Meo Fusciuni | Last Season | Parfum
Last Season is a deeply artistic, immersive, and profoundly grounding woody-aromatic masterpiece from the independent Italian house of Meo Fusciuni. Composed by perfumer Giuseppe Imprezzabile, this fragrance represents a deeply personal and reflective chapter, serving as a poignant exploration of isolation, memory, and the raw, untouched beauty of nature.
The artistic concept behind Last Season was born during a journey to the remote, dense forests and wild coastlines of Sweden. Imprezzabile designed the fragrance to capture a state of absolute solitude, a physical and spiritual retreat from the noise of the modern world into a landscape where time seems to slow down. It translates the olfactory atmosphere of a chilly, late-autumn day spent walking through a primeval forest, where the air is thick with the scent of damp earth, fallen leaves, and smoking woodfires in the distance. The composition shatters the mold of conventional green fragrances by using a rich, texturized palette of dark, resinous, and maritime notes to build a sense of ancient, weathered beauty. It opens with an intriguing, high-contrast canopy of aromatic immortelle, bracing marine accords, and a cold flash of pink pepper and mint. This shifts smoothly into a dense, highly sophisticated heart dominated by the bitter green of pine needles, dark seaweed, and the herbal depth of artemisia, chamomile, and laurel. The fragrance then anchors itself on an exceptionally rich, primal baseline where smoky vetiver, rough leather, and dark patchouli blend with the sacred warmth of myrrh, frankincense, and oakmoss, evoking a powerful, comforting connection to the earth.
Olfactory Pyramid:
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Top Notes: Immortelle, Chamomile, Artemisia, Laurel, Pink Pepper, Bitter Orange, Mint
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Heart Notes: Pine Needles, Leather, Seaweed, Fucus (Algae), Cypriol (Nagarmotha), Mate
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Base Notes: Vetiver, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Oakmoss, Myrrh, Frankincense (Incense), Musk, Guaiac Wood, Cedarwood, Labdanum
Vibe: "The Nordic Wilderness", an incredibly complex, atmospheric, and smoky green-woody profile. It brilliantly balances the crisp, resinous air of an old-growth pine forest with the briny shadow of cold sea algae and a deep, meditative foundation of liturgical resins and damp earth.
Performance: Operating at a premium, ultra-concentrated Parfum strength, Last Season delivers an exceptionally robust, long-lasting presence on the skin that smoothly sails past 10 to 12+ hours of wear. Rather than functioning as a sharp, synthetic projector, it creates a heavy, velvety, and deeply comforting scent bubble that radiates an aura of quiet strength and mystery well beyond handshake distance. As the juice interacts with natural body heat, the initial aromatic brightness transitions seamlessly into a dense, incredibly stable core where the smoky vetiver, leather, and rich woods refuse to break down or thin out. The underlying base leaves a powerful, deeply magnetic trail that binds tenaciously to heavy wools, outerwear, and clothes for days.