Musk

I have bought and consumed all the works of the brand Lorenzo Vilorsi. To be fair, Lorenzo Vilorsi is a full-fledged master in terms of the quality and clarity of his notes and his unique artistic style. Lorenzo Vilorsi's musk was not my favorite work, while Donna, for example, although it is more feminine, was my sleep perfume for several years and was a kind of perfume to cure my depression.But tonight, when the temperature in Tehran was minus 8 degrees, I realized how much the cold has a great effect on the manifestation and expression of the deep beauty of Lorenzo Villorsi's musk. The excellent quality and clarity of the notes, which have always been a distinctive feature of Lorenzo Villorsi's works, reached their peak in this work despite the extreme cold, while I always thought that this was a perfume for spring and autumn or mild winters! But now I realized that I was wrong. Interestingly, the performance of the work has also improved a lot and while I used to spray myself with about 15 puffs in the spring, today I enjoyed it all day with only five puffs and tonight I have been enjoying the smell of rose and musk with only three puffs for hours. The rose here is very close to the Iranian rose and even the Kandahar rose in Andy Tauer's work. Iranians are almost averse to roses due to the traditional use of roses in religious ceremonies and funerals, but Lorenzo's musk, with its combination of rose, white musk, and sandalwood, along with amber and geranium, has created a different masterpiece that, to me, has nothing at all to do with the smell of traditional Iranian rose water, although its rose is similar to the Iranian roses found in desert cities.I think this perfume is completely unisex and can be worn in formal and everyday situations with a variety of outfits. A peaceful fragrance that I don't think will bother anyone. Just please don't wear it in the hot season because you'll waste your perfume, and wear it at least once in extreme cold and then maybe, like me, you'll notice the depth of its difference from the fall and spring seasons. Finally, I'd like to say that more than most of the perfumes I've had (and there are many), different social personalities have been attracted to it and have loved it equally. I've seen almost no negatives. Furthermore I think it's also great for romantic dates.

This is a musk game changer. I suspected for awhile that I would love this Lorenzo Villoresi creation and I do. A Fragrantica swap partner was kind enough to send me a small decant, and after my maiden voyage with the scent, I have pulled the trigger on a 50 ml bottle. On my skin, this is an all-season geranium musk. Rose is in the mix but it’s the citrus aspect of the geranium and bergamot that makes this a unique combination. Andy the Frenchy does a great job describing the overall scent profile, so I’d rather not repeat. I will extrapolate on the unusual sour note; it’s here and I think it’s a combination of the geranium, musk and galbanum. The sourness is really pleasant, and this might sound like a diss—and I don’t mean it to be—but it makes up the animalic part with a very slight urine profile. That’s may sound weird but it’s primal and lovely. Sandalwood helps balance the composition and it stays north of the gross stuff. I have tried to keep my collection around 200 bottles, an obscene number that I will not get through in this lifetime because I’m currently in a “sample everything” mindset. Everyday I want to try something new, but rarely do I come across something that I feel is new. This week I’ve already added two “new-to-me” perfumes after going weeks without feeling like I wanted to add anything additional. And that’s basically why I love this hobby, I’m continually surprised, and sometimes it’s in the most unsuspecting way. And this time it’s with a perfume that has been on the market for 25+ years.

Let me start by saying when I first sniffed it I did not like it at all. It appeared loud and jarring to me like an OTT moment of an Italian opera (not an opera fan here). One year later I found a sample in my bathroom cabinet and tested it again and again and again: NOW I AM OBSESSED AND CONSIDER IT A TRUE MASTERPIECE. I have already reviewed some other rose based scents, so I consider this in strong competition with Frederic Malle's "Une Rose"/ "Lipstick Rose", Czech & Speake "Dark Rose", Bond #9 "West Side", Louis Azzaro's "Acteur" and Amouage "Lyric" to name my favourite rose base scents. Now technically this is primarily a musk fragrance (and it certainly oozes very sensual musk) but I also find it is very heavy on the rose and it is that "arm-wrestling" of its musk and that rich, dark, oily, woody, overripe rose, that makes this composition so round and smooth and wonderful. Truly well blended as it is precisely positioned in the centre: neither too old-fashioned (although there is that old skool glimpse), nor too modern, neither too sharp, nor too sweet, neither too gourmand (lovely edible vanilla, almost cocoa note). Think of fusing Tom Ford's "Tobacco Vanille" with Frederic Malle's "Une Rose" and add heaps of creamy musk = THIS. 100% unisex. Longevity is also very good for an EdT. Only let down? Availability: as it is a (super) niche fragrance, one has to get it online or a niche perfumery. But at least you will be wearing quality at an honest price that very few people will know or wear.

This is like holy grail musk to me. I get mostly musk, sandalwood and rose. The musk is fantastic, it isn't animalic at all to me. More like a sexy warm skin scent like a top quality musk oil. The sandalwood is that really smooth kind, not overwhelming and just seems to wear like warm silk. It isn't "figgy" at all like some sandalwood can be (Santal Blush, Sacred Wood). To me it is much more on the order of the sandalwood in Bois des Iles (just the sandalwood part, this doesn't have aldehydes and is very different from Bois des Iles...it just has that luxurious smooth type of sandalwood). The rose is dark and dewy and very present. The interesting thing about Villoresi Musk is that each of the main notes take turns being dominant each time you wear it. Sometimes it smells like mostly sandalwood. Other times mostly rose. Then still at other times it smells almost like a pure musk oil. It really is a chameleon of a scent and seems almost the scent equivalent of a mood ring. As a life long musk fan I have to say this is one of my favorites of all. Just something about it that makes me a little crazy. Completely unisex and seems suitable for just about any occasion but has a really casual and earthy feel to it. But still a bit mysterious and a whole lot sexy. I want a gigantic bottle of this badly.

What a pretty rose and geranium perfume. It could be unisex depending on if the man is a rose lover. There is a lot of musk here in the base, a white musk that I really love. It's clean but not starkly clean. Creamy sandalwood, slight vanillic undertones but this perfume never becomes "sweet' like many rose fragrances on the market today. What I get out of this perfume the most is this amazing rose. Gorgeous red roses everywhere, spicy, rosy and rich. I could bath in this stuff. This is rose heaven. My husband is smelling this now and wants it for himself LOL. I will be getting a big bottle of this so he and I can share. If you are a rose lover do not miss out on this fantastic rose perfume. Dries down to an absolutely beautiful sandalwood. Reminds me of the sandalwood in Jean Patou's L'Huere Attendue Heritage Collection. I own 2 from this brand that I blind bought on a hunch. They were Alamut and Teint de Niche. I was not wrong to blind buy them. They are magnificent as this one is as well. I think most anything from this wonderful brand would be an easy blind buy for anyone that love classically crafted perfumes. Also, I would like to thank my fragrantica friend for sending me this sample of Rose Heaven my way!