Description
Filippo Sorcinelli Ennui Noir Extrait de Parfum is a modern patchouli based niche perfume from the perfumer’s renowned UNUM collection. This dark and futuristic fragrance features a merging of traditional aristocratic gloom with the narcotic aroma of hi-tech material. This highly idiosyncratic scent does not evolve in the classical sense one would expect from an Extrait de Parfum of this quality, but rather maintains its structure as a monolithic sensory blanket which envelopes the wearer in a necessary, horizontal gauze. This stunning scent caresses the skin in a musky, hazy and opaque velvet which feels both antique gothic and technologically advanced. Patchouli and vanilla unite to fabulously synthetic effect and make Ennui Noir decadently addictive.
Despite the inviting floral sweetness of heliotrope and comforting tones of cedarwood and bark, the scent emits an aura of cool distance – like the incomparable scent of a dry ice machine souped up on synths. Ennui Noir, meaning black boredom, is a strangely satisfying niche perfume about the need to find oneself through the mists of loneliness; and sometimes from the most unlikely sources. A consoling, plastic fragrance swaddles the skin like a scent-based cellophane and is enticingly reminiscent of the rich and resiny aroma of expensive new machinery unwrapped from its packaging. The scent’s dark vanilla tones and overall white musk facets subtly invite those around you to draw nearer, rather than function as an in-your-face attention grabber. Ennui Noir is the fragrance for those who are comfortable in their own skin, the kind of sophisticate who does not invade others’ personal space… and does not want others to come into theirs.
Filippo Sorcinelli Ennui Noir Extrait de Parfum is a central scent in Sorcinelli’s mysterious world of perfumes which features ancient gothic gloom united with cutting edge modernity in one darkly immersive aesthetic. Not only is Sorcinelli one of the world’s most revered niche perfumers, he is also a classically trained organist and famous for his ‘LAVS’ bespoke tailoring atelier which makes the intricate, elaborately designed robes for the Vatican. His wide ranging artistic talents and classical Italian reference points are reflected in his avant-garde bottle designs and the ritualistic and liturgical themes which infuse many of his works.
Top notes: lavender, myrtle
Heart notes: cedarwood, heliotrope
Base notes: patchouli, vetiver, vanila
You can try the perfume with the samples and in 7scents:
1053 Budapest, Magyar utca 18, Hungary (Click >> here for directions)
Open: M-F 10-18 and Sat 11-17
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