Corpse Reviver
Regular price $ 145.00Fzotic's Corpse Reviver is a Frankenstein monster gourmand!
"Corpse reviver is a re-interpretation of Cadavre Exquis, a limited-edition scent that I created in collaboration with the talented perfumer, Antonio Gardoni, a few years ago. It has become a cult classic, and we sold through our 99-bottle run very quickly. My new version dials back the animalics a bit.
I add a whiskey accord built on an extraordinary oakwood absolute produced by a great french essential oils supplier (sorry, NDA won’t let me say who). This fabulously sticky, dense material is extracted from French oak and smells like bourbon and caramel. Corpse reviver is like a fruity winter cocktail made with an intense Italian amaro, whiskey, dark chocolate and a dash of our beloved civet." - Bruno Fazzolari
From Fzotic
Corpse Reviver takes the idea of gourmand and pushes it somewhere stranger. Bitter herbs, dark chocolate, and a cool Italian Amaro liquor meet vivid animalics that give the fragrance its unmistakable edge. Rosemary, wormwood, and cypress add clarity, balancing salty with sweet.
The result is complex, woody, and alive. An avant-garde fragrance with real presence. It’s not for everyone, but for those who love characterful scents, Corpse Reviver delivers something unforgettable.
Perfumer
Bruno Fazzolari
Notes
blood orange, camphor, whiskey, rosemary, tagetes, dried fruit, anise, cypress, dark chocolate, vanilla, civet
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This fragrance is very unique. It smells almost like an animalic Tootsie roll. This is my first time trying a fragrance with civet but it adds the animalic note that might be a bit hard to look past at first but then it melts into the skin and creates that warmth with the chocolate and whiskey notes and marries with your own chemistry beautifully. I very much recommend this if you would be into perhaps an almost semi-sweet gourmand.
I find this scent oddly comforting. It smells eerily similar to a haunted house and fake fog. The chocolate note comes through, not enough to overwhelm the fragrance. I love it more than I expected I would!
I love the way this smells. Another reviewer called it a semi-sweet gourmand and that is spot on. The funk of the civet somehow makes the chocolate incandescent and it's delightful. Unfortunately it has no sillage. I put it on liberally, on moisturized skin, and I can barely smell it now, an hour later, even with my wrist right next to my nose.
This scent is sexy, dark, and bracing. It smells like sipping a drink in a plush leather chair at a dimly lit bar. It’s deep and brilliant.