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Reclaiming a Tragedy
Opens with a salty, peated Islay whisky note, like smelling the rocks glass the day after you had a drink. Sometimes the floral parts of this perfume remind me of cigar smoke. It's a bold open for sure.
As it sits on the skin, balsamic notes and wilted flowers accompany a cold and dirty incense smoke. It's not like stepping into a church at all, but more of a suggestion of darkness, violence and something a bit unholy. It's what a burning house smells like in your nightmares.
In the end, the smoke grows fainter and fainter, gradually making way for all the gorgeous woody and flowery notes. After the three-hour mark, you are left with a deep but hard-to-localise musky spice. The smoke is still there, but it's there to balance the introspective and dark florals.
I love it and sometimes wear it as armour. The saltiness in the opening, followed by the sheer power of the smoke, keeps me coming back, but I do wish that the performance was better, as after 6-7 hours, it blends into my skin and only the amber and wood notes linger on even after 8 hours. On textile the smoke remains present for much longer though! The longevity is good, but not as mind-blowing as the quality of the scent. Besides this, I wish that for the price, the atomiser would be of higher quality... Spray is often difficult to control on this bottle with its very short bursts.
Filippo Sorcinelli managed to create an evocative and powerful new take on "burning" fragrances. Wearability is very subjective here and definitely requires testing before purchase. But even if you don't have a strong connection to the subject matter that the artist explored with this perfume, the quality of the result is strong enough for you to build your own narrative and emotional connection with the scent. This is what perfumery can be.
As it sits on the skin, balsamic notes and wilted flowers accompany a cold and dirty incense smoke. It's not like stepping into a church at all, but more of a suggestion of darkness, violence and something a bit unholy. It's what a burning house smells like in your nightmares.
In the end, the smoke grows fainter and fainter, gradually making way for all the gorgeous woody and flowery notes. After the three-hour mark, you are left with a deep but hard-to-localise musky spice. The smoke is still there, but it's there to balance the introspective and dark florals.
I love it and sometimes wear it as armour. The saltiness in the opening, followed by the sheer power of the smoke, keeps me coming back, but I do wish that the performance was better, as after 6-7 hours, it blends into my skin and only the amber and wood notes linger on even after 8 hours. On textile the smoke remains present for much longer though! The longevity is good, but not as mind-blowing as the quality of the scent. Besides this, I wish that for the price, the atomiser would be of higher quality... Spray is often difficult to control on this bottle with its very short bursts.
Filippo Sorcinelli managed to create an evocative and powerful new take on "burning" fragrances. Wearability is very subjective here and definitely requires testing before purchase. But even if you don't have a strong connection to the subject matter that the artist explored with this perfume, the quality of the result is strong enough for you to build your own narrative and emotional connection with the scent. This is what perfumery can be.