Incensi Lorenzo Villoresi for women and men

The best incense ever smell apart one exclusive from Amouage called Salalah.Incensi of Viloressi has an special sweet and class aroma for me.Go for it.Marc.

Very dry and medicinal incense. It started very well, like a Kyoto for grown ups, stronger, louder and more bitter. However, the dry down was too sharp for my liking. The good thing is that 4 hours later it was still very strong on me. The bad thing is that I finally had to scrub it off because I couldn't stand it anymore. More masculine than unisex IMO. Will pass.

How original, never smelt anything like this. Very orig
inal "incense" version... european one?

Definitely will buy a bottle.

8/10

A very interesting perfume! One of the driest and bitter Incense around. I really love this one as it's completely different if worn by somebody else, it totally morphes mantaining its own characteristics. It's quite hard to describe it but when I first tasted it on paper I almost got disturbed by its tremendous harshness and severity. I tried it on my skin anyway as it's not so easy, nowadays, to find something really capturing you attention (whether in a good or bad way). Everything seems to get levelled and I got sick of sport-perfumes. Incensi is another world, a very special one made of cinnamon, ginger and mimose (I totally get mimose in this one just like I get Camomille in Avignon) surroundend by an immense dose of dark incense and labdanum. Not an everyday fragrance, but absolutely great to wear once in a while. If you'll have the chance to taste Incensi, make sure to try it on your skin and don't be scared by the opening...let it works!

Rating: 7-7.5/10

Of my three Villoresi samples I saved this one for last, because my 'sniff test' (a dab on the back of the finger) told me this was the best.

If you put bergamot and galbanum in the opening i'm going to like it, and this opens with a big 'wow' for me. However...

When i put it on my decollete and took it for a hike it deteriorated, and quickly, into a hyper sweet mess. Props to imgcas for calling it as it is: it comes down to skin chemistry.

For me, the only house that can put tolu balsam and opoponax (and benzoin a to boot) in the base and still make it wearable is Guerlain. In the hands of anyone else this turns into a flat out mess on me.

How much of a mess? Succinctly: on my hike I preferred my own sweaty smell to this.

With my chemistry this would have popped had the base been kept dry and resinous. Incense should never play second fiddle to sweet myrrh and friends. It was the base that ruined it for me; the opening was wonderful.

Goes on very loud, but dries down quickly to a lovely resinous woody incense. There's no smoke or musty edge like some incense fragrances have. Just smooth, rich and darkly lovely.

Incensi starts plungent, gloomy and rather strong with an underlying green balsamic note and has an immediate effect of having an association with the Roman Catholic church.
As known frankincense has been used in religious practice for more then 3000 years. Incensi focuses onto the bitter darkness of myrrh and the sharp resinous frankincense notes which provide an earthy element to the overall smell and the fragrance grows stronger over time.
Throughout the day, occasionally I picked up a cinnamon note and I found the scent was tinged with a slightly vanillic sweetness.
Women who like a bit of femininity in their fragrance will not find it here.

This is one of those perfumes in which skin chemistry is vital.
Smelling directly from the sample vial, I get a burst of green notes which are very unpleasant to me. I don't get the citrus in the opening, only a dominant galbanum. In fact, this is the strongest galbanum I have ever smelt.

With such an opening I could have given up, but I dabbed a drop on my skin and, surprisingly, it was instant magic. It becomes a soft, sweet, lovely and very femenine incense fragance which I adored.
It is not incense in the lines of Comme des Garçons Avignon, but somehow it is relaxing and calm.
There is a soapy note which makes it even a clean scent.
If you like incense perfumes give it a try, although you might dislike the top notes.

Oh how nice this is, this is so lovely and sexy. This could be worn everyday all day long. This perfume is a must have on my list. Hard to find and when I do I will treasure it Forever. Soft Incense Spice. Who wouldn't want to wear this..