Young Hearts
Bruno Acampora (2019)

Young Hearts sounded so promising to me, from its concept to its notes pyramid, a fierce green conifer-forward chypre. This would completely suit my style.

However, upon sampling it, something seemed rather imbalanced, feeling more like a cacophony of disparate elements rather than a cohesive perfume. It seems as if the jasmine accord doesn't harmonize well with the more forward terpenic, camphorous aspects, resulting in something rather unsettling. I can't get past this dissonance, which can best be described as if one were to put two flavors together in cuisine that do not compliment each other very well. That is not to say, pine/conifer cannot work well with jasmine; this has been proven in classics such as EL Aliage, Aramis Devin, Dior Jules, Shiseido Inoui. I just feel as though the "impasto" approach to this composition does a disservice to the oxygen of its respective accords.

It just falls short of being enjoyable to me, sadly.

Based on my first wearing, Young Hearts smells a lot like Ecstasy by Tiziana Terenzi. Rose and pine. YH has saffron in it though which sets it apart from Ecstasy. I need to do a side by side comparison next. Since I already own Ecstasy I don't think I'll need a bottle of Young Hearts though.