Lancetti Uomo (1985)
by Lancetti

I believe this was released in 1982 as a leather chypre. It's opening is rather strong in the old school fashion for sure. Spicy green citrus lunges out of the bottle and throws a sucker punch if you aren't careful.

The heart is floral dominated but once it shows up after 5 minutes, the vetiver and rose make itself very apparent and basically succeed in kicking the others to the curb. There is cedar and patch in the heart also, but they can't overtake the vetiver/rose duo.

Animalistic leather with moss and musk in the base complete this experience. Lancetti Uomo is not a smooth ride. Sharp edges in spite of being well blended and I encourage anyone undertaking a full wearing to don a safety helmet.....just in case.

A dry woody chypre with a rose note. A bit more bearable than other designer rose chypres (GFF Uomo for one in fact it's quite similar). What makes this a intriguing rose chypre is the non-animalic musk note at the bottom. Polished musk I'd say with a touch of sweet but with all the dirty greenness of the oakmoss and woods it clashes a little with the rest of the fragrance. But how interesting would things be if all was balanced equally all the time? Still, some of the notes are a little brash but still smells unique and good.

Since it's discontinued and little hard to find, get a mini to try it out if you are a fan of rose and oakmoss.