Description
KAMASURABHI, translated from Sanskrit, “Perfume of pleasure and joy,” is the new fragrance composed by Lorenzo Villoresi. According to Lorenzo, an enchanting harmony was created that blends the colors and scents of India.
When creating this fragrance, Lorenzo Villoresi was inspired by colorful flowers enveloped in seductive, deep shades of forest and exotic wood, with a hint of sensual and seductive leather chord, warmed with amber and musk. The composition opens with exotic flowers, sambac jasmine, rose and orange blossom. The heart incorporates tuberose combined with ylang-ylang, daffodil and sandalwood, while the base notes feature milky sandalwood, amber, leather and patchouli.
Fragrance Kamashurabhi by Lorenzo Villoresi has been available since June 2015 as Eau de Toilette.
vadvik – :
The Rain (Ghazal album): fire
The Rain is a 2004 album by the Persian-Indian hybrid ensemble Ghazal, comprising kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor[1] vocalist and sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan,[2] and tabla player Sandeep Das.[3] The 2001 live recording was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2004.[4]
Wikipedia
LudaKolya – :
Kamasurabhi, dedicated to India, is developed in two very clear phases:
A first floral-fruity stage, where you will feel a sweet fruit combo associated with a floral bouquet where the exotic flowers stand out, there is also a touch of unnatural orange blossom, a faint jasmine and a sweet and calm tuberose. These exotic flowers feel, without distinguishing very well what flowers are, so it is a clear floral arrangement of fantasy, this phase is cheerful, fresh, but it lasts quite a bit.
The second phase is also sweet without reaching the gourmand, this phase is floral-woody, here the ylang is clearly differentiated and immediately gives way to an important note of sandalwood, patchouli is felt on a smaller scale and leather and amber Are almost imperceptible.
This second phase lasts longer, it is immediately stuck to skin looking like a scent skin, to my taste is quite nice but predictable and becomes boring.
I do not know, it does not convince me, the fragrance is pleasant, feminine, but the resulting scent I find it unappealing and somewhat monotonous.
Rating: 4
novvolody – :
When first applied it reminded me a less sweet and less in your face version of bond no9 central park west+sandalwood.I love central park west head over heals but even slight changes can ruin a loved one
It has the same bright creamy floral heart.peachy gardenia thing blended with some yellow florals but instead of CPW’s musk and earthy notes,a very prominent sandalwood is what blends with flower notes.
I was waiting for sandalwood to calm down as it seems that villoresi loves to use this note in all his fuems intensely but usually it mellows,well not in this case.sandal becomes stronger to tge point that it covers other notes.what lasts on my skin for +6 hours is sandal+a whisper of beautiful floral notes.it’s not a faint scent on my skin and remains strong but very close to skin hours after application.
It’s one of rare villoresi fragrances that I don’t like however I expected to love it according to it’s lovely notes.not that it’s a bad perfume.they’re not much overly floral fragrances this much suitable for men IMO.also if you like sandalwood and you like a tasty big but soft floral bouquet you may love it
Edit:
It was very long lasting on my skin. I could smell it the whole day and I had dabbed just a little!
net062JeomiWogkig – :
No throwing of tomatoes my fellow Fragraticians :o) However, I just wanted to put it out there that FragranceNet has a 100ml bottle for a REALLY decent price!
I cannot wait to try this. It was a blind buy (of course) soley because of the notes presented and the love of the fragrance house itself.
The reviews are kind of all over the place. I promise to be back to add a real review once tested :o)
UPDATE: As nervous as I was with all the different reviews……I cannot be any happier with this fragrance! I could not keep my nose off the back of my hand :o) BRB with longevity!!!
pmy006Diobtetty – :
The first sniff was beautiful Hawaiian ginger flower (not to be confused with ginger spice)
When I tried it on the back of my hand it faded to a nondescript floral — maybe the narcissus combined with ylang ylang — that lasted forever in grandma perfumey glory. I occasionally got a bit of amber, but the floral was dominant.
However, I decided to just wear it today and it was better. The ginger shifted to tuberose, which changed to the floral, but this time it changed again. It got spicy, like a solidly good carnation note. That gave way to a sandalwood or amber that is too powdery for my taste, but fortunately the patchouli stepped in and gave it a darker edge. I might get vanilla, but that might just be my skin doing it’s thing.
I didn’t get the leather I was hoping for, but this time around it was mostly pleasant. Six hours in and it is mostly faded.
GissaVeid – :
Leda and the Swan by Leonardo. c.1505-1510
PhedoLode – :
It’s a tuberose Jasmine Ylang combination with a background of patchouli, amber, and sandalwood. The Tuberose jasmine combination gives the tulips like smell with some rancidity (apparently from the jasmine).
