Mendittorosa
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Ravansara's brisk, slightly medicinal camphoraceous top creates an immediate jolt, immediately flanked by clove's peppery bite and nutmeg's warm spice. Within moments, you're enveloped in something that smells less like fragrance and more like stepping into a spice merchant's inner sanctum.
The jasmine emerges not as something romantic but as a textural counterpoint—its indolic qualities amplified by the surrounding spice, creating an almost tense dialogue between floral and peppery. The violet adds dusty, slightly cool notes whilst iris brings creamy facets that humanise what could otherwise feel aggressively austere. The clove and nutmeg remain prominent, their interaction with the resins creating an almost clove-studded honey effect.
By the final hours, the base's resinous elements—labdanum and benzoin Siam—create a warm, almost leather-like sweetness upon which the Indonesian patchouli and oud settle with quiet determination. Ceylon cinnamon adds a final whisper of spice, whilst white musk and ambroxan provide a subtle, skin-scent softness that finally, gently, coaxes the composition towards intimacy.
Mendittorosa's *Id* is a fragrance that refuses politeness. It announces itself not as a whisper but as a deliberate statement—a woody-spicy construction that feels almost confrontational in its directness. The heart is where the real architecture emerges: clove and nutmeg create a peppery density that frames jasmine and iris with unexpected severity, stripping away any floral softness and replacing it with an almost medicinal clarity. There's something vaguely animalic here, a tension between the resinous labdanum and benzoin Siam that suggests warmth whilst simultaneously creating distance.
This is a fragrance for those who find comfort in complexity rather than comfort. The base—a dense tapestry of Indonesian patchouli, oud, and Ceylon cinnamon—builds a structure that's less a foundation and more a philosophical statement about what fragrance can be when it prioritises character over wearability. The precious woods and ambroxan add a subtle cosmetic quality, preventing the composition from tipping entirely into brutalism, yet the overall effect remains austere.
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