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7.6 / 10 38 Ratings
A popular perfume by Michele Bianchi for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is spicy-leathery. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Leathery
Earthy
Woody
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
CypressCypress GingerGinger BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
GeosminGeosmin OudOud RoseRose RumRum
Base Notes Base Notes
OakmossOakmoss LeatherLeather Patchouli rootPatchouli root AmbergrisAmbergris

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Scent
7.638 Ratings
Longevity
7.732 Ratings
Sillage
7.332 Ratings
Bottle
7.825 Ratings
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Flioline

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Flioline
Flioline
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WOA !
WOW !

Woa, what a tumultuous start!
The beginning: Rolling around in damp leaves!
Like a happy dog rolling in its fur.
Digging, rummaging. Splashing! Damp leaves are flying.

After a while, another layer appears, just beneath, parallel,
a drier one. It’s hay-like. I want to lie down in it too, a bit more gently now.
An immensely physical scent experience creates humus.

It reminds me, initially insistent and wild, of what?
Running, outside, jumping, joyfully falling...
This reckless phase of childhood. And again and again earth, leaves, leaves, leaves.
A hayloft. An animal too, a friendly one.
Adventure and security in one.

At some point then wood. Darker. Thick. Polished, old, smooth.
Table. Bed. No, table...
After a little while, the table becomes a whole hunting lodge for me.
And the scent matures, now has dignity, no, nobility.
It becomes quiet.

I don’t know how it does that, to be so cool and yet make me think of a cozy, glowing open fireplace.
Maybe because the petrichor still resonates delightfully, while oak moss settles with oud and vetiver in rum, played around by a rose.

Then it suddenly becomes even quieter.
Image-less clarity.
Magnificent.

At the very end, a cloud that ... oh no;
I won’t tell that.

And once again, I have found a scent (like recently Odin's Tanoke 07 and Danza Armenia, the latter also from the clever Michele Bianchi) that I don’t necessarily want to smell, but that I want to smell.

Invitations to be alone. Wonderful.

Sillage? I couldn’t care less; there’s no one else here.
Longevity? I’ve lost track of time.

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Addendum on 11.10.2020:
PS: Unfortunately. I MUST say here now, about a month later, that the scent I quickly bought for this test trip does not quite match my dreams. It had to be reformulated due to EC certification, as some natural scent notes did not pass. Now it has unfortunately become more linear. The petrichor starts off powerfully and remains prominent for a long time. Since I really like this scent note, the fragrance can stay. But it’s still a bit of a shame.
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Can777

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Can777
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Childhood Memories
Humus is a part of Michele Bianchi himself. It is, so to speak, captured childhood memories from his birthplace San Paolo di Civitate. What has remained most in his memory is the smell of sugar beet fields, forests, and the earth. With Humus, Michele has translated this scent one-to-one. He has created the fragrance of freshly plowed fields that he loved most in absolute perfection. Humus is the award-winning masterpiece for which he was honored at a competition for young, unknown perfumers in Russia. And those who have smelled it will know why!

The scent of Humus
Humus begins in the top note with a sour-fresh green from ginger and cypress. The smell of freshly broken branches comes to mind. But Humus transforms quickly. The heart note sets in, and one has the feeling of smelling rainwater or rain-soaked earth, which is due to a very specific scent compound called Geosmin. Geosmin is a naturally occurring bicyclic alcohol. The substance has a distinctly earthy-musty smell and taste and is perceived as the typical smell of soil. One smells wilted flowers, in this case roses, wet and decayed wood (oud), and cool, damp air (rum). The base note of patchouli root and oak moss, which already has a very earthy scent on its own, transforms with a wet leather smell and a moist-warm amber scent into what the perfume represents.

Humus smells of damp earth after a summer rain. It smells sponge-like, mushroomy, muddy, and musty-sweet. It smells of cool forest floor or also of a wetland. Of a swamp landscape or a bog. Or of a sultry, humid-warm jungle after a monsoon rain. When wearing Humus, one feels as if Mother Nature is embracing you in her moist-warm arms. Personally, I know nothing, and I emphasize nothing comparable that smells so absolutely authentic of earth, swamps, or forest floors. This scent had to win awards because there has never been anything like it before. Humus is a fragrance for every season because it amplifies each one many times over. But for me, it is most beautiful in autumn and summer.

How to get his fragrances?
There are two ways. The first way is to order them in Russia from a few select perfumeries. You can find them quite quickly by entering one of his fragrances and his name, e.g., Michele Bianchi Humus or vice versa. The second way is to send him a friend request on Facebook. He will surely respond because I have already told him that some of the Parfumo readers will introduce themselves to him. Feel free to refer to me. He knows me as Can or also JC. He is already looking forward to you! This way, you can obtain samples and his fragrances directly from him. Unfortunately, shipping always takes a long time, which is not his fault. So, I hope I have now helped all readers a little and don’t have to write to each one individually. Phew!

By the way, Michele has a great sense of humor, which you can also smell if you have a very good nose. Humus has a very slight gasoline or diesel accord. This represents the tractor that always drove over the fields.

I told you,... he has humor!
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After a fresh start, a lot of Cypriol & Geosmin take center stage: woody, earthy & leathery. Rose adds a hint of fruity oriental to the mix.*
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How do you
Make leather thrive
In these decaying lands?
Drunk the roots
Sharply glowing fade
Conifers tipping into the bog
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5 years ago
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Earth so deep, dirt under nails
Barefoot through leaves with a jug full of rum. Mystical, mysterious, strong character, unmistakable.
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Miracles happen - time passes
Roots remain [moor/moss/leaf/water]
Wood - ring by ring [green herb brown]
This earth has seen a lot
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Change. Always. Forever. Worm work, fruitful, moist, rain-fed. Garden crumb. Moss carpet. Rotting leaves. Home soil. Root-deep memory.
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A strong artificial leather (-oud) scent takes center stage, dominating a subtle, quite charming synthetic musty smell.
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3 years ago
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Scratchy, rough, smoky green. Reminds me a bit of Memo's ITALIAN LEATHER. These musty, unwelcoming "forest" scents are not my thing.
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5 years ago
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Citrusy-spicy, ginger-heavy, increasingly earthy and musty, later with a sharpness. The name seems to fit perfectly.
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Leather, resins & woods, heavily spiced.
All of this is carried by an ozonic lightness that is new to me in this form.
Unique!
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Smoky, herbaceous, restrained light leather. First green-ethereal, herbal-grassy-hay-like and slightly fermented. High quality & not bad!
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