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Orto Parisi Stercus
The honest side of nature
Stercus, from 2014, is one of Orto Parisi's first perfumes, and the brand frames it as the honest side of nature: a secret sweetness that attracts and an animalic side that offends, held together as one cycle of ending and beginning. No notes are published, so those two phrases are the brand's own account and we cannot break them down any further.
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On the skin
How it unfolds
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Nature without a polite face
The brand starts from the idea that nature has a side we usually avoid naming, and that this side belongs to the body's natural working and to how soil is fed. It presents that as honest rather than shocking. The tone of the text is matter-of-fact, and we keep to it.
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Sweetness and offence
Two phrases carry the brand's description: a secret sweetness that attracts, and an animalic side that offends. They are presented as parts of one thing, the scent of an end and a beginning in an endless cycle of life. How the two sit together in the bottle, the house does not say.
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An undisclosed perfume, handled carefully
A perfume described like this deserves a careful first meeting. Start with a single spray, at a distance from your face, and give it some time before deciding what you think. If it is not for you at first, try again a day later: the brand's own idea is of something that attracts and offends at once.
Wearing it
When, who and why
Using it sensibly
This is a Parfum, concentrated enough that a single spray is a fair beginning, and two should be the ceiling until you know it. Choose the place and the company with some care, since the brand itself speaks of something that offends as well as attracts. No season or occasion is named.
Who it is for
The brand gives Stercus no gender, so it is unisex here. It is for people who are curious about the less polished side of perfume and who read the brand's cycle-of-life framing with interest rather than discomfort. If you want an easy first impression with a known recipe behind it, choose another.
Why choose Orto Parisi Stercus
Stercus has been part of the line since 2014 and comes from Alessandro Gualtieri, who signs as The Nose. Its cap is bronze metal with brown horn from Ethiopian cows set into it, finished by hand. It is a frank idea, told in the brand's own plain words.
At a glance
- House
- Orto Parisi
- Perfumer
- Alessandro Gualtieri
- Year
- 2014
- Concentration
- Parfum
- Size
- 50 ml
- Occasion
- Evening, Special occasions
- Intensity
- Strong
Questions
Frequently asked
What are the notes?
None. The brand keeps the formula private and says so openly in its FAQ. For Stercus it offers only a secret sweetness and an animalic side, so we describe that framing, list no notes and do not guess.
Is the brand's description meant literally?
It is the brand's framing of nature and the cycle of life, put plainly. It tells you the idea and the mood, not the ingredients, and we keep to the idea without adding anything of our own.
What concentration and size is it?
A Parfum in a 50 ml bottle. Being concentrated, it is best started with a single spray, and the brand names no season or occasion.
The house
About Orto Parisi
Orto Parisi is the second project of the Italian perfumer Alessandro Gualtieri, known as ‘The Nose’, and its name points to a garden. The house does not reveal notes. Its perfumes are Parfum in 50 ml, each with a hand-finished metal cap inlaid with horn, wood, stone or shell.
- Second project of the Italian perfumer Alessandro Gualtieri, known as ‘The Nose’
- The name points to the garden of the founder's grandfather, Vincenzo Parisi
- The brand does not publish notes; each perfume has a short evocative text
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