New from Nobile 1942: 1001
I liked 1001, Luca Maffei's new work for
Nobile 1942 (website here) at first sniff. I was charmed by its intense freshness,
holding on skin for hours, which is not an easy result to obtain. It
is due to a bright, dry, green accord of bergamot, pink pepper,
ginger, papyrus, elemì and incense that work together creating a
wire binding top, heart and base and making the fragrance subsequent
in all its lifetime. Very pleasant and well orchestrated.
But the
perfume is not all there.
To make it more engaging a soft, voluptuous
undercurrent was introduced, consisting of turmeric, rose, patchouli
and sandalwood, melting into each other and blowing a warm, exotic,
rather sensual breath, which helps bring out the freshness of the
other notes and give body and roundness to the whole fragrance.
I bet
it was not easy to introduce all this opposing materials in the same
scent without transforming it into a total chaos, but Luca has
accomplished this task successfully: the result is complex and
multifaceted, rich, fascinating from start to finish, just like the
Thousand and One Tales that mythical heroine Sheherazade used to
tell every night to King Shahriyar to save her life.
And just like
her tales, fully enjoyable both by male and female audience.
1001 has a pretty good projection,
without overdoing, and lasts a few hours. On skin and fabric comes
out quite differently: fabric emphasizes the fresher notes, on skin
the fragrance is more complete.
If Stefania Giannino, Creative Director
of Nobile 1942, was planning to start a new path for her brand, I
would say the chosen direction is at least exciting!
Commenti