Bvlgari
Bvlgari
151 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Cardamom bursts forth with peppery immediacy, supported by a cool, almost metallic sandalwood that feels more like aldehydes than wood. Within minutes, the composition feels surprisingly fresh—arid, even—as if someone's just cracked open a spice jar in an air-conditioned office.
By the second hour, ginger and galangal take command, creating a bracing, almost medicinal quality that's strangely compelling. The juniper adds botanical dimension, preventing the fragrance from becoming a simple spice bomb; instead, it oscillates between culinary warmth and clean, gin-like freshness, with powdery undertones emerging like dust motes in afternoon light.
As it settles into its final hours, tobacco flower and teakwood create a predominantly powdery, somewhat abstract base that's difficult to pin down—more feeling than scent. The gingko's freshness persists stubbornly, refusing to surrender to traditional woody warmth, whilst projection fades to near-invisibility, making this a scent only the wearer and those within arm's reach can properly experience.
Blv pour Homme arrives as a meditation on spice rather than a declaration of it. Alberto Morillas has constructed something deliberately restrained—a fragrance that whispers rather than shouts, built on the unexpected pairing of cardamom and sandalwood in the opening. This is not the creamy sandalwood of Mysore's finest exports, but rather a cooler, almost pencil-shaving interpretation that allows the cardamom's green-tinged warmth to dominate without overshadowing.
The heart reveals Morillas's true intent: a spice-driven composition where ginger, juniper, and galangal create a almost culinary effect—imagine walking through a medieval apothecary where the boundaries between fragrance and gastronomy blur. The ginger provides a peppery bite whilst juniper adds a gin-like botanical clarity. Galangal, often overlooked in fragrances, contributes a distinctly mineral, slightly metallic quality that prevents this from becoming merely pleasant.
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