Frequently Asked Questions about Ignes by Angela Ciampagna
What does Ignes by Angela Ciampagna smell like?
Ignes by Angela Ciampagna features middle notes of Labdanum, Patchouli, Peru Balsam, Tobacco, and Woody Notes and base notes of Amber, Musk, Sandalwood, and Vetiver.
Who created Ignes by Angela Ciampagna?
Ignes by Angela Ciampagna was created by Angela Ciampagna.
As a lover of Peru balm, ladandum and damned near everything in this perfume it's unsurprising that I'm pretty smitten with it. It's as precious and of the most exquisite quality but like tolu, peru etc...it sits very low and quiet on the skin. The opening is actually quite difficult to detect at first, there's no noxious 'wowing!' ploom of niche gas coming off this, Ignes going on more like a dry amber or one of those escentric molecules, ISO frags bearly there at all. Then it builds to a gorgeous woody, resinous and subtlety beautiful scent. It is largely Peru balm and labdanum but there's perhaps some patchouli and maybe some sandalwood in there too? The one note that is beyond question is tobacco. Now just to restate...not only am I an authority on resins but I'm a keen cigar smoker and this is the most accurate and carefully nuanced smell of a cigar wrapper I've ever smelled. Pure peru balm doesn't have this quality so I'm deducing it's another ingredient or the interaction that is creating this effect. The humidor note doesn't last however, existing between the opening few minutes and then gone by the 1/2 hour mark but a really lovely and naturally earthy, spicy smell. I love this scent. It retreats low but that is the nature of this kind of scent and I think if I had a full bottle and slapped a load on it would perform better. How about that bottle too? Ignes would look cool on my shelf.
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9 years ago
Ignes, from Angela Ciampagna was released in 2016. The perfumer behind this creation is Angela Ciampagna. It has the middle notes of Labdanum, Patchouli, Peru Balsam, Tobacco, and Woody Notes and base notes of Amber, Musk, Sandalwood, and Vetiver.
As a lover of Peru balm, ladandum and damned near everything in this perfume it's unsurprising that I'm pretty smitten with it. It's as precious and of the most exquisite quality but like tolu, peru etc...it sits very low and quiet on the skin. The opening is actually quite difficult to detect at first, there's no noxious 'wowing!' ploom of niche gas coming off this, Ignes going on more like a dry amber or one of those escentric molecules, ISO frags bearly there at all. Then it builds to a gorgeous woody, resinous and subtlety beautiful scent. It is largely Peru balm and labdanum but there's perhaps some patchouli and maybe some sandalwood in there too? The one note that is beyond question is tobacco. Now just to restate...not only am I an authority on resins but I'm a keen cigar smoker and this is the most accurate and carefully nuanced smell of a cigar wrapper I've ever smelled. Pure peru balm doesn't have this quality so I'm deducing it's another ingredient or the interaction that is creating this effect. The humidor note doesn't last however, existing between the opening few minutes and then gone by the 1/2 hour mark but a really lovely and naturally earthy, spicy smell. I love this scent. It retreats low but that is the nature of this kind of scent and I think if I had a full bottle and slapped a load on it would perform better. How about that bottle too? Ignes would look cool on my shelf.