Id

My sister brought this home for me a good year and a half ago, after her trip abroad. She knew I wanted something special. Something I could not get here. But she is not wise to the perfume 'scene' and when she sent me a picture of Tom Ford White Patchouli, my heart sank. While it is a great perfume, it is widely available here and I already own a bottle of it. I think she mostly just knew it was a fragrance I would like. I responded that I enjoy TFWP and while I already had it, it never hurts to have another. Ever the trooper, sis kept looking during her travels. While in Amsterdam she came across a perfume shop. I think she even spent some time talking to one of the associates there to find the right one. Mendittorosa Id is what she chose for me. For the vast majority of us here on Fragrantica, you will understand how absolutely giddy I was when I opened this up. The sheer delight of an unusual and uncommon fragrance is quite the rush. This fragrance house makes the perfumes look and feel special and unique. Housed in a handmade wooden box, wrapped with twine and a metal tab holding the twine around the box. I remember not wanting to cut the twine but there was no other way I could find to open the box. The bottle is heavy and thick. Square with rounded off corners. The cap is unusual. It has dulled metallic look. I think I read that these too, are handmade. The cap on mine has a stylized heart shape to it. The bottle has the name of the fragrance on a small bit of metal that wraps over two sides of the bottle. I wish I would have been as impressed with the scent as I was the presentation. There isn't anything wrong with Id, but on my skin it is rather linear. There is very little change from beginning to end. It comes across as a bit spicy, not flowery in any way. Truly wish there was more jasmine. I pick up oud and cinnamon mostly. The reviewer below, p1t2r3, writes 'wet, moist'. My experience it the opposite. It reads very dry on my skin. Dry with some heat provided by the spices. I think this would be great on a man. It has taken me a long time to write a review about this fragrance because it bewilders me and I am not sure how I feel about it. I have tried it at different times of the year to see if I will feel something about it but it always seems to leave me feeling indifferent. It might be because there is no real detectable sweetness or even floral. I may try to layer it over another fragrance though I am not sure it would work as it isn't an overly bold fragrance and might get overshadowed by another scent. I'm not ready to give up in this one. Maybe I should live in it for a week or so and see what that is like. It's rare that I wear the same scent more than a day or two. But really, I think this one is special to me because of the meaning and love involved in the gift itself.

A refined fragrance,elegant iris covered with a powerful cinnamon that rests on woods and nutmeg... with this scent I feel a very elegance,attractive and mysterious at the same time, quite interesting in drydown, perfectly unisex. Sillage: 8.5/10 Longevity: 9./10 Scent: 8./10 Overall: 8./10

A comforting blend of warm spices and a tiger balm like note, sharp and medicinal. The woody and sweet background notes keep it interesting, and sort of open up the scent, like there's some quiet woods outside your cozy room.

Smells like beautiful realistic bee-wax to me with rich balsamic base, great mix of warming spices and powdery undertones. Smells quite Christmassy but also smooth and round. Gorgeous warming scent! My ig: scent.guide

Its a nice well blended aroma which is familiar tobyou. I get kinda boozy smoky leather(maybe because of birch) onwarm spices and labdanum .9/10 for me Its a bit sweet too.