Peligroso

Peligroso was found when I entered an alley shop in the kagurazaka neighborhood of Tokyo- EDIT(h). I was greeted by a very kind and engaging gentleman who said he was the creative director of the store and his friend, Aistis, from Lithuania, also had his fragrances in the store. This was the singular scent that captured my attention well beyond all others. They had in-house scent samples set up with upside down glass beekers. Further down the table was the FUMparFUM, out of Lithuania. Peligroso is rich and brooding and deep and leathery with incense and tobacco notes, yet it retains a subtle floral quality and woody dryness that balances it unlike any other scent in the genre, for me at least. This is deeply sensuous and mysterious and complex yet very refined. It continues to draw me in to experience further without any cloying, overly rich, pungent, sweet, or off-balanced notes. Exceptionally well blended.