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What exactly happened here - or: is it an excuse
Sorcinelli. Known for incense and sacred fashion. Whereby the perception of a massive number of massive incense fragrances is actually a misconception on my part, as I discovered on closer inspection. Of course, the UNUM series started with a par exellence incense fragrance, but the two successors Rosa Nigra and Opus 1144 already moved away from the intense resin aroma and towards soft nuances and it took until Quando Rapita in Estasi for the UNUM series to be provided with dominant incense again. Of course, Sorcinelli was able to come up with the Extrait de Musique range at the same time and, above all, experiment with the nuances of how incense can be presented, but somehow it is not the same.
The successor to Quando Rapita in Estasi in any case, and the ninth UNUM fragrance, is this one. Scusami. Or for my olfactory preferences, after the high of impact. After an absolutely exceptional fragrance comes this almost generic composition of sweet fruits, lovely flowers and soft woods. Linear and unspectacular progression. Initially a little more citrusy, later more airy. And if I didn't see the bottle and didn't know the person behind it, I would guess it was a fashion brand with a large-scale advertising campaign. Well, the somewhat old-school character in some facets of the fragrance might be a clue to a different origin, but I wouldn't be so sure in the end.
And although Scusami somehow belongs to the 'if you know one, you know them all' category, the creation has a right to exist in Sorcinelli's portfolio. And I say that despite the fact that I have my difficulties with HÆC DIES. But while it costs €300 and seems even more generic to me, Scusami is almost a lightweight at €180. It's an entry-level fragrance for this creative house, and a way to lighten up the very heavy and complex creations. At the same time, at an acceptable price for the - I'm going out on a limb - arbitrariness that the fragrance nonetheless has in my opinion.
Of course, the bottle, which is largely handmade, also costs money. The lid is cut to size, varnished, varnished again. The bottle is painted, scraped off again and painted once more. Everything is packed by hand because a machine could not do it to this degree.
In short: the bottle enchanted me, so I had to have it. The contents are a bit hit and miss. Not exactly what I like about Sorcinelli.
And so I hope for more resin smoke, wood smoke, incense resin, frankincense and similarly composed fragrances in the iconic bottle.
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