Lorenzo Villoresi
Lorenzo Villoresi
86 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The mandarin erupts with a sharp, almost ginger-like bite, whilst mat (possibly sweet gale or artemisia) adds a green-herbal astringency that feels vaguely medicinal. The spice comes charging in immediately—not cinnamon sweetness but black pepper and clove—establishing that this fragrance has no intention of being cuddly.
The citrus recedes as tobacco and cistus take control, creating a distinctly dusty, slightly salty aromatic landscape. Vetiver introduces a cool green-grey undertone that plays beautifully against the patchouli's resinous warmth, whilst everlasting flower hovers just above, adding a whisper of honeyed spice that prevents the composition from becoming austere.
The leather emerges with genuine presence, acquiring a slightly burnt, almost smoky patina as the woods develop a deeper, charred character. Vanilla and tonka bean provide a gossamer underpinning—enough to prevent the base from becoming austere, but never enough to dominate the earthy, slightly animalic leather that remains the true star of the final hours.
Atman Xaman announces itself as a fragrance for those who've grown tired of easy pleasures. The opening bristles with spiced mandarin and herbal mat—an unexpected aromatic sharpness that immediately establishes this as a thinking person's scent, not a comfort object. What makes this composition genuinely compelling is how Villoresi refuses to let the citrus sweeten things. Instead, the spicy accord (clocking in at 88%) weaves through every subsequent phase, creating a persistent peppery backbone that prevents this from becoming merely another woody-amber drone.
The heart reveals the fragrance's true intelligence: tobacco leaf pairs with cistus—that dusty, slightly mineral rockrose—whilst vetiver adds a cool, almost ashy counterpoint to the everlasting flower's subtle honeyed warmth. There's a dryness here, a restraint that feels almost medicinal. Patchouli enters not as the earthy peasant it often is, but as a resinous, slightly bitter companion to the tobacco, suggesting old leather furniture in a vintage apothecary.
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