Tadzio (Michele Marin for HomoElegans, 2015)
Tadzio, the first scent in the HomoElegans line (website here) is the one that surprised me the
most; it is inspired by the character of Tadzio in Mann's "Death
in Venice".
The HE site says: "Panting, he rests on the sand,
inebriated with salt and water.
A bite. Juicy fruit drips on hot skin.
A shiver.
The fatal beauty that grasps itself.
Expanded vibrations.
The sprouting of innocence, the
explosion of revelation, exploration, excitement.
Gazes caress the skin and outline the
forms.
The scents of the sea and shore engulf
the nostrils.
A bright, transcendental image. Total
abandonment is the ultimate goal.
Reflected footprints are the only
memory."
Well, the fragrance is exactly this:
the innocence of the child together with a primitive sensuality still
unconscious, the salty breath of the sea panting on the boy's skin,
the red forbidden fruit on his lips, etc. A crazy stuff, shameless,
scandalous, yet intimate and innocent; almost too exciting to wear
it. For me more than a perfume it is a Polaroid, something Lutens and
Sheldrake could create in their heyday.
It's a weird hybrid
ozonic/fruity/woody, something totally unclassifiable, one of a kind.
Like a teenager of androgynous beauty, who has not yet decided what
he wants to be and so he may be anything; yet the scent is not
confusing or redundant, indeed raw materials are well-disciplined and serve the purpose they are used for.
An opening dominated by bitter and green notes of citrus (lime,
orange), ivy, helichrysum, immersed in sea water (ozonic musks,
cucumber note); something juicy (blueberries and orange blossom); a
base of patchouli and opoponax. But the pyramid does not suggest
anything about the fragrance.
I can only advise you to try it (men
or women it doesn't make any difference), and once you have it on
skin you will understand the meaning of "The result is greater
than the sum of its parts".
Both Tadzio and "Quality of Flesh" are in high concentration, and stay powerful for at least three hours, then become unusual skin scents skin lasting for 3 hours more. On clothes, of course, a lot more. (follows)
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