Laura Biagiotti
Laura Biagiotti
101 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The charcoal and oud strike aggressively, their mineral sharpness cutting through an immediately green, slightly soapy rose. Within seconds, you're uncertain whether this is beautiful or challenging—the fragrance hasn't yet decided, and neither will you immediately.
The amber emerges with honeyed warmth, softening the opening's severity whilst the woody base constructs something architecturally complex beneath. The powdery accord drifts across like a skin-scent whisper, creating a strange juxtaposition of creamy warmth and dusty restraint that feels genuinely sophisticated rather than accidental.
Sandalwood and musk settle into a soft, intimate base, though that animalic undercurrent lingers, preventing the fragrance from becoming purely comforting. The wood becomes increasingly prominent, grounding the amber's sweetness into something earthier and more contemplative—a close-to-skin whisper that rewards proximity.
Laura Biagiotti's Eau de Parfum Concentrée presents a deliberately fractured beauty—one that challenges rather than comforts. The oud arrives with immediate authority, its animalic depth immediately complicated by a sharp, mineral-tinged rose and an unusual charcoal note that reads almost medicinal, like burnt paper smoke drifting through a flower shop. This is no delicate floral; instead, the rose functions as a structural counterpoint to the fragrance's darker inclinations, preventing the composition from dissolving entirely into shadow.
What emerges is a scent for those drawn to amber's narcotic warmth but unwilling to surrender to sweetness. The heart reveals amber and woods working in tandem—a creamy, resinous amber that softens the oud's rawer edges whilst a woody undertone (likely cedar or vetiver) adds a slightly astringent, almost architectural quality. There's an ambiguity here that rewards attention: the powdery accord (52%) dusts the composition like talc on skin, creating an unexpected softness against the woody-amber foundation.
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