Stercus (Parfum)

"Stercus is a verified Orto Parisi release from 2014 and is sold in the market as a 50 ml parfum/extrait-style concentration. True to Alessandro Gualtieri’s style, it is built around a provocative tension between attraction and repulsion, pairing animalic, woody, leathery and sweet-powdery nuances. Retailer note breakdowns consistently point to an unusual structure of aldehydes, almond and anise over rose, with a base of cedar, leather, oud, heliotrope and vanilla. Reviewer descriptions frequently mention a dark almond-oud effect with powdery floral warmth, sometimes reading boozy, musky, leathery or lightly gourmand. The overall DNA is bold, unconventional, and highly textural rather than conventionally fresh or transparent. Within Orto Parisi’s catalog, Stercus stands out as one of the house’s more challenging yet oddly elegant animalic-woody offerings."