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husid – :
Mine arrived today. First spray…Whoa, baby powder with Sandalwood oil and slightly sharp. My family cringed and said: You cannot wear this, wash it off. Naturally, I ignored them 😉 After 20-30 mins though, this musk morphed into a super soft, warm skin scent and the family stopped complaining and said it now smells “ok” 🙂 I really like this fragrance. It is not magical, or life changing but it smells unique and comforting (baby powder, clean diapers and fresh skin). Sillage is decent and longevity seems to be 2-4 hours. I am glad I bought it, I will finish it…but do not know if I will buy again. Let’s see in about 6 months!
Aleksandr_bazik – :
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
osipenkost – :
I received a bunch of villoresi samples recently and being a musk lover,this one was the first one I tried.I had high hopes as I know this house by Teint de neige which is among my top favorites but LV musk dissapointed me when first applied.I like sandalwood when it sits in the back seat,playing as a supporter but I dislike dominant sandalwood.LV musk opens with a strong sandalwood blended with some sharp notes,geranium is the only one I can pickup among these sharp notes which I don’t care for.it’s opening phase is totally unisex and not something I’d really like but this perfume has a lot more to say.after about ten minutes musk and rose show up and send sandalwood to the back seat,where I prefer to see it.it becomes better and better as time passes.on my skin it’s a gorgeous powdery Musky rose,rounded by sandalwood and vanilla cream and there’s just a hint of amber and oak moss to make it deep and sophisticated.I can’t pickup other notes and don’t really miss them.it’s a beautiful musky-rose-sandalwood scent which leans more towards feminity(except it’s first ten minutes).I like it but I’m not planning to buy a bottle as it’s sandalwood is still a bit strong for me(I prefer my musky florals to be less woody).also it’s not a cheap perfume and I ha already many perfumes in this genre(musky rosey).
Longevity and projection are both impressive and make it highly recommendable for lovers of a beautiful blend of rose-musk-sandalwood.it’s another good point is that it can be a versatile fragrance
It’s aonother high quality and well put together perfume from villoresi and now I’m more tempted to try other ones from this house
P.s:after couple of hours what lasts on skin is a sandalwood-vanila combo,soft,warm,smooth, pl
hve960elipseskism – :
Very nice warm, musky pepperry unisex scent longlasting
4ikur – :
This is one of my favourites, cosy as an old blanket and just as comforting. A wam hug on a cold day. Tinged with sweetness, this is nothing like the Body Shop White Musk which my sister wore for years, and which I still dislike intensely even today. As usual, I do not find in it all the notes that are described here. There is a sweetness of rose-vanilla, and the lovely powdery effect of the musk. Worn alone, it is a comfort scent on cold winter days.
It also works well with other perfumes, softening and sweetening the harshness of some, or toning down a particularly loud note with its delicacy. A quick spritz of Musk on top of something that is not quite what you wanted for that day can make the difference between a bad fragrance day and a good one, between irritation and relaxation.
For a few moments on first application the powder is very noticeable but it soon wraps itself round your skin, seeps through your clothes and becomes not quite a skin scent but not a cloud of choking talcum. It can hold its own through the day, although it will never shout. As you move, you will notice pleasant wafts of the perfume, and it is not necessary to bury your nose in your arm to find it. All the same, it is not something which will bother fragrantly challenged workmates, or knock out your dentist just as he has the drill in your mouth.
Both a delightful and a useful fragrance, less powdery than Teint de Neige and Sweet Dreams (much less), but with enough to be cosy and comforting when you need it.
Topppppp – :
This is much more sandalwood than musk, at least on my skin. No white musk here (luckly!), totally unisex.It shares many notes with Alamut, infact sometimes the flowers come, here and there, but absolutely not a floral feminine one. I think it’s an austhere but classy perfume for a mature person.
dlyou1 – :
Not knowing or even having heard that much about this house, I wasn’t anxiously waiting to try this one. I also sometimes have a problem with musk, so the fact that it has musk in the name wasn’t encouraging to me. Imagine my surprise that it is one of the most beautiful rose musk sandalwood accords around! Very rich complex scent, and every note adds to the pleasure of wearing it. Smooth, lasts hours, and embodies all the qualities you look for in a perfume – keeps your nose glued to your arm it’s so nice. High quality, natural, not chemical. Unisex. Good sillage and longevity.
