Sogni Meo Fusciuni 2023

I have never encountered so far a perfumer as masterful as Meo when it comes to transposing the story of a fragrance he created, and the mood of the actual scent. Sogni feels like a dream to me in the sense that it literally took me on a trip to Japan, even though I never visited. But it was exactly as I would imagine a day there - along with a moody light and a slightly warm spring air. It opens up with the faintest pine note, but it is not the forest kind at all. Just the slightest hint of green that quickly paves the way for the steam that floats outward from a hot rice bowl. That slightly lactonic, soft, skin like, cozy smell of the hot rice that fills a room when cooked well. The rice is then “decorated” with petals of flowers that sweeten up the fragrance that in the end, makes way for lots of mysterious woods that are so well done that you cant help but smell your hand over and over again. It is so seductive and romantic, only a poet would be able to fully grasp the potential and artistry of this fragrance. Meo is a poet. I simply cannot get enough of this one.

Longevity is very good, above average. Over 8 hours definitely.
Sillage: first hour it does radiate to an arm’s length, then gradually turns into a more intimate bubble for well over 8 hours on me.