Michelangelo

Marigold and grapefruit burst sharp and herbal, with artemisia adding a green, almost medicinal edge as bergamot lifts the top. Cassis darkens the opening into something closer to earth. The heart softens into a creamy fig sweetness interrupted by galbanum's cool, slightly bitter green—hyacinth and magnolia arrive as pale florals, while incense smoke and olive leaf ground everything in something almost savory. By the drydown, vetiver and fig tree emerge woody and dry, patchouli adding a dark earthiness as labdanum's resinous warmth and cedarwood settle into a base of rooted, austere vetiver touched by the strange mineral whisper of cypriol oil.