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Arge, Aurelia, Ceo, Crio, Dasos, Phoebe, Hadès, Herà, Hestià, Hyades, Iperione, Kronos, Mnemosine, Rea, Stereope, Teia, Thetys, Themis - all characters from Greek mythology, all perfume names by Giardino Benessere.

And finally, the last one, Potamoi - part of the "Titani" collection - was released in 2024.

In Greek mythology, the Potamoi (ancient Greek: Ποταμοί, romanized: Potamoí, literally "rivers") are the gods of the rivers and streams of the earth.

The river gods were the 3000 sons of the great earth-circulating river Oceanus and his wife Tethys, as well as the brothers of the Oceanids. They were also the fathers of the Naiads. The river gods were depicted in one of three forms: as a bull with a human head, as a man with a bull's head and the body of a snake-like fish from the waist down, or as a reclining man with his arm resting on an amphora jug pouring out water.

"Terenzi, really? What do these names have to do with your scents?" Is there a real explanation?.

Back to our topic, the new 2024 release.

Nicely packaged, just niche quality.
The bottle looks better in real life than in the picture posted by Parfumo. (see my picture of the bottle). Dark green, matte, almost the shape of an alcohol bottle, fits very well in the hand and is easy to carry. The spray head is good to very good, almost comparable to the sprayer of Dior bottles, I would say.

The fragrance
Here at Parfumo, in the fragrance direction, it impresses in the middle, with a large dot in the front, almost like an attention!, SYNTHETIC.

The first spray is dominated by a lavender note. Initially very fresh and yes, slightly synthetic. Not synthetic like "Invictus Platinum | Paco Rabanne", for example, which I can no longer smell after I got to know the sneeze fragrances, but not extremely bad either.
On the contrary, the lavender from "Lavender Extrême | Tom Ford", for example, smells like freshly planted lavender.

In the first 2 minutes, everything here becomes fresh and sweet, my nose takes on the cardamom. All at once, perhaps too sweet. I keep smelling my wrist and reading bergamot and suddenly I start smelling it. At the very back, shyly. I wish cardamom hadn't made its presence felt here. I would have preferred the bergamot to be stronger.
This whole fresh-sweet-synthetic (but not very synthetic) etc. combination only lasts about 15 minutes. Combination only lasts about 15 minutes.

Over time, the scent gets much nicer. What I smell the most here is the coconut and already I can remember "Malibù - Party in the Bay | Simone Andreoli". But it's not just that, it's even more. The fragrance is not as sweet as the one mentioned above. Mainly the peach that I perceive here and the rest of the notes, listed here but of which my nose only perceives the rose in the background, make the fragrance complex but somehow calmer (less coconutty). Since I know and miss the "Malibù - Party in the Bay | Simone Andreoli", I would have loved to have more of it here.

With about 5-6 proper sprays over skin and clothes, I get a subtle sillage in the first 2 hours. After about 8 hours later, I can't say anything more about sillage. What remains is a pleasant sweet-slightly woody note, my nose suspects, of caramel and sandalwood.

A summery fragrance? Yes, perhaps, but rather in the evening and not in the heat, as it can easily become suffocating. It remains a fresh-sweet but more sweet fragrance. Called unisex, but I prefer to see it worn by a lady.

P/L: mMn, it is not worth paying 235 € for the fragrance. For that price I would rather get 2 bottles of "Malibù - Party in the Bay | Simone Andreoli". (personal opinion only). - less complex, but significantly more coconut.

Finally, I would like to thank Kai Porten for offering me this perfume at a more than perfect price.

If you've read this far, thanks for your patience! :D

Special, complex and expensive, that would be a summary. But I don't want to stop here. The fragrance deserves much more attention.

Today, 24.03.2024, a rainy day here in NRW. Cold, a little dark, luckily it's the weekend. Today is an ideal day to relax, cook as a family and perhaps try out a fragrance. One that you can't wear for every occasion.

3 sprays and a lot of movement in the kitchen are enough to diffuse "Overture Man | Amouage" abundantly in the air.

From the first seconds, cognac and cumin notes explode in my nose. I can't detect much grapefruit and ginger here myself. Some more spices, probably cardamom. My nose can't understand why saffron is listed there.
In any case, the fragrance is heavy and smoky right from the start.

for 1-2 hours, "Overture Man | Amouage" remains just as serious as at the beginning. However, a certain sweetness comes here, I assume, through patchouli. Furthermore, I can actually smell cinnamon here. But it's not a (sweet) cinnamon bomb, it's shy, somewhere in the background.