After awhile the leathery rose note rises while the roses are kind of sharper than the leather as i also sense saffron.
To be honest, i didn’t like it when i first sniffed it from the plotter as i felt it was too rancid and molded to my taste, but i test it again and now on my wrest, i kind of liked it.
This is not a love at first sight fragrance, and definitely not for everyone, it just needs some more tests before deciding.
Виктор38 – :
This was my first experience with Villoresi. After the first few bright/sharp minutes I got nondescript soapy. The next morning, a kind of drugstore aftershave smell on my skin. I think it’s mostly the ISO E Super. In all, undistinguished but not terrible.
gradnendy – :
First of all – I have tried almost all perfumes by Lorenzo Villoresi and I have enjoyed the quality of them in all cases, even if I dislike the scent itsel!
This said – Kamasurabhi doesn’t feel like something by Lorenzo Villoresi at all, it lacks the undoubtful italian zing and Lorenzo’s slightly old school vibe.
It also had a staying power of only 3 hours, very close to skin.
KAMASURABHI also doesn’t feel like India at all. I got mostly powdery and sweet white florals with no spicyness whatsover. Just this mix of white flowers (and not the strongest ones! the tuberose is listed, but I swear I got almost none of it) with the sweetness and slight saltiness of amber. I also got a hint of leather, but it was so shy that I didn’t have much time to enjoy it.
Not at all something I enjoyed. It wasn’t bad, but left me with a bad feeling – there should have been more. I hoped for something far better and interesting.
This is NOTHING like Alamut.
newsome699 – :
Well, I got my tester three days ago and it takes me time to develop my cohesive opinion. I feel like my today’s understanding of this scent is quite plain. But from the very top notes I could feel something spiritual without even realizing where it comes from. Of course, this is India. Now I know I probably was looking for well known and recognized India with massala spiced street food and incense in every whole which usually comes from scented candles and sticks. But what I got is a scent of ashram, a spiritual hermitage with its deep and even tranquilizing sweetness of fresh flowers. There are flowers everywhere, the place itself is decorated with flowers mandalas on the floor,huge garlands falling from the ceiling… Even a sandalwood reminds me of some ritual ceremonies. No doubt this is India.
mrkara – :
Oh dear kl99. I just visited (like two and a half weeks ago) Lorenzo’s boutique in Florence. So I was informed where when and for whom it will be available. By that time they didn’t have even a tester cause if you Understand there are strict rules for press release as well. Chao.
Raidan – :
Oh dear kl99. I just visited (like two and a half weeks ago) Lorenzo’s boutique in Florence. So I was informed where when and for whom it will be available. By that time they didn’t have even a tester cause if you Understand there are strict rules for press release as well. Chao.
shtilman – :
Kamasurabhi is a superflowers composition with I guess a lot of Iso E Super not listed.
Sunny sweet fragrance immediately pleasant if you like the kind wonder woman in tuberose & narcissus.
It is completely an 80s first 90s scent style that I do not dislike.
I feel also some fruity accents as well in a blackcurrant fresh peach way.
The first spray Make me immediately think to LouLou de Cacharel and Jil Sander n°4 immediately after that reminds me Delicious by Gale Hayman which actually seems to be a bit more sparkling and “sandalwoodies” versions. Other little similitudes with Cabotine de Gres, Narcisse de Chloe, Scherrer 2 and Casmir de Chopard.
A forgotten classic is back… more modern in the drydown where maybe the Iso come alone.
As declared by him, Villoresi follow is own way to build perfumes without “listen” at the world of perfume preventively created. I appreciate this thing as experiment. The risk is obviously to create something pre-existent without realize that. Is infact like a musician that compose without have listened any Vivaldi Mozart Puccini Sting Jackson etc ect. A big risk in involuntary imitations.
It is not the best fragrance of Villoresi, and if a lot of chemical sandal make a perfum “indian”… well.
This is not Indian it is more a Beverly Hills super blond actress, or a woman that poses like one, in her 50s kind of scent.
Sunset blv was the right name I presume.
P.S.: I have test again Fleur de Rocaille, the 1993 version of the classic FleurS de Rocaille de Caron and: bingo! Almost identical.
superxep – :
vik73 why don’t you become clever or simply a member of Fragrantica? It is free you know. Maybe you will Understand, reading many comments where many other users before me are saying the same things hundreds of times, that some people work in the perfume business, than: bloggers, media, owner of a perfume shops, people attending in exhibitions, so they can test the perfume even months before, with vials etc. etc. The world of music is the same as the one of books is. when you read “it will be available in…” is referred to Public, not to the Insiders. Think and read a lot before to talk. Perfumers have no enemies…
Widuc – :
Oh really?! Where could you find this staff to test? It will be available only in two weeks.
Who are you guys? You’ve already decided that you DISLIKE the scent?