Xeroxrpqsz – :
Musk is one of the most gorgeous clean musks I have ever smelled. Actually, it reminded me very much of Teint de Neige because it’s powdery and floral, but it is not the powder bomb of Teint de Neige and instead seems more balsamic or waxy. But the two perfumes seem clearly related.
This musk is sweetened by vanilla. The sandalwood is unmistakable and is to die for! It’s like he took a clean, white, Jovan-style musk and enriched it with velvety rose petals and generous dose of silky sandalwood. So it’s darker than a white musk, but it’s still not dark like For Her nor is it raunchy and sex-tinged like Muscs Kublai Khan.
At first it’s nice, a powdery rose with a clean musk, but as it comes alive on the skin it takes on an irresistible creaminess that just makes me feel spoiled. I love this Musk because I don’t appreciate that coconutty play on sandalwood, and Musk definitely is not coconutty or figgy.
I expected to like Musk, but I didn’t expect it to blow me away like this. It was a blind buy, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. It did not disappoint! Highly recommended.
GlultDattmawl – :
Unbelieveble. I went to a perfumery where I blind sniffed and bought this one. Didn’t know its name, didn’t know when it was launched. It was love at first sight, because I caught some notes that just capture my attention by default – vanilla, musk, sandalwood. I remembered the name, but forgot the face behind the work of it. It was such a surprise to see in fragrantica, that it actually looks like this! Kind of archaic and not what I like from seeing such a bottle. Always refer it to heavy and unpleasant fragrances for mature women, but this one is just amazing and totally far away from all my fears! <3
Edit: now i see it’s unisex O.o really? And I established resemblances with YSL’s Manifesto 🙂
zdxvxFBdtgbzf – :
I blind purchased this based on the reviews and ingredients, but, I have learned my lesson, I can’t do this again. Body chemistry is crucial, and for someone like me who likes Rochas Femme, Guerlain Vanille Absolute, this does not work for me. It is a very heavy, musky frag with a huge blast of rose and geranium, that on me smells like baby wipes, and not in a good way. It also reminds me of a lot of the heavy Arabian musky-rose perfumes. Unfortunately I’m developing a headache from this and will be selling this on EBay. PM me if you are interested in getting this at a discount.
ENERGIE – :
I would totally swoon if I smelled this on a man. Very sensual and sexy. Now I get why Brad Pitt is said to wear this.
On me, it’s a different story. Having loved Teint de Neige, I had high hopes for it and while it is certainly well done and easy to wear, I have not fallen in love with it. Maybe musks are not for me. One day I wore it to work and I almost felt indecent.
I might get it to my husband, though.
yrs464Bessinepome – :
My favourite musks usally are sandalwood dominant as it makes the musk really creamy. Same with my favourte sandalwood fragrances. If they don’t contain musk it’s just a shame. The two notes are heaven when combined and done right.
Lorenzo musk is one of those creamy musky sandalwoods. Really sensual, sexy , woody , musky and yes, rosy !
Similar scents would be Santal Blush , Tam Dao and even Bois de iles.
This is lighter and smoother and easy to wear compared to the above mentioned.
I can easily imagine this on a man ,it is very neutral and takes no gender ,
It’s a woody , musky floral , with emphasis on wood and musk.
Like christiane1 mentioned it can take a different face thought the weartime , the musk can be dominant at times and other moments the rose pops out and sometimes it’s almost strait forward sandalwood , could be moods , situations, hormones , morning or evenings ,,,, cold days warm days ,,, but it’s really neat , maybe it simply speaks your mood ?
But again what I like best about this fragrance is the creamy effect that it leaves after it develops on your skin.
dia443JeomiWogkig – :
This is like holy grail musk to me. I get mostly musk, sandalwood and rose. The musk is fantastic, it isn’t animalic at all to me. More like a sexy warm skin scent like a top quality musk oil. The sandalwood is that really smooth kind, not overwhelming and just seems to wear like warm silk. It isn’t “figgy” at all like some sandalwood can be (Santal Blush, Sacred Wood). To me it is much more on the order of the sandalwood in Bois des Iles (just the sandalwood part, this doesn’t have aldehydes and is very different from Bois des Iles…it just has that luxurious smooth type of sandalwood). The rose is dark and dewy and very present.
The interesting thing about Villoresi Musk is that each of the main notes take turns being dominant each time you wear it. Sometimes it smells like mostly sandalwood. Other times mostly rose. Then still at other times it smells almost like a pure musk oil. It really is a chameleon of a scent and seems almost the scent equivalent of a mood ring.
