Etro
Etro
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pink pepper crackles across the skin with immediate peppery snap, whilst basil's green herbaceousness and nutmeg's warmth create a spice-forward salvo. The effect is almost culinary—sharp, mineral, vaguely unsettling in its refusal to comfort immediately.
Frankincense emerges as the true star, its smoky resin notes preventing violet and geranium from softening the composition's edges. The fragrance settles into a woody-spicy equilibrium, with labdanum providing caramel undertones that tether everything firmly to earth rather than allowing it to drift.
Sandalwood and benzoin dominate, creating a warm, slightly powdery base shot through with ambergris's subtle animalic warmth. The spice recedes but never disappears, leaving a sophisticated woody-amber framework that lasts considerably longer than the top notes suggest it might.
Greene Street arrives as a deliberately unglamorous spice merchant's ledger rendered in fragrance form. The pink pepper and nutmeg establish themselves with considerable bite, their sharp edges refusing the softness that violet might ordinarily provide. Instead, the basil cuts through like a kitchen knife through wet paper—green, peppery, almost herbal—creating a opening that's far more condiment than cologne.
What distinguishes Greene Street from more conventional spiced fragrances is how the frankincense refuses to sweeten the proceedings. Rather than melting into the violet and geranium like incense smoke dissolving into air, it holds firm, creating a tension between the aromatic and the floral. The violet reads as dusty, restrained—it's being pulled earthward by the labdanum and benzoin below rather than floating upward as florals typically do.
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