By Thomas
The scenery opens up a bit once you leave Rome and venture into the Tuscan countryside. A few short farmhouses dot the rolling hills covered with olive trees and grape vines, and you find it easier to breathe and relax. The area is fairly dry and a bit flinty but remains welcoming, and that’s a great place to start a review of Lorenzo Villoresi Piper Nigrum.
Piper Nigrum starts off with a blast of pepper and greenish minty notes, followed by a dry quiet camphoraceous (sandlewood) hum. Not a promising start. After a minute or so a few more notes emerge from the hum: anise and peppermint – but the effect is…tinkly. Between the pepper, menthol, and peppermint there’s plenty of trebly notes but the anise/sandlewood doesn’t properly ground it all.
Thankfully there’s a wallop of cedar which follows and defines the heart of Piper Nigrum – the dry cedar, anise, and peppermint form a balanced trio between the dry earthiness and the spicy peppery interest. Still not earthy or welcoming, however.
Into the drydown the pepper starts fading and a healthy dose of amber adds some earthy sweetness to balance the dry cedar and smooth sandlewood. Nothing outrageous, Piper Nigrum is well-balanced, lasts a full day, probably at home more in the fall but not out of place in the summer. The drydown is slightly more straightforward than Tauer’s spicy L’Air du Desert Marocain. (Moroccan desert / Tuscan countryside…not quite the same but they do share similarities). The simple, dry countryside certainly has its charms.
Year: 1999
Perfumer: Lorenzo Villoresi
Notes: Dill, Wild Anise, Fennel, Peppermint, Citrus, Green and Conifers Nuances, Black Pepper, Origanum, Nutmeg, Elemi, Olibanum, Petitgrain, Clove Leaves, Sea Rosemary, Spicy Nuances, Amber, Styrax, Benzoin, Perù Balsam, Myrrh, Atlas Cedarwood, Woody Nuance
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