Torino 21 is an outstandingly uplifting scent with one glaring audacity: use of a spearmint note. Mint in any form is actually pretty rare in perfumery given its unmistakable connotations to toothpaste, herbal remedy, and antiseptic consumer products; spearmint, even more so than the peppermint variety.
Torino 21 doesn’t beat around the bush. Spearmint is presented in celebration of its distinguishing character – creamy, smooth, round, cooling, verdant, leafy, and slightly milky. To avoid the sense that you’ve accidentally grabbed the Colgate rather than your Xerjoff, the brand have decided to accentuate, rather than hide, spearmint’s inherent feeling of endothermic pearlescence with ethereal thyme for bite and herbalcy, jasmine and musk for softness and cushioning, and lavender and blackcurrant for a sweet, juicy kick.
