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gqe158speagoessenda – :
Hmm, I thought on first try this might be FB-worthy but the drydown is far too sweet. The dry/bitter notes so many reviewers complain about is more to my liking but that part of the journey is fleeting and eventually there is a sort of soapy sweetness I just don’t care for.
insilaCrura – :
Urghh – a true ‘Jekyll and Hyde niche suitor’.
It’s that unfriendly bitter-green monster out to destroy all that’s safe but not sorry once again.
Yes, unfortunately as is often the case in this sector, you get to meet ‘Hyde’ first – and here he’s extremely grumpy!
It’s that strong, herby green cloud from Creed’s Royal oud, only without the ethereal ‘weight’ of something richer and then all of a sudden – the unbearable screechiness drops after 30 minutes and mellows out into something like a softened wispy haze of richness and sweetness.
Intimate vanillic richness and something very resinic candied – it’s suddenly turned Gold after beating you in the face with it’s initial rusty self.
Eh?
I understood immediately: another potential brilliant scent made with fine, cosy ingredients – blighted by the incessant now, truly viral craze that is ‘bitter pungent green’ in the Niche industry.
Royal oud among hundreds of maybe lesser well-known others, now this.
It’s either that, or the ‘oranges, celery and rhubarb parrty’.
Why? Just, why? Do Niche designers really think every single one of their customers will happily rate scents after ‘The 1st hour of torture?’
Why, just why.
My rating: 4/10.
Scent quality: 10/10.
blabfulness – :
Balsamic king.
Like a shimmering song, it transports you ton an enchanting place were peace and beauty surrounds you. Stays close to the skin, almost confidential, comforting, enchanting.
Good job, well done. Classic and timeless, close to aromatherapy in its own way.
A absolutely must for those who like balsamic fragrances.
lif125speagoessenda – :
This brings tears to my eyes its so good. You know the feeling when you walk in a cemetery and there is this peaceful, overwhelming feeling of eternal life, truth, genuity and peace touching your soul deep down….? To me its like that. Its not a perfume with notes to me, its the breath of eternal life…there is a very old ruin of a catholic church in Tourmakeady County Mayo, Ireland. I was there once, its a ruin with a graveyard attached but its not sad, or dark nor has it any negative vibe about it. Its just there, for so many centuries, peaceful, eternal and heavenly. Just like this fragrance.
misterios999 – :
This one is very green, if I had to name it, I’d choose the “Green Incense” instead of Incensi. The opening is very bitter and sour, you can tell it’s from Villoresi, because the perfume smells very natural, like it’s made from fresh squeezed juices. This lasts about 4-5 hours on my skin. And then… I realised why its name is incensi. The incense smoke comes in. And actually covers absolutely everything. It gets a little bit sweet at the end, but just a bit. The general longevity is about 9 hours on me.
If you’d like to try the “green-incense” fragrance, go ahead and go for Incensi. It’s worth its money.
VEL83 – :
Sunlight falling through the stained glass of church windows, in the distance the soft sound of Pachelbel’s Canon, the rustle of a cool breeze – that’s the images and sounds that wearing Incensi by Lorenzo Villoresi conjure up for me. This is not a strutting Comme des Garcons incense (mind you, I love those as well!), but a distant, less intrusive and much lighter smell, softened by the warmth of cinnamon . There’s nothing gothic about it – just a certain gravity as befits a “churchy” smell. Lovely, delicious, unlike any other incense perfume I’ve ever smelled. Gotta get it!
Zerber – :
I solidly agree with the skin chemistry importance here*
What I get:
Spicy Sharp and Fresh
Some bitterness/ not medicinal
Mimose edging on ‘almost pretty’
Moments come and go where i AM reminded of mens herbal deodorant
but never got to the ‘bug spray’ level that herbals easily get to
Incense as the common thread that holds together the different resins and spices evoking changing temperatures like ‘mood perfume’
A bit fleeting- like a ghost scent but being an incense perfume i think that adds to the character
arfat75 – :
High quality incense pefume, might be “hard” for most of the noses as this is very powerful stuff.
As the name indicates this opens with incense which of course dominates the perfume. What I enjoy in this composition is that there is a very distinct lemon at the opening which makes this a bit fresh and soapy.
Soon after the first burst resins appear (and on my skin also green notes), but this never gets dark and smoky which we usually expect from incense dominated fragrance.
