Laudano Nero Extrait De Parfum TIZIANA TERENZI

Diluted Heavily

I never realized this had become a full-on genre of perfumery, and my favourite one as it turns out: the post-Tobacco Oud masculine sweet animalic (alongside Black Afgano, several Orto Parisi’s, and in simplified designer form in Dark Rebel Rider). These are perfumes that make me want to gnaw the skin where they’re sprayed; scents that could attract wolves; ritual fragrances for the activation of male sexual energy (ew? … well, best to know what you’re getting into here).

And maybe it’s just pride of ownership but I think Laudano Nero is their Dark Prince - swooningly rich and resinous, eternal and powerful without any nagging synthetic edge. Both chocolatey sweet and growlingly animalistic. My new second skin, I don it in the heat of summer, become one with the brooding beast, and set off slouching towards the grocery store.

Tell my family I love them and will always remember them, but Laudano Nero and I are running away together. You don't understand our forbidden love.

It has vibes that remind me less of Black Afgano and to my nose-on my skin, smells like Amouage's Memoir Man and Tom Ford's Sahara Noir had a love child that was taught how to dress and flirt by it's uncle, Tierry Mugler's A-Men.

It is challenging and potent. Uncompromising really. But if you let it, It will work hard for your affection. I get much more myrtle and wormwood and rose and cognac and ash and slate then the other scents. It's a gourmand and a fougere and an oriental all at once to me. "Complex" doesn't describe this adequately. Sweet and resinous and ashy and piercingly herbal.

Go very easy on the trigger. ONE spray will do it. Seriously. Especially with the resinous powdery drydown, it can become overwhelming.

Deep, Dark & Delicious. I don't think this is for novice noses though, unless they really like complex smells. This has a very long list of ingredients and they meld together like ancient alchemy to put me in a place of deep peace and contemplation. This is the first scent that made me fall in love with the Terenzi brand.

I get the Wormwood, cognac, rosemary, tobacco, amber, sandalwood, ash, slate, laurels, incense, agarwood, (and I normally hate oud) oak, vanilla and labdanum. I really love the strong cognac beginning and the labdanum throughout, and the laurels are one of my favorite parts.

This, to me, is the meaning of Masterpiece.
An Art de Triomphe!

I am obsessed with perfumes. As a matter of fact, I am so obsessed that every now and then I feel like grabbing 3 or 4 of my favorite ones and simply spray them all on me so that I can drown myself in bliss . . .

But then I realize I am 47 years old and perhaps I should get serious.

Upon discovering, spraying & sniffing Laudano Nero, my olfactory space-time continuum came to a halt. I found myself suspended within a stationary universe of unprecedented euphoria. Even if I had dreamt of this scent, it would still not be that good.

Laudano Nero is (to me) a familiar yet unique blend of some of my most beloved accords. I detect the densely aromatic boozy opening of Idole de Lubin (edp), the aroma of sun dried fresh tobacco leaves in 1740 (or Tobacco Oud), the tamed sweet oud note in Black Oud (LM Parfums) and/or Black Afgano and finally some leathery animalic nuances reminiscent of Montecristo.

Laudano Nero not only encompasses all of the above but successfully elevates them to a higher level of quality, refinement & sophistication. From its opening to its everlasting drydown the complexity of its composition never ceases to challenge the senses. All of its main accords are ingeniously complemented by notes of fresh coffee, dark chocolate, warm amber & aged dusty woods that enhance the richness, the opulence & the mystery of its aroma.

Laudano Nero is a good excuse (for me) to be obsessed with undiscovered perfumery.