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Nods to Venice

Alchemie Bottega Veneta 2024

6.8 / 10 9 Ratings

A new perfume by Bottega Veneta for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is smoky-leathery. It is being marketed by Kering Beauté.
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Main accords

Smoky

Leathery

Spicy

Woody

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Brazilian pink pepper

Mandarin orange Nutmeg

Nutmeg

Heart Notes

Labdanum

Leather

Somalian myrrh

Base Notes

Sandalwood Vetiver

Vetiver

Perfumer

Pierre-Constantin Guéros

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Ratings

Scent

6.89 Ratings

Longevity

7.08 Ratings

Sillage

7.08 Ratings

Bottle

7.628 Ratings

Submitted by TheBladi11 · last update on 10/06/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The base of the bottle is made of Verde St. Denis marble, the same marble used in the Bottega Veneta boutiques.

The fragrance is part of the Nods to Venice collection.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/07/2025

4Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

schnauzer
106 Reviews

schnauzer

Generic smoky leathery scent

I like the aromatic, spicy opening, but after 15 minutes or so the scent's smoky leathery heart takes over, and from then on it just smells like any of a million other scents like it. One-dimensional, heavy, dark, and generic. I wish it had some more nuance to add some depth or character, or just something to counterbalance the intensity of the labdanum or leather.

11/10/2024

Byrehoe
206 Reviews

Byrehoe

2

strong, dark, and fearsome

A voluptuous, leathery myrrh with a heavy hand of pepper. The mandarin opening fooled me into thinking this was going to be a fruity-pepper, but the leather thunders in around thirty minutes to lay down the law. The myrrh provides a slight sweetness once the citrus scurries out, as well as a faint smokiness. It’s a “speakeasy” scent in my mind: dark, deep, indulgent. Sillage and longevity is knockout. Not even a full day of compulsive hand-sanitising could kill it at my wrists. Spritz safely.

I’ll admit, I was primarily lured in by the vessel. The Venice collection bottles all look like a molten pineapple Haribo bear in a top hat, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. None tempted me enough to rationalise the cost, but Alchemie might have been a contender if the pepper and leather weren’t so imposing.

Mental Snapshot: They say if you tip your hat – at just the right angle – to the tanner, he will usher you into the alchemist’s. They say the laboratory is upholstered entirely in tufted leather and deals impossible elixirs. They say it is here you can drink liquid smoke and breathe gold vapour. They say a lot of things, but what else can explain the umbral aroma that curls about the shop?

tl;dr: tenebrous leather