Lorenzo Villoresi
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The cardamom and laurel combination hits immediately with green intensity, a crackling spice-tinged freshness that's almost medicinal in its clarity. Cypress and mint provide a cooling counterpoint, creating an opening that feels simultaneously herbal and peppery—your first impression is of something brisk and austere rather than inviting.
As the composition settles, clove and cinnamon emerge with substantial weight, their warming spice tempering the top notes' sharp edges whilst fir and juniper introduce an almost cologne-like woodiness. The oregano and thyme create an unexpected savoury dimension, making Spezie smell less like traditional perfumery and more like the aromatic heart of Mediterranean cooking—there's an earthy, almost vegetable-forward quality that's genuinely unusual.
The base of rosemary, sage, and tomato leaf creates a surprisingly herbaceous finale, with oakmoss providing smoky, slightly earthy grounding. Heliotrope adds the faintest amber warmth, but this isn't a creamy or comforting close—instead, Spezie fades into a dry, woody, herb-garden reminiscence that feels both ancient and refined.
Spezie arrives as a bracing slap of culinary intention—this is not a fragrance that whispers or seduces, but rather demands you pay attention. Villoresi has constructed something that feels less like a perfume and more like stepping into a spice merchant's back room where dried herbs hang from rafters and cardamom pods sit in open bowls. The cardamom-laurel opening immediately establishes a green, almost herbaceous spiciness that refuses softness, whilst the coriander adds a slightly citric bite that prevents the composition from becoming purely aromatic.
What's most compelling is how the heart layers clove and cinnamon—those deep, almost medicinal spices—over a base of fir and juniper that could easily have belonged to a cologne. Instead of creating sweetness, this combination produces something austere and contemplative, with oregano and thyme introducing savory, culinary notes that blur the line between fragrance and kitchen ingredient. The cypress cuts through with a mineral dryness.
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4.3/5 (90)