Cuoio (2008)
by Odori

This smells like very expensive soap. I like it, but I don't want it. Hardly seems worth the price.

15th January, 2012.

Despite my allergy to birch tar (which didn't act up too much with this), I still have to give a positive review. Cuoio isn't terribly "leathery," but it is a fine fragrance. It's sort of a leathery, soapy, fruity, smooth, fresh fragrance. The vetiver and patchouli stand their ground, so it never smells like x (I typically make mental comparisons to something when a fragrance has too much of either). It's very wearable, modern, and unisex, but it's never a "me too." Sometimes it resembles one of those fruit filled breakfast bars, and it occasionally bears a slight resemblance to that Angel Men Summer Sunessence (or whatever it's called)

Unfortunately, due to my allergy to birch tar I won't be able to get this, but I will absolutely be trying Odori's other offerings.

And another thing, this could make a good substitution for Helmut Lang's masterpiece.

17th September, 2011.

I've honestly been quite impressed by this composition. Cuoio gives its very own interpretation of leather cleverly taking the distance from monsters releases a-là Knize Ten / Cuir De Russe / Bandit. It hangs around a clear and almost soapy vibe throughout with citruses, leather and a barely-sweet tobacco with an outstandig result. Now that Helmut Lang's Cuiron has been discontinued I can't hink about a closer substitute. Amazing but be prepared for a challenging price-tag.

2nd May, 2011. (Last Edited: 2nd June, 2011.)

Woody, airy, soft, leather smelling, a bit medicinal and very, very sophisticated. My last expensive purchase, i saw it exposed in a show window in Rome, i told to my best friend "please, do not allow me to get in, please", too late, five minutes later my patrimony counted € 135 less and a 100 ml cuoio Odori in addition. It's a pity for the weak longevity, this is in my opinion a great, great fragrance. Cuoio kinda man is a successful business aged fellow, maniac of leatherwares, in brown clothed, very busy, fascinatingly smiling and enveloped by a fresh breeze smelling about wet sweet woods, leather stores, moss, and cleaning foam. Honey and ylang-ylang impress a touch of taste, patchouli infuses the boldness, vetiver and siberian birch the woodsy balsamic temperament, ginger the spiciness and prickly whiff, amber the mild softness. Whatta wonderful world.

31st December, 2010. (Last Edited: 13rd March, 2011.)

Hmmm...did I get the wrong sample? The last time I smelled detergent, I didn't have to shell out 200 bucks. Granted, there is something fresh and refined in the leather drydown that I like but for the price, I'd rather sprinkle on some detergent. And if you don't like Helmut Lang's Cuiron chances are you won't like CUOIO either.

1st October, 2009.

The best in the Odori line by far. Jealous that everso managed to snatch a bottle at half price!

Anyway, it's a fresh chemical-esque smelling leather scent with great complexity that somehow ends up smelling just like my like great grandmother's bedroom. Funnily, my girlfriend said this smells like her grandma's room as well.

10th January, 2009.