Corpse Reviver

I'm just getting camphor and cocoa, i.e. fresh herbaceous cocoa. It's really unique and fun, but it's hard to say if I'd ever wear this. The camphor thankfully calms down after 30 minutes or so but, for better or worse, it's present throughout the life of the fragrance. I don't think it's much like Slumberhouse Ore (besides the cocoa), which is smokier and puts more of an emphasis on woods. If you're looking for something similar to Ore, Ummagumma (which I love and wear all the time) is closer. Edit: This grew on me and I ended up getting it. I likely won't wear it often but it's an interesting invigorating gourmand that I'll enjoy from time to time.

Dark chocolate, booze, and then an eternal sweet-ish powdery dry down. A very slight aromatics edge keeps it out of diabetes territory. I also get whiffs of dried fruits, like raisins, barely there, and a deep richness that i can't tease individual notes from. I'm looking for the anise, an all time favorite note, but i can't pick it out. Civet always reads as powdery to me, i smell nothing fecal here. It's definitely a strange, twisted gourmand and i'm here for it. This one feels good. Unique enough to be interesting, but not weird or off-putting. My husband loved the sample on me so much that he ordered a bottle as a surprise gift!

If you had the opportunity to try the very limited collaboration between Bruno Fazzolari and Antonio Gardoni, Cadavre Exquis, and kicked yourself for not nabbing a bottle during the small window when you could have, fear not. Corpse Reviver is definitely a nod to Cadavre Exquis, though there's more of Bruno's aesthetic in his solo work. It's got herbal notes, dried fruit, boozy and a little animalic; a bit gourmand with the vanilla, dark chocolate, and caramel though I don't know that I think of this fragrance when I think of gourmands. I missed Cadavre Exquis. I'm not missing Corpse Reviver.

The initial presentation is a burst of citrus that settles quickly into a liquored-up chocolate. As the heart starts to come through, it becomes more nostalgic. Memories of antique stores and working deep in the archives of a museum. Vintage clothes, books that haven't been opened in decades, dust, cobblestone streets, black and white films... On paper, it stays chocolatey. On my skin, the civet comes through very strongly. Going back to the paper a few days later it smells like sweet maple syrup. This scent is a journey and, as one who has an affinity for history, it is a journey I love.

Missed out on Cadavre Exquis so jumped at the chance to buy this one and i'm so glad I did. Corpse reviver is great,it's pretty loud,heavy & almost 'sticky' with insane performance....you really need to go easy with the sprayer! I love it, but those around you might not -someone commented that they kept smelling something like curry around me...it was corpse reviver! Although not listed I'm getting an immortelle note here,there's a spicy maple-syrupy thing going on for sure. Big 👍s up.

Ooohhhh myyyyy Lord !!!!!!!!!! Just received this as a FB as Corpse Reviver... My goodness... reminiscent of Baque et al from Slumberhouse. Chocolate cake with a Booziness. A touch of liquor cherries. After thirty minutes a slight Animalic leather asserts itself. A proper Blackforest Cake - Schwarzwalde Torte! Ignore the over analysed reviews. Nuff said - exquisite scent, killer performance

My first association was black coffee with chili pepper. I was blindly testing this scent and it literally punched me in the face, but in a good way :) Super potent, dark and spicy but with a nice gourmand base. Follow me on IG: scent.guide

i was put off trying this for a while because the notes made it seem like it’d be sweet and gourmand, however its anything but that. its like an evil dark pumpkin spice latte, halloween in a bottle. i cant get enough of it!!!!!!!!

Sampling one of the latest two releases from Bruno Fazzolari / Fzotic, Corpse Reviver (the other being Zdravetz), a complex, creative perfume whose standout notes on me are camphor, whiskey, and chocolate: It’s dark, boozy, rich, somewhat sweet, and also loaded with camphor and woody, herbal undertones via some of the other notes. Like Ummagumma, it has the rich sweet complexity of a Slumberhouse fragrance. I saw someone make a comparison to Slumberhouse Baque, specifically, and that is a sound analogy for the mix of liquor and stewed fruits that is common to both fragrances, though I prefer Corpse Reviver’s overall character, which, at least on my skin, is a bit more interesting (with the chocolate, especially), than Baque, one of the few Slumberhouse offerings I’ve bought and re-sold. The performance is strong, what I’ve typically come to expect of Bruno’s work and choice in ingredients, compositions. Available through the Fzotic website and through boutique sites like Luckyscent and Twisted Lily, Corpse Reviver is priced at $145 for 50ml, slightly higher than most of the line, but in line with the previous Luckyscent exclusive, Fontevraud. I’m not sure it’s a fragrance I would wear often so I’ll have to give it some more time but I quite like Corpse Reviver. 7 out of 10

