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 :)

Looove this scent. Every time I spray it I feel like I am being enveloped in a steel grey cloud that slowly over the course of an our turns to a light purple lilac. Its such a grey purple perfume in the best way. Smells like woody, cool, rooty, orris. Absolutely what I have been craving more of. Originally I had a sample. Then bought a travel size, used it 60% and dropped it in a parking lot where it shattered, I was devastated. Immediately purchased a full bottle

Something about this draws me in deeper and deeper, it's addicting. I'm chasing smoky-earthy orris through birch and cedar and apparently spruce when I come across a eucalyptus grove, it pushes me back a little but does not offend; it's not overbearing like eucalyptus ~can~ be. I'm getting warmer, I'm straying colder, I don't know if I'll ever find the secret fire but I know I'll enjoy the journey. Just ordered more so I can keep exploring.

First impression: Wow 😲 this is excellent! Smells niche and very high quality. The iris is superb, the pine and leather fantastic. I get the eucalyptus and turmeric which somehow works. Very strong and natural. After subsequent testing, I feel this is one the best iris notes I've ever smelled. Possibly the best 👌 Scent 9/10 Performance 6.5/10

the orris is apparent from the first second and remains throughout. towards the middle, an aromachmical comes through and I get flashbacks to L'Artisan's 'Batucada', which is not necessarily a good or a bad thing. May warrant a second try...

This is a date night fragrance for a mature man. Imagine an edgier version of Dior Homme Intense.

If anyone has an unloved bottle of this they’re willing to sell, DM me please!!🙏

My experience is generally consistent with the other reviews here. A cool, grey orris is the star of this show, warmed somewhat by spices (turmeric and pink pepper) and woods. I can detect each of the listed notes except for cedar and birch. To my nose, the orris here is thankfully not powdery at all, but rather perhaps a bit waxy and yet dusty at the same time. Carroty aspects and "makeup" facets are also present but not dominant. The performance of this one parallels the performance of Au Dela Narcisse -- big opening for 60-90 minutes, then rapidly calming down to a fairly quiet scent. Here, the orris becomes somewhat less prominent in the dry-down, but it is still the key player throughout -- unlike ADN, in which the central player (narcissus) largely fades from view (at least on my skin). I agree with Lanier that this one exudes the vibe of a classic fragrance from bygone days; yet it is somehow a modernized update on those classics. The same could be said of both Five and Au Dela Narcisse, as well. I find it leans a bit more feminine than Fazzolari's Monserrat but less so than ADN. Still unisex enough that a lot of men will have no problem with this. Also, unlike ADN and Room 237 and perhaps Lampblack, there is nothing particularly challenging about this fragrance, unless you happen to dislike orris/iris: it is pleasant from start to finish.

A warning to those looking for a masculine-leaning fragrance: this one contains vanilla! Strangely, it was almost undetectable at first, but somewhere between the third and fifth hours of wear it really crescendoed until it almost reminded me of Hypnotic Poison. FZOTIC lists vanilla while Fragrantica doesn't, so maybe it's been reformulated. Below is a more general review... My first impression was of a comforting rooty scent with an intriguing hint of smoke. I really appreciate how the wood notes are incorporated: they aren't overly camphoraceous and instead impart a vetiver-like freshness to the orris, which is the star ingredient at all stages. The aforementioned vanilla also stays mostly in the background and contributes a slight gourmand sweetness. The fragrance has good longevity, but I wish that the birch tar note lasted longer, as that is what caught my attention from the test strip. This is a wonderful summer and early fall scent, and possibly a daily wear for an orris lover.

My fourth sampling of Bruno Fazzolari's line is his latest creation, Feu Secret, a powdery/woody blend that entails a harmonious balance between teh woody notes of spruce and eucalyptus and the powdery iris, though not so powdery as to be prohibitive, as I'm generally not a huge fan of iris. Performance is on par with Lampblack, decent projection but nothing overwhelming, with very good longevity. Overall I'm pleased with it but the iris is still a little too prominent in it for me to be fully won over, and Five remains my favorite fragrance of the house. 7 out of 10

Tasteful dry woodsy iris - I can smell the turmeric, as well as something that smells like vetiver. Dusty in a pleasant way, almost like ash. Doesn't strike me as particularly masculine at all; to me it's quite unisex. I can see how it might be a little more appealing to men than the typical iris though, as the woodsy notes make it feel less lipsticky. Eucalyptus is listed as a note, but the scent isn't camphorous. Some of the reviews had me worried it would smell like a synthetic cologne, but I don't get that at all. Nothing mind-blowing, but I enjoy it!

This to me actually stood out the most out of Bruno’s work. It’s an extremely rooty-earthy-spicy-smoky composition. If you are into that type of thing you might like this one. I’m quite familiar with turmeric and it stands out big time here! Orris birch and pink pepper are quite pronounced as well and are really well blended together. Eventually fades into its super cedary-orrisy backbone that can feel a little off putting. Despite that a very intriguing and unique scent and performs decently well. Tends to lean feminine on my skin.

Way too masculine on me and doesn’t work with my body chemistry but it’s my favorite scent on my husband. It smells like a completely different fragrance on him! I gave him my bottle a while back and he wore it for the first time, recently, and I demanded to know what he was wearing that smelled so incredible! I didn’t recognize the scent! Definitely a fantastic masculine fragrance!

it is a lot better than “five”. At first I thought meh, but the more times I smell it the more I can appreciate it. Not FB for me at all, but I love smelling iris root so even if the rest of the notes don’t wow me it is still nice to smell for fun by myself. quite a bit like imaginary authors “O unknown” but it does smell more natural than that... quite a bit better actually

This is deeply *interesting*. I don't recognize the notes well, but I get a sense of a Mediterranean vacation, a hotel by the sea near coastal scrub, brilliant sun and cool shadow, a secret tryst in the afternoon. It has no softness at all, it's rather austere and almost colorless and unfriendly, which is why I didn't wind up going for it. Genuinely unisex, IMO.

A very particular rooty and muted spice. Turmeric and pepper is pleasantly biting, and quickly mellows into a slightly sweet and dusty iris over charred birch. Has me picturing a high-end draftsmens studio where a wood stove had been burning the night prior.