Ouverture
Sospiro (2016)

What a gorgeous, totally unisex, balsamic fruity floral. Loved it at first sniff. Non cloying but sweet. Great performances.

Fruity-flowery-woody-balsamic outing from Sospiro.

Ouverture has an unusual opening, made up of magnolia (lemony-waxy floral) + fig leaf (bitter green earthiness) + orange. The heart is full of flowery bouquet - jasmine, ylang, and rose - creating a voluptuous effect within the decidedly green intro, with a dash of cinnamon. Then an eclectic mix of warm, aromatic, and smooth ingredients in the base create a rounded finish.

Blond wood is a favorite note that is noticeable here (cashmir wood). It mixes nicely with the lovely incense.

This is a love it or hate it fragrance, and though I found it bordering on feminine on the unisex continuum, men can probably enjoy this scent as well.

Synthetic mess.. honestly, I don't understand this one :(

Mmmmm delicious...smells good enough to drink....a yummy citrusy concoction with flower petals floating in it stirred around with a fresh pungent cinnamon stick...more yin than yang, but i love wearing this...the figgy accent also helps set this apart from the norm...to me, it seems to add a sort of thickess/meatiness to the overall feel...keeps getting a liitle more flowery as it moves along and the citrus goes to the back...settles down to a musky/creamy vanilla tinted wood...a very pleasant olfactory treat...