Hello sniffers, welcome to a new fragrance comment from me. I recently tasted Opus 1144 by Filippo Sorcinelli, a brand I've seen here once or twice, but never tried a fragrance of it before. However, considering that I still see a lot of brands in fragrance shops (perfumeries away from Douglas, i.e. everywhere where there are niche fragrances) that I haven't even tried yet, and I even feel slightly overwhelmed in these shops, it's no wonder that I still don't know a lot of fragrances and brands here, despite so many comments.
Which I will surely have a lot more to do here... I don't want to scare you away from the beginning and make you sigh, but it seems that I will be around here on Parfumo for quite some time... :D
According to the description of the fragrance, the scent reflects the end and a new beginning. There is talk of the end of the Gothic period, but it is supposed to be about end and new beginning in general, but with a kind of return to the roots, to the origin of humanity, which, to be honest, makes me think of primitive people who still roamed the steppes armed with spears and the only scent they knew was probably their own sweat, bahaa, igitt :D Much simpler for that back then. It was easy to choose a wife yourself, you just had to wait for your beloved, lie in wait for her, hit her on the head with a club and drag her into your own cave, and the marriage was complete, at least according to the film "A crazy story of the world" by Mel Brooks :D
Anyway, I'm gonna go test the scent. The scents like iris, resins, cashmere wood already sound very great and pleasant.
The smell:
The fragrance begins with a light bergamot and lots of iris, as the scent is very powdery and soft. There are also sweet notes of jasmine. Iris and jasmine combined smells great and reminds a little bit of make-up, so at least the beginning is not unisex, but quite feminine. However, the impression of make-up disappears quite quickly, even if the scent should be more powdery. It's just a beautiful iris that you can smell, and combined with vanilla, resins and woods it smells just wonderful, with a little pinch of fruitiness in the background. The sweetness of the fragrance now comes more from amber or ambergris than from jasmine.
For a while, the fragrance actually doesn't change anymore (and I don't think the base will be much different either). You still smell very good of iris and amber, but now the resins seem a bit weakened, but that's not too bad, as the scent is still extremely nice.
At the base, however, as probably expected, one also smells quite a lot of vanilla, which by the way, also as expected, lasts the most and is still smellable for hours later.
The Sillage and the durability:
The charisma is pretty good. Especially in the beginning it radiates very strong, but the strength decreases with time. Nevertheless, it remains quite strong for a quite long time, so that you can't smell the scent only from close to one or the other.
The shelf life is enormous, which is no wonder with a vanilla base. It may be that you can still smell the fragrance slightly on your skin the next morning, although it must be said that you can of course only smell the vanilla than the entire fragrance itself.
The bottle!
The fragrance has been filled into a rectangular, black, non-transparent bottle. The real eye-catcher, however, is the cap, which is made of a piece of stone or rock and therefore looks a little individual with each fragrance. A beautiful idea and a beautiful bottle.
Conclusion:
Yeah! The smell is pretty great. Warm and cuddly, pleasant and soft and simply beautiful it is one of those fragrances that you want to use especially well in winter on extremely cold days. Preferably in a cozy corner with Christmas nibbles like cookies, gingerbread, speculoos, Santa Claus chocolate and so on. Add to that a nice series on Netflix, or a good book (or COMIC!!), the tomcat on your lap, and the world is healthy again despite the pandemic, at least for the moment. Then maybe some little things won't bother you anymore, like dripping water taps or fleas jumping joyfully out of the fur of the tomcat, which then settle down on the blanket (ohh, I'd rather burn the blanket afterwards... :DD).
Anyway, I'm sure you've already noticed that I really liked that scent. The only thing that makes me a bit insecure about these scents is the unisex statement, because these scents seem a bit more feminine to me.
So the scent is definitely recommended for a test, even if you should consider that at least half of the shelf life actually only smells of vanilla :)
And I think the primitive people would have liked it too and they could have cuddled even better than they already did, because with their thick fur (hairy hairy, both men and women too! Baahaaa.... :DD) they were surely softer to touch than we humans today with our smooth skin... urks, nee I prefer smooth skin!... :D
Well, have a nice evening and see you next time :)
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