Top Notes 
Italian bergamot
Cyclamen
Egyptian basil
Heart Notes 
Fresh laundry
Jasmine
Mock-orange
Base Notes 
Bread
Australian sandalwood
Green hazelnut
Precious woods
Amyris
Carrot seed
Indian sandalwood
Apicius
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Apicius
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A Skin Scent of a Certain Kind
I was shocked when I had found South by Menditorossa recently. I can only wonder what people are buying. By no means one should have the expectation that this perfume should be beautiful in an aesthetic way.
Forget water and soap – South smells human. South is stale and insipid – but also as intimate as the smell of old sweat can be. The first picture I got was that of worn nylon stockings. That may be attractive for some people, but I won't follow here. These are not the salty and animalic aspects of fresh sweat that we sometimes refer to as indolic notes.
This scent experience lasted for three or four hours on my skin. Then, in the final drydown, a certain resinous note showed up. After all, South is quite homogeneous, and it is not easy to split up into separate notes. I'd rather not say that this unpleasant experience had something to do with skin chemistry. On a test strip, South smelled quite the same. However, I tested it at a Parfumo meeting, and my opinion was not shared by all.
Should Menditorossa get panned for launching such a fragrance? IMHO – no. Niche fragrances may be a bit experimental and not everybody's darling. But my experience was worlds apart from how Menditorossa presents South on their website: warm bread, sun-bleached linnen, pure soap from Marseille. Nothing of that for me!
Napoleon Bonaparte might have chosen South as a gift for his beloved Josephine. Remember: “Do not wash yourself, Madame, I'll be in Paris within four days!”
Forget water and soap – South smells human. South is stale and insipid – but also as intimate as the smell of old sweat can be. The first picture I got was that of worn nylon stockings. That may be attractive for some people, but I won't follow here. These are not the salty and animalic aspects of fresh sweat that we sometimes refer to as indolic notes.
This scent experience lasted for three or four hours on my skin. Then, in the final drydown, a certain resinous note showed up. After all, South is quite homogeneous, and it is not easy to split up into separate notes. I'd rather not say that this unpleasant experience had something to do with skin chemistry. On a test strip, South smelled quite the same. However, I tested it at a Parfumo meeting, and my opinion was not shared by all.
Should Menditorossa get panned for launching such a fragrance? IMHO – no. Niche fragrances may be a bit experimental and not everybody's darling. But my experience was worlds apart from how Menditorossa presents South on their website: warm bread, sun-bleached linnen, pure soap from Marseille. Nothing of that for me!
Napoleon Bonaparte might have chosen South as a gift for his beloved Josephine. Remember: “Do not wash yourself, Madame, I'll be in Paris within four days!”
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