Tesori d'Oriente
Tesori d'Oriente
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The bright citrus trio of mandarin and lemon cuts through immediately with an almost sherbet-like sharpness, but the almond blossom arrives within moments to soften those edges into something creamy and confectionery. Within the first few minutes, you're not smelling a fragrance so much as inhaling the scent of a confectioner's shop warmed by afternoon sun.
As the citrus top notes fade—relatively quickly—the orange blossom and jasmine emerge, attempting to add refinement and floral depth, yet the vanilla and amber are already rising from the base, creating an almost soupy sweetness that engulfs these middle notes entirely. By the second hour, the fragrance has settled into a predominantly amber-vanilla composition with florals functioning as mere whispers rather than dominant voices.
The woody notes finally assert themselves alongside the musk, creating a warmer, slightly more grounded finish, though the vanilla and amber remain decidedly forward, creating a skin scent that's more powdery than woody. What remains is essentially a sweet, musky embrace with the faintest woody undertone—not unpleasant, but distinctly one-dimensional, fading to a barely-there presence by the fourth hour.
Hammam arrives as a deliberately sweetened interpretation of bathing ritual—less the austere steam and marble of an actual thermal experience, and more the confectionery fantasy of what one imagines happens behind those doors. The opening salvo of mandarin and almond blossom creates an almost marzipan-like sweetness, immediately signalling that this is comfort rather than sophistication. There's a dessert-like quality to the composition that prevents it from ever feeling fresh or contemplative; instead, it reads as a scent for those who want fragrance to taste edible rather than breathe naturally.
The heart's orange blossom and jasmine attempt to introduce some floral restraint, yet they're subsumed almost entirely by the sweetness that dominates the accords. These florals function more as perfume's equivalent of pastry garnish—delicate additions to an already saccharine whole. The jasmine, typically a note of intoxicating complexity, becomes merely another layer in the vanilla-amber scaffolding rather than a character in its own right.
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