The fragrance slowly loses its smokiness over the next few hours, becoming a little sweeter, more pleasant. Sandalwood, is that you?

"Overture Man | Amouage" is clearly an art, not one for every occasion. I wouldn't wear it to work as it's difficult to understand by a nose not used to Nieche fragrances. It's not sweet enough to attract attention in a pleasant way. This is no "Layton | Parfums de Marly" or "Naxos | XerJoff". This is a fragrance you wear for yourself, not to please others. And again, don't wear it at (office) work, as it could easily become a nuisance in small rooms.

The House of Amouage do not discount the quality of the ingredients. "Overture Man | Amouage" is an example of this: strong to very strong, 3 sprays easily last the whole day. The sillage around 30 cm away is easily perceptible.
So for me, it's clearly a good fragrance. One bottle will definitely last me for several years because:
1. because it is strong, I only need 3 sprays once,
2. i hardly ever find an occasion to wear it.


A beautiful and complex experience, in a rainy day..
Thank you for your patience !

As the locals of Palma de Mallorca say, the summer of 2023 seems to have been one of the hottest in the last 10. After an overwhelming bike ride of about 7 kilometers, we finally reached the Castell Hotel Son Vida, an imposing building as seen in soap operas. On its premises is one of the two local stores of the perfumery "Niche Perfumes". (The other store is located in the St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort).

We entered, curious and drenched in sweat after cycling a long way through the heatwave outside.
We were immediately hit by many very pleasant smells, mostly sweet, always complex and sophisticated.
"Spirit of Kings" stood on a pedestal in the middle of the room and received the attention it deserved. All around were the rest: Xerjoff, Stéphane Humbert Lucas, The House of Oud etc.

In a corner, as if hidden and more shy, were the fragrances of Boadicea the Victorious.
From here, a single bottle caught my attention, as if it were a piece of old wood where the Vikings let their imaginations run wild: none other than "Glistening".
"Is it good? It has to be, it doesn't cost €320 for nothing".
The first few sprays and a smile appeared on my face: "It's a pleasant smell that doesn't give the bottle away, but wait, there's something familiar about it. I've smelled it before, but from a different bottle and still different."
As already mentioned, it is very similar to Initio Oud for Greatness.
"Lighter, more wearable I would say though? But no, this is not a fragrance DNA that is meant to be shy. This fragrance was made so that I have to be noticed. So why does Glistening exist? Just because of its pretty bottle? Or has my skin changed its pH due to so much sweating and I no longer perceive it as I should?
I want it, I have to test it, I'm ordering a sample".

And so we arrived back in Germany with Glistening and a few more of its brethren, ready to test it in more humane temperatures.

After wearing it a few times, I was able to come to the conclusion: "Yes, it's damn good, lasts 10-12 hours and projects well. However, I have to compare it to the original, "Oud for Greatness" by Initio. OfG is more intense (the good old versions), not as round, slightly less sweet and darker. But everything here is minimal as I said, as I find the two 95% similar.

At first, nutmeg and saffron explode and sweeten the oud to come. Lavender to be felt, well, if there is listed, perhaps only perceived by the most refined noses. Musk at the end, yes; patchouli, again, for my nose, somewhere..

Now I come to the price. You can't find the "Glistening" at a reduced price. It costs €320 and that's it. In comparison, the "OfG" is sometimes found online at 205 €, here on Parfumo even less.

So is it worth going to so much trouble for a fragrance that we already know, have, (love)?

If you only think about the bottle, like all other Boadicea bottles - a handmade masterpiece - then yes. However, opinions differ here, because I hear people complaining about the poor quality, that the metal is coming off the bottles. To be an isolated case?

I would like to make an observation here: If we humans, priceless beings, get sick from time to time, let's be serious, should everything around us be perfect? Even if it costs €320. What comes loose can be glued back on.

Personally, I like the presentation, but that's not why I buy the perfume, it's because of the smell and its quality.

In this case, unfortunately, only sparkle is not enough. I like "Oud for Greatness" too much to make room for "Glistening" on the shelf.