Mefisto Gentiluomo Casamorati EDP Tester

Mefisto Gentiluomo EDP Tester Casamorati

The gentleman devil. In the great literary tradition of the Faust myth, Mephistopheles is not a figure of crude menace he is charming, witty, impeccably dressed, and possessed of a refinement that makes him far more dangerous and far more compelling than any mere villain. Mefisto Gentiluomo by Casamorati is a 2018 Citrus Aromatic Eau de Parfum for men that inhabits that contradiction with complete, effortless Italian authority: bright and sparkling at the surface, softly floral and unexpectedly refined at the heart, and warmly woody-musky at the close. A fragrance for the man who understands that true elegance is always, at least slightly, diabolical.

The opening is luminous, vivid, and of an immediately distinguished Italian freshness: Lavender the timeless aromatic material of the great Mediterranean perfumery tradition, with its warm, herbal, slightly camphoraceous depth that has been the backbone of fine masculine fragrance for well over a century opens Mefisto Gentiluomo with classical, warm, herbal-aromatic authority. Grapefruit adds its clean, slightly bitter citrus freshness; Bergamot the fragrant rind of the Citrus bergamia of Calabria, the most refined and widely used citrus material in fine perfumery, with its distinctive clean, slightly floral, gently spiced citrus luminosity adds its characteristic, elegant lift; and Lemon closes the opening accord with sharp, vivid citrus brightness four materials of clean, luminous, aromatic distinction that establish Mefisto Gentiluomo’s most immediately, irresistibly charming quality.

The heart is where the Gentiluomo reveals his most unexpected and most beguiling dimension: Violet the powdery, cool, slightly sweet floral of the Viola odorata, with its distinctive clean, slightly retro elegance that is simultaneously fresh and softly intimate opens the heart with a refined, quietly beautiful powdery delicacy entirely unexpected within a citrus aromatic masculine. Iris the powdery, rooty, violet-adjacent material of the dried Iris pallida rhizome, requiring three years of curing, one of the most expensive and classically distinguished materials in all of perfumery adds its refined, cool, powdery elegance of the highest distinction; and Rose here not in its full, honeyed, deeply velvety expression, but as a light, luminous, slightly rosy warmth that bridges the powdery florals and the woody base gives the heart its most gently, beautifully diabolical quality: a masculine fragrance with the audacity to wear its florals with complete, unapologetic confidence.

The dry-down is clean, warm, and enduringly beautiful: Musk draws everything close to the skin with feather-light, clean intimacy; Cedar adds its characteristic dry, clean, pencil-shaving structural woodiness; and Amber closes with golden, resinous warmth — a base of three, resolving Mefisto Gentiluomo’s citrus-floral complexity into a dry-down of clean, warm, quietly confident masculine elegance that lingers beautifully, and entirely without apology.

• Fragrance Family: Citrus Aromatic
• For: Men
• Launched: 2018
• Top Notes: Lavender, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Lemon
• Middle Notes: Violet, Iris, Rose
• Base Notes: Musk, Cedar, Amber
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• House: Casamorati

Mefisto Gentiluomo is the gentleman devil in full bright, floral, and endlessly, magnificently diabolical.