Scorpio

Scorpio by Tiziana Terenzi is an unisex extrait de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with lemon, lavender, artemisia, ginger, apple and blueberry, moves into incense, rosemary, cypriol, cedarwood, guaiac wood and cumin and dries down to sandalwood, oud, birch, vanilla, heliotrope and ambergris. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.

Notes, explained

Opening

Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
Lavender Herbal, clean, slightly medicinal. Barbershop in one note.
Artemisia Bitter and silvery-herbal. Wormwood, the backbone of a fougère.
Ginger Warm, zesty and slightly soapy. Bridges citrus and spice.
Apple Crunchy and tart or soft and red, depending on the treatment.
Blueberry Dark, jammy berry. Softer and less sharp than blackcurrant.

Heart

Incense Smoky, dry and meditative. Adds gravity to anything.
Rosemary Sharp, camphorous herb. Bracing and clean, borders on medicinal.
Cypriol Also called nagarmotha. Smoky, leathery, earthy — a vetiver relative.
Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
Guaiac Wood Smoky, tarry and slightly sweet. Like a bonfire and roses.
Cumin Warm, spicy and unmistakably sweaty. Divides rooms.

Dry-down

Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
Oud Resinous, medicinal, barnyard-adjacent wood. The most expensive note in perfumery.
Birch Clean pale wood. The leaves, not the tar.
Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
Heliotrope Almond, vanilla and powder. Smells like marzipan and old-fashioned makeup.
Ambergris Salty, animal, sun-warmed skin. Marine and musky at once.

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