Bello Rabelo, from Les Liquides Imaginaires was released in 2013. The perfumer behind this creation is unknown. It has the top notes of Dried Fruits and Red Wine, middle notes of Immortelle, Labdanum, and Resins, and base notes of Benzoin, Vanilla, and Woody Notes.
Usually a big fan of Deadidol's reviews but not in this case it would seem. Yes Bello Rabelo has it's faults, the longevity is not there and it's not as instantly great as HdP Marquis de Sade (which I do agree is similar) but hey it's trying to be something different. Namely a wine scent and for me this wine trio from Liquides Imaginaires are perfectly executed. I'd go as far to say Bello Rabelo opens like a very fine red wine and as it dries down to port and then almost brandy. The immortelle, labdanum are a pungent basis for this perfume but never live up to there full resinous potential. There's a rounded almost gourmand sweetness in the dry down from a hint of vanilla. The point is, Bello Rabelo is so close, it's knocking on the door of perfection for me. I love the smell, it's sublime and sophisticated but ultimately becomes a skin scent too quickly, which I can almost forgive it for. Worth a sniff for sure.