Yerbamate Lorenzo Villoresi for women and men

green powdery and bitter-sweet..
not so natural
and tea leaves and the end

Yerbamate smells good--it's fresh, natural, and unique, and the tea note blends well with the mint to create a cool, dry accord that is slightly sweet and very green. Occasionally there is a baby powder-like, medicinal quality to it as well. I find Yerbamate enigmatic in the sense that it is a strange, unusual fragrance that simultaneously manages to lack a personality. To me, it is simply a scent. And while I appreciate its quality, I feel very neutral about it. As such, I can't see myself wanting to wearing it very often. Yerbamate is mostly linear, with solid projection and average longevity.

Chocolate limes! A surprising burst of the rememberence of these favourite sweeties without the actual overpowering sweetness of real boiled sweets. Made me laugh and brought an 'I want to eat my own arm' smile to my face. A dash of mint, but to me no tea. A quick change to a long unfolding of mellow honey and soft flower petals with an underlying darker note that gives a little mystery. Yet neither floral nor sweet - I find it hard to describe this scent, other than it seems that so many of the notes others get from it are not the ones I find. It is delightful, elegant without being cold, assured without being brash or false, enfolding and feminine without being sweetly eager to please or fearful of being an individual. Not a scent for girls but one for a woman who likes who she is.

I wish I could break this down into notes, which would be of more help to others. Yet to me, on me, this seems to have very little in common with the given notes or those others describe it as. Maybe this is one worth a try even if you are put off by the descriptions. It may be totally different on you too. I habitually turn to sweet florals, and bought this after a wonderful session with Les Scenteurs in London. I asked to be taken away from my comfort zone and I found Yerbamate. And while it isn't a scent I naturally would have turned to, I find it deliciously wearable. Actually, no, don't try it- if you liked it it wouldn't be all mine anymore, would it!

È come essere in un grande giardino
con l'erba appena tagliata
è quella la sensazione che ho avuto annusandolo

I second previous comments that this is a dry fragrance- almost like sticking your nose in a bag of loose green tea and having a good sniff.

This scent has a typical complaint from me: the Vetiver is too strong. When i sniff my wrist I get that uncleaned body smell, layered with a shake of baby powder. Fans of Bal a Versaille and Shalimar may enjoy this for hte similarities.

This is not a bad scent, it is an interesting scent. 'Interesting' in the 'what did you think of your blind date' kind of way. Worth trying, but for me it's not my genre.

Pretty impressed by this VERY green and well crafted, well balanced and with a great evolving process. It's like being in a big "jardin" (garden) with lots of plants.


9/10

Amazing scent. A must have. Impossible to describe.
The only two bands I can stand at the moment are L. Villoresi and Maitre P. et G.

Clean slightly tobacco-y dry tea. Goes on sharp at first, but fades fast to a soft scent without being sweet, powdery or warm. It doesn't resemble anything that I've sampled on today's market. Definitely interesting and unusual without being off-putting or unwearable. Think summer and a pale green linen dress. This is the lady at the tea party with the hidden tattoo. The tattoo is a unicorn, but it's still a tattoo. She giggles, but it's only when she's telling a dirty joke under her breath. Friendly, approachable but in the end different. Even weird, but in such a nice way.