Etro
Etro
166 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bergamot and lemon explode with almost aggressive brightness, immediately tempered by sagebrush's grey-green herbaceousness and lavender's medicinal whisper. The peach attempts sweetness but is quickly subsumed into something far greener and more austere than you'd expect.
Violet leaf emerges with a slightly damp, almost celery-like quality, whilst iris adds a cool, powdery dimension that clashes beautifully with the creeping warmth of tuberose and rose. The florals become the fragrance's focal point, creating a luminous, slightly unsettling floral heart that feels more sophisticated than conventionally pretty.
The woody base—particularly cedarwood and patchouli—assumes command, whilst sandalwood and vanilla provide a creamy, almost soap-like texture beneath an increasingly prominent musk. The powdery accord softens the woods into something skin-like and intimate, though the fragrance never fully surrenders its austere, cerebral character.
Magot arrives as a studied contradiction—a fragrance that wants simultaneously to refresh and to seduce, to clarify and to obscure. The opening bristles with citrus transparency, bergamot and lemon cutting through a distinctly herbal presence courtesy of sagebrush and lavender, but these top notes are merely the aperitif to something far more complex below.
What makes Magot compelling is the friction between its opposing forces. The violet leaf and iris in the heart refuse to play the typical feminine card; instead, they bring a green, slightly metallic quality that pushes against the sweeter tuberose and rose, creating a floral accord that feels almost discordant, deliberately unconventional. This isn't the rounded florals of mainstream perfumery—it's florals with an edge, florals that smell slightly uncomfortable in their own skin.
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