"This is a scent with a lot of tricks up its sleeve.
And it feels like it has an agenda.
It knows what it's doing.

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The scent slowly becomes floral in a deep, sensual,
intoxicating way. It lures you in and makes you a bit dizzy.
It might seem sweet and almost innocent in the beginning,
but that's just an act.
•

From the heart and all the way down to the base
the darkness that has been lurking underneath for so long
slowly appears and grows stronger. It is a honeyed ambery darkness soft-
ened by hints of exotic slightly toxic flowers.
•
A beeswax note becomes more prominent, but it doesn't smell waxy,
more slightly sweet and fatty, and together with the suede note
it's giving the amber a creamy, intimate skin-like feeling.
Very sensual and alluring."

— Tiwalili



"Atropa Belladonna has always been a sort of gothy,
apothecarian secret ingredient with a significant presence
in medicine, perfume, cosmetics, and "sinny" recipes
for over a millennium.
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Quartana Venetian Belladonna opens with a
plummy/boozy, vaguely aldehydic, yummy-spicy-musky blast,
powerful on violets and plums. This stage is highly spicy,
vaguely powdery/leafy (iris, violet, belladonna) and fruity
with a minimally perceivable twist of booziness, honey-
beeswax and a musky floral blooming-up bouquet.
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Gradually the floral beat becomes more present and redolent,
even more subtle, dark, musky-lipstick-like and sophisticated.
Dry-down is a classically gorgeous "madame for" evolution of
sandalwood, amber, musk/labdanum, leather and spices.
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The final wake is simply stunning and a sort of
grandeur in perfumery revival. Thumbs up."

— Darvant