are terms of high admiration and we used informally all in weak exaggeration. Something that is magnificent is beautiful, princely, grand, or ostentatious. Hamid Merati-Kashani is the nose behind Magnificent Black. This is an exploration of amber wood with a beautifully subtle opening of spicy and semi-bitter orange peel. Amber, mineral, leathery, with that complicated oud smell-feeling that comes...

about nature and oriental fragrances, he includes notes of oud and intense perfumes in his creations. He thus created this leather bombshell for a reason. I associate this perfume with shoe polish, and if you smell it, you will understand why. The perfume revolves around a leathery, phenolic, semi-tarry, and mossy accord. A dark, brutal, pitch-black leather with a brilliant performance. Feirie, powdery,...

root and Mugane™, which give the composition an earthy note. The base note is dominated by warm, balsamic notes of amber, Lorenox™ and musk, which provide a deeper, sensual dimension. The new fragrances of the "Le Vie di Milano" collection "Le Vie di Milano - Hidden Corner of Fontana Dei Baci" opens with refreshing top notes of black pepper oil,...

which was launched in 1982. The symbol of timelessness and modernity contrasts with the new freshness and youthfulness that the new fragrance creation is meant to represent. "Roma Fiori Bianchi" is presented in a delicate shade of pink in a transparent, columnar glass bottle, crowned by a semi-transparent cap with the engraved name "ROMA". The fragrance...

smelled nothing like this before. I can’t place it among the canonical olfactory families, as its accords are out of the ordinary. If you are curious, read on, and I will reveal my impressions as the perfume grows on me. Anfas opens with a brutal fresh, alcoholic, and citric kick, composed of semi-bitter citrus notes mixed with cold spices. There’s a tiny bergamot and maybe more tart citrus...

they put the release date at 1946, the year Pierre Wertheimer returned from Mexico and signed over to Coco an extra 2% of profits from Parfums Chanel. Whereupon, MC No 1 is said to have disappeared. And so, with what was possibly his last perfume, we see Beaux disappearing back into a demiworld of half truths and secrets, the place where he drew inspiration for his most famous -...

scent. If you missed it, people sometimes refer to Mukhallat as liquid gold. The golden colour of the bottle would fit it flawlessly.Mukhallat Abiyad is an unconventional Arabic fragrance full of musky, leathery, and filth tinges combined with the sappy dark note of oud and the harsh and even semi-bitter nuance of saffron, which is used here mainly as a modifier to soften the fierce oud. I can describe...

incense stick. When you spritz it, it fills the room with a mysterious, soothing, and calming aroma of smoky rosy oud. It opens with a familiar rose aroma; however, it feels sweeter and dirtier than other rose scents. But that’s what makes it so good. Smelling this perfume, I mainly take semi-medicinal oud, earthy rose, and bitter chocolate. These notes work together in perfect harmony....

women’s collection’s cylindrical and minimal, but is slightly shorter and thicker. These are four fragrances never released by ZARA while reflecting four more famous scents of design or niche. Let’s discover them together. Infinite Wave - The Most Aquatic This is the spiciest, floral, and semi-salty out of the four. A few notes are listed, which is a typical attitude for these types of ZARA...

Alberto Morillas never cease to amaze. This is popular for a reason. Read more… The Nuance of the Open Sea. Acqua Essenziale Colonia The scent is the third in the brand’s fragrance collection. This one mainly combines aromatic, aquatic, woody, and fougére accords—a fresh green, semi-tart barber’s scent, with an abundance of white citrus blossoms. I appreciate the composition,...

described here on Parfumo. Who does not know this scent? Me, I didn't realise it. I have always seen it on the perfumery shelf, often also very bargain, but I don't know why I wasn't curious to try it. I mean, this is not usually the type of fragrance I would seek out to work. Bought this on a semi-blind buy based on Anessa's positive reviews on here... and I am not disappointed! This...

Oud was a little disconcerting. There was a definite waft of cumin. I asked my son. Cumin. But that was the last I smelt of a powerful cumin note so I guess it must have seaped through the bottle lid and accumulated. The bottle is cute. The base and top (coloured gold) are metal with a soft semi-matte pale gold finish - like 9 ct English gold in colour rather than the rich Indian gold. The liquid is a soft...