Cuoio Nobile Pineider 2012

The abundance of slightly gasoline-scented, somewhat wild-leather fragrances in recent years unfortunately became stylistically overwhelming, with the majority garnished with raspberry or similar (slightly feminine?) fruits; for me, it eventually became too much of a good thing, also too much copy and paste.

This Pineider fragrance now stands out pleasantly from the crowd, as it sets delightfully independent accents in the leather milieu.

Cypress, plenty of tobacco, slightly ethereal lavender, and a splash of slightly bitter mandarin juice elegantly embrace the slightly scuffed, somewhat oily leather at the center in a very harmonious, nobly rounded way. Extremely individual and with considerable recognition value.

The tobacco has endurance, somewhat dry and pleasantly sour, while the cypress contributes a fresh-woody-greenish note.

Good in spring and autumn, and for me, a very pleasant discovery in 2018, a year in which I discovered relatively few new perfume highlights.