Description
The house of Tiziana Terenzi, known for its scented candles, presents its first Extrait de Parfum line in 2012. The line is inspired by fire with four different experiences of journey. “The hypnotic power and beauty of fire are always present in our lives, connecting us with great symbolic power to our emotions and to all of creation. The four new perfumes embody the four stages of a journey consumed by fire. In fire, every emotion, every image, every fragrance comes to life and exists almost independently from our thoughts. Our perfumes capture the indomitable spirit of our emotions. The creation of these perfume essences comes from the never-ending quest to depict and capture emotions. These perfumes embody the powerful Faustian desire to try to hold on to a beautiful moment, and the constant exploration of the “self and the non-self”. The fragrances are named XIX March, Ecstasy, Gold Rose Oudh and White Fire. The ones that have “black soul” are Gold Rose Oudh and White Fire and are labeled with leather label, while the ones with “white soul”, labeled with wood, are XIX March and Ecstasy.
White Fire captures the essence of a fire on the snow. It portraits the silence of the snow, its dazzling whiteness brought alive by flickering flames.
Top notes: green leaves, fresh ice, oxygen. Heart: Chinese jasmine, fern, white amber. Base: sandalwood, amber, musk.
It is available as 100 ml Extrait de Parfum.
The nose behind this fragrance is Paolo Terenzi.
matsur2 – :
Maybe white, definitely not fire.
On me this is a linear jasmine soliflore. I was impressed by how faithful the jasmine note is, I can´t even think of an adjective for it – it´s not indolic, sweet, intoxicating, or green. It´s just jasmine-y jasmine.
No other notes detectable on my skin.
I would recommend it as a first perfume for a very young girl (13-14 yo). On me it´s so boring it makes my eyes water.
fliybe – :
So conflicted about this one. This fragrance fades extremely quickly; almost instantly it’s reduced to a very faint skin scent. But my first whiff of it was delightful: a musky, creamy, jasmine-y concoction. Some airy sandalwood too. One of those scents that’s mixed so well it becomes greater than the sum of its parts, but still somehow the very opposite of flashy and obtrusive. The perfect anytime-scent. I was in love! But again, it’s gone so quickly. Almost instantly it becomes barely detectable.
Another issue I’ve been getting: at times I will smell my wrist, and notice how indolic the jasmine is. At points it ruins the scent for me because it’s all I can focus on. Then maybe the next time I smell it, it’ll go back to that perfect version of itself from the beginning. This is probably just my nose. But again, its subtlety makes it a real effort to smell it at all—so I’m really struggling to figure out if I even like it.
etr107speagoessenda – :
Smells like vodka
ced81 – :
Are you kidding me? I received a sample vial from Lucky Scent. I applied a little – couldn’t smell anything. Waited an hour. Nothing. Applied a lot – maybe I’m smelling some jasmine? Maybe? Dumped the rest of the vial on a handkerchief. It smells like rubbing alcohol and maybe a white flower. What a joke. I loved Laudano Nero so much that I wanted to sample the whole Tiziana Terenzi line. I guess, when I think about it. Laudano is pretty subtle too, but at least I can smell something. If you’re interested in this, I’d get a sample first.
adamantics – :
Promising name, disappointing delivery. I can barely smell anything. Three sprays on a tester strip, nothing. I am not exaggerating.
lampne – :
A barely there watery jasmine, some slight sweet green tinged amber. Maybe a kiss of ambroxan. It’s a really “airy” composition that just softly wafts around you throwing out tinges of quiet scent throughout the day. The perfect “I don’t want to wear a fragrance” fragrance. I can see this being a really nice dumb-reach for any sex and any situation. What it lacks in creativity it somewhat makes up for in versatility. Unfortunately in the end the composition is a bit too been there, done that and below average for the niche market. Average performance across the board.
If this interests you but you want more bang for your buck, I feel like this exact fragrance in its entirety is present in Arethusa by the same house but there’s much more going on in that composition. If you prefer simple, straightforward, well balanced fragrances, add another point or so to my score for you.
Overall: 3/5, “Good”. This fragrance is open to further testing by me and this rating may change.
bobOR – :
This must really work on my skin, because it is beautiful! I love the jasmine in this, not strongly indolic, but very much a recognizable green jasmine. It is airy and watery, but not “marine” or “aquatic”. After a while, I get a hint of warm woody musk, but just a hint. This is an unusual scent for me. I have nothing quite like it in my collection. One of my best blind buys. Even though it’s light, I keep getting lovely whiffs of it.
Edit: And I keep getting whiffs of it even 2 days and 2 showers later. Hmm. Not sure if I want this. It smells great on day 1, but into the next days, I get mostly amber and nothing else. I can still smell it even after spritizing something light over it. Not sure if I can handle this. It might be my skin doing this, but since I wear a new scent every day, I tend to like having scents fade away overnight, especially after a shower.
тим_солдер – :
Soft, sexy, unobtrusive, non-generic, jasmine. The perfect “barely there” fragrance to bolster the feeling of cleanliness and feminity. I feel like this one cannot be oversprayed, but rather layered on to build its noticeability. If you’ve ever smelled Eric Buterbaugh Celestial Jasmine, this is quite similar although muskier, more balanced amd toned down.
White fire is a misnomer, in my opinion. I smell the white but I do not smell the fire. I anticipated a bold, smokey, white floral or blonde leather. But this is more like a tiny flower growing along a river bank, standing alone, absorbing the sun as the steady current pulls the water downstream. Gentle, warm, and acquatic.
Isgoy-leray – :
The name had me curious.
I found this to be an elegant and feminine discreet scent; floral musk.
Opened with an ‘ airy jasmine’, and aquatic musk. I actually really like this, it smells so pure and that mildly sweetened musk–has a definite elegant charm to it. There is a faint green aspect I like that adds a (very faint) clean freshness feeling to the aquatic musk. After 4-5 hours I could smell what can only be described as an echo of sandalwood and warm amber mingling with the delicate musk. This is perfect for a warm summer day when everything else just seems cloying, closely spaced work environments, or just a considerate option when you want to be mindful of others. Very pretty, it stays close to skin the entire time.
maxverwolf – :
Someone described this as the scent of wet cement and that awaked my interest. When the sample arrived and I put it on I immediately understood the reference: there was a serenity as after a summer rain; wet pavement, everything around you being quiet, lush, pure.
Then – rising in the tranquility: a jasmine light as air. And for the hours to come the jasmine established it self as the main player. To me this is a jasmine soliflore (despite a quite prominent sugared lilac). The other elements listed are merely there to give the jasmine the “summer rain”-character.
It’s not metallic nor cold, but wet and cool. I think I can detect menthol, and that the menthol is what gives White Fire the cool and somewhat “breez-y” feeling.
This is one of the most interesting and beautiful jasmines I’ve had the pleasure to smell. It is very feminine and would suit a woman at any age, it lasts for about 6 hours and sits close to the skin.
Indeed lovely.
tuturin.vadim – :
I was thinking whether I should write a review on this one or not. To be fair, it is quite hard to pin this one down, somewhat quiet from the very first spraying.
I find the idea of a woody aquatic quite compelling as woody and aquatic notes tend to be exact opposite in my opinion.
So how does this one work on my skin? It does not smell neither woody nor aquatic but more like a facial cream to me. There is a certain Nivea feel to it,although shows it is somewhat more grainy , guess due to sandalwood. Nice but like I said it is really quiet and stays close to skin.