11/28/2023
DrB1414
129 Reviews
DrB1414
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She's one of many colors
Romanza is such a poetic perfume. Created by Cristiano Canali for Masque Milano. This one made me follow Canali's work closely and he sure is talented. But in my opinion, this is still his best composition thus far. It is the only perfume from the house that really impressed me enough to not only own a bottle but a backup as well.
It's a sultry Victorian floral perfume with a dirty, edgy, resinous base. Bourgeois afternoons, classical music, good wine, and lust in the air. It is a perfume of transitions, from innocence to sin. Quite a dramatical evolution, from the green, spring-like opening and the fleeting burst of absinth, to the rich narcissus-loaded floral bouquet in the heart. And oh, how ravishingly beautiful the narcissus is. Playing on its honeyed, grassy, and indolic facets. Harmonized with the help of a metallic-green violet leaf, an innocent hyacinth, sultry jasmine, and waxy beeswax. The base heats up with resins, cedarwood, and lots of civet, completing the fall into sin, imminent from the very first gaze. It is a brilliant evolution, and one would not believe that something that started as inoffensive could end up so pagan. If you try this perfume in-store and purchase a bottle on the spot, I don't know what to say. You'll either love it for how much more it has to unveil or be simply repulsed but how unashamed it is in truth.
For Narcissus lovers and vintage perfume lovers, romantic-minded ones, and maybe even agrestic lovers, this is one to try. I can draw a parallel to a similar composition, in style, not in smell, the infamous Une Fleur De Cassie.
IG: @memory.of.scents
It's a sultry Victorian floral perfume with a dirty, edgy, resinous base. Bourgeois afternoons, classical music, good wine, and lust in the air. It is a perfume of transitions, from innocence to sin. Quite a dramatical evolution, from the green, spring-like opening and the fleeting burst of absinth, to the rich narcissus-loaded floral bouquet in the heart. And oh, how ravishingly beautiful the narcissus is. Playing on its honeyed, grassy, and indolic facets. Harmonized with the help of a metallic-green violet leaf, an innocent hyacinth, sultry jasmine, and waxy beeswax. The base heats up with resins, cedarwood, and lots of civet, completing the fall into sin, imminent from the very first gaze. It is a brilliant evolution, and one would not believe that something that started as inoffensive could end up so pagan. If you try this perfume in-store and purchase a bottle on the spot, I don't know what to say. You'll either love it for how much more it has to unveil or be simply repulsed but how unashamed it is in truth.
For Narcissus lovers and vintage perfume lovers, romantic-minded ones, and maybe even agrestic lovers, this is one to try. I can draw a parallel to a similar composition, in style, not in smell, the infamous Une Fleur De Cassie.
IG: @memory.of.scents