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A popular perfume by Michele Bianchi for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is smoky-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Smoky
Spicy
Sweet
Resinous
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
NeroliNeroli Orange blossomOrange blossom
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Somalian frankincenseSomalian frankincense CedarwoodCedarwood PatchouliPatchouli GeraniumGeranium
Base Notes Base Notes
CivetCivet Tonka beanTonka bean VanillaVanilla

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7.921 Ratings
Longevity
7.618 Ratings
Sillage
6.617 Ratings
Bottle
7.316 Ratings
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Serenissima
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The Song of the Siren
According to legends and stories, Ladan was a sexy Persian princess.
It is said that she had "The eyes of a Beauty and an ass of a Goddess!"
Men seem fascinated and are unable to run away or keep their distance from her.
Just that alone gives a deep insight.
To what extent Michele Bianchi knows this story and used it as a basis for the composition of his sensual, enchanting fragrance "Ladan," I do not know, of course.

And yet, I perceive a kind of Persian and also European fairy tale world in this scent.
Neroli and orange blossom guard and enchant; they ensure that everyday life stays outside, and the devotion to this fragrance is complete.
It opens the senses to all that is to come. Heart and soul are thus opened to recognize the peculiar charm of "Ladan."
Protective incense, less scratchy here and instead sensually embracing and safeguarding, along with the spicy power of cedarwood, brings calm and simultaneously transports us to realms that are sometimes foreign to us. They gently open the thoughts: solutions to problems sometimes present themselves here; a light drifting between worlds invites you in. It feels good to follow it!
The rather sweet scent of geranium provides harmony and balance.
Patchouli, spicy yet always conjuring a golden glow into the scents, completes the previous scent journey. Even now, it touches the soul and additionally opens the senses.
Warm, heavy, and creamy vanilla seduces together with the sweetness of tonka bean (which is not so bothersome to me here) into a sensually fragrant embrace that is very welcome here.
A little creature meanders, purring contentedly, through this fragrance structure and leaves a slightly animalistic nuance!
How sexy is that?

Scent intensity and longevity could be richer; but still, a sensually composed, not too heavy fragrance is presented here. It envelops, protects, and lets you dream.
"Ladan" seems not quite of this world. Did the devil perhaps have a hand in the fragrance composition? Or were there angels who do not reveal themselves?
In any case, a great magician was at work here!

Perhaps Michele Bianchi also knows the following siren song - the song of Ladan:
"I'm not Snow white
but I'm lost inside this forest!
I'm not Red riding hood,
but I think the wolves have got me.
Don't want your stilettos!
I'm not, not Cinderella!
I don't need a knight!
So Baby take off all your Amor!
You be the Beast
and I'll be the beauty Beauty!
Who need true love
as long as you love me truly?
I want it all
but I want you more!
Will you wake me up, Boy
if I bite your poison apple?

"Ladan" is both a protector and a seducer.
Even those who do not believe in fairy tales will succumb to its graceful magic!
A fragrance, not for every day, but certainly for special moments!
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Nocturnal
Nocturnal or also nocturnal activity. The urge to move in the darkness. To wander through the night and absorb everything in the protection of the dark. To experience the deepest silence or the wildest chase. To walk through a backdrop of shadows and contours like a night watchman of feelings and emotions. To be drawn to the bustling and perilous night like a moth to the light. The scent of the night has always been attractive and enticing to me. Just like Ladan by Michele Bianchi.

Ladan is, for me, a fragrance made for the night. This does not mean that it cannot be worn during the day. Ladan is the first incense fragrance that Michele Bianchi has created. It symbolizes for me the protection but also the sweet danger of the night. Danger because it also contains civet, which is rarely found in incense fragrances.

The scent of Ladan
One thing must be said upfront. Ladan is not a fragrance with a top, heart, or base note. Rather, it is a constant interplay of notes and accords. It feels like an opaque swarm of moths that slowly spreads and emanates. A brief citrus flicker of bergamot is immediately followed by a sultry-warm sweetness of tonka that gradually envelops itself with resinous incense. Like an ever-lengthening shadow, a deep-earthy patchouli slowly joins in, surrounding the fragrance with a meditative aura of calm and silence. The actually herb-green rose geranium and the woody-citrusy cedar play mimicry and disguise themselves as a kind of olibanum in all the warm-smoky darkness. Shadows of civet dart like invisible hunters through Ladan, trying to catch powdery-vanilla moths fluttering through the night.

Ladan appears outwardly calm and balanced. But it is not! Ladan has something soft and wavering like a wall of fog that seems to rest but from which faces of fragrance notes keep appearing, only to be drawn back into the steaming fog of sweet smoke. Ladan is soft and flowing like a shadow in the night. A corner in the darkness where one feels safe and secure. A gentle, smoky-resinous hiss that circles around you in the evening. Or a constantly changing watercolor of velvety and flowing smoke.

All fragrances by Michele Bianchi are soft and supple. There are no hard edges or corners. Everything in his fragrances becomes a great whole. Fine and subtle transitions and gently pulsating fragrance notes that appear and disappear again characterize him. Michele is just at the beginning of his career; one can only imagine what fragrances he will create in a few years. With Ladan, he has made more than a significant step forward on his path.
Bravo!

Thank you, Michele, for Ladan; it carries me on wings through the night.
Grazie Michele per Ladan che mi porta sulle ali per tutta la notte.

Can
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Spicy incense
Just a veil
A hint
Behind it, vanilla clouds
Delicate and pale
Civet under cedars
Yet in the distance
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Delicate, transparent, and somewhat linear incense, making it quite compatible and wearable. I miss a bit of the scent progression here.
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It's not sweet but rather sharp, yet expressive and diverse incense. The rose geranium comes through, and that's a good thing.
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Although it has incense, the scent leaves me completely indifferent. It leans towards Messe de Minuit with citrus and candle notes, but something bothers me.
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Spicy and sweet incense at the same time. The spice builds up to a not unpleasant sacred bitterness: an orthodox church visit.
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Sharp, leathery whip with the necessary freshness that brings something modern to the scent without making it playful. I find the sweet (...)
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A sensual-smoky drama of sweet tears and melancholy. A citrus-earthy and sweet-bitter play that's truly one of a kind!
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Frankincense and cedarwood create sacred accents; neroli and orange blossom weave a delicate tapestry: a fragrance full of sensuality and grace.
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Flashback - Christmas in childhood
Scent of the small incense cones in the apartment
Comfort and well-being
Too heavy on the incense for me
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This time without a story. It's just GOOD.
Flowing, yes. And what a balanced incense!
The Cardinal (sorry Heeley) can't compete.
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