Corpse Reviver has a gorgeous open that features a dense, dark chocolate encased in a cloud of gossamer animalics. The chocolate evaporates within 5 minutes though, making way for a sludgy syrupy mash of fermenting dried fruit that carries the sharp edge of alcohol. After another 30 minutes the final stage of the perfume arrives, a kitchen spice melange of curry-like sweaty herbs and cooking aromas that really permeates the air around the wearer and lasts for hours. . It reminds me of the food court dry down of Santal Blush, and for me, that’s not a good thing. I do detect anise, which I enjoy, but there’s more.. and it smells like curry, cumin, and fenugreek. So, I adore the chocolate bit, like the stewed fruits bit, and was embarrassed by the cooking odors base and dry down as that’s not how I want to smell out in public. I’ll have to give this perfume an OK and that’s purely on the merits of the first half hour.

Picked this up after basically sniffing everything in sight in Chicago (thank you for your patience sales person). I got more funky, animalic, alcoholic-amber out of it than I do chocolate, and would never guess this chocolate per se. It does have a funkiness that not everyone will gravitate to, and maybe even off-putting to some, but I find it fitting for me, and probably just as fitting for an ornery, pissed-off gothy-witch, who may just likes the name. It does have a tude that suggests you're going out, somewhere, interesting, maybe a cemetery, but a darkly lit bar, or dark comedy, or seeing Rocky Horror yet again would be more fitting.

This one took me a while to get used to. I blind bought it for myself as a christmas gift (as one does) and was a bit disappointed at first. I started out by layering it with a light amber and/or a deep tuberose to balance to the richness of the dark chocolate but slowly became more equipped to smelling like a full on Parisian chocolaterie. Its strong on first whiff but allures you to smell deeper. The slight hint of dried berries and grapefruit levels the intensity of the almost roasted dark chocolate. This would be beautiful with a warm tonka scent as a layer.

FZOTIC may be my favorite niche house. Every sample of theirs I get I find myself sniffing over and over. My wife revolted at Corpse Reviver. Claimed she could still smell it even when my hands were washed and the sample was closed and in a different room. I wait for the day she leaves for a trip so I can wear it. My uneducated nose smells Tang powder. Not sweet, but citrus, almost like you are just smelling pith. An aspect that almost makes my brain think 'urine' but not quite.

I'm a huge fan of Bruno Fazzolari's fragrances. I have a full bottle of almost every fragrance he has produced. This is the only one I am sticking to a few samples. The sweetness is what I get most. At first it reminds of me pfeffernüsse cookies. I have been wearing if for about 8 hours. It is powerful and have had nice smells from it all day. It is definitely related to Cadavre Exquis, but I remember a lot more of the animal/civet in Cadavre Exquis.

Funky, boozy, dark chocolate and bitter orange peel. It makes me think of those chocolates filled with liqueur and chocolate-covered raisins. It has an odd fenugreek, syrupy type smell, but it's not offensive. This fragrance is also quite warm and woody. It's a bit too masculine on me, and I think it would be better suited for someone else. It's definitely a unique fragrance that will make you stand out.

Smells like you're somewhere expensive for the winter holidays. Prominent chocolate and whiskey but not overtly gourmand given the woody background. Unisex but leans masculine. A more interesting take on this type of scent profile than others I've tried.

It’s giving Jaffa Cake, which I normally can’t stand... but it’s just so fun and fruity! Chocolate and orange are definitely the top notes for me, but I can definitely smell the whiskey now I know it’s there.

It's deep, it's good at keeping a secret, it may win J'Accuse every time. There's a comforting holiday feel, reminiscent of Lush's Yog Nog. Whiskey and Neosporin soothe this morning's ski-disaster.

Very very aromatic and boozy in my opinion. Wish it had a little more chocolate scent on the dry-down to balance it out. Somehow very sweet but also not sweet at all? Interesting to say the least.

Interesting. Gourmand-like with some spice notes. Starts off a bit too sweet for my taste, but the sweetness quickly mellows and is ultimately balanced out nicely by the dry, spicy facets.