Derwish
Aquaflor

Sileno Cheloni joins the realms of incense spiritualists in this lovely, subtle perfume. The advertising copy for Derwish in the Nobili collection is actually right on target: "Soft mandarin, sacred fumes of incense and myrrh rotate with the profane iris in a whirling dance, in a continuous quest for the Absolute. Vanilla and musk envelop the base notes in a white robe. Derwish is a pure perfume, light as a puff." The idea of motion, the whirling dervish, has a certain plausibility in that, especially at the opening, one does inhale the beauty of the different notes, the churchy incense and resinous smoke, and the serene beauty of the vanilla musk and mandarin, in whirls. Like Pathos by Aquaflor, to which Derwish could be a sibling, Derwish is exceptionally wearable. It is not a skin scent, but could, to people around you, smell like the utterly appealing scent of your own clean skin.