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Now Alessandro Gualtieri is known for creating extravagant scents or is it better to split the scene or to revive it or even to animate people to go new ways? I guess you could say that. Also in charge of another fragrance house: Orto Parisi, for which he also creates.

For a long time a fragrance didn't bother me as much as this candidate.

Why?

It's something completely new that hasn't been seen before. At least I didn't get anything like that in the nose from perfumes. But I already know the scents, from the gastronomy. Waas?, some will say now, but.

Now our whole lives are marked by associations. Our brain constantly suggests or compares things to us. In cloud formations we take faces war or other objects. Only we really see it? Yes it can be, but it is rather our brain that tries to recognize something known in something unknown.? This is similar to the sightings of the legendary Bigfoot in North America or the Yeti in the Himalayas. Some swear to have seen him, others think he is a bear who, when they stand up, suggests to us exactly what we think they see or what seems similar, namely a monkey-like creature.

So what are we being pretended to be here?

I associate this fragrance with spirits to become more concrete: With whiskey/y but also with port wine or sherry.

In whiskey/y production there are now two processes. The pot-still and the patent-still method, whereby the first one has prevailed more - with the Irish (whiskey) even exclusively.

In the pot-still process, the distillations are carried out in two independent firing processes in two copper boilers (pot-still). The mash is placed in the wort bubble, where it is distilled for the first time. The alcoholic vapours are liquefied via the condenser. The resulting product, the predatory spirit, is collected in a container and has an alcohol content of approx. 30 % by volume. The predatory rim is added to the alcohol bubble and distilled there a second time. Subsequently condensed again, whereby the pre- and post-run are separated out. Only the middle course, the core, gets into the collection container. The Pot-still process provides alcohol of better quality than the Patent-still process. However, the alcohol content is lower. One thing, however, the Irish hardly use at all, namely peat for firing. Occasionally possibly, but the norm does not predefine it. Whereby we have to spill over to Scotland with this masterpiece after allJ?

Now we can only argue about what is really better. A classic single malt or a blended? Many say: "Of course a single malt!" I'd rather say a high-quality blended!

What's the matter with you? Getting a perfect, harmonious blended scotch is probably the real art, but everyone likes it. A blended can contain between 15-50 different malts. I would therefore say that this is a huge challenge.



But back to the scent:

So what do we have in common so far?

At Seniore Gualtieri, we are certain that we offer the best quality in ingredients, we have an excellent perfumer, who we would/will include in the master distillery of blended distillers in any case, because he has combined all the wonderful ingredients into a breathtaking fragrance. And that only from the said core.

Imagine the stark landscape in the Highlands. A harsh climate, but beautiful.

The fragrance begins with a breathtaking richness of facets: immediately one has fruity port notes paired with wood notes in the nose. But who thinks now comes Oud, Sandalwood and Co. was wrong. We're talking here about the said wooden barrel notes (Single Malt at the moment prefers to be stored in port wine barrels and old sherry barrels). A permanent cork note is added. Not in a negative sense, of course, like a corked wine. This consists of the bark of the so-called cork oak, which becomes quite scarce when added. The fragrance gains a wonderful peat note over time, as many single malts do at the moment.

It is not really the classic scent in the form of a pyramid of scents to be recognized, rather some friends join from time to time, leave the group again or develop further. It is a perfect interplay of cork, wood barrel notes, possibly some cardamom and cloves but not over the complete distance. After approx. one hour I notice a light caramel note. A slightly leathery undertone is also visible. A short part of the way I perceive vanilla, which is then replaced by a nice honey note. Here it smells like the beautiful honey candles you made yourself as children. At the end there are still some chocolaty nuances, all wonderfully embedded in the three groundbreaking components (peat, fruity wood notes and cork).

Truly a masterpiece...

