Lucagabriel

The fragrance starts very powerfully with tangy, wet-earthy tobacco. Although the pipe has been plugged, it has only been prepared and is waiting for the fire to get it smoking at some point. Sweet, fruity notes can be detected in the background, which fit perfectly into the composition and, together with the tobacco, create a beautiful, rounded overall picture. The fruity notes are quite complexly interwoven and difficult to categorize. I actually perceive more of a dark, liqueur-like, but not too sweet plum than cherry, unlike most reviews in which the cherry tends to take center stage. As it progresses, it is then more linear until a slight ginger note flashes up again and again in the drydown.

The fragrance slowly becomes warmer over time, with vanilla and incense coming through from below. The pipe has just been lit. But the pipe will never really burn. After 16 hours, it is still slightly balsamic on the skin.

It is very present throughout but not overpowering. Super suitable for the fall.
It is not a fragrance for beginners, nothing that everyone will like, but also nothing that offends too much, simply unusual. But it is certainly challenging for some people. If you are expecting a primarily sweet fragrance, you are in the wrong place. All in all, a very well-rounded, beautiful fragrance with edge and definitely worth a test, especially if you are a fan of masculine character fragrances.

I ride through the endless expanses of the Dubai desert in the scorching heat. Energetic, proud and powerful, I make my way through the rough dune landscape. I can see every sinew of my Arabian stallion's leg muscles and how they powerfully drive us forward. I haven't been on the road long today. I can smell the rough leather of my saddle beneath me more and more strongly, but also the fresh fruit - grapefruit and apples - in my tobacco spice bag. The ride will take hours, maybe even days. I continue to spur the animal on with my lavender reins. Sand is stirred up under the hooves whipping on the soft desert ground and obscures my vision and senses. I see an oasis of flowers in the distance, but I can't make out exactly which ones. Perhaps rose geraniums and jasmine or is it all just a mirage? I ride on and have no destination, but I know I'll get there eventually. I see warm, slightly fragrant vanilla gardens in my mind's eye. Tonka beans sprout from the ground and in the middle is a leather greenhouse where eaglewood trees grow from which a little oud gently flows.

Not many people understand me, but for those who do, a world opens up.

To summarize:
Anyone who can test this fragrance should do so urgently. Preferably several times and of course, but especially important here, on skin. One of the most complex fragrances I have ever smelled. The notes are all interwoven so incredibly well that it becomes difficult to perceive anything in particular.
The common thread that runs through the fragrance is definitely the leather, but you notice new nuances every time. From tangy/citrusy grapefuit or saffron at the beginning, to indefinable floral notes, tobacco and finally vanilla, tonka bean, warm woody ambery nuances and oud in the DD.

For untrained noses, the opening in particular is very special and challenging. Usually only the leather is perceived. For all its complexity, however, it is not obtrusive and does not remain room-filling forever like at the beginning, which in my opinion gives it a certain elegance despite all the brute force that one expects from such an oriental and even makes it suitable for the office for me

Despite the fact that it does not project mercilessly, it remains present and easily perceptible and lasts an incredibly long time. It stays in my hair for several days and is still slightly perceptible even after several showers. I would wear the fragrance all year round.

For me as an absolute leather lover one of the top 3 leather fragrances. If not THE leather fragrance for strong characters and more than signature worthy.

About the fragrance:
At the beginning, the oud pushes through and rattles full throttle into the nose, drives over the olfactory receptors and slams into the skull with bestalic force.

Florian, whose parents must have been very creative in naming him, comes from the deepest Orient, contrary to expectations. The first impression alone makes you immediately aware of this. You can perceive a slight animalic quality, then the rose fully unfolds, envelops the oud and becomes one with it. It is a fresh rose, not a dark one, a light one. Cardamom lends the fragrance a masculine, light spiciness. The fragrance then becomes darker, deeper and more masculine in the DD, probably due to the incense and civet.
It seems as if Florian has descended into the mystical catacombs of Venice at night.

Despite the rather "simple" oud-rose combination, the fragrance has a certain complexity, which is to be expected in this price category. Untrained noses will almost certainly detect a similarity to Ombre Nomade, although the Gritti is much more floral and less fruity. Above all, in terms of P/L, it is a step ahead of the LV, especially if you can get it cheaper.

H/S is bombastic. It lasts and lasts, on clothes for days. One spray in the morning, off to the office and still smelling of it in the evening during sports. What more could you want.

The vaporizer is very powerful, ideal for ASMR enthusiasts and for all those who love auditory stimuli. The bottle is high quality in velvet and the cap is actually, according to the website, dressed in 24 carat gold and decorated with the logo of the Gritti dynasty. Inspired by the clothing of Venetian Doges. There is a very clear reference here to Luca Gritti's ancestry, whose roots lie in an Italian aristocratic dynasty.


All in all, not a fragrance that stands out for its uniqueness, but for its quality.

The first time I smelled it, I had flashbacks to my not-too-distant youth. I come from a wine-growing region and there are so-called "wine festivals" where wine from the region is consumed en masse and questionable music is played at 2 per mille, while traditional Bavarian costumes are worn. Rudis beamed me to just such a festival.

Under fruit trees with fairy lights strung between them and beer tent benches. It's autumn, it's still warm, but you can tell it's getting chilly in the evening.
Ripe, rotten, slightly fermenting fruit lies on the ground.
Next to the festivities, the chopped wood is piled up and ready to be stoked in winter. The men are wearing lederhosen.

Rudis starts slightly alcoholic. I am hit by the scent of dried fruit, but fruit that has already started to ferment. Rudis opens like a dark, lukewarm, high-quality red wine, accompanied by delicate leather notes. The bergamot is not directly perceptible to me, but is most likely responsible for the light effervescence of the fragrance.

As the fragrance progresses, Rudis becomes a little softer and loses some of its opening's sharpness. The alcoholic notes recede more into the background.

In the drydown, the wine notes disappear almost completely and the fruitiness disappears altogether. The fragrance reminds me a little of Journey Man.

Musk, Hözler, patchouli and leather become more noticeable. Patch gives the fragrance a slight "cellar note". It is accompanied by a gentle smokiness and becomes even softer as it progresses.

Longevity is good. Strong sillage at the beginning. After 8 hours it is still very perceptible, but rather close to the skin.

Overall, a high-quality, very well-rounded, thoroughly unique and very interesting fragrance.
Despite the fact that I'm not a big fan of wine festivals, I like the fragrance.
You should definitely have smelled it.

That's how it was advertised at the time and it actually fits very well.
I think the Terre d'Hermès Parfum DNA doesn't need to be mentioned here and is both legendary and well known to everyone. It's like a very cold, gently citrusy and fresh version of its big brother, the H/S is not insanely strong but that's a good thing.
This is exactly how it should be: elegant, unobtrusive and very accessible.
I would always prefer it to Terre d'Hermès Eau Très Fraîche, for example.
All in all, a top summer fragrance with a blind-buy recommendation.