Profumum Roma Fumidus Eau de Parfum lives up to its name: fumes, smoke, char. It is reminiscent of smoky, peaty Scotch, but it felt like the smoke was intensified 10-fold during most of the wear. Every note in the fragrance works to support dark smoke--intense, charred, dry, and earthy: birch on...
Profumum Roma Vanitas Eau de Parfum starts as spun cotton candy, sweet enough to give your tooth an ache, before deepening as lemon-orange citrus seemed to temper some of that pure sugar intensity. Despite not being listed at all, it smelled more like raspberry syrup over time as amber, possibly...
Profumum Roma Dulcis in Fundo Eau de Parfum is warm, orange-drizzled vanilla cake that goes from slightly sharper citrus notes to creamier, sweeter, more candied notes. The vanilla started more sugary, then developed a more caramelized aspect--a touch of spice, depth from thickness and richness--and...
Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea Eau de Parfum is a rich, resinous, salty-sweet amber-driven fragrance that is complemented by lightly spiced woods and incense. It has a more linear progression with the drydown having some deeper, richer sweetness, that still felt like it derived from the amber, as it...