As it develops it gets a lot warmer and easier to wear. It stays really close to skin and draws my attention a lot (I mean – I keep sniffing it all the time), even though this is not my cup of tea.
Def. unisex with a very sexy drydown.
Worth a try.
Bad_Shurik – :
i love incense but this is not well blended with the other notes
Sry i hoped to love this one but unfortunately i dont like it even
🙁
vladic.dragomir – :
The best incense ever smell apart one exclusive from Amouage called Salalah.Incensi of Viloressi has an special sweet and class aroma for me.Go for it.Marc.
joni-levidze – :
Very dry and medicinal incense. It started very well, like a Kyoto for grown ups, stronger, louder and more bitter. However, the dry down was too sharp for my liking. The good thing is that 4 hours later it was still very strong on me. The bad thing is that I finally had to scrub it off because I couldn’t stand it anymore. More masculine than unisex IMO. Will pass.
vcherkun – :
How original, never smelt anything like this. Very orig
inal “incense” version… european one?
Definitely will buy a bottle.
8/10
doom198415 – :
A very interesting perfume! One of the driest and bitter Incense around. I really love this one as it’s completely different if worn by somebody else, it totally morphes mantaining its own characteristics. It’s quite hard to describe it but when I first tasted it on paper I almost got disturbed by its tremendous harshness and severity. I tried it on my skin anyway as it’s not so easy, nowadays, to find something really capturing you attention (whether in a good or bad way). Everything seems to get levelled and I got sick of sport-perfumes. Incensi is another world, a very special one made of cinnamon, ginger and mimose (I totally get mimose in this one just like I get Camomille in Avignon) surroundend by an immense dose of dark incense and labdanum. Not an everyday fragrance, but absolutely great to wear once in a while. If you’ll have the chance to taste Incensi, make sure to try it on your skin and don’t be scared by the opening…let it works!
Rating: 7-7.5/10
78-d – :
Of my three Villoresi samples I saved this one for last, because my ‘sniff test’ (a dab on the back of the finger) told me this was the best.
If you put bergamot and galbanum in the opening i’m going to like it, and this opens with a big ‘wow’ for me. However…
When i put it on my decollete and took it for a hike it deteriorated, and quickly, into a hyper sweet mess. Props to imgcas for calling it as it is: it comes down to skin chemistry.
For me, the only house that can put tolu balsam and opoponax (and benzoin a to boot) in the base and still make it wearable is Guerlain. In the hands of anyone else this turns into a flat out mess on me.
How much of a mess? Succinctly: on my hike I preferred my own sweaty smell to this.
With my chemistry this would have popped had the base been kept dry and resinous. Incense should never play second fiddle to sweet myrrh and friends. It was the base that ruined it for me; the opening was wonderful.
caypon – :
Goes on very loud, but dries down quickly to a lovely resinous woody incense. There’s no smoke or musty edge like some incense fragrances have. Just smooth, rich and darkly lovely.
Dr. Cracer – :
Incensi starts plungent, gloomy and rather strong with an underlying green balsamic note and has an immediate effect of having an association with the Roman Catholic church.
As known frankincense has been used in religious practice for more then 3000 years. Incensi focuses onto the bitter darkness of myrrh and the sharp resinous frankincense notes which provide an earthy element to the overall smell and the fragrance grows stronger over time.
Throughout the day, occasionally I picked up a cinnamon note and I found the scent was tinged with a slightly vanillic sweetness.
Women who like a bit of femininity in their fragrance will not find it here.
and14ever – :
This is one of those perfumes in which skin chemistry is vital.
Smelling directly from the sample vial, I get a burst of green notes which are very unpleasant to me. I don’t get the citrus in the opening, only a dominant galbanum. In fact, this is the strongest galbanum I have ever smelt.
With such an opening I could have given up, but I dabbed a drop on my skin and, surprisingly, it was instant magic. It becomes a soft, sweet, lovely and very femenine incense fragance which I adored.
It is not incense in the lines of Comme des Garçons Avignon, but somehow it is relaxing and calm.
There is a soapy note which makes it even a clean scent.
If you like incense perfumes give it a try, although you might dislike the top notes.
misterhit – :
Oh how nice this is, this is so lovely and sexy. This could be worn everyday all day long. This perfume is a must have on my list. Hard to find and when I do I will treasure it Forever. Soft Incense Spice. Who wouldn’t want to wear this..