Verdant Delirivm Santi Burgas 2022

Just like with Egnaro, Verdant Delirivm strikes me as quite a vibrant and expressive fragrance, smelling thoroughly green just like Egnaro smelled orange. However, in a similar fashion, Verdant Delirivm is also a little too sweet for my taste. But it is undoubtedly interesting.

Right off the bat, an intense and bright blast of green aromatic sweetness greets you, making for a prominent melon candy-like scent, as @TheDunkPapa stated in his statement. If you ate as many of these candy when you were a kid as I did, it will instantly bring back some nostalgia. Even more so for me since I lived for most of my childhood in Spain, the same country Santi Burgas is situated in. And from what I remember, melon candy was pretty popular around the Iberic Peninsula, so I can see where the inspiration for Verdant Delirivm came from. A nice dosage of citruses accompany the scent on the side, like a mix between lime, orange, and grapefruit, a.k.a. yuzu. The mint envelops everything with its cool, lightly sweet and herbal aroma, appending a mentholated vibe.

There's also some spiciness present underneath, blending well with the oregano that supports the scent with its unmistakable herbal, camphoraceous aroma. It's hardly pungent in here, however, so don't be alarmed if you don't sit well with such aromatics. Same with the jasmine and rose if you aren't particularly fond of florals; they take a step back, still detectable, but aiding behind curtains with some delicate floral sweetness. The jasmine in particular brings a slightly heady, kind of soapy, creamy interplay of accords. I don't get much vetiver, just a touch of its grassy scent far back helping with the overall green structure, but no earthiness or woodiness. What you do get further down as the fragrance dries is a prominent vanilla base, but with a creamier feel than anything else, and covered with the green melon candy-like accord, not letting the vanilla completely take over. It does, in @CivetOnly's words, make even the vanilla smell green. Overall, a pretty distinct scent, just too candy-sweet for me.

The performance Verdant Delirivm offered on my skin was pretty decent, but nothing nuclear, with somewhere around 8-9 hours of longevity and moderate projection. Quite strong the first hour, easily getting you noticed in a room. Afterwards and up until around hour 4 you'd get significantly dimmer pushing power, much softer than I expected after seeing the potent first hour result. Regardless, okay-ish but not stellar.

How versatile the scent is will largely depend on the person wearing it (as usual). Leisure wear, more special gatherings, maybe for weddings - I wouldn't really wear it as a daily or office scent, at best just once in a while to keep things interesting. It should be also good all-year round, less so during extreme heat waves. But ultimately, it's not a difficult fragrance to wear.

I appreciate the little nostalgic memory Verdant Delirivm brought to me with the melon candy similarities. But as a whole, I don't appreciate it enough apart from "it's interesting and vibrant" to justify a spot on the shelf. It's too sweet and I feel it could've benefitted from some better balance between certain accords. But I do kind of like the vibrancy here, which I also found in Egnaro, so it seems to be Santi Burgas' style of perfumery. The White Collection is also apparently inspired by Santiago Burgas' childhood memories and people/artists that inspired particular moments of his life. So far, two fragrances in, I infer that Santiago had a very vivid and spirited childhood.

Overall Rating: 6.3/10