V Canto · 2015
Irae EDP
Longevity
Very long8-12 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
spicy
confident
spicy cocoa-tonka heat with peppery woods
Scent Notes
Spicy
Top
Base
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About This Perfume
V Canto Irae smells like spicy cocoa-tonka heat with peppery woods. It opens with bergamot, cocoa and tonka bean, moves into Sichuan pepper, coriander and artemisia and settles on oak, rosewood and crystal amber. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum is best in spring, fall and winter and is an evening scent. Reach for it for casual days. Released in 2015.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something spicy and confident for casual days.
- Sample first if: spicy is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike woody fragrances.
Around $76.
Explore more: More from V Canto · Spicy perfumes · Bergamot perfumes · Cocoa perfumes
Concentration
EDP
Occasion
Casual
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
V Canto is an Italian niche perfume house whose compositions are named after Italian opera arias and gothic-classical themes, Cianuro, Stricnina, Mirabile, Magnificat, Temptatio. Every one of the 40 live pieces at Scendira is catalogued unisex. The dominant families are gourmand (12 pieces), fresh (10) and woody (9), with floral (6) rounding out. Top accords are woody, floral, spicy, sweet, fruity and fresh. Prices run from about $74 to $425. Standout live picks: Cianuro (sunlit fruit sorbet with rose-lily petals, $129.74), Temptatio (fresh citrus petals with ripe peach and sweet musk, $137.48), Mirabile (creamy spiced vanilla rum pudding, $127.01), Magnificat (powdery rose and cotton candy with warm vanilla resin, $130.13), and Stricnina (berry cream tart with sweet vanilla musk, $119.99).
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It smells like spicy cocoa-tonka heat with peppery woods. It opens with bergamot, cocoa and tonka bean, moves into Sichuan pepper, coriander and artemisia and settles on oak, rosewood and crystal amber.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, fall and winter. It is an evening scent. It suits casual days.
It reads unisex.
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