Pomegranate and Incense

Wonderful, deep and rich composition that uses very natural ingredients and, as karazzmatic put it so poetically, really sets your mood once applied. The slightly tart note of pomegranate is perfect - querelle's comment of it being "juicy and crisp" is spot on! I get the warmed raspberry note just behind it and a very light citrus. Cloves radiate wonderfully from the heart into both the top notes (opening) and segue into the spices and wood with the incense. A great note used very well here. The heart is where the magic happens - the olibanum (incense) is simply beautiful. It really opens up and breathes after this has been on your skin for a while. So real as it captures your attention and doesn't let go! Accompanied by a faint lily-of-the-valley along with a nice pinch of white pepper that sparkles in the heart. The pomegranate note stays for a while, but fades out into the middle-to-end of the heart. The base is brilliantly composed of patchouli and cedar with a hint of musk (as a fixative - this lasts very well for an Eau de Cologne). Querelle's comment on the patchouli and pepper mixed with the juicy pomegranate "turn it into a dark and wet cologne that dries out smelling like wet woods after rain" is very fascinating and an olfactory adventure one needs to behold. I get a moist feeling on top and the patchouli and cedar and guaiac wood base combined with the prominent incense note seem to dry it out some, but never all the way as well. There is a lot going on here. I love how it layers (or blends - not directly applied over one another)...with Gandini 1896's bottling, Teak Wood. Stunning combination! However, each is fantastic unto themselves. This is truly niche perfumery with fantastic ingredients and a very articulate and deft touch that has made this composition what it is - pure indulgence and aromatherapy! Harmonious and so wonderfully balanced. This could be worn year-round...including balmy summer evenings. It is not heavy, but so aromatic and balanced! I burn incense for meditative purposes. It is so wonderful to have this scent in my collection as it brings compliments galore and is truly unisex. It is amazing on my wife as well. The entire line of 1896 from Gandini is of amazing quality and while they are all Eau de Colognes, I feel they have more aromatic compounds in them than a lot of EdT's on the market! Grazie Gandini!!! Superb and magnificent work here. Very highly recommended! True niche quality that is composed of natural ingredients. I could not be more impressed - as I had never heard of the Gandini house prior to this line. I am thankful and blessed to have found it. **UPDATE** - next to Jo Malone's Pomegranate Noir, there are very clear similarities...longevity for both is exceptional for an EdC as well. While Jo Malone's Pom Noir opens with a nice fruitiness and goes to cloves and woody notes, the Gandini juice is more smoky and has more peppery wood in the blend. One would have to decide for themselves as to which they like better, but I would go with Gandini based on both quality-to-price as well as how it evolves on my skin. Jo Malone's Pom Noir is good - and both show development, but Gandini seems to have more 'movement'...it is less linear in its stages. Kudos to Gandini for creating such a great scent that compares so well to a very nice 'niche' bottling.

A quality house and the quality of the materials of the ingredients shines through just like the quality in perfumes from Santa Elualia perfumes. This is a sort of a sour pomegranate with a hint of sweetness and beautifully coupled with an aroma of incense. Its strong but not heavy on the nose. Ideal for all seasons and especially suited for daytime as it has a certain sparkle in the air. There is a sense of airiness and this will work well indoors or outdoors. Longevity is much to be desired but a wonderful perfume nonetheless. Quality of Ingredients 10/10 Versatility 8/10 Longevity 6/10 Sillage 5/10 Would I buy another one? yes

Got it in today and wearing. The first spray (make it tiny please) is stunning, like being in Temple. Very intoxicating. No pomegranate in the opening notes at all. Opening it is all cedar, incense and pepper spices !!! As it softens you pick up an under tone of pomegranates - it mellows down to a soft incense - peppery and spicy - lingers. It's quite well mixed. I am now a huge fan and eager to try other Gandini fragrances. Been hunting for a real incense fragrance for a long time. THIS IS IT :)) If my Man would wear this I'd be on top of him sniffing away. Glad it's mine.

I feel a lot of incense and cloves- many many many dried cloves. Due to this the smell comes strongly of strong medical tonality to me. Incense starts to take presence- more and more so. It smells as if someone has just burned paper- quiet, meditative, gris-like quality. It is such silent, meditative, cool and austere scent- in a budist zen way. It creates a feel which is taken more for part of a person wearing it, not necessarily separately distinguished as perfume

It's more pomegranate on me than JM's Pome Noir, and less woody. Gandini is more fresher and juicier. JM's often has a wine and oakwood smell on me, reminds me of those aged dry wine, while gandini tastes like a more cheerful Beaujolais It has good lasting power, and the price is much lower than JM. If you like a juicy fruity/fresher version of JM's Pome Noir, Gandini could be a very nice choice.