Aromadite by Farmacia SS. Annunziata

*****
Year: 2008

Notes: lemon, orange, dill, aromatic notes, ginger, spices, tea, flowers, amber, vanilla, powdery musk
There's something odd about Aromadite that just doesn't work...

Call it an abstract structural imbalance, if you will. Maybe it's the dill, maybe it's just the saccharine sweetness of the citrus accords, or maybe it's because the uncouth fruity-floral blending is extremely reminiscent of Tauer Perfumes' Une Rose Vermeille.

With prominent ginger-infused florals, resulting in a tea-like diffusion, it spends most of its time coming across as cheap-smelling and unpleasant. It's only several hours later, into the musky and spicy vanillic drydown, that it becomes a far less laborious experience.

Although it boasts exceptional longevity, with minimal sillage, it's sadly muddled and unfocused.


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