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SERYJA – :
Revisit it, what an utter load of nonsense, sharp cutting synthetic violet/canned fruit squashing about, with disorientated frankincense going head to head, no order, no harmony, just a blob of smoky nonsense. No orange nor ceder, just boring violet with BBQ style frankincense hating each other. A man-made feud!
Big thumb down, a boo to the house for its asking price or a big question mark to the perfumer’s skills. It is forgivable in the early 2000s when niche was just fairly new and not in shape, while, now?
ivantsoff.volodia – :
As the initial lime, orange citrus, and powder high notes fall, cedar and frankincense wrapped in violets emerge and stay. I close my eyes and see Bedouins, or gypsies celebrating at a night festival. The frankincense is offered as an untamed spiritual experience, as opposed to structured spirituality that a church provides. The cedar is interwoven within the frankincense to give depth to the scent. The violets are the vehicle from which the incense is delivered. I absolutely love this fragrance. It lacks nothing. It is complex, without confusion. There is nothing out There like It.
kalinina_09 – :
This is a velvet glove over the base of frankinsense. Its a tough note to soften, but she does it brilliantly with candied violet. Its a beautiful idea, and unique for a perfumistas signature. If you want to step up from the en masse Guerlains, this is for you. Chic and pretty.
PSJohn – :
MCG should get more love. This is an outstanding and complex scent. Maybe too complex for some but for me it’s so deep,sultry and luxurious. Olibanum is such a love/hate note for most to begin with but then mixing it with citrus/earthy/powdery notes is something that I don’t recall sniffing. It’s blended so thoughtfully and has several phases. The brash smoky opening shortly calms itself into a powdery element and even earthy with the tiniest bit of vetiver unfolding into the mix. The woods diversify it and the dry down reminds you of a light slightly boozy slightly gourmand scent but no one scent comes to mind. This is a masterpiece in my book hands down! Performance is excellent as well as it lasts easily over 8 hours with above average sillage. Maybe the thing that’s holding Maria back is the ugly bottles? If you can look beyond that then give this and Sideris which is probably her most well known scent a try.
Xeroxyqqif – :
This perfume seems to be extremely hit or miss for folks. Perhaps it is that nebulous ‘skin chemistry’ factor coming into play? At any rate, try before you buy.
My experience was as follows: a breathless shop girl at a chic perfume boutique sprayed me with this fragrance, exclaiming it was the best violet she had ever experienced. I sniff my wrist, and all I smell is grape soda. I confirm with my friend. Yep, grape soda. Shop girl is perplexed.
This was a ‘miss’ for me, but I didn’t hate it. My skin does strange things to fragrance…
taniyshuk – :
My first MCG. Does it ever happen that you fall so completely for a fragrance that you not only have to have a bottle, right now, but you need to try the rest of the line immediately? There’s something about the balance of this scent, the warmth and the quiet joy of it that’s like meeting a kindred spirit. I’ve just met this MCG but I want to know her.
I dislike Avignon quite intensely and the crazy thing is this reminds me strongly of that scent but somehow without the cold, clinical and chemical character of Avignon. It’s churchy incense but with love. Weirdly i can’t identify any note difference with Avignon but instead a complete personality change.
I’m wearing it in 108 heat. It’s lasted most of the day as a skin scent and I had a lovely cloud for the first four hours.
rom242 – :
“Exultat Maria Candida Gentile”
Its very natural & quality interesting “Frankincense” based scent , mixed with fruits & woods(vetiver&cedar) with little sweet amber flowery powdery nuances in the background .
The oilbanum play’s here the perfection act role & well blended with other notes not overwhelming or too smoky , that makes “Exultat” one of the safest & specifically frankincense niche compositions with spiritual Italian touch .
its :
Original , deep ,comfort .
Spiritual Sensuality
9/10.
Madam Cruel – :
This is a most unusual scent! I was put off by the Lush shop reference in the previous review – for me Lush stores smell too strong of too much all at once. Fortunately, Exultat is nothing like that – rather than dizzying it is calming and cooling.
The top notes smell like clay, a bit like draining citrus-scented water out of an earthenware cup. It is cool, refreshing and dark. I suppose it is the earthiness of the vetiver and violet leaf combined with the citrus and frankincense.
