Year: 2013
Notes: bergamot, lemon, pepper, frankincense, lavandin, lavender, Egyptian geranium, patchouli, cedar, vetiver, musk
Out of all the Italian niche houses, Farmacia SS. Annunziata is one of the most confounding. One would like to think that its fragrances are at least respectable but most of them simply aren't. With Arabico, one's opinion of this house isn't going to change anytime soon.
Basically, it's a peppery cedar offering that's soapy, inoffensive and feeble. With extremely faint traces of citrus, lavender and vetiver, the composition's so thin that it's hardly detectable on the skin. Apart from a woody-green late-drydown, which is redolent of Lalique's Encre Noire, there aren't any other redeeming qualities.
Claiming to be a highly concentrated offering, it's nothing more than a pathetic joke.
Basically, it's a peppery cedar offering that's soapy, inoffensive and feeble. With extremely faint traces of citrus, lavender and vetiver, the composition's so thin that it's hardly detectable on the skin. Apart from a woody-green late-drydown, which is redolent of Lalique's Encre Noire, there aren't any other redeeming qualities.
Claiming to be a highly concentrated offering, it's nothing more than a pathetic joke.
