04 Petrana

Petrana is an aroma of modern, dark conception, dedicated to the desert of Jordan. Earth and warm desert air, wrapped in a floral, intelligent, delicate and subtle aroma as Olivia Giacobetti could have done, but at the same time Petrana has a hidden and sensual inherent character. The whole fragrance is developed in two phases. The first is a rare and original ozone-violet arrangement, crystalline, fresh, aerial, like an air breeze that feels free, with an aromatic point and with a slight spicy touch, in this phase, the iris provides the support where to lean Violet and feel powdery and more floral than musky. The evolution towards drying guides you without even knowing it, is very well structured, as only the great perfumers know how to compose, in this phase, the bed that supports the iris pushes the heliotrope as a main note during drying, so that it floats like a A breeze that envelops you like the dunes of the desert, a delicate floral trail that grows darker and darker, while the elegant vetiver wood (Vetiverilo acetate) does the rest, feels a little earthy and rather Dry as the heat of the sun on the dunes, due to the effect of gravity, this vetiver stays stuck to skin as a counterpoint to the floral-air arrangement: violet-iris-heliotrope that remains enveloping you in the form of a gentle wake. The final effect feels very powdery, dark floral, with a green dot, even more masculine, serious, musky, original, and above all very elegant. The fragrance is not powerful, rather modest, but careful, it is too well made, evolves with so much subtlety and mastery, that you could overlook its excellent quality. In addition it is of the few fragrances where the aroma of the Heliotrope is vaporous and fascinating, more green, violet and anisic, less cherry, less vanilla and less balsamic, that is to say an aroma less floriental confectionery of what usually we usually find and more similar to The real flower of the Heliotrope. All a rarity and exquisite Odin. Rating: 9

The scent itself it's amazing! very dark and penetrant. i smell a lot of violet and iris in a punch concentration. Can't really detect a drydown, it's a quite linear fragrance. I've got a sample so I can't really judge the sillage. I believe with a normal vaporizateur it would actually sit better on skin. But again, the scent itself it's captivating! I have to edit this after a year. So I ordered a sample a year ago based on my preferences which where green notes, violet and acquatics. When it arrived from Nose Paris it smelled none of them, nevertheless I loved it and since then I always tried to get a bottle. Finally I have it and its the most wonderful perfume I have! I must say the notes here are slightly wrong. In the opening there's a pear note which is not listed and it's amazing! It opens with this spicy pear, coriander and pepper mixed with florals, and it is the best opening I have ever experienced in my life. It's some sort of sorcery really! addictive and seducing, you want to smell it forever but it lasts some minutes and then transforms in a buttery iris and bulgarian rose I believe, violet leaf and just a far away hint of creamy heliotrope, a touch of raspberry to balance the sweetness. Overall is quite sharp but never ever powdery or woody. there's a quite big base of white musk and vetiver, nothing special in that but well done. Its a super dark spicy floral fragrance. Over the top with originality as all Odin fragrances. Projection is soft, it's not a powerhouse by no means. It's something you know you have it and everybody will notice it but not attention grabber. Again this is perfumery magic. Sits on skin easily 12 hours as a skinscent which is ok. I see black when i smell it. Super mistyrious, a scent for people who want to be consciously different and not for the sake of it. It should get more attention!

Discovered this Fragrance at my local perfume shop Babalu, first impression from this line was the great presentation, minimalistic and elegant, great amber bottles with Numbers, i got to smell the whole line, and all are exquisitely delicious. I pick Number 4 Petrana for its soft and masculine feel, reminds me of a warm fall night, extremely sensual and delicate, a smokey violet iris top with a great musky dry down, its stays close to the skin, but it does seem to project as my girlfriend can detect the fantastic scent on me for hours, one of her favorites of mine. i would highly recommend this, its very soft but the notes are beautiful. It's a woodsy, black iris, violet leaf, vetiver, white musk, and that makes this fragrance a true beauty, can wait for my next scent from Odin one of my top favorite fragrance house...

Smelled almost like nothing when applied,,,,Soon developed into a lovely floral, musk, spice. A nice scent. Very clean but not aquatic or citrus.Strangely i cannot place most of the notes except pink pepper which is nicely juxtaposed to the mild sweetness of this fragrance. Going on my 13th hour since applying about a quarter ml to chest and shirt and I just got my 3rd compliment of the day on it about 20 min ago Masculine on me but I could see a woman wearing this as well. Def do not blind buy. Test on skin for a few hours. No developement after first hour. Very similar to YSL homme or Christian Dior homme but much richer and less synthetic. My girlfriend who constantly complains about all my frags just asked me to buy a bottle.

Love this scent. I am transported to a misty spring forest with wet moss beneath my toes and gentle rays of sun penetrating from the canopy of newly gathered leaves above. Violet leaf consumes this fragrance, and just happens to be one of my favorite fragrance notes. Iris blossom and root, as well as heliotrope give a very subtle powdery quality. Lastly, after several minutes you can take notice of a grounding vetiver scent. This fragrance is so masterfully blended it is very difficult to extract the various notes separately. My favorite of the ODIN line. (30)