Magnificat

It's a YES for me! So when I first smelled this from the cap - it was a complete no. But since I paid for it, I went back to it and actually sprayed it once on my wrist. I did not like the opening so much...it smelled odd and ununiform, like a bunch of smells and spices that did not "gel well." As I continued to wear it into the mid, it started to morph... some, but I still felt disjointed about it - it smelled like something I couldn't quite grasp. But once the dry down kicked in - the juice became MAGNIFIQUE! It turned into a warm and smooth, sweet smoky/incense-y like fragrance. And I actually do smell cotton candy, the darker and moistened cotton candy, like when the fluffy candy meets your saliva and it turns it into a soft, solid, sweet like edible mass with the sugar flavor breaking up on your tongue! The cotton candy doesn't swallow the whole fragrance but it is there, playing it's comforting confectionery part. The cotton candy with the spices and the smokiness are so wonderful in the dry down for me - I can dig it!! This is not a "run of the mill" kind of typical fragrance. Nor is it a gourmand. Only some noses that sniff this will enjoy it, but I am happy to have it.

I mostly get the base notes. Even at the start. Smokey resinous vanilla/patchouli/sandalwood just about sums this one up. Unisex for sure. But I would think that a smokey resinous woodsy/vanilla has to sound good to you, for you to enjoy this. Vanilla is not the main character though, but definitely as a supporting role. I would say the Incense is the main character. Smells good, kinda reminds me of Middle Eastern fragrances because of the incense, would make great Winter vacation fragrance (think ski-lodge)... reminds me of getting cozy by the fire. Don't expect a gourmand though (like I was) but this is still wonderful in its own right. EDIT 12/25/24: This has since become one of my favorite cold weather fragrances. It's super underrated. It took me a few times to actually really appreciate and love this. It's gorgeous, grown, sweet incensey amber with vanilla & spice. Feminine, femme-fatale sexy. I can not give this enough praise. Smells like it should cost $200+. Really makes me want to find more from this house because it's so good.

Oh this is gorgeous, it was a blind buy, I got it for a heavily reduced price and couldn’t resist, the opening put me in mind of Tom ford black orchard and I thought this is not what I expected but hold on 5 mins later I got the most gorgeous amber vanilla with a hint of incense, I don’t get much cotton candy but it is sweet however it’s not too sweet or cloying, it’s dark but rather beautiful. The notes shown here are spot on. My only complaint would be that for an extrait it’s not that strong, I can’t comment on the longevity. The packaging deserves a mention it is packaged the way I would imagine a fine champagne would be packaged the bottle is covered in dark blue velvet and it sits on a pillow of white satin, the box opens up at the front, like opening 2 doors. All in all I would describe this as exquisite, well worth the money. I have ordered v canto cicuta which sounds like a dark gothic Rose, looking forward to trying that one.

This perfume was recommended to me by a fellow perfume addict. I was wary, especially bc Terenzi is so hit or miss for me, but I decided to go for it. So glad I did - this was well advised. I am very pleased with my first V Canto experience. I love a good cotton candy note, and this perfume does it really well. It is definitely center stage in this fragrance. The Amber backs it up in a way that leaves it mostly still gourmand to my nose, but keeps it classy and makes me think evening wear. It is a very rich fragrance. I immediately get the feeling that it is long lasting, powerful and refined upon sniffing it. It is not subtle. I feel that the bottle/packaging is very appropriate for this fragrance, bc I could see myself draped in a blue Velvet dress, wearing this perfume, turning heads at the orchestra or socializing at a dinner party. If thick, luxurious blue Velvet had a scent, this would be it.

Beautiful sweet amber scent. I can definitely feel the cotton candy note standing out on my skin, which was unexpected. Because of that, I believe “sweet” should be in the top 3 accords. Overall, it is a very cosy and addictive scent, I do not find it challenging at all - I can’t detect any bitterness or strong incense, which others have mentioned. It’s however a bit alcoholic in the opening and the performance is not great - definitely quieter than I expected, but the scent is so nice that I am okay with just wearing it around the house, where performance isn’t an issue.

Oh my gawd,let me calm down and breathe. This is so beautiful. It very very similar to Serge Lutens Ambre santal I promise you very very similar. It is warm,cozy, the amber is prominent, the vanilla, the benzoin, kinda boozy, very sweet. No it does not over take your olfactory senses. It is simply divine. If you love amber, I don't care how many Ambers you have, you need this in your life. It is 9.5 out of 10 over all for me. This was a blind buy too. Ahhhh I am in love. I need a back up, back up bottle.

