Meo Fusciuni Encore du Temps (Giuseppe Imprezzabile) 2022+ Love in a Warm Climate Giveaway

March 23, 2022August 27, 2022

Meo Fusciuni Encore du Temps © Meo Fusciuni

“Encore du temps is a love dedication, it is a flower fallen into a cup of tea.” ~ Meo Fusciuni

Meo Fusciuni’s given name is Giuseppe Imprezzabile photo colorized by Michelyn from a photo by Danu Seith-Fyr

What a lovely introduction to Encore du temps, the latest fragrant composition from Sicilian-born Meo Fusciuni (whose given name is Giuseppe Imprezzabile) Meo Fusciuni Encore Du Temps is an intimate aromatic ode to both Meo’s beloved and their treasured memories of Indochina – Laos, in particular. Meo rhapsodizes with a heartfelt lyricism:

“I wish time would stop right now”

Time does not exist here

and the night becomes an illusory time without coordinates.

Asia welcomes us.

The scent of wet earth wakes us up.

The scent of incense from the small temple of Don Khon

has invaded our small room overlooking the garden”.

Meo Fusciuni photo from Luang Prabang

Olfactory memory is surely the most compelling feature of our fifth sense. Through it we are able to resurrect, summon experience and personal history as if by sorcery – it is that infallible. Meo has been able to sustain some of his sojourn in Luang Prabang by planting osmanthus in his garden. Its autumnal blossoming rekindles that shared cup of tea on the terrace in times past, a floating tiny fragrant flower bobbing atop a transparent limpid loveliness which nurtures the corporeal and spiritual self. To be profoundly enamored of another as you explore haunting terrain together – previously terra incognita – which is permeated with both earthly and unearthly beauty. A timeless, impenetrable bond was formed in Laos; it is generous of the perfumer to draw us into his memory palace, for which we are most grateful.

Photo by Meo Fusciuni©

If multiple issues over the centuries have been resolved over a cup of tea, then it comes as no surprise that a great love might be forged in a similar manner. The cup, in this instance, is a green one: a delicately astringent green tea which has been prefaced with the elegant simplicity of bergamot and mandarin. Meo’s osmanthus perfumes the cup with its sueded apricot tones; they complement this libation intuitively. As Encore du Temps develops, we become entangled in the sultry headiness of champaca (which smells quintessentially Asian to Meo) and magnolia: spicy, honeyed and redolent of hay. Mate feels instinctual as well: richly smoky with hints of green tobacco, leather, and guaiac wood – a complex dried-grassy tea. Fine sandalwood and benzoin provide a perfect finish, and are frequently blended with champaca for spiritual purpose in several countries in India and South-East Asia. In such a way the perfumer engages us, inviting us to conjure the Laotian landscape as he lovingly recalls it.

Photo by Meo Fusciuni©

As is the case with many Meo Fusciuni perfumes, Encore du temps possesses a distinctly meditative quality; there is absolutely nothing superficial about it. Each aromatic component’s voice contributes to the coherent fragrant whole. I always feel that no note in Meo’s compositions is chosen gratuitously; it’s not in his nature. He chooses thoughtfully and painstakingly – which is likely why his fragrances are distinguishable from anyone else’s. The man is an original, and his perfumes follow suit. His latest composition is poignantly melodious, tender, and indelible.

Notes: green tea, bergamot, mandarin orange, osmanthus, magnolia, champaca, mate, sandalwood, benzoin.

Sample thoughtfully provided by the perfumer – many thanks! My nose is my own…

~ Ida Meister, Deputy and Natural Perfumery Editor

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