As a life long musk fan I have to say this is one of my favorites of all. Just something about it that makes me a little crazy. Completely unisex and seems suitable for just about any occasion but has a really casual and earthy feel to it. But still a bit mysterious and a whole lot sexy. I want a gigantic bottle of this badly.
SagsFiegree – :
This is a beautiful fragrance, dominated by musk and rose. None of the main notes are very strong, and there are other notes as well. All in all it is well blended and the rose-musk combo melts perfectly in human skin. I imagine this fragrance on a beautiful woman although it is labeled unisex.
star905 – :
Tried today from a sample and for me the strongest note is sandalwood, I’m not sure if Musc is the right name for this perfume. Anyway all I could think is that I knew this perfume and after a while I realize that smells like CUIR DE LANCOME and I could compare them as I have the Lancôme one. So sad that LV musk don’t last very long on my skin. But is a beautiful perfume, I really like it.
ankpro – :
A few remarks to my previous review. I really really in love with this scent. Today I had a great chance to discover that this scent is not the same during the day. First of all it is powerful and lasts for more than ten hours. Even now after having a shower I recognize vanilla and wood notes. A thing itself is gorgeous!. In the morning I could smell a rose, an hour after applying I started smelling the cardamon with a gentle rose. In the middle of the day I swear it was completely different. I could hardly recognize it. It was a geranium to my opinion slightly mixed with the musk. It became even more interesting. Then I spent an hour being outside (the temperature was so high), it didn’t kill the smoothness of floral notes, it made them more realistic and noticeable with a great touch of light powedery musk!!!!!! This is the best thing I ever tried! Fabulous!!!!!
5945 – :
Great fragrance! I usually hate musk cause it turns to something very masculine ( on me). This musk has another note. I really smell the rose. The wild one. It lasts for more than 5 hours. I tried it today for the first time and felt very comfortable with musk. It doesn’t shout, sometimes it’s sweet but not sticky, sometimes it’s a little powedery but not too much. Gorgeous. Elegant. Very clean and confident. Bravo!
gekanthebest – :
As someone who does not like most musk based perfumes, I have to admit that I was very surprised by Lorenzo Villoresi creation. It indeed is a marvelous musky perfume – sour bulgarian rose with ultra clean musk. Not too feminine, easily could be worn by male also despite the floral overload. It stayed close to skin and I find it to be very elegant and sexual.
Longevity on me was mediocre, around 5 hours.
region26 – :
I’m a fan of musky scents but this one is so increadibly powerful I wouldn’t be able to wear it to go to work. Funny to hear Brad Pitt uses it because it’s my mother ‘s favourite perfume and she is 75 years old! I bought her a bottle for mothersday (which we celebrate on August 15th over here!) she will love it!
kitenok2310 – :
I think it is a heavy floral scent with medium muskyness, and some slight spicyness to it. Musk is the name of the fragrance, but in my opinion “Rose Musk” would be more appropiate. In the drydown the vanilla and amber is more dominant, giving the composition some sweetness. It is more on the feminine side, but I can imagine wearing this for a romantic evening, or a day when I am in a bright, poetic mood. I think Lorenzo Villoresi blended this in a more traditional manner. Sample before buy. I like it.
azaus – :
Musk Lorenzo Villoresi for women and men
عطر المسك من لورينسو فلورزي للرجال والنساء
هذا العطر هو تجسيد تام لرائحة المسك الغربي
وهو المعروف لدي سكان الشرق الأوسط
باسم المسك المتسلق أو المسك الأبيض
هل ذهبت يوما لحد محلات عبد الصمد القرشي
وجربت المسك الأبيض المكثف الموجود لديه
إنه يشبه هذا العطر بدرجة كبيرة
ولكن مع وجود مكثق لرائحة الورود
وهذا برأيي جعله يميل لأن يكون عطرا نسائيا
العطر خطي لا أراه ينتقل بين نوتات مختلفة
المسك والورود والخشب الوردي والفانيليا
هذه هي المكونات الأكثر وضوحا في العطر من أوله لآخره
العطر لا يتمتع بثبات قوي ساعتين أو ثلاثة على الأكثر
العطر في النهاية لطيف ويصلح للإستخدام المنزلي
link1234 – :
Let me start by saying when I first sniffed it I did not like it at all. It appeared loud and jarring to me like an OTT moment of an Italian opera (not an opera fan here).
