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Reinvented Illusion
Sweet fruit, cool juniper, spiced vanilla
Illusion is an oriental fruity extrait de parfum, which the brand describes as a waking hallucination on the thin line between dream and reality. It opens sweet and fruity, moves through rose and spice, and rests on vanilla, amber and balsamic woods. The brand calls it genderless, with a warm trail that lingers.
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The composition
How it unfolds in notes
The curve shows the order in which the notes come forward, not their strength.
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Top notes
- Dried Fruits
- Cotton Sugar
- Juniper Berries
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Heart notes
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Base notes
- Sweet Vanilla
- Amber
- Gurjum Balm
- Cabreuva
- Cedarwood
- Character
- Strong
- Occasion
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How it unfolds
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Sugar and juniper
Dried fruits and cotton sugar give the first minutes a dense, soft sweetness. Juniper berries cut across it with a cool, resinous clarity, so the opening does not collapse into syrup. It reads like fruit seen through haze: round at the centre, with a sharper edge on the outside.
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Rose, saffron, clove
The heart moves from sweet to spiced. Rose adds petal softness, saffron a dry golden warmth, and clove buds a sharp, warm bite. Together they steer the fruit away from plain sweetness and toward the oriental side the brand names.
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Balsam and wood
The base is built from vanilla, amber, gurjum balm, cabreuva and cedarwood. Vanilla and amber lay down a warm, sweet floor; the balm and the two woods dry it out and add a resinous depth. This is the long part of the scent, close and warm, and the reason the brand speaks of a trail that lingers.
Wearing it
When, who and why
Cool weather, evening light
An extrait of this richness is at home in autumn and winter and at evening occasions. Two sprays are plenty: one on the chest, one on a wrist. The sweetness is real but held in check by juniper and wood, so it does not feel heavy even in a heated room.
Who it is for
For wearers who enjoy the sweet and spiced side of perfumery but still want structure: fruit and vanilla, held in shape by rose, clove and wood. It is listed as unisex. A good fit if you like warmth and a visible trail, and dinners or dressed-up occasions.
Why choose Reinvented Illusion
The brand gives Illusion a clear concept and a full three-tier pyramid, shown here as it publishes it. Douglas Morel and Cristian Calabrò are credited as the perfumers. The black bottle with a coloured glass sphere as its cap is the signature of the whole range.
At a glance
- House
- Reinvented
- Perfumer
- Douglas Morel, Cristian Calabrò
- Year
- 2023
- Size
- 75 ml
- Family
- oriental fruity
- For
- Unisex
Questions
Frequently asked
What kind of perfume is Illusion?
The brand calls it a genderless oriental fruity fragrance. Expect dried fruit and juniper at the start, rose, saffron and clove in the middle, and vanilla, amber and woods underneath.
What concentration and size is it?
It holds 75 ml of extrait de parfum, a higher concentration than an eau de parfum, so a small amount goes a long way and the scent sits dense and close.
Is it too sweet?
It starts sweet, with dried fruit and cotton sugar, but juniper, clove and the woody base balance it. The sweetness leads at first, then spice and wood take over.
Would it work as a gift?
For someone who enjoys warm, spiced, slightly sweet scents, yes. It is unisex and comes in a black glass bottle with a coloured glass sphere cap.
The house
About Reinvented
Reinvented is a niche perfume house whose concept links mind, energy, emotion, spirit and body in a fluid world between the visible and the invisible. Every perfume is an Extrait de Parfum in a black glass flacon with a coloured glass sphere as the cap, from gourmand floriental to fresh citrus.
- Concept: perfume as the connection of mind, energy, emotion, spirit and body
- Each perfume is an Extrait de Parfum in a 75 ml flacon
- Black glass bottles with a round coloured glass sphere as the cap
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