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Pathétique O'Driù 2014

8.0 / 10 54 Ratings

A popular perfume by O'Driù for women and men, released in 2014. The scent is woody-smoky. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Sweet

Resinous

Fragrance Notes

Black truffle

Frankincense

Black pepper Juniper

Juniper

Vetiver

Charred wood Moss

Moss

Amyris

Mimosa

Bergamot

Perfumer

Angelo Orazio Pregoni

Ratings

Scent

8.054 Ratings

Longevity

8.845 Ratings

Sillage

7.744 Ratings

Bottle

7.353 Ratings

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/31/2020

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Emorandeira
395 Reviews

Emorandeira

Only the name is pathetique

It is called patwthiqie but for me this is a wonderful perfume. O'driu is becoming one of my favourite brands and Angelo Orazio pregoni one of the BEST perfumists for me. This is probably one of odriu's perfumes that the less fit with me. I LOVE the banana&coffee os italian censored, the lemon cake un Eva Kant or the balsámic tangerine un cin4. In pathetique we can find a drier perfume with the juniper and the Green vine of the vetiver and the Moss. But at the same time It shares with the other perfumes of the perfumist s nice balsámic background, un this case with the incense as main ingredient. Therefore this is an incense-juniper perfume but under the o'driu character. It makes me think of some perfumes by amouage.

The performance, as most perfumes of the mrand that i have tried, is just amazing. The longevity is great, the sillage is moderate but enough and noticeable for a long time and the quality of the ingredients is very good.

Pathetique is unisex and for me good for an everyday use under cold weather.

Scent: 7.5
Longevity: 8.5
Sillage: 6.5
Quality/price: 5
Versatility: 8
Originality: 6.5
Global: 8

11/04/2014

Tinctureall
94 Reviews

Tinctureall

2

Warm sunshine on skin

You might be a bee. This whisks you straight into a field on a humid sunny day, your proboscis is buried deep into the centre of a honeyed, slightly cloying flower. Green grasses and fresh air rustle about the head but the probe is still deep in the liquid honey. The probe is gently removed from the centre and the labdanum, mimosa floral recedes a little, with powdery irissy rosy talcum notes all around in the air. Soft benzoin, coconut and creamy sandalwood emerge.

This is like a coconut, sandal, floral, powdery, body cream smeared onto slightly hot skin, made peppery from the sun. The languid arm you are sniffing is pushed into the grassy soil where a slightly vegetal aromatic earthy note resides but ever so faintly.

Cute, sweet, earthy and powdery. Like a kiddies talc on a suntanned skin. Artisanal, sweet and safe. Not for a sophisticated evening out but maybe to sniff whilst snuggling up to someone, or to wear on a beach. It reminds me of a powdery Ambre Soltan slightly. Clean and safe, sweet, ambery floral, creamy sandalwood that sits close to skin.

07/19/2021

8Scent 9Longevity 7Sillage

Pollita
385 Reviews

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Pollita

Top Review 38

Last Minute

Do you remember? It wasn't really inviting when we had to quickly find an apartment for our vacation in 2017. It was cheap, and when we arrived, we understood why. We couldn't expect much. A worn-out room, the floors in the hallways dirty and quite old, and often the trash would sit for days before being picked up. But we had what we needed to unwind from the stress of everyday life. The pool was large. And really nice. Even though it was a bit heavily chlorinated. From the main road where the hotel was located, you could constantly smell the exhaust fumes, but at the same time, especially in the morning, there was a very fine hint of pastries from the nearby pasteleria. Even if not everything was perfect, that week in the hot August back then did us good. And in the end, we probably didn't find it that bad, because after the renovation, we took another look at the complex in 2019, which now shines in new splendor, yet still seems a bit bare. Maybe we'll come back someday?

