Patchouli Mazzolari for women and men

A scent that only Earthworm Jim could love. Nah, just kidding. You can definitely add this one to the "why would anyone want to smell like this list". Thick, dense, and heavy are immediate words that come to mind when describing this balmy perfume. I like to sniff things without looking at the notes and i must say that the notes are as described. The Indonesian patchouli in this fragrance is super duper earthy(hence why i mentioned Earthworm Jim). Im going into the 12th hour and this stuff shows no signs of leaving my skin. With that being said...that doesn't mean that it's projecting for 12 hours. This stuff develops into a skin scent around the 5th hour. For the sake of the longevity alone, this could be a buy for someone else...not my style.

I've been on a quest lately to find the perfect patchouli, and I'm not entirely sure it can get better than Mazzolari. This is a darker patch, but it's not overly musty or damp. It's beautifully blended with honey, so as it dries down it smells like 60/40 patchouli/honey.

I keep imagining a French model wearing a sassy, short skirt and a stylish black leather jacket. She's doing a black-and-white photo shoot at night, in front of a chateau with sprawling gardens and massive wrought-iron gates.

This perfume is proper, yet it's edgy and dark at the same time. Simple and stunning.

Rather stylish, feminine, patchouli.
There are few patchouli-named scents that I would purchase, but this one is lovely.

This fragrance is usually discussed in the same breath as the likes of F.S.S.A. Patchouly Indonesiano, and so my mind immediately goes to Zorba the Greek and poor Boubolina's Italian admiral with his patchouli-scented beard. The romantic and historical backdrop of the Mediterranean prepares one for a prickly, challenging affair redolent of crotches and camphor. This is not the case with Mazzolari Patchouli.

Taken together in the incarnations of Lui and Patchouli, the signature of Mazzolari seems to be a comical, almost weaponized, richness. Both fragrances, to my nose, have an insidious vanilla/amber note that feels like the house chemists somehow synthesized heavy cream to an ether viscosity.

Both are lovely in their own right, but the super-cloying drydown would make someone looking for a slightly exotic, austere, dry masculine look elsewhere.

6 out of 10