Maestrale
by Profumi di Pantelleria

This one is really magical. It reminds me of pencil shavings!

1st February, 2011.

So much cedar it burns. Very dry and bitter and very linear. I love cedar but this is too much of a good thing. A little vetiver in the bottom moistens it up a bit but makes the rest smell very dank. No sir I don't like this.

9th October, 2009.

This is a woody perfume with some weird ingredient I have never smelled before which smells very damp and... human, and kinky. I got this gem from another basenote member and I highly recommend it. It is one of the few woody perfumes I have tried that did not smell very dry - as it mixes a dry and a damp ingredient. Anyway, this is definitely unique and I highly recommend it to other men. It is masculine.

28th May, 2009.

Bergamot, lavender, rhubarb, rum
Jasmine, iris, cardamom, coriander
Cedar, vetiver, ambretta seeds.
This is an uber-cedar scent, and not much else. There are tiny little hints of citrus and rum at the beginning, but they are almost instantly overwhelmed by the aggressive cedar. I like cedar, and wood, but this is too simplistic. CdG’s Sequoia has similar notes but is more fragrant, complex, and attractive. It’s not often that I won’t endorse a dry woody scent, but this is just not doin’ it for me.

9th March, 2009.