Filippo Sorcinelli
Filippo Sorcinelli
120 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Smoke curls forward aggressively, wreathed in tobacco leaf and the dark plum-wine quality of blackcurrant, whilst elemi resin adds a resinous, almost funeral-parlour formality. Nutmeg crackles like cardamom in a censer, and the whole opening feels like walking into a medieval apothecary.
The composition shifts toward wood and incense as mastic and clove create a slightly chewy, resinous sweetness, and orange blossom arrives with a subtle, green-edged florality that's anything but romantic. Scots pine adds a dry, almost coniferous woodiness that grounds the composition in something austere and architectural.
Frankincense, cashmere wood, and guaiac wood layer into a warm, amber-tinged base that finally softens the earlier austerity, whilst patchouli adds earthy weight and sandalwood provides a creamy, almost powdery foundation. What remains is deeply woody and resinous—a fragrance that clings to skin like incense smoke in fabric.
Reliqvia is a fragrance that smells like inherited memory—the kind you might find lingering in an old wooden reliquary or the study of a collector obsessed with rare things. It opens with a deliberately harsh confrontation: smoke and tobacco leaf collide with blackcurrant's dark berry intensity, whilst elemi resin adds a medicinal, almost ecclesiastical quality that feels intentional rather than accidental. This is not comfort; this is provocation.
What makes Reliqvia compelling is how it refuses sentimentality. The orange that arrives isn't bright or optimistic—it's been smoking in the same room as tobacco for hours, its citrus dulled to something more akin to dried pith. Nutmeg sharpens the edges further, adding a peppery bite that keeps the composition from ever becoming soft.
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