Pathétique by O’Driu is a guarantee for a mental movie. A special fragrance that, looking at the impressions here, evokes different associations everywhere. For me, it’s this somewhat shabby apartment building in Ibiza. The scent starts sweet with the truffle notes. But I also think I can recognize the amyris that I like to sniff here. The fragrance doesn’t really come across as burnt to me. Nor does it feel sacred. There’s something smoldering, yes, but more in the background, and it’s hard to characterize. Is it a coal fire? Is it simply car exhaust? It’s interesting how the incense is used here. What this strongly chlorinated note evokes in me makes me wonder. Maybe it’s the juniper with the pepper? This note is what makes the fragrance only conditionally wearable for me, as it unfortunately also reminds me a bit of a freshly chlorinated bathroom, as is common in southern countries. However, the pleasant sweetness remains, not being crushed by the chlorine and the like, and continues to bring a smile. It’s fun. Definitely. I probably won’t need it.

Thank you, Basti, for this exciting scent cinema.

04/23/2021

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Serenissima
1226 Reviews

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Serenissima

Very helpful Review 10

the dark sound

It is indeed true that Angelo Orazio Pregoni is a very special fragrance artist.
But with "Pathétique," his latest creation for the house O'Driù, he has achieved a truly remarkable masterpiece: truly a farewell symphony!

I also initially thought of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, which carries this subtitle.
What has been whispered into it: Tchaikovsky supposedly foresaw his death, which occurred just nine days after the premiere, and much more besides.
In all the heaviness, one often forgets the broad lyrical side theme complex that emerges shortly after the introduction, culminating in a waltz in 5/4 time.
That the following march would one day serve as background music for the Smurfs was something no one could have guessed, and many serious music lovers are surely not thrilled about it.
But that changes nothing: when the little blue guys run away from the evil Gargamel, Tchaikovsky's music plays; lively and gives them a boost!

Pregoni's "Pathétique" consists of fragrance notes, almost in a minor key yet enchantingly interspersed with light reflections.
So tightly woven seems this composition that the scent progression lightly vibrates.
After traversing a brief area of bright bergamot and grass notes, we enter a magical forest; an enchanted world of dark browns and greens.
Vetiver, juniper, and various resins waft around us in rich scent waves; moss cushions every step.
Black pepper and incense lead past a nearly extinguished charcoal pile: the charred wood still smells, and these fumes harmoniously unite with the previous components of this astonishing creation.
A sudden glow: the pleasantly bitter mimosa aroma sets unexpected accents; a hint of the white, large-headed jasmine lingers in the heavy balsamic air.
Creamy warm vanilla weaves the rather unusually coordinated fragrance notes together before "Pathétique" strives toward a magnificent finale:
Black truffles, earthy and luxurious, rise from the dark, powerful fragrance creation like their rich soil and make their admirers sigh with delight: what a delicious scent!!

O'Driù's "Pathétique" is an extraordinary work of fragrance art; profound, vibrating with life, and full of mystery.
Loyal for many hours, with ever-evolving scent facets, it does, however, require a willingness to surrender and to marvel.
Who knows what wonders still lie hidden in this dark beauty.
It is worth discovering!

Statements

27 short views on the fragrance

BoBoChamp

5 years ago

8.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

1

Initially bright spicy-earthy, a slightly smoky, yet creamy/sweet floral-resinous Winter fragrance, balanced by a solid earthy-woody base.

Emorandeira

6 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Pathetique is a very nice perfume by o'driu. Incense, black trufle and juniper over a background and bit sweet and dry background. Bit green

Floyd

4 years ago

7.5Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

31

25

Warm and soft is the truffle cream
Dripping from the table onto the flowers
On the carpet of mosses
Cracking wood in the fireplace
Incense sparks

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Schalkerin

4 years ago

8Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

26

19

Sweet mushroom dreams, campfire romance.
Juniper cushions lie on mossy earth.
Vetiver is already dreaming, mimosa is being coy.

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EveMist

5 years ago

9Scent

23

19

I’ll hit the clubs with you & dance on glowing coals; your skin & the fog machine smell faun-like and aphrodisiac...

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Bastian

5 years ago

7.5Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

21

It burns, it burns, the fire department has to come.. fidirallala
Forgot the water
No matter, let's extinguish it with fruit.
Doesn't work
Still burning*

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