Feu Secret

After spending an hour with feu secret I immediately ordered the 9ml travel bottle from Bruno Fazzolari’s website. I love iris (apres l’ondee, Iris silver mist are my very favorite), and I’m excited to have this one in my collection as it is very different from those two. However I feel feu secret has a similar enigmatic quality that makes me want to spend my days getting to know it intimately. I am sampling the newer formulation which apparently has more vanilla in it according to BF on Instagram. It starts out with a cool blast that awakens the senses but then settles into warmth and comfort. Turmeric adds a bit of heat and dust though it’s not super detectable to my nose as a spice per se. The vanilla lends some sweetness but this is not a sweet fragrance by any stretch. To me it’s very unisex though leans slightly masc. I would love to try the original pre-2021 formulation, so if anyone is willing to trade or sell a decant or bottle, please pm me!

I am mesmerized by this fragrance. I went into this thinking it was going to be mediocre at best. That was at my own prejudice and my blind assumptions. I wish I wasn't like that. Perhaps it intensified my surprise wearing it. This is the most attractive and beautiful Iris fragrance I've tried so far. My biggest gripe about Iris root is that it leans very opaque. Very foggy. Very dim. The opposite of citrus I would say. However, in this composition, eucalyptus, pink pepper, balsam, and cedar give it much needed relief by contrasting with earthiness that is very alive. Iris becomes much more balanced. Not only is wearable but it is desirable. Almost addictive. It does not go in the make up direction whatsoever. My favorite part is the twinkling eucalyptus every now and then. It almost sparkles in the light. Melancholy. I absolutely love this. I'm going to buy a bottle tonight. 10

Wow this is just a beautiful beautiful composition, you can smell the quality through and through!. It smells and feel so natural!! I love the dry , dusty but ultra buttery feel of this perfume . The way this comes across is not like perfumey ! If you know what I mean , and it’s a great thing . I mean this is one of the best orris note you will ever smell in a fragrance ever!!. This is one for sure you can’t go of the initial spray this is one that is meant to be fully worn and experienced !. Only then will you come to realize how amazing this composition is . I hope this never gets discontinued! This will always be a staple in my collection. And you know what else this goes with so many fragrances it layers!! So so well . This stuff is magic people. 10 out 10 .. this fragrance deserves wayyyyyyh more hype .

Dangerous. Shiny and gleaming like molten silver, the notes are seemingly cold and austere with the chilling factor of spruce, eucalyptus and cedar -- a touch of wooded camphor and menthol. Orris and turmeric blend to offer a bitter powder, fiery and dry, like an illusion of sweet ash and papery petals floating in the air. Feu Secret delivers artful contrasts of fire and dry ice. Oddly it indeed reminds me of the Australian bush with its camphorous scrub, dry heat, and fine powdered desert sand -- a perfect recommendation given to me by one of the fine members of Fragrantica in the forums. This is another outstanding piece of abstract, contemporary olfactory art from Bruno Fazzolari. Do experience his work if you get a chance!

I like to wear this one at sunset when I am outside, particularly in summer or fall. I will put it on about an hour before sunset. With Bruno's intention for this to start off with cool tones and transition to warm, the transition of sunset (or even sunrise) seems appropriate. The wear of the perfume seems to coincide timewise with this daily event. The cool tones go with the cooling down of the day as the sun goes down, then the warm smok-ish drydown matches up with distant campfire on the other side of the birch and orris laden forest. For sunrise it still works, cool night warms up to the morning sun :)