Hi all --
While perusing Basenotes last night I came across this Italian perfumery. I'd never heard of it before. The site is more than a little confusing but if you poke around on it for awhile it begins to make sense. First click on "products" on the left side. From there, click on "scents of the soul."
Apparently, the perfumer is a French guy who lives in Italy. He's a Sufi, thus most of his scents are composed around essences & fragrances that are native to the Middle East. The other thing about him is that he only works with naturally-occuring materials (including natural ambergris!), both plant & animal. No synthetics or chemical derivatives (except for one, and he's very specific about which one and what fragrance it's used in) are used.
The more I read, the more fascinated I became. Have any of you gents experienced any of these frags? Most (if not all) of them are available at theperfumedcourt.com. I ordered 3 samples: Mysore Sandalwood, Cannabis & Grezzo d'Eleganza. The 1st 2 frags are the actual EO dissolved in perfumer's alcohol. (Yes, it's real cannabis EO but apparently not psychoactive.) The 3rd one is one of his fragrances, which really sounds amazing.
What do you guys think?
While perusing Basenotes last night I came across this Italian perfumery. I'd never heard of it before. The site is more than a little confusing but if you poke around on it for awhile it begins to make sense. First click on "products" on the left side. From there, click on "scents of the soul."
Apparently, the perfumer is a French guy who lives in Italy. He's a Sufi, thus most of his scents are composed around essences & fragrances that are native to the Middle East. The other thing about him is that he only works with naturally-occuring materials (including natural ambergris!), both plant & animal. No synthetics or chemical derivatives (except for one, and he's very specific about which one and what fragrance it's used in) are used.
The more I read, the more fascinated I became. Have any of you gents experienced any of these frags? Most (if not all) of them are available at theperfumedcourt.com. I ordered 3 samples: Mysore Sandalwood, Cannabis & Grezzo d'Eleganza. The 1st 2 frags are the actual EO dissolved in perfumer's alcohol. (Yes, it's real cannabis EO but apparently not psychoactive.) The 3rd one is one of his fragrances, which really sounds amazing.
What do you guys think?