Laboratorio Olfattivo's boozy vanilla in incense robes: saffron and pineapple top a heart of olibanum and tonka before bourbon vanilla and musk warm the dry-down, for men and women.
Vanagloria sits in the maximalist end of Laboratorio Olfattivo's catalogue. The composition opens on saffron essential oil and a pineapple accord that reads more cocktail than fruit. The heart is dominated by olibanum resinoid and olibanum essential oil layered with tonka bean absolute, building a sacred-incense atmosphere with sweet underpinnings. The base anchors on bourbon vanilla and musk, lending an alcoholic, almost rum-soaked richness. The fragrance leans heavily into the gourmand-incense crossover and reads best in autumn and winter evening wear. Performance is eight to ten hours on skin.
Autumn and winter, though the saffron-incense structure gives it enough backbone for cool spring evenings. Reads as formal without being stiff. Works for evenings out, dinners, and occasions where a louder vanilla would feel adolescent.