The big brother or the little one? from Erolfa?
Now you have to own them both?
For my taste, no.
Are they fundamentally different?
Also I would deny that.
Is it almost possible to say it's a Flanker? Hmm, difficult.
At least I find them very similar.
Fragrance: the fragrance starts very suspiciously similar to Erolfa. Now you can argue: citric, what does that mean? Clear: after citrus-like plants, there are lemons, limes, grapefruit, mandarin, orange, bergamot (with which the well-known Earl Grey tea is flavoured) and much more.
I find green mandarin very funny in the top note... if you can smell it?
I'm sure there are candidates. I can't smell it. I smell lemon or even almost lime.
So it stretches endlessly and becomes a little more filigree after some time.
The maritime notes, like some salt, algae etc. are not present here. More like the shy little brother of Erolfa? What if a little finer? I'd say yes.
I personally think Erolfa is more beautiful! The maritime notes and the pepper make it a little more herbaceous and robust in my opinion.
Here, however, the spirits argue. Maybe they thought they could optimize him a little. I think you could have left it alone...
But of course the bottle is magnificent!

... you might say. At least the name comes from it, which was newly created in the years. Erolfa for Erwin, Ol for Olivia and Fa for Fabienne, his wife. Both children should probably also be employed in the company.
The scent was already around 1900, in the cabins of the first class on board the Titanic, they stood as a present of gesture - nostalgic.
Erolfa and the Titanic are symbolically connected with the "blue ribbon".
How he smelled at that time, one can only guess, because he was reworked several times.
Erolfa starts citric (lime in the foreground) and peppery, a slightly salty sea note is added and one literally tastes the maritime air. It bump - yes, you read correctly, algae, and sea bills added but not as "ihhh- factor!". Over time, these components develop in a more balanced way.
There might be some vervain in it, too.
It results in a fresh, herbaceous possibly also slightly sour whole. The day at sea can start. There's nothing musk, amber, etc. to be found here.
Durability and Sillage are not the hit here but not so bad now.
Flacon again wonderful.
Ahoy there!

I've known this brand a long time. Whether or not I like her is another question. There are a few that I think are great, but most of them aren't.
Pro:
-Cute flacons
- dreamlike scents, like Artemisia, Opus 1870 or the lily of the valley scent par excellence, Lily of the Valley/really very noble.
-the history of this house - just an institution.
Contra:
- Price, Sillage, durability!

What use is an expensive scent to me if I have to carry the Pulle all day long in order to fertilize it? That sucks.
Perfume or no perfume. I'm not interested. What helps if it says perfume on it and I have a shelf life of cologne? Exactly-nothing!!! And that should be said quietly times more often .
In my opinion, good fragrances are also characterized by an excellent sillage, paired with durability.
Here it is important that a good mediocrity is found.
This one's the first one to bring it to me. Which they all cut off in this collection. The house must have learned a lesson.
To the fragrance: It is not an unbelievable reinterpretation, so no wow effect when spraying on.
But he's got something. He's seductive, sexy. Yeah, sweet and a little powdery but for me it's for the man. A lot of people say unisex, please, everyone likes it the way they like it. I'm sticking with it, though. MANN.
It starts with a fine lemon and pepper and a certain sweetness, which clearly emanates from the iris and where in the course a little bit of cinnamon might slip through.
I even tend to use some cedar wood although it is not listed. Different facets of light woods join each other. Something difficult to commit.
Occasion: evening family celebration or Christmas party in a beautiful hotel or restaurant with history.
Dress: fine jeans, nice shirt with jacket, no tie, fine lace-up shoe. Shirt not quite closed:-). There's such a mess:-). And no!!! NO pants that stop above the ankle:-).
Well, Christmas is near. Tests:-)

Outside it is cold, it storms, the old oak beams support the ceiling of the cozy cottage.
It's a cold autumn/winter night.
The beams creak a little so unreal is it outside.
The wood in the fireplace glows, I put something on again. With friends we sit snuggled up on the sofa, telling us exciting stories, always on guard not to let the fire go out. We hold hot milk with honey in our hands, homemade biscuits smell like... it's gonna be a long night.

That's what happens to me when I smell that scent. A truly noble fragrance house. Santal Carmin starts with a little saffron, while sandalwood takes over quite promptly, almost effusively. It's fair and gives Safran some room. The friendly beuder in the form of guaiac is added. The smell really reminds of hot milk with honey. A light vanilla rounds off the overall picture. You almost didn't need the vanilla anymore.
A really nice EdP.
The only drawback: the outside of the fragrance is coated with gold leaf. Atelier Cologne doesn't need anything like that. Too pompous, doesn't have to be... even if the line says so.