3# Nota Di Viaggio - Ciavuru d'Amuri
Meo Fusciuni (2011)

Official Notes on the tester bottle are more complex than stated above, and as follows:

"Fig Leaves, Bergamot, Artemesia, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Franckincense, Cedarwood, Benzoin, Powder, and Sandalwood".

The ingredients very well describe this scent. I did a "blind" test, and the notes I came up with were powder, carrot tops, smoke, and dry grass, with the emphasis on herbal powder.

This is a beautifully blended fragrance that is quite artistic, yet easy to wear. It opens with a bright flash of green Citrus and Fig Leaves in a cloud of Aldehydes. In general, Fig Leaves are herbal and antiseptic, but here they are kept in line by the Powdery and Floral notes which emerge after a few moments. The Jasmine in particular combines with the Fig Leave to lend a sweetness reminiscent of the Fig Fruit itself, but without the cloying jam of most "fig" scents. The unexpected Powder note, usually reserved for more classically composed scents, works well to create a languid, blurred effect of the other ingredients. A novel use, but one that feels natural.

After reading the notes, I can actually tease out the sweet sharp of the cedar (seamlessly blended with the florals) and the creamy sandalwood. Good sandal is hard to find in a fragrance these days, due to scarcity and cost. You will find it here, in concert with Frankincense and Benzoin to create a cozy, warm effect.

Meo Fusciuni's NOTA DI VIAGGIO series of eau de parfums are less potent than his parfums, which doesn't mean to imply that they are in any way your average edp. The quality and concentration of ingredients give his edps longevity of 8+ hours, even when they possess levity of character.

This is a unisex scent for year round wear, although as with any concentrated fragrance, go lightly in high heat and humidity.

*Disclaimer: I am an official stockist for this line.

This is decidedly feminine to my nose. At first sniff, I thought: "soap". Then I looked at the notes, saw jasmine and fig and thought: "I guess that's how you make a soap scent".

Figue, jasmine, galaxolide (the musky-fruity-creamy-sandalwood "bath soap" feel) and aldehydes on a discreet vanilla base with a darker, dustier hint of incense. Pretty much it, and sadly it all sounds a bit plain and without density as other Fusciuni's, which makes the concept looks a bit pretentious to me – with all that poetic allure of a "Mediterranean trips' diary" (I mean, the ispiration is great, it's just that the scents are miles away from that). The scent is not bad, it's pleasant and graceful, but to me also lacking in personality and inspiration, with quite an overall "cheapness" of materials, to my nose at least – figue fans (which looks quite a trendy note these years!) with higher demands and expectations may find better content in Dyptique or Heeley. Good persistence, though.

6/10

I can not add to the very accurate description of the unfolding of the notes of this fragrance by Darvant. The fragrances smells of green fig, which is quickly blended with a lyrically swirling jasmine fragrance. Its a floral jasmine with no indoles to speak of and the fig gives the floral elevating notes a green cast. I like this combination of fig and jasmine as it removes the fig odor quickly which can become an irritating note. The fig and jasmine combination becomes dusty and classical smelling by the influence of frankincense. It is a nice fragrance, but there are so many good fig fragrances out there, and while this one is nice to smell, it is not better nor is it an improvement on the vast theme of fig fragrances available, in my opinion. It is OK , not much more and then . . . it goes away. Thumbs down from me.

An Ode to the wonderful floral note of jasmine, an indolic, fruity, green and sensual jasmine. I feel soon the impression to detect a figgy presence in the middle of the introductive citric/aqueous and fizzy blast, a sort of figgy-lacteous vibe which creates a natural link with the indolic and botanic floral note of jasmine, in order to elicit an extremely sensual and almost delightful and edible sort of attar. The lacteous figgy temperament counteracts the initial sparkling/aqueous feel, fixing down a more dense floral essence. Some faint green/musky accents enhance the general naturalness and i feel so the impression to stand in the middle of an enchanted land full of green hills, immaculate streams and floral yards. The aroma holds on its run sharper and with a well combined jasmine/fig leaves accord till the dry down which is finally less humid, more dusty and overcasted due to a minimal touch of frankincense that dries and balances the wet naturalness of the elements. Unfortunately the sillage is really faint, at least on my skin, and the juice remains shortly projecting along its breve run in the air. I suppose that the really poor lasting power depends on the extreme naturalness of the raw materials and the total lack of synthetic additives. The fragrance is more properly feminine in my opinion although could be confortably worn by men at once.