Later the violet emerges and the sweet floral reminds me of sitting in a cool, shady spot of a garden – there is still the earthy scent but now coupled with florals and juicy citrus.
In the drydown the violets recede again, leaving a fairly green cedar.
Now, violet and incense are deal-breakers for many, so a note on both: the violets do get quite sweet and powdery at the perfume’s mid point; but the incense is not really smoky at all – it is a true frankincense, but the unburnt resin.
Overall, this is like a cool drink when you are thirsty. Clay, shade, violet, juice, green wood. I find this high quality, well blended and intriguing. Whether it will be a love for me will depend on whether I crave this on my skin or whether I prefer it as an olfactory experience. Watch this space…
zvonser – :
prime meravigliose note di incenso, quello vero, quello da chiesa. immediatamente dopo spunta un sentore di violetta candita, che rende l’accordo polveroso e meno austero del previsto. l’assestamento è delizioso: persistente, legnoso, aromatico. finalmente ho trovato l’incenso ideale
gym593Diobtetty – :
“Exultat” opens rich with loads of powdery violet on a hard, tiny bit cloying cedar base (I’ve noticed that most perfumes with dominant cedar note appear a bit too powdery/woody for my taste, so it’s a question of preferences). The opening is not the most interesting part, though it’s somewhat pleasant.
The heart is when the magic starts to happen, this has to be one of the most easy to wear frankincense scents – it has the church vibe yet it’s so subtle and elegant that one could wear it without problems (because let’s be honest – incense and frankincense is not the most crowd pleasing notes). The almost candy violet plays her part perfectly here.
The drydown is a beautiful woody and sweet violet.
“Exultat” stays close to skin and has a very decent longevity of 10 hours.
voron174 – :
I love the incense note and I tried quite a few perfumes containing it, but this one is different from the rest. I do not perceive this incense as solemn, seductive or meditative. It is bright, light and airy. I might be influenced by the name of the perfume, but this scent makes me think of a country church on Sunday, bathing in sunlight and filled with flowers. Violets add a touch of sweetness and innocence.
mcsimm – :
Exultat opens with a blast of citrus fruits and a lot of sweetness; almost candy or sugar like. Then it emits it’s violet and woodsy notes conducted by vetiver and something that wants to be incense. The latter is a farce imo. I’d go that far to say: This is not an incense scent.
What I do admit is that it is leaning towards the feminine gender.
Top-notch: Yes
Incense y: No
anar1820 – :
Questo e’ un profumo molto rilassato, meditativo, carico di ricordi (per me) e molto evocativo.
Agrumato e incensato,ha un soffio di lino che ricorda la biancheria,ma non è solo quello,evoca ricordi di infanzia,suscita una sensazione di calma e di piacere,prati verdi di violette,cielo grigio,atmosfera pacata.
Mi è piaciuto subito.
guzev1965 – :
I’ll skip the inspiration anecdote regarding Exultat because, being myself Italian, I find it a bit stereotyped and, therefore, uninteresting. Now, onto the fragrance…
Exultat opens with bitter notes of orange and lime which pair perfectly with the massive dose of frankincese immediately detectable since the very beginning. Simply fantastic in its severity. A candied violet note, which I’m usually not a big fan of, takes over right away smoothing the general austerity and leading the composition towards more friendly territories where the incense brings to mind of clean liturgical vestments stored in antique chests of drawers. Slightly dusty, slightly powdery with a good dose of mistery. The violet-incense accord settles down and merges with a thick base of cedarwood and vetiver giving birth to an incredibly long lasting drydown which, together with the opening, is the best part of this composition.
Do I like it? Not completely. I actually can’t get past the candied violet driven mid-phase (in this case, this is just a matter of personal taste) but, if you’re fine with the accord, Exultat represents one of the most original renditions of liturgical frankincense.
Respect.
Rating: 8/10
olil – :
I love all her perfumes… Waiting for the new collection 🙂
vladibork – :
MCG has succeeded in the apparently impossible task to make frankincense (in its best quality, by the way) smell sexy. An astonishing and wonderful miracle.
rassk74 – :
Profondo, sensuale…