Cigno Nero

Cigno Nero is Emily Cinigo’s third niche project, again dedicated to mysticism, magic and spiritual quests. Each Cigno Nero fragrance is a talisman, an olfactory image of a mythical creature endowed with magical powers.

The symbol of Forza Suprema is a dragon. A powerful and practically invulnerable creature in the Cigno Nero version is not at all scary. It exhales not a murderous flame, but the sweetish bluish smoke of Indian incense sticks. Instead of knights and their horses for breakfast, our pocket dragon prefers hot chocolate with Mexican spices, dried raspberries, vanilla and roasted nuts. It also reminds me very much of something resinous and niche from the early 2000s. Maybe not even something specific, but a whole shelf of spicy woody ones from Serge Lutens and Comme des Garcons of those times.

Forza Suprema Cigno Nero, 2020, ginger, neroli, bergamot, leather, labdanum, cocoa, nutmeg, tar, olibanum, vetiver, cashmeran, musk.

Dolce Canto - mermaid. You understand this immediately, because everything that happens in this fragrance happens to a person standing knee-deep in sea water. You smile at the sun and breathe the sea, drink a cold compote of small yellow apples and apricots and breathe the sea, melted ice cream is flowing down your hands, and you stand in shorts wet from the salty spray and breathe the sea. Dolce Canto is a fresh aquatic compote, but not as simple as it seems. It really does have that sea that we all miss.

Dolce Canto Cigno Nero, 2020, apple chips, blackcurrant, driftwood, ginger, cardamom, jasmine, musk, sandalwood, cedar

Anima Libera is the winged horse Pegasus, the talisman of poets, dreamers and creative people. In its perfume embodiment it is as fragile and changeable as your lyricists. I like the very lively bergamot with green tea and small red berries in it, but all the beauty lasts for a maximum of 30 minutes. Then an official in an ironed white shirt comes in and becomes bored.

Anima Libera Cigno Nero, 2020, mate, bergamot, pink pepper, white iris, mineral notes, jasmine, musk, ambroxan, cedar.

Pura Essenza is a unicorn. The talisman of innocence, purity and universal love unexpectedly smells like a bright patchouli-fruity chypre with a good set of resins and spices, a full tray of sweet and sour dried apricots and prunes with raisins. Lush, slightly powdery and arrogant, it immediately resembles three fruity Chanel chypres - Coco mademoiselle, Chance, 31 Rue Cambon, as if he were their younger cousin.

Pura Essenza Cigno Nero, 2020, jasmine, pink pepper, Sichuan pepper, leather, styrax, oud, benzoin, musk.

Araba Feniche - fireproof, indestructible, indestructible evernil phoenix. A cozy and unexpectedly transparent gourmand aroma with multi-fruit sour jelly and amber. There is almost no sugar here, and Evernil is surprisingly cautious, like the warm breath of a person sleeping next to you. I can see flexible Instagram beauties in beige tracksuits at Araba Feniche.

Araba Feniche Cigno Nero, 2020 Mango, green apple, peach, plum, coconut, tangerine, strawberry, blackcurrant, bergamot, green leaves, magnolia, jasmine, lily of the valley, heliotrope, orchid, tuberose, rose, orange blossom, sugar, praline, patchouli , white musk, sandalwood, amber, cedar and, it seems, the entire periodic table.

Cigno Nero has a light bottle, a high concentration - all perfumes, a rather fancy box, which is a case for glasses. Somewhat unexpectedly, many people like this practicality. But the most important thing is that the entire collection has a psychologically very comfortable price, which is a big plus in our times.

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