearts was the clear favorite of all.

Young Hearts possesses a density, quality, and urgency of aromas that I have only previously experienced from Annette Neuffer and some perfumes by Francesca Bianchi. The beginning resembles a true green explosion of galbanum, bergamot, and coniferous forest aromas, with bergamot ensuring that the overall impression remains fresh without drifting into the oily-bitter realms typical of galbanum. The pronounced presence of galbanum, alongside oakmoss, which, together with the coniferous forest balsams, forms the backbone of the fragrance, creates affinities with galbanum-heavy chypres like Scherrer and Bandit, but appears significantly more modern compared to these old giants (which I like very much).

As the scent develops, further aspects clearly emerge: leathery-cool saffron, which provides a dusty-spicy grounding and darkening, and a deep dark red rose, over which further floral auroras dance. Dark patchouli (this time without chocolate/hippie or flower pot nuances) remains discreetly in the background until, after more than 6 hours in the scent progression, the oakmoss-heavy base presents distinctly animalistic but very attractive aspects through musk. Musk has a warm, sexy, somewhat dirty quality that suits the dry down very well.

The fragrance unites warm and cool aspects, boreal freshness that plays with intimacy and skin warmth, as if you were cuddling in a warm sleeping bag under the open starry sky somewhere in the forests of Scandinavia. And that is incredibly alluring, cozy, peaceful, and beautiful.

Meanwhile, the others can happily roam through the clubs.

PS: I have only tested three of the 54, and with "Relight my fire," my feet were already itching to dance. A retro floral aldehyde bomb, as if Grace Jones had just pulled up in a taxi.

Gimme, gimme, gimme!
Updated on 09/29/2020
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When
You look down from green clouds
Surrounded by galbanum winds
When
Spicy chypre earth stirs up
Then
Young hearts beat down below
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As we were intoxicated
In the forests
Camphor shone
Through pines and birches
Eyes glowed like bitter roots
Of moss and medicine
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Bitter dark forest green, glowing floral abundance, lots of resins and spices. Very compact and intense. Exciting chypre reinterpretation,
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A fragrant blend of Chypre-green, floral notes, and a positive hint of glue at the start. Uniquely awesome!
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Bitter, dark green, dense forest. Young hearts might turn into grumpy old philosophers. For serious fans. Perfect niche chypre.
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Chainsaw massacre. Thuja and juniper were brutally slaughtered. The STIHL chainsaw puffs contentedly.
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A drop creates a complete biosphere: bursting with power, cool-warm, resinous-leathery, floral enchanted forest, pulsating green.
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No poem from me; the scent is good, very balsamic, rose adds the olfactory hue, with moss in the background. Diametrically = better.
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Dark-wooded chypre, with plenty of bitter green & a subtle floral touch, great resinous-balsamic depth & surprisingly large volume. The ...
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Medicinal green herbal balm with wormwood drops, a cozy blanket of oak moss, a delicate rose kiss on your forehead - Get well soon!
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