Maison Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo –Perfume Review +Footsteps in the Sand Draw

Gabriella Chieffo of Maison Gabriella Chieffo

Pitti Fragranze 2017 in Florence was the launching pad for Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo, the newest release from the Italian creative director and now perfumer, (Michelyn calls her the “The Cindy Sherman of Perfume").  Gabriella  stepped out on her own to compose Maison Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo and Contributor and perfume expert Ermano Picco of Cafleurebon was one of  the first to experience it.  Daring in all aspects Gabriella details the most intimate of explorations in her perfumes and gives us permission to immerse in these catalysts of human emotion and use them as we may. They possess a honed and graced edge, always thought and sense provoking, ever dynamic composition. Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo is a shift in direction for her and means almost Heaven.

Antonio Mora ©

“Quasicielo is born in a shape that doesn’t belong to him but on the contrary, it makes him a prisoner and gives back a sense of discomfort so that a new being is going to born.  I can associate everything with the sound of the rain. I think I’ve always known it, but there comes a moment when you realize what you are not, and maybe later on, all of a sudden, you realise what you are.  So you learn to rein in your desire, because even a single breath can seem challenging” -Gabriella Chieffo

Antonio Mora ©

Contemplation and courage are required to cross the spaces of self-inquiry and discovery.  A restlessness with the Self, finding oneself in a skin that is uncomfortable or a situation that is challenging always initiates a voyage to reinvent.  In layers of fragrance that vulnerability and subsequent strength are spun across flesh, a place of skin-welded clarity. As soon as Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo alights on my skin the abundant verdant tangerine, lemon, and green ginger floods my perception. I become an observer of Self on the voyage of recognition.

Metamorphose by Antonio Mora©

“I'm learning so I'm leaving and even though I'm grieving I'm trying to find a meaning. Let loss reveal it. Let loss reveal it."  St. Jude, Florence + The Machine

Within the tumultuous confines of a Cocoon the journey begins. Moments of quiet stillness in which all will be unravelled and stitched anew.  I am enveloped in the spice soaked middle ground of this fragrance, offering me an endless landscape of free air.  Pepper, Cinnamon, Cardamom and Galbanum intertwine in a vibrancy that is at once a comforting space of enclosure, retreat from the outer life, and yet the expansion of change, upon the verge of upheaval, a synesthetic metamorphosis.

Bye by Antonio Mora©

In the dry down is the pool of tranquillity, eye of the storm, that place where one recognises the inevitability of the inner and outer changes and resides in ultimate surrender. Naked, soft footfalls on sand appropriate, step by step along unmarked territory, one foot in front of the other, the courage of the unexplored self.

Antonio Mora Venus©

A few hours later and Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo is endless, divesting garments layer by layer, the peeling back, cocoon’s unraveling, silken thread unwinding under deft hands.

Antonio Mora ©

Eternal, the Tonka Bean and Myrrh feel like a second skin, risen incense, amber, patchouli curling up from feet blessed with steps on virgin soil, sacred essences anointing a new-born. On unsoiled lips I ask, ”Am I really at the destination or is the journey of Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo infinite”.

Notes: Tangerine, lemon, ginger, black pepper, cinnamon, cardamon, galbanum, myrrh, incense, tonka bean, amber, patchouli, sandalwood.

Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo gratefully received from Gabriella Chieffo, of Maison Gabriella Chieffo Opinions and Nose, my Own.

Danu Seith-Fyr – Contributor

Art Direction: Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief; I used the double exposure digital art which sumperimposes nature with humanity by Antonio Mora©

Quasicielo, Maison Gabriella Chieffo, Pitti Fragranze 2017, Ermano Picco

Thanks to the generosity of Maison Gabriella Chieffo we have a draw for a registered reader in the EU, USA and Canada for a 100ml of Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo. You must be registered or your comment will not count. To be eligible please leave a comment with what you enjoyed about Danu’s review, where you live and if you have ever felt that perfume was a journey into unmarked territory. Draw closes 3/2/2018

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39 comments

  • JozefJak says:

    Antonio Mora works are great. I had such experience with BeauFort London’s scents, but they are very heavy scents, I never had this with light and eternal scent. I’d love to try. I live in Poland.

  • fazalcheema says:

    Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo seems to have many layers that reveal themselves in stages. It has gourmand feel but also spicy and incency elements. Thanks a lot for the draw. I am in US.

  • Alen says:

    Almost any perfume that contains cinnamon note, is a big win for me. But i can see Quasicielo contains also myrrh, incense and tonka. This must be a real piece of art 🙂 i would love to try it. I live in the EU, thanks for this great draw.

  • Dawn Crawford says:

    Would love to try this. The tonka bean, cardamom and myrrh sound great. the addition of patchouli really tells me that I would be in heaven!

  • Roxana says:

    From the review, I would believe “Quasicielo” is a surreal concoction. So full of spices and resins. It feels like it’s really nice.
    I live in the E.U. Thank you.

