Cuir by Mona di Orio
Men Women 2010
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Description
Cuir by Mona di Orio is a leather fragrance from the leather family, created for men and women. Launched in 2010, this composition was designed by nose Mona di Orio. The top notes reveal cardamom and anise; the heart unfolds leather and juniper; while the base notes settle on castoreum and opoponax.
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In the collection
Leading answer I own it
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What do you think?
Leading answer Love it
796 votes
Season
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457 votes
Time of day
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About Cuir
Cuir by Mona di Orio is a leather fragrance from the leather family, created for men and women. Launched in 2010, this composition was designed by nose Mona di Orio. The top notes reveal cardamom and anise; the heart unfolds leather and juniper; while the base notes settle on castoreum and opoponax.
Spices Musk, amber and animalic
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Longevity
