Ghiaccio • Adâme

Bought this on a whim for the mineral-ice angle and it's unlike anything else I own. The cold, almost metallic opening gives way to a soft incense and styrax base that lasts a solid eight hours on my skin.

The lichen and algae notes give this chypre a damp, almost subterranean coolness that I haven't found in anything else. It lasts a solid eight hours on my skin, and that icy bite never turns sour on the dry-down.

The icy mineral opening is so sharp it almost feels cold on the skin, but the incense and balsamic notes warm it up beautifully after an hour. I've never smelled anything quite like that algae-lichen combo—it's weird in the best way and lasts a solid eight hours on me.