  • INYA says:

    I thoroughly enjoyed discovering the creative digital art of Antonio Mora! Fantastic visual pairing for “Quasicielo”! Luck to all, I’m in the USA.

  • dana.sandu says:

    I’m going to start with the name, which in translation can mean “almost sky”. I mean, really. Michelyn outdid any art director ever trying to put image over perfumery, and I cannot wait to get to test this, one way or another. I love Mora, I am always triggered by Fyr contributions, and now I’m very, very intrigued by Quasicielo, so please, sign me in. I’m in the USA.

  • NiceVULady says:

    I really enjoyed this review. It was almost like reading poetry. I think all fragrance takes us to a different place..each in their own way. I love the sound of this fragrance and it is something I would so like to try. Thank you for the review. A jewel with all that gorgeous art. I live in the USA

  • Hasib says:

    Thanks for this interesting report. I would like to try this fragrance
    Seems like an artistic scent. Liking some of the notes as well
    Thanks for the giveaway. California

  • Nancy Sternberg Goodman says:

    Quasicielo sounds intriguing and I would love to take its “journey.” I really loved Danu’s poetic description and the choice of artwork to illustrate the many facets of this fragrance.

  • Mr_Sillage says:

    Oh my, this sounds Devine the notes of Quasicielo done burned so beautiful, there was Danu describes then. , ”Am I really at the destination or is the journey of Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo infinite”. This quote soaks volunteers if the quality through out and the physical place that a fragrance can make you feel that you’re a part of. Andy Tauer’s MASTERPIECE L’air du Desert Moroccan is a fragrance that transports me to Morocco, even though I’ve never actually stepped foot there, that fragrance brings me to the spice markets in the Moroccan desert. Thank you for the opportunity. I live in the United States

  • m3000 says:

    From the notes I expected a darker scent. In this enthusiastic review Danu expresses the airieness, which sounds interesting. So is Gabriella Chieffo the actual perfumer this time? Will provide address in Germany, thank you!

  • Chocolate Marzipan says:

    Fantastic review…loved the imagery and the way Dana has described this perfume. A perfume that can transport me into another territory? Two come to mind- St Clair Scents Gardener’s Glove (I am amongst the tomato vines in someone’s beautiful little garden) and St Clair Scents First Cut (on a farm with the smell of lavender and hay all around me). I reside in the United States. Thank you for this generous draw.

  • Frédéric Chevalier says:

    I really enjoyed this review. I think a good fragrance takes us to a different place..my last experiment of this kind is with Chevalier Vert by Olympic Orchids. Thank you for the review. I live in the EU

  • Steve A. says:

    I read the review and this is one I have no idea how it will smell. The house has some nice offerings I’m tried in the past. US

  • mrpeeck says:

    Interesting photographs that inspire ones scent vision on this Aromatic Spicy fragrance for both sexes… Such a inner mindful expression of what this fragrance will bring to your soul… Yes, PLEASE! Take me there… Count me in on this draw! I do live in the US. THANK YOU

  • Timea says:

    I have never tried anything from this brand, but this perfume sounds wonderfully from the base of the review ant the notes. I also very like these artistic pictures. I would very like to try this perfume. Thank you for the chance. I live in Europe.

  • roxhas1cat says:

    I am unfamiliar with this line, but would love to try. Tonga, Myrrh and Patchouli….yes! I love a daring perfumer. After first trying niche brands about 5 years ago now, I have never looked back to the ordinary boring lines produced for the masses. “Almost Heaven”, just what we need right now in the chaos of modern life. Lots of fragrances transport me to another territory, that’s why I choose them to have a little “escape” in my day to day life. Thanks for the draw! US.

  • Diana D says:

    The notes sound so sexy, yet earthy. So many spicy notes. I’ve never tried anything from this line, so I’d love to win this fragrance.
    I love perfumes for that very reason of transporting me to another territory.
    I live in the U.S.

  • yukon1 says:

    Thanks for giveaway !

    Great review, really enjoyed those pics. This fragrance sounds in my wheel house ,myrrh, incense, tonka bean, amber, patchouli, sandalwood man this got it all.Im really hoping to try this one out please count me in for this amazing draw.And i do find certain fragrances bring me on a journey the rare special ones.
    Canada here!

    Again thank you cafleurebon and Maison Gabriella Chieffo for giving us a chance to win this lovely sounding fragrance .

  • Vahagn says:

    So nice and artistical description of this perfume!!
    Thank you, Danu and Cafleurebon for this review.
    Mostly I like this part: “…intertwine in a vibrancy that is at once a comforting space of enclosure, retreat from the outer life, and yet the expansion of change, upon the verge of upheaval, a synesthetic metamorphosis”.
    This perfume sounds very emotional!!
    Thank you Gabriella Chieffo and Michelyn Camen for giveaway!
    US

  • yasmina says:

    I love cardamom and tonka – I have never smelled them together and this perfume sounds so comforting. I do think that scents can evoke places or journey’s to places with the caveat that one has to have worn the perfume during the journey. Each place in the world has too many smells and odors to be reduced to just one accord or note. I live in the US.

