From Meo Fusciuni
Varanasi is a fragrance full of personality. It is rich, sumptuous, opulent, warm, irreverent, polarizing. Varanasi is a perfume you will either love forever or never be able to wear. Some adore it like an idol, others detest it, others are convinced it is the door to nirvana. Varanasi is an insatiable personality. Varanasi is an invitation to the most intimate journey into the soul of India.

From Giuseppe Imprezzabile
“Varanasi tells what of India has remained in my heart, in my mind, in my soul and in my nose.

Varanasi is a sacred and profane place of scent, rich in contrasts and meanings. I composed this perfume letting myself be guided by the visceral emotion I felt the day I held the sacred water of the Ganges in my hands; I tried to search within my olfactory memory and I found the source, from which everything was created.

Varanasi is an olfactory mandala, where the aquatic and animal notes of Ambergris cradle our soul. The ritual begins with warm and red spicy notes of Saffron, Nutmeg and Cardamom. A dizzying approach toward the floral heart — amulets of Roses and Jasmine, a dusty and woody body of Ambrette and Cypriol. Like a Sadhu covered in white ash, the ritual takes shape between the sacred notes of Spikenard, Incense and Gurjum. The perfume becomes a magical experience, without compromise. A swirling chant rises in the night of Varanasi — the temple, the shadows walking around, Oud, Vetiver and a mystical leather accord envelop our body. Sounds of unknown instruments. On the slow river, dawn arrives — Varanasi is the place where spirituality sublimates the human being. Where souls will try to find refuge.

Varanasi is a place and not a place, sacred and profane. When you listen to Varanasi, imagine the water flowing in the depths of the earth, touching the roots of everything, nourishing our soul. Varanasi Parfum is a contrasting and magnetic perfume that encloses the authentic soul of India."

Perfumer
Giuseppe Imprezzabile

Notes
incense, saffron, nutmeg, cardamom, ambergris, cypriol (nagarmotha) oil, rose, ambrette seed (musk mallow), jasmine, animalic notes, agarwood (oud), leather, gurjan balsam, Himalayan nard (jatamansi), vetiver

FYI
SERIES: TIMELESS TRILOGY
RELEASED: 2020
ORIGIN: Italy