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KuZeN – :
Have you ever tried anise based flavored drink (brandy, or liqueur), very popular in the Mediterranean as well as in the Balkans? That is all I got from that fragrance. It is very nice, but am not sure I really want to smell like it.
filin26 – :
Southern France BY Amedeo Modigliani 1919
MilkGOGO – :
Named after the Latin word for potion, Liquo’s scent profile hinges on the use of the licorice root, a plant which is abundant in the Italian village of Atri where Angela Ciampagna’s workshop is based.
The fragrance is defined by the juice’s wonderfully vivid green colour and the recognisable licorice tang’s interplay with the dry and brittle note of hay (ample dose of coumarine) that conjures up visions of wheat swaying slightly in the summer breeze.
xhfgdd – :
Luca Turin on Liquo “I always think of liquorice as vetiver’s friendly sibling, and it is an unusual note in perfumery, notably prominent in the great Yohji Homme and few others. To me liquorice is inseparable from childhood and a particular liquorice powder I used to buy for pennies in a small metal box called Coco Boer, recently revived. Liquo avoids needless complication in what should be, and is, an innocent fragrance. The drydown veers towards an entirely pleasant coumarinic tobacco note.”
DelRosso – :
Very very lovely, liquorice, anise, hay (!) and gorgeous tonka beans. I love it! It’s deep, dark and pungent, but also sweet and refreshing! An amazing smell. Very true Colin Maillard – it’s like the countryside after a storm!! A beautiful deep aromatic natural smell. A stillness, that is also pregnant with life waiting to spring forth anew, as the sun comes out and everything starts drying and a more dusty, smoky smell wafts around. It’s gorgeous. I love it. And it’s very popular whenever I’m with other people, who really seem to love it, and love breathing it in, and telling me how relaxing it is to be near me. It is quite a unique perfume for me. It has a sense of peace and mystery to it. It’s beautiful, one of my favourite perfumes.
Dassytubfat – :
Absinthe and tonka is what I get. It’s warm, syrupy, and sour on my skin. It’s lingering effects are very sweet and nutty.
venzel – :
Judging from the comments below, there is clearly a market for this kind of scent. I can’t see myself ever wanting to smell like this. I imagine myself sitting in a stable, while making myself sick on copious amounts of salty licorice while wearing this.
1987Tanushka1987 – :
The anise and liquorice are very prominent, makes you want to buy black licorice! Apparently this one was one of Luca Turin’s favourites. Very good lasting power
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angelikaame – :
Licorice, anise, tonka bean, coumarin, with slightly incense, lavander, and citrus.
It is pleasant to my nose since Angela sprayed it on a plotter for me. I can’t lie that it was weird from the beginning but i remember that i asked her for the sample cause i was kind of impressed by it’s uniqueness and individuality.
I haven’t smell the rest of the line but i remember that i’ve sniffed their “Fauni” & “Ignes” (their latest for Esxence 2016) but i wasn’t impressed as i was for this one. However, i can’t comment on any till i sniff them again when both are out in May 2016.
Edit (18th Jan 2017) There is something wrong with “Angels’s” fragrances! it just deforms by time and the smell changes into something i can’t bear! something like a seaweed! something like cooking a broth! spicy broth! or preparing a stew! i am just completely disappointed with this result! when i spray this on my skin and walk in public i feel as if i am a walking kitchen! thank GOD i didn’t opened the bottles yet as this i got from 2 samples i bought from different locations, their website, and a niche shop in UK.
Why Angela! just why!
v1327439 – :
hay, anise and licorice. reminds me a l’artisan scent whose name escapes me. not really like ‘sova’ by slumberhouse, which is the main reason i tried this one out, but still really nice. don’t know if it’s for me or if i’ll seek more out, but still pleasant on the skin…
Xedin – :
Hay is really not an easy note for a perfume and it’s the first time a smell a succes with it. (Sova from Slumberhouse is repulsive and Eau de Lavande Dyptique is really interesting but not properly hay)
The analyse from Alfarom is as often very fair.
My second favorit in this brand, after Rosarium.
russll – :
In my opinion, the only masterpiece from the house. Of all, this is the one that fits the best the medieval aura of half bottles and the idea of a mystical aromatic oil. Its aroma is a mixture of herbs with anise tones, an elixir that combines the smell of dry honeyed hay, the bittersweet, minty and fresh licorice and the serene herbal and sweet smell of fennel. Liquo makes me imagine the vapors of freshly prepared fennel tea with a clean smell of lavender acting at background and complementing the harmony. The mystical part is enhanced by a mixture of incense and woods, according to a co-worker, refers to the aroma of the liturgical incense and the smell of the woods banks. You can also see on liquo a classic fougere structure very well done, which brings me to the wonderful Yohji Homme too.
Gena17p – :
Part of me really likes what Ciampagna did with Liquo, but another part of me wants to fiddle with the levels a bit. This scent places a prominent hay note that’s clean and green (and only a smidgeon horsey) up against an anise that’s a tad too feeble to stand its ground. It’s as if the focus is on the hay and the licorice is just along for the ride despite feeling like it should play a bigger role. The thing is, one false slip with licorice notes and you’re plummeting face first into candy hell, and Liquo doesn’t do that at all — the accord is kept well in check. But the resulting problem is that the hay is almost too prominent in the mix until much later on when things have mellowed out some more.
For those of you familiar with Sova, the hay draws a parallel as they’re both sharing the same material. But whereas Sova is a sensory barrage, Liquo is minimalist by comparison. It feels far more refined and mannered than Sova, but that’s not a knock against Sova (one of my faves) — they’re just different aesthetics. This scent has the crafty, rustic feel of others in the line, but it’s melancholic and dusty as well — the lingering ghost of an herb stand in the Mercato Centrale that has closed its doors for the night (I googled Mercato Centrale to sound more cultured). Liquo creates an impression of a bouquet of dried, herbal lavender but I would never peg it as a lavender scent, per se. It’s suspended over a powdery base (tonka merging with lavender to my nose) but it’s respectfully dialed back to let the hay shine, warming up the longer you have it on your skin.
Liquo is as melancholic as it is calming; the apothecary feel is unmistakable, but it’s a dusty and hazy kind of fragrance — one that feels mellow and peaceful. It’s not quite right for me, but it’s an impressive scent all the same. Definitely a highlight of the line, and this is the scent that I’ll think of whenever the line gets mentioned.
fm59 – :
Here’s another (big) hit. Definitely on the darker side of the spectrum if compared to other deliveries from the same house, Liquo is a vibrating mix of dark salty licorice, anise and hay. Something that immediately made me think about artisanal italian licorice-based liquors / amari. The hay note is remarkable from the very early stages but it gets more dominant as the fragrance evolves towards the drydown during which it’s joined by a moderately sweet and dry woody-tonka base with incensey undertones. Moody and kind of blue too but comfortingly so.
Again, the rustic and the modern paired together, a rural villa renovated with modern finishings, it’s the goth represented in full colors as opposed to just black, it’s a fragrance aimed at smelling good and modern by skipping relying on *weird* notes and / or aromachemicals. As with most others Ciampagnas, fantastic presence and great longevity.
Kudos.
Rating: 7,5-8/10