  • Dosva says:

    I would love to try this.
    Lemon, ginger, black pepper and in another side with cinnamon, sandalwood, incense, pachouli and amber sound very interesting, contrastly.
    Thanks G. Chieffo and Cafleorebon for this review and draw!
    US

  • Fifi says:

    What an amazing review which I did not only enjoyed reading but also viewing with all these artistic images that really “travel” one person into another space and time…… Dana congrats for the way you have described Quasicielo perfume. A perfume that can “travel” one person into another place thanks to it’s amazing combination of gourmand, spicy and incense notes. Quasicielo by Gabriella Chieffo is the perfume I would love to travel with!
    Thank you for this lovely review, amazing artistic pictures and so generous draw as well.
    I am in EU.

  • mark serrato says:

    with all these notes of myrrh, incense, tonka bean, amber, patchouli and sandalwood i can just imagine the gourmand of of exotic aromas protruding from this gem. this “travel” would take me back to the natural scents of the 60’s when herbs and spices were used to create earthly memories. put me down for this one!! U.S.A.

  • Iuno Feronia says:

    Quasicielo – what a wonderful Name which evokes so many Pictures and dreams. When I read ” I become an observer of Self on the voyage of recognition. ” I wanted immideatly to feel the same – I have to try this. Thanks for the draw, I live in the EU.

  • Anthony DM says:

    I was blown away by the art of Antonio Mora and how the review was so beautiful to read. I love patchouli and spice so I would love this almost heaven if I win

  • doveskylark says:

    This review was stunning! I need to re-read it a few times to grasp all its nuances. I am very intrigued by the tangerine and ginger notes.
    I hope perfume leads me to an unknown territory. At the beginning, I will admit I was aiming for an unknown sexual territory, an erotic encounter. Now that I am older, I am looking for more spirituality.
    I live in the USA.

  • Nat says:

    Thanks for the review, Danu! The notes sounds gorgeous and I love to try tangerine and citrus combo. I have no experience of the Maison Gabriella Chieffo line.
    I live in Europe.

  • bumbuliuki says:

    I love when a fragrance is layered, multi-faceted. It provides complexity and character and opens up with a new side each time.
    This review is one of the most poetic and atmospheric, even surreal pieces of writing I’ve recently encountered. It transport me to a distant but familiar place.
    I enjoyed it a lot, especially this phrase :Am I really at the destination or is the journey of Gabriella Chieffo Quasicielo infinite.

    A fragrance that’s always a journey into an unmarket territory is Narciso Rodriguez for Him. It smells very futuristic to me.

    Thank you for this amazing draw and a very inspiring review.
    I live in the EU.

  • Catanosmia says:

    The “spice soaked middle ground” grabbed me and had me slowly sorting through the notes list again. What a poetic review!!
    I live in the US (thank you for the draw) and I more often feel that I’m travelling into familiar territory with fragrance because it is so closely linked to memories.

  • Malka Gittel bas Reuven says:

    Is this about perfume, or a meditation on the nature of the soul? Really, the peeling away of the layers of scent is the peeling away of the layers of the personality trying to find the infinite Self. That’s what’s so marvellous here. As is tangerine, ginger, cinnamon, and Tonka.

    Few fragrances have left me feeling as if I’ve travelled into the woods (especially without a trail of breadcrumbs) but the more I wear Perfumology’s Grange, the more there is to find in it.

    In the US.

  • WaltherP99 says:

    Danu’s review brought me to some оf Isaac Asimov’s masterpieces like … “Galactic Empire” series .
    Tangerine+ginger+cinnamon+cardamon,+incense+tonka+amber+patchouliand sandalwood…count me in for sure.
    Virginia USA

  • Danu Seith Fyr says:

    I would like to thank you all for your reading and appreciation of my review. To be able to conjure a perfume into words, to describe tbe travelling it initiates is something I love to do. Great perfumes such as this and the platform of Cafleurebon allow us to share this common passion.
    Thank you all.

  • VerbenaLuvvr says:

    This sounds like a dreamy, morphing adventure of a ride. Yes, I often wear fragrance to be transported somewhere other than the reality of my life–I expect most of us do at some time, and the ride there is the joy and peace we seek. As is sometimes said, the journey IS the destination. I live in the US and thank you for the draw.

  • TravisO says:

    A take of a fragrance I enjoyed. The words used and imagination for the fragrance make it sound literally unbelievable I have never felt this way about a perfume. Thanks for the draw. I live in the US

  • fleurdelys says:

    After reading Danu’s review i have very high expectations of Quasicielo. His review has captivated me and made me experience, at least partially, the entire amalgam of emotions described.
    I would give everything to read a book written by Danu. His style of writing is very inspiring and mesmerizing and always transports me to another world.
    Alien Liqueur de Parfum by Mugler is always a trip closer to the Sun for me.
    Thank you for spoling us with amazing reviews and great draws.
    I live in the EU.