One year later I found a sample in my bathroom cabinet and tested it again and again and again: NOW I AM OBSESSED AND CONSIDER IT A TRUE MASTERPIECE.
I have already reviewed some other rose based scents, so I consider this in strong competition with Frederic Malle’s “Une Rose”/ “Lipstick Rose”, Czech & Speake “Dark Rose”, Bond #9 “West Side”, Louis Azzaro’s “Acteur” and Amouage “Lyric” to name my favourite rose base scents.
Now technically this is primarily a musk fragrance (and it certainly oozes very sensual musk) but I also find it is very heavy on the rose and it is that “arm-wrestling” of its musk and that rich, dark, oily, woody, overripe rose, that makes this composition so round and smooth and wonderful.
Truly well blended as it is precisely positioned in the centre: neither too old-fashioned (although there is that old skool glimpse), nor too modern, neither too sharp, nor too sweet, neither too gourmand (lovely edible vanilla, almost cocoa note). Think of fusing Tom Ford’s “Tobacco Vanille” with Frederic Malle’s “Une Rose” and add heaps of creamy musk = THIS.
100% unisex. Longevity is also very good for an EdT. Only let down? Availability: as it is a (super) niche fragrance, one has to get it online or a niche perfumery. But at least you will be wearing quality at an honest price that very few people will know or wear.
Uniofiskspasp – :
Reminds me of SL’s Sa Majeste La Rose
rwa327InsuffBooni – :
Completely different take on this perhaps the most classic note of them all. In Lorenzo’s rendition we get a sweet, slightly powdery musk with a lovely, mellow rose heart. Like many Villoresis it is quite creamy and the woody base makes it very safe for masculine wear, although there is nothing overtly feminine about the fragrance at all. Musk is in my honest opinion one of LV`s finest and a great example (just like his colonia) of the way he flawlessly has updated many of the darlings of the perfumery-world.
Starts out with a strong floral scent that is not overpoweringly sweet because of the creamy musk base. The scent fades into a warm inviting scent that is a must have.
The best part is that it is lasting. Only two very very small daps on my wrist lasted over six hours noticeably and it is wonderful.
Another winner from Lorezon Villoresi! I couldn’t get over how beautiful and clean this scent is.
susu_01 – :
Warm,sweet,creamy powdery fragrance.
Musk ,rose and amber are main player here.
It’s more on the feminine side.
All smelt before to my nose and nothing special.
Longevity 8+ hours with good projection.
Nice but doesn’t deserve a niche price.
yulika – :
Sweet clean musk-old-fashioned roses and something vibrant-a clean but sexy musk, that does have something of a potpourri touch to it. But it doesn’t smell too soapy to me, which is a very good thing when it comes to musk.
I can imagine Brad Pitt would smell like this-and it’s a sexy scent, as good a musk as Brad is an actor but not really my type-just as Pitt doesn’t do it for me. Fabulous balance-but a little bit less sweet (less vanilla maybe?) and this would be perfect. If I could have a bottle, I would most certainly use it-it’s elegant sillage and skin all at once in a bottle-but I would be tempted to layer this with something more dry or crisp-and that would be very wasteful for the price AND individuality of this creation. Musk isn’t a creation that drops jaws but it is a fragrance that parts lips.
vfnz – :
I agree with roboman, it’s an unusual musk. It must be, because I don’t care for musk scents at all, but I really enjoy this.
It starts off as a slightly spicy, skin-hugging, somehow juicy musk, very hard to describe, but what struck me is that it has character (lack of character is the reason for my general dislike of musks, if that makes sense). A bit later a fine veil of flowers falls on top, made up of hardly detectable, airy roses and beautiful carnation. It had me at carnation. Gorgeous.
It never turns too sweet or too powdery. It doesn’t shout. It’s totally unisex. It’s warm and cosy but it doesn’t ever get boring. Some people I know call it drop-dead sexy (especially when worn by men), I call it a comfort scent. Whatever it is, it’s totally addictive.
vetedeenemi – :
I haven’t tried this, so this isn’t really a review. Just thought I’d add a fact that this is Brad Pitt’s signature scent.
DoZZeR – :
I just repurchased this one yesterday.
Its hard to describe because it is not a musk in the traditional sense. THis one is either a love it or hate it frag.
Here is what i get from it:
dusty rose, white musk, and sandalwood. Its not feminine, but floral for sure. it smells like very expensive potpourri with skin overlayed on it…i have had more compliments with this frag from beautiful women than any toher i have other worn because its so different.