Basilica Milano Fragranze 2021

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7.7 / 10 59 Ratings

A popular perfume by Milano Fragranze for women and men, released in 2021. The scent is spicy-woody. It is being marketed by Masque.
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Main accords

Spicy

Woody

Resinous

Creamy

Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Thyme

Rosemary

Heart Notes

Frankincense resin

Labdanum

Milk

Base Notes

Cypriol

Virginia cedar

Santamanol

Perfumer

Violaine Collas

Ratings

Scent

7.759 Ratings

Longevity

7.744 Ratings

Sillage

7.245 Ratings

Bottle

8.143 Ratings

Value for money

7.028 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 03/12/2025.

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/21/2024

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Smeriglio
72 Reviews

Smeriglio

3

The pizzeria after the basilica, on the left

It is a singular perfume. It can't lead anyone to associate it with a basilica, if it weren't for the name. I made some of my friends who aren't passionate about perfumes smell it, they told me: "let's eat pizza tonight". They're not entirely wrong because the protagonist note is thyme, which in this case is identical to oregano. At the beginning there is a bit of rosemary, which however remains an appearance. After a few minutes you can perceive the incense and a creamy note, which always remain only on the margins of the main note of oregano. So we have a combination of oregano, incense and milk which lasts unchanged for approximately 4 hours.At this point, the perfume turns towards delicate woody notes (guaiac wood) and cypriol oil.

12/20/2024

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Raluko111
291 Reviews

Raluko111

2

Two monks walk into a pizzeria

I enjoy wearing this because it makes me smile, but I have to be careful because it does bring on the hunger cravings, for pizza particularly. Don't let the name fool you into purchasing it for its churchy incense atmosphere. There's incense in here, but it's not spouting any religious fervor whatsoever. Rather than being pious, the incense plays a supporting role into recreating the atmosphere of another famous Italian place of worship, the pizzeria. You can inhale the thyme and herbs in the pizza sauce (I suspect the monks were fasting, so they ordered the Marguerita), and the milky sandalwood brings to mind the yeasty dough left to rise on a floured, wooden table.

I think you have to like herbs and milky notes to enjoy this. Oh, and you also need an open mind. Not everything works the same on everyone, we're all different, but calling people snobs because you dislike a fragrance is just infantile and mean. Mangiare!

01/10/2025

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 9
Scent

Ebichuunee
89 Reviews

Ebichuunee

3

Best "easy" incense fragrance

The perfect beginner incense fragrance for those who don’t usually enjoy incense. I was genuinely surprised by how much I loved this one, especially since I typically struggle with smoky, incense, or tobacco notes.

Basilica is smooth, pleasant, and full of noticeable aromatics that I found absolutely delightful. It has a soothing, relaxing quality that feels almost meditative. It was love at first wear—a truly lovely and approachable take on incense.

@Smeriglio pictured monks going to a pizzeria and i kind of agree with them, as it clearly gives this vibe !

12/28/2023

Inglebop
7 Reviews

Inglebop

1

Cathedral cafe

Got a sample from Scent Split, sprayed once on each wrist and once on the neck. I'm congested, so also very excited to try this again once recovered. Very lovely scent, I didn't think how I'd like how it would wear on me, based off the scent on paper (sharp, incensey), but actually it has such a pleasant, savory thyme and rosemary opening that cools down into this warm, creamy sandalwood. Nearly gourmand, enveloping. I definitely get some cedar and something ambery, but it's almost sweetly resinous, carefully reined in. I don't get any smoke, to be honest, and the incense wears very mildly on me, whatever crackling residue of fire it retains was from the oven, a mulled maillard.

12/19/2024

4
Pricing 10
Bottle 4
Sillage 5
Longevity 1
Scent

Thewrongbeth
71 Reviews

Thewrongbeth

1

What's the big deal here?

So many better incenses out there. I see many glowing reviews singing Basilica's praises all over the internet, but I suspect this is most likely one of those scenarios (and if you've been at this long enough, you know what I'm talking about) where folks are "forcing" themselves to love and adore this fragrance as a badge of honor of sorts. You know that niche oddball that you don't really like, but THINK you should because it's so avante garde that only the coolest, most niche-affluent fragheads "get it"? Yeh, Basilica feels like one of those scents to me.

To start, this is NOT a perfume. It's an atmospheric "scent of place"--which is fine; I like those. Problem for me is, I don't like this place. Frankly, it's eery and downright unsettling. Cold, metallic incense. Dried (not fresh) kitchen herbs. Pencil-shaving, nose-piercing cedar and synthetic (pickly) sandalwood. And then, yeast. The "lactonic"/"milk" accord here does what it often does on my skin: smells like dried baby spit. Doesn't this sound lovely? Shouldn't I just SWOON? Shouldn't I just jump at the chance to smell like a pizzeria (LMAO)? Truthfully, I'm repulsed at all stages of this fragrance. It's as if the brief called for creating an "alien incense" burning atop "milk-drizzled granite" that some one "snuffed out by spitting on."

The beauty of this hobby/obsession is in the exploration. And in its sweeping subjectivity. So to those who do or may still admire Basilica, more power to you! I find it utterly unwearable and unpleasant as all get-out. YMMV!

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