Adore this stuff, love the cotton candy / amber / balsamics / smoky combo, and the icing on the cake is I completely accidentally discovered a cheapie scent combo that really resembles this. Al-Rehab choco musk + Nabeel king of oudh layered. It's 90% similar! Mostly similar notes with choco musk; The oudh adds smokiness and the earthyness of the patchouli, and the 10% difference is the cocoa vs cotton candy. But the vanilla makes up the difference in sweetness so super similar :)

This is basically if you took serge lutens Ambre Sultan that did a fusion dance with vanilla ice cream with high quality vanilla extract in it . Last longer than ambre sultan , silage is so good it’s slightly headache inducing only three sprays is enough personally. If from Uk , by this niche instead of those newer dupes coming out this Black Friday. Quality- 8.8/10 Longevity- 8/10 (11 hours) Silage - 9/10 Overall- 8.6/10

Another candy floss, glossed with patchouli that's coming home with me! Imagine walking through a market in India, Nag Champa burning at the temple, beautiful dark haired girls with rose-water scented hair, spices and bright colours. All the while you are eating some neon pink candy floss and using a bunch of patch' leaves as a fan. May sound a ludicrous scent to some, to me it's heavenly!

It's a beautiful artform of a scented treasure. I would not change one thing about it and I can easily imagine loving it many years. It's made out of the most fragrant ingredients that are always a pleasure to the senses in the balmy, woody, sweet and smoky realm. Loved it and would gladly spend more time with it.

Wow I am loving this. It is an ambery fragrance with some cotton candy. The cotton candy isn't super noticeable as a stand-alone note but it mixes well and makes this more of a fluffy ambery scent. I get more cotton candy as it dries down. This is so so good! One of the best amber fragrances.

Smoky, spicy, sweet, exotic incense deliciousness. The amber is warm, burnished gold. The cedar is magnificent entwined w/ my olfactory love Madagascar vanilla. This composition exudes a furtive sensuality that sneaks up on anyone nearby, enticing them w/ each whiff...🤤

Never imagined a cotton candy/amber/patch fragrance could smell as good as this. Unfortunately the performance is abysmal considering the ingredient list and the price point. It barely projects for an hour and then quickly becomes a skin scent by the two hour mark.

I've had this fragrance for a couple of months and while I like it well enough and will wear it, it seems like a fairly straightforward amber fragrance to me, albeit with some extra sweetness and incense thrown in. Very nicely done but well ... it's amber. 🤷🏻♀️

I LOVE Magnificat. The floral opening with amber is absolutely lovely. But I love the middle notes the most, cotton candy notes mixed with amber! Truly truly lovely, and very sensual for me. <3

One of my best purchases! I love the ambery opening but the dry down is is the most wonderful scent, vanilla and musk together with the amber is just wow

This reminds me of Organza Indecence Givenchy the original formulation. So I definitely love this fragrance.

Sweet amber vanilla fragrance which is so warm and cozy. This is for the vanilla-amber lovers!!!

My elder daughter had just finished high school and achieved fantastic results, so in 2000 I took her to Rome to celebrate before the university academic year commenced in earnest, I think it was around April. We live in Sydney and she had not been to Italy before but had heard me talk about my childhood memories of Rome. It was around Easter time, and we ended up going to multiple mass sessions on the same day because each location was breathtakingly beautiful. Each church had its own unique atmosphere along with numerous art treasures hanging on the walls. Even if you didn’t go to hear the sermon, it was worth basking in the glory and beauty (some may say decadence) of the church itself. Going to mass in Rome was magical, and spraying Magnificat for the first time today took me back to that time. I get incense, but a subdued version of it. The first spray reminded me of the “nut” smell I discerned in Lancôme’s Roses Berberanza but that quickly dissipated and the fragrance evolved into an intimate, slightly sweet incense. For an extrait, this doesn’t project like I expected it to and I am struggling to get any cotton candy - not because I have any interest in smelling it, but because I am curious about what others are perceiving. I don’t feel I have experienced this enough to make a proper call on it, I just wanted to record my initial thoughts on it, I hope to update this review after I’ve tried it a few more times. Thank you for reading this.

This is an alluring amber forward scent that is sweet and warm. The amber here is the golden, transparent, fluid type; unlike darker resinous and spicy ambers of the likes of Serge Lutans Ambre Sultan. The sweetness balances amber really well and light incense in the background adds an air of mystery. This perfume does a great job of representing the time period that it is dedicated to: it evokes a feeling of medieval donna who is dressed in velvet dress, perfumed with an exquisite scent and is ready to take part in queen’s court. To me this scent is not that of a young carless girl, it’s a scent of an established woman who knows the rules and how to play by them. To me the projection is pretty good for the first few hours, then becomes a quieter scent that one is able to catch a whiff of with a movement of a hand or a turn of a head. A really nice scent that is worth giving a chance to.