Periplo

I love this perfume. It reminds me of an evening spent very close to the sea, when the sky is turning from light blue to darker, and one can't distinguish the separation line between sky and sea. The waves are soft, but there is a gentle brees that makes the leaves move and the vegetation spreads into the air this scent. I feel the rosemary, the thyme, the pine after some minutes I had sprayed it. Its freshness is given by the head notes of green tangerine, bergamot, sweet orange and lemon. Its Mediterranean personality is given by the heart notes of basil, rosemary, sagebrush, thyme, myrtle, lavender and pine. The persistence is given by cannelier leaves, coriander, nutmeg, palm rose, jasmine, sandal, Virginia's cedar, oak's musk. On my skin the perfume lasts about 2 hrs. Then nobody can feel it, nor I, unless I massage with the hand the neck or the wrists (where I put the perfume) and smell them. The sillage is moderate. When I smell it, I am transported into the magic Mediterranean scrub. (I live in the north of Italy).

I always buy a L'erbolario cologne or two whenever I'm in Italy, just because the price is so good for the quality you get. I didn't give Periplo a lot of attention, but I rediscovered it this summer and has been my go to day scent since for warm and sunny days. Sillage isn't too big, but not too bad either. Could be TF's Grey Vetiver's more herbal and slightly older cousin.

I found the ingredients of this perfume. Many more than the ones written by Fragrantica. TOP NOTES: Mandarin Orange Bergamot Sweet Orange Lemon MIDDLE NOTES: Basil Rosemary Clary Sage Thyme Myrtle Lavender Pine Tree BASE NOTES: Cannelier leaves, Coriander Nutmeg Palmarosa Jasmin Santal Cedar Guaiac Oak musk.

Take fistfuls of hand picked herbs and throw them into your dying campfire at dawn. The wind born in the tumult of the ocean blowing through the calm forest. Reminds me of Big Sur. I keep being drawn in by that sailboat illustration. I can't throw the packaging away. It's so beautiful.

It's like a refreshing breeze,I love wearing this in the morning.

Fantastic scent. Very aromatic, fresh and naturally. I love it!

h e r b a l nice scent great sillage and long lasting 8.5/10

Great fragrance,long lasting,great sillage.

good perfume, very herbal, balsamic, is e beautiful cocktail of wood herbs, maybe a walk into the woods. is another beautiful creation from l'erbolario, one of the king of cheap but good quality perfumes. i think this is better in spring, summer and autumn, not bad in winter but there is no sweetness here. the mix of green herbs is really pleasant, the only downside is that when i sniff pine this remind me at sopmething little bit old (80's), but in this periplo is light and pleasant so not bad. i see someone 30+ wearing this. 7,5/10 maybe if it was a chanel (i think this perfume has a "chanellity") it was much more famous and considered.

Standing on a cliff on a windy, overcast day, ocean waves crashing into the shore, saturating the air with a fine mist of salt water. Driftwood scattered about and the wind carrying the scent of dried up herbs from a nearby meadow. Periplo is a dry, invigorating, marine, ozonic, outdoorsy perfume. Projection and longevity are moderate; on clothes it last at least 24hrs. Despite the complete absence of any sweet or flowery components, it is definitely a unisex fragrance (provided that female wearers lean more towards the tomboyish side)

Consiglio per chi vuole un profumo frizzantino fresco ed erbaceo per l'estate. Su di me, si sentiva la parte più balsamica delle erbe presenti qui dentro, ma perfetto da mettere quando l'estate sta arrivando o si è in piena estate perché dà proprio energia. L'ho comprato l'estate scorsa e mi piaceva, ma ora non più così tanto, perché mi sa da classico profumo da uomo, che ormai non prediligo. Però lo consiglio. Dura sulle 4/5 orette su di me e chi mi stava vicino dice che si sentiva.

The first blast is very herbal and masculine. Later, it loses that sharpness and turns into a scent that could (with an open mind) be described as unisex. There is no sweetness even then though - I smell thyme, a tiny bit of citrus, and oud (which must be the sandalwood). I would love to smell this on a man, but probably wouldn't wear it often myself.

At first, this pierced my nose a bit. Sillage is moderate/strong for the first couple of hours. However, it smells great... I detect a little citrus in the opening, but then it's mostly white thyme, and beautiful aromatic herbs. I even smell pine sap at some point in the heart of this fragrance. Resinous, fresh, very aromatic and natural smelling.

Can anyone tell me if this is also sweet? Beause I perfer fresh aromatic scents lately. Thank you!

Thyme over dry woods with subtle citrus, green and spicy inflections An interesting release from a brand that is inconsistent in quality but consistently astounding when it comes to bang for the buck. Periplo is however pretty stunning for 20-30 euro. Honestly eriplo is more of a perfume base, without a particular opening, complexity (regardless of the 50+ listed notes) or huge evolution, however it is quite effective at evoking a certain crushed herb dry woody smell that is very familiar to anyone having visited the Cyclads/Greek islands. It's the smell of countless sun roasted thyme bushes, dusty bone dry earth and perhaps a few dehydrated pine trees in the surrounding. Im not directly familiar with the raw material used to achieve this effect, but i have smelled it many times before, for example in Chanel Edimbourg or Diptyque Tam Dao EDT (not to imply that Periplo rivals these scents, not even close). Periplo is also slightly fresh ozonic and has plenty ambrox like molecules in the base giving off a masculine, dry, almost mineral like effect, almost like in Frapin l'Humaniste. Overall, Periplo is very satisfying to wear. The nameless perfumer really hit the nail of the head with the dusty thyme woody accord. Spraying it on is a pleasure, although i wish the cap wasn't plastic.

This is another traditional Italian style cologne and is herbal/aromatic in the same way as the great Italian colognes are. It therefore leans very masculine as well. It's like a more refined version of Pino Silvestre without the pine note, possibly due to the heavy thyme note in both (which I actually like). This just straight up smells better than Pino Silvester however due to the (to my nose) added notes of what I think are vetiver (in the spirit of Italian Malimia Uomo Vetyver) and bay leaf, along with rosemary and clary sage. The name erbolario means herb-gatherer and this is very apt for this fragrance, which is a herbal Mediterranean concoction. L'Erbolario is an Italian brand that makes natural smelling colognes and body products, similar to L'Occitane en Provence. It smells like I'm standing on the Mediterranean coast smelling herbs growing wildly. You will like this if you like masculine, slightly spicy herbal colognes without any sweetness. Sillage is moderate while longevity is moderate leaning strong. Overall it's a pretty fantastic Italian herbal cologne, the bottle is designed nicely with a good sprayer, and the sailboat box art is pretty amazing. 4/5 P.S. Don't be fooled by the sailboat art. This is a green herbal fragrance, and not aquatic at all.

I find it similar to Diptyque’s Tam Dao, with this one being more aromatic. It has surprisingly good performance that you would not expect from a fragrance like this