Il Profvmo
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Crisp bell pepper snaps immediately across the skin, its verdant, slightly metallic character almost shocking in its directness. Nutmeg emerges alongside it, grounding the initial brightness with warm spice and subtle pepper-tinged decay, whilst lokum adds a honeyed, almost powdery sweetness that prevents the opening from becoming purely sharp.
The woody base begins its patient ascent, cedarwood and vetiver slowly displacing the top notes' initial vivacity. The nutmeg deepens considerably, taking on an almost incense-like quality as it mingles with patchouli's creamy earthiness, whilst the lokum accord becomes increasingly dusty and abstract—less recognisably sweet, more genuinely gourmand in a subtly spiced way.
A lean, minimalist woody finish dominates, with cedarwood offering a faintly soapy, almost pencil-shaving dryness that vetiver and patchouli soften into creamy, tobacco-tinged earth. The spice has largely evaporated, leaving only faint ghost impressions of nutmeg and pepper on an increasingly intimate, skin-like base that whispers rather than speaks.
Touaregh arrives as a deliberately provocative fragrance—spiced, earthy, and unapologetically angular. Silvana Casoli has constructed something that feels almost architectural in its restraint, favouring the interplay between bell pepper's green, almost mentholic bite and nutmeg's warm, slightly powdery embrace. The lokum accord introduces an unexpected sweetness, that Turkish delight quality lending a dusty, cardamom-tinged sensuality that prevents the composition from becoming austere.
This is not a fragrance that coddles. The woody and spicy accords dominate with genuine conviction—cedarwood, vetiver, and patchouli form a triumvirate that's simultaneously creamy and abraded, soft yet structurally demanding. There's a certain intellectual quality to Touaregh, as though the wearer has deliberately chosen something that requires active engagement rather than passive wearability.
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3.4/5 (160)