Bottega Veneta
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
A bright, almost sharp salvo of cedar leaf and cardamom hits immediately—green, peppery, faintly botanical—with the spice cutting clean lines through the crisp wood. It's invigorating rather than gentle, establishing the fragrance's austere temperament from the first spray.
Fir balsam and pimento deepen the composition into something decidedly resinous and spiced, with the pimento adding a slightly dusty, almost clove-like warmth. The woody accords intensify, creating a forest-like milieu with savoury rather than sweet dimensions, as the green notes begin their gradual retreat.
Leather emerges as the dominant player, warm and slightly animalic, supported by a dry, restrained tonka that refuses sweetness. The fragrance becomes increasingly subdued here, settling into a skin-close woody-leather whisper that lingers closer to the body than the air around it.
Bottega Veneta Pour Homme Parfum is a study in restrained masculinity—the kind of fragrance that smells expensive because it refuses to shout. Daniela Andrier has constructed something deliberately austere here, a composition that prioritises architectural clarity over diffusive charm.
The cedar leaf and cardamom opening establishes immediate greenness, but it's the cardamom that commands attention—not the warm, almost creamy spice of other fragrances, but rather its sharper, more peppery facets, cutting through like a blade. Cedar leaf amplifies this crisp quality, introducing an almost metallic dryness that prevents the composition from becoming comforting or cuddly. Within minutes, fir balsam and pimento emerge, and this is where the fragrance reveals its true character: a resinous, slightly medicinal heart that sits somewhere between a Nordic forest and the spice cabinet of a high-end kitchen.
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