onda eau de parfum Vero Profumo for women and men

I've found a more suitable name for this fragance:
SALT-MARSH

It is not easy neither to undestrand nor to wear such a fragrange.
It seems to me very strange how so many and good ingredients can produce such a strange smell of sanitizer for hospitals or saunas. I can't smell any flower or honey or fruit, but only something bitter and kippered. In italian ONDA means "wave" and maybe because I live near a sandy beach surrended by many flowers, above all see lily, I expected to smell something floreal marine. But it smell like backwater among rocks.

A fragrance to be tamed, it is Vero’s wild, dusky, brooding Onda, as close to an alchemical potion as a modern perfume is ever likely to get. In the eau de parfum, the ginger, vetiver, honey and patchouli still simmer with earthy sensuality, but the composition gains an airiness, a sense of space that make the notes an easier fit for daytime wear in the south brazilian winter or any other place wich winter really exist.
The smells that comes to mind are cool wet earth, leather, tobacco, warm wood, smoke. It's pungent, animalic, meaty, rich. All of that is the opening of Onda,it's unbelievable, you'll either love it or hate it, for me it is misterious and unique.

Saying that Onda EDP is a challenging composition would be like considering Marcel Proust and easy read. Onda is far beyond being just challenging, is weird, destabilizing and unusual but at the same time "cultured". It is built around a solid structure that shows many characteristic of classic perfumery and adds a bizarre, sort of futuristic, accord of passion fruit and vetiver that together with floral pattenrs and ginger gives birth to a strange blend that sits somewhere between a disinfectant, a mass destruction weapon and pure luxury. Overall Onda smells salty/sweet with fresh nuances, flowery with acidic/unripe fruits and definitely sulfurous (urine?). While all of this may sound disencouraging, I still believe that Onda deserves our respect as one of the most intriguing, complex and original compositions around. Onda, more than like a proper fragrance, sounds like a declaration of intent that says "I'm here, and I'm here to stay!".



On the other hand the extrait de parfum is, paradoxically, more familiar. Don't get me wrong, it's still far from being easy to wear or "pretty" but, its chypre-y animalic leather structure brings, somehow, to mind of the beloved Djedi. A loud vetiver-leather concoction that moves on the thin line between glory and precipice, between a luxurious smell and a revolting stink. Earthy, animalic and almost disturbing yet extremely compelling. Onda was definitely an ambitious and risky project just like doing tightrope walking between two skyscrapers. It took some skills and a guts but Vero Kern has successfully managed to walk to the other side. Chapeau.



Two of the most challenging and compelling compositions that I've ever experienced. By all means niche stuff.

Rating: 9/10

ONDA is not for the faint of heart. This scent could be worn to the office; if you work from 4 to midnight, and then go clubbing afterwards. If you regularly put others in their place and are prone to giving steely stares—then this is for you! It's a wild mixture of metallic flowers with sharp little thorns, burning plastic, unripe cherries and plums, rock hard lemon sherbert. And when you think it's all a bit much, a spoonful of honey is added to make the tea go down easier. Who ever wears ONDA is sure to remembered...

Onda EDP begins with a somewhat bitter beginning which is a bit unpleasant. However, this only lasts for under 10 minutes and blooms into a lovely bouquet of ginger, mandarin orange and what I presume to be passion fruit. I also smell the honey and a touch of basil. It has been very pleasant in the 3 or 4 times I have tested it. It lasts probably about 7 or 8 hours on me which, for me is excellent. Unfortunately, it has little or no sillage on me. I received a sample of the 3 new Vero EDP's from Lucky Scent. Of the 3 I love Rubj the most and Onda comes in second place. The perfumes cost a minor king's ransom, unfortunately, so I won't be getting a larger size in the forseeable future. However, I certainly recommend testing these for the experience. Onda definitely is made with the finest ingredients as are all the Vero perfumes.

What I loved in the extrait was the crisp coriander/ginger opening, which was very reminiscent of built up soot on a log cabin wall.

With the EDP I get wet floor after the soot was washed off with a hose. I'm just not liking this one, actually. I've worn it three times before reviewing, and each time it just smelled 'stinky' on me. Also very short lived.

I think thie misstep occurred by taking out the coriander. This is a note that I like, and it was replaced by citrus and earthy florals, which just don't come together well here. This truly does smell 'watered down', as if you spent the day in a wet T-shirt and never had a chance to dry out.

While I loved the extrait, I can't say the same for this, sorry.