Risvelium Orto Parisi 2025
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Complex green freshie with smoky depth
Inspired by an ayahuasca trip, Alessandro Gualtieri created Risvelium to represent an awakening (Italian “risveglio”). A soul/mind awakening or a literal awakening, as the subject of the promotional video does when the dog licks his face at the end, that much is unclear.
The notes are also a mystery, as is the case with all of Sig. Gualtieri’s work - which I actually don’t really mind; note pyramids are notoriously inaccurate and unclear. What I was expecting was this fragrance to smell like ayahuasca itself, which I don’t think is the case from descriptions I’ve read of the scent, having never partaken myself - apparently it is heavily earthy with bitter coffee nuances.
As for Risvelium itself, it opens with a burst of sweet grapefruit and a green note that I can’t quite pin down. I keep thinking of a note that Fragrantica initially posted as one of the notes in this fragrance, it has since been removed: Japanese (shishito) pepper. It does have that kind of fresh waxy scent of a pepper, in my mind, more of a bell pepper, since I am not so familiar with shishito peppers. It could be something more common like coriander but I’m getting that green peppery freshness.
The grapefruit is worth talking about too. Kinda sweet and gets almost candy-like, but with the bitter oily peel at the same time. It’s a unique grapefruit accord, unlike Perseus or L'Immensité. It is accompanied by a pineapple-like fruity note that provides sweetness.
After a few moments when the scent settles, it takes on a more serious tone. Kind of an old-school “cologne”-y vibe accompanied by a smoky accord - maybe cade or guaiac. And in the base, a dark leathery oakmoss and musk accord. It is fresh but not light, if that makes sense.
I’ve been seeing people call this an easy, simple scent but there is a lot of complexity under the hood. Performance is great, lasting a good 10 hours on me with great projection throughout. Packaging was fantastic for my pre-order with lots of gifts thrown in. Is my first, but won’t be my last Gualtieri frag, that’s for sure! Really happy with my blind buy.
If I had to produce a note pyramid, it would be:
Top
Grapefruit, coriander, green pepper
Mid
Cade (juniper tar), geranium, orange blossom, pineapple
Base
Leather, oakmoss, musk
The notes are also a mystery, as is the case with all of Sig. Gualtieri’s work - which I actually don’t really mind; note pyramids are notoriously inaccurate and unclear. What I was expecting was this fragrance to smell like ayahuasca itself, which I don’t think is the case from descriptions I’ve read of the scent, having never partaken myself - apparently it is heavily earthy with bitter coffee nuances.
As for Risvelium itself, it opens with a burst of sweet grapefruit and a green note that I can’t quite pin down. I keep thinking of a note that Fragrantica initially posted as one of the notes in this fragrance, it has since been removed: Japanese (shishito) pepper. It does have that kind of fresh waxy scent of a pepper, in my mind, more of a bell pepper, since I am not so familiar with shishito peppers. It could be something more common like coriander but I’m getting that green peppery freshness.
The grapefruit is worth talking about too. Kinda sweet and gets almost candy-like, but with the bitter oily peel at the same time. It’s a unique grapefruit accord, unlike Perseus or L'Immensité. It is accompanied by a pineapple-like fruity note that provides sweetness.
After a few moments when the scent settles, it takes on a more serious tone. Kind of an old-school “cologne”-y vibe accompanied by a smoky accord - maybe cade or guaiac. And in the base, a dark leathery oakmoss and musk accord. It is fresh but not light, if that makes sense.
I’ve been seeing people call this an easy, simple scent but there is a lot of complexity under the hood. Performance is great, lasting a good 10 hours on me with great projection throughout. Packaging was fantastic for my pre-order with lots of gifts thrown in. Is my first, but won’t be my last Gualtieri frag, that’s for sure! Really happy with my blind buy.
If I had to produce a note pyramid, it would be:
Top
Grapefruit, coriander, green pepper
Mid
Cade (juniper tar), geranium, orange blossom, pineapple
Base
Leather, oakmoss, musk
6 Comments
A transformative beast just as you would expect from Gualtieri.