Terroni
Orto Parisi (2017)

Only leather to me. Massive, invasive leather. Smells like Complex by Boadicea the Victorious.

Orto Parisi Terroni was launched in the 2017 and the nose behind is the based in Amsterdam eccentric italian performer Alessandro Gualtieri (Nasomatto, Ortoparisi, MariaLux, Diesel, Fendi and more). Terroni is a deeply woody-resinous-rooty-earthy aroma which smells like an ideal combination of Nasomatto Black Afgano (2009, darker, more resinous and coffee-veined) and harsher/drier merely woody creations a la Nasomatto Duro (both the former from the nose Alessandro Gualtieri) or Montale Wood on Fire (2021) &/or Aoud Musk (2010), under my profane nose. The name Terroni itself indicates derogatorily Italians from the South (as an italian word highlighting their wild and intensely popular temperament) but metaphorically ( (on the olfactory sphere) it means and represents in this case the soil, the roots, a fiery olfactory woody temperament and its wild visceral (woody-rooty-resinous-spicy) aroma. The standout olfactory elements (determining the smell-features themselves) are raspberries, rooty/earthy/woody elements, birch tar and moss. Especially with Duro or Wood on Fire the smell shares longly that typical gassy-cedary-oudish-pencil shavings main whiff (synth cedarwood,
rubber and guaiac wood) which I tend to dislike (for its kind of gassy abrasiveness), especially in many Montale's. Birch tar in particular determines a general piney smokey vaguely aromatic boisé undertone throughout. Spicy juicy raspberry, birch and roots provide juicy initial berrish dark/red "colour" (raspberry), resinous aromatic smoky woodsiness (birch) and wild woody roughness (rooty vetiver and earthy patchouli) while amber/tonka/vanilla and hints of musk soothen the general woody harshness which finally smells more "fluidy" and musky. The final whiff is still really woody smokey but basically more soothed, wearable and musky. Terroni is overly woody, hardly evolving and not enough original for my full pleasure, just stable in type of exuded woody aroma which just tends to finally morph down in intensity and be softened by "balsams" along the way. Performances (both projection and duration) are powerful.

tough, bitter, burnt, woody scent, extreme in its being yet in my opinion very versatile, really different from the others. It reminds me of the smell of the earth, the wood, the burnt, the bitterness of the coffee and the old and dry leather; good good good. Good projection the first two hours, then it calms down and creates an aura around the wearer. On the skin it persists like a tattoo, even after two showers it is always there, clearly distinguishable, absurd. On clothes ... don't spray it! sure, unless you use it exclusively because, as a mega-sea, it remains on clothes even after several washes, it does not go away ... In short, a truly unique perfume, very different from the others, not for everyone and not for everyone , to try before buying; on the skin of some it seems to soften losing its DNA, on me, fortunately, it remains bitter and burned. Together with Seminalis my favorites of the line and the only ones that excited and exalted me at the first spray.
Love it

Terroni is my least favorite of the house by far. A screeching synthetic mess I had to scrub off, and that persisted after scrubbing.

This is apparently the biggest seller for Orto Parisi in Harrods.
So its a crowd pleaser. The manager eulogised over the dry down. A creamy Sandalwood. So I gave my arm 3 good sprays and sauntered off to the Stephane Humbert Counter - in short I found nothing of interest there with the exception of Black Gemstone which they had run out of suggesting that is their own crowd pleaser . Back to Orti Parisi:
It opens smoky spicy and almost sweet and a touch of incense. In fact not bad at all. Very versatile. Day time, night time, cold weather, and a tiny spray for warm weather. Was this truly going to be a purchase?
Unfortunately there as a dry down. The smoke and incense left and all you were left with was a bland creamy sandalwood.
I think this is what is called a phantom fragrance: Its all in the opening so that punters at the perfume counter will spray it , sniff it, want it and buy it only to take it home and found out they have been conned.
I would not have minded creamy sandalwood with depth, maybe some spice and lurking whisps of smoke to prevent you feeling that you are looking into an empty box where once was your fragrance. But then it would not be a phantom fragrance.

Fragrance: 7.75 in the opening for about 30 minutes. Then 5.5/10 for 2 hours.
Projection: 7.5/10
Longevity: 7/10

PS: Judging from another reviewer who commented that this is potent juice it looks like Orto Parisi has been subjected to the disgraceful watering down most of the Nasomatto range has been destroyed by. Nasomatto Pardon was a rare masterpiece. Now it is a thin crumbling mask. I am too upset for further metaphor.


UPDATE: This one stayed on my mind so I ordered a sample and its much better than I remember so either the formulation has been remedied following my campaign--unlikely-- or the sample is a special 'for sample' version or my by taste has changed or its better in hot weather. Either way I did a Black Friday purchase from Liberty and will report back....

Just sampled from First in Fragrance.
Terroni starts with a note very similar to Interlude man (but more sharp), then after almost an hour Interlude dies and all that's left is Black Afgano...so i give my disappointment because in this juice as in BA i find more marketing than...juice. Nice bottle, nice red coloured liquid, a great hype around it's name and what it should evoke, all things that shares with BA but the content is not worth the price to me. It's a shame because the strenght and longevity and sillage, are all at highest level but at that price i WANT a 360 degrees parfum!
To my nose it's too flat, i can smell blonde tobacco, ashes and some kind of vetiver. I think Gualtieri should explore more ingredients than the 12/15 on his shelf.