Description
“You are peaceful and untroubled. You feel like you were between a barley field and a thick wood, where no sunbeam can penetrate. There is a blinding light, everything seems calm and quiet. Out of a sudden a shiver runs down your back. You realize that such an enticing scene has a gloomy facet, intriguing and mysterious. It is the night meeting the day, the embrace between light and shadow. The breeze in your hair and the warm and humid breathe of the wolf down your neck. You don’t know any longer neither where you are, nor where you long to be. The dark side is irresistibly fascinating, stronger than any fears and uneasiness it produces.” Luci ed Ombre was launched in 2013. The nose behind this fragrance is Giuseppe Imprezzabile.
ibra101 – :
Luci ed Ombre is perfect name for this one. Lights and Shadows outlines the effect the notes have, with a surface layer of bright ginger and florals, and an underlying layer of dark resinous spices. These two zones float almost independent of each other, like a thermocline, which keeps the intensity of each sharp throughout the drydown. The top layer with florals and ginger is a thin veneer. A sunny sweet translucence. The heavier layer with moss, dry patchouli, spices and cedar give it a seasoned ‘hay-like’ aroma . . . maybe the barley field in the description. Beautifully done, Giuseppe Imprezzabile realized his goal of bringing light and dark, yet keeping them separate. This has a European flair, with soft sillage and good longevity.
18101970Ворон – :
Very light, femme, powdery skin scent
I loved the marketing description of the dark wood and the wolf’s breath, however I’m not getting that at all. This is a nice day in an open space with some flowers somewhere. It’s unremarkable
Noks – :
Not exactly my ideal fragrance, not too original but is pleasant and certainly effective. I can not smell tuberose, then olibanum is very strong. I like it.
lenni – :
I first sprayed this on card and was rather alarmed. It sortof smelt like urine! Not nice at all. I thought I better try it on my skin anyway. Well, it transforms like no other fragrance Ive tried. I definitely got an initial big dose of tuberose, ginger and wood. It was not a nice mix. I hung in there and it calmed down a bit more. It was more dry with jasmine, ginger and wood. It becomes quite dry, cooling and almost a coconut milk fragrance. Its reminds me so much of Montana 80 and also Versaces Crystal Noir. I have to be honest and admit I much prefer CN. I imagine you would wear this in warm weather. There is very little sweetness and its perfectly unisex. The sillage is low and longevity moderate at best.
mmkmkmkmkm – :
A white floral scent which immediately evoked memories of a female friend of mine that I haven’t seen in years. It’s quite a specific mixture, namely the smell of her car when she used to pick me up.
A combination of jasmine perfume, soapy, waxy hair products, a hint of stale spliff car seat and maybe a magic tree hanging from the rear view mirror?
Reminiscing aside the main accord here is the combination of Tuberose and jasmine which is honestly intoxicating. It should be awful and not my cup of tea but the jasmine sweetens it up just enough to be likable. There’s a hint of smoke and I do mean the tiniest amount could this be the illusive incense? I can see how a fresher smell of frankincense could be hiding in this composition but I would never describe Luci ed Ombre as having an ‘incense’ note.
Well there’s definitely tiny hints of something else here like the ginger perhaps? I really couldn’t say because the overriding sense is powerfully floral, so powerful in fact the longevity is very good and the projection pronounced at first then dying down.
The basenotes are much the same as the opening but it gets a little more soft, soapy and clean as it matures.
Still I’m not one to label a perfume off hand but this just says feminine to me and not something I would choose to wear.
No denying this is quality juice and I would recommend it to a lady that loves white florals but have to point out it’s not the most exciting composition in the world. I’m sure there’s similar quality perfumes cheaper and more interesting elsewhere.
piwemplatno – :
Well…I can definitely assure you one thing: the top note definitely isn’t incense. In the beginning, I would probably consider this to be the kind of fragrance a woman would go crazy for. For a woman, I think this is the most wearable offering from this house. Elegant without ever become cloying(you can thank the bright jasmine for that). Very long lasting especially for a spring time fragrance. Not as unisex as advertised….
kov-skaper – :
Luci ed Ombre is very pretty, and strikes me as a straight floral in the beginning, broadening with increasing complexity over time into a more chypre presence. This is very beautiful and I think I’d find it wildly sexy on the right man. For myself, I prefer the smouldering mystery of Masque’s Montecristo, but LeO is quite lovely. If I had a much larger purse from which to purchase fragrances, this would be in wardrobe. The sillage is modest, but the fragrance is enduring, and I’ve been enjoying the scent for 10 hours now.
I think Luci ed Ombre would make a gorgeous alternative for people who find Montecristo too heavy and brooding. These two are my first samplings, and thus far I am very impressed with the Masque line of fragrances.
admiral – :
I had 3 wonderful samples of Masque, courtesy of Essenza-Nobile a german webshop for niche perfume. Montecristo, Terralba and Luci Ed Omber. They are all kategorised as unisex, but to me this one is by far the most womanly of the 3, probably be cause of a clear flower note together with the darker notes. I really do like it! And I have sniffed my arm again and again. There is not that much sillage (which I like, but all 3 scents lasts forever. I am now going on the 7th hour.
Luci ed Ombre means light and shadows, but the shadows here are as pleasant as the light, nothing scary as otherwise mentioned in the sales material. The light and shadows, light and dark notes play with eachother in a perfekt combination, and you will feel wonderful wearing this scent.
If I give this one to my boy friend, I will certainly borrow a spritz from time to time.
Get your hands on it, (and the other mentioned for that matter), it would be such a shame to miss out on this one!