Terralba

Terralba by Masque Milano, composed by Delphine Thierry and released in 2013, is a dry, herbal picture of Mediterranean scrubland. Everyone who describes it calls it woody and citrusy, and about half also find it green.

Lemon and tangerine give a sunny, brief citrus start. The heart is herbs and shrubs rather than flowers: thyme, myrtle and clary sage bring a dry, aromatic, slightly medicinal greenness, mastic adds a resinous, pine-like bitterness, juniper a gin-like sharpness and curry tree a savoury, almost spicy leafiness. Immortelle adds a faint, burnt-sugar warmth underneath. The base is cypress and cedar, dry, clean and coniferous, so the scent ends on wood rather than sweetness.

It is a shared fragrance, worn by anyone. The profile suggests warm, dry weather and daytime, when the herbs and citrus read as fresh; it suits people who prefer their scents austere and natural-smelling, and it is not a choice for anyone wanting sweetness.

Terralba — unisex fragrance by Masque Milano (released 2013). Notes: Cedar, Clary Sage, Curry Tree, Cypress, Immortelle, Juniper, Lemon, Mastic or Lentisque, Myrtle, Tangerine, Thyme. — Parfica open fragrance database