Il Mondo di Odore

My first impression of this amber rendition is that I like how the amber is borderline sweet and slightly resinous. Plush and anamalic at the same time is a pretty neat trick that I never tire of. Ambra Nera opens with a dominant amber that leans sweet from an interaction with vanilla and a very transparent eucalyptus. The warm and cold of these notes works very well and within a few minutes, the amber starts turning darker, fuller-bodied and has a slight bite to it. The cypress is a well chosen supporting note as is the vetiver. Together, they provide an earthy wood. It's as if the cypress is too young and not ready to be used. This effect must be from the benzoin and vetiver playing off the wood. I cannot discern patchouli in Ambra Nera even though it's listed, but there's already an earthy resin in the mix balanced very nicely with vanilla. This is a very respectable amber rendition and yet another release from this house that is totally good to go.

So......you like patchouli do you? Well, if that's really true, then Indonesio by Farmacia should fill that void in your life. This is patchouli from top to bottom, head to toe and if I missed an area, that too. From the very first few seconds, there's no mistaking this for anything but what it is; and that, my friends, is an earthy patch scent with a hint of grass.....and I mean only a hint. Whatever development there happens to be with Indonesio is contingent upon the wearers skin. This has one note and the Indonesian patchouli smells like garden earth in a field surrounded by coniferous trees on my skin. The "dirt" is barely moist from a recent sun shower and the clumps of damp grass that are in tufts nearby are carried by my nose on a breeze. This is patchouli.......and an excellent one at that.