Gritti
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The mineral assault hits immediately—imagine licking a battery whilst inhaling fresh-cut herbs. Green pepper crackles with aggressive brightness, whilst artemisia's bitter green leafiness creates an almost medicinal sharpness that's genuinely challenging rather than inviting.
As the opening's volatility settles, gunpowder's smoky, slightly sulphurous character emerges with ozone's electric static quality, creating an almost ozonic breeze interrupted by oud's resinous darkness—the composition becomes less linear and more contemplative, catching light like polished steel.
The base reveals itself as deliberately cool and abstract; metallic notes shimmer against cashmeran's powder-soft coolness whilst ambergris provides a salty, mineral anchor that keeps the entire fragrance tethered to something vaguely oceanic and untouchable, fading into a whisper of bitter green.
Super Nova arrives as a deliberately austere proposition—a fragrance that rejects warmth in favour of angular precision. Luca Gritti has constructed something that feels less like a traditional perfume and more like a conceptual statement: what does clean air smell like when filtered through industrial mineral deposits and bitter botanicals?
The artemisia forms the backbone here, that wormwood-like green that tastes slightly metallic on the olfactory sense, whilst green pepper provides sharp, almost peppercorn-like clarity rather than culinary sweetness. These top notes don't bloom; they cut. There's something deliberately off-putting about this opening, which is precisely the point. This is not a fragrance for the fragrance-averse; it's for those who've grown weary of florals and gourmands, who crave something that bristles with intellectual edge.
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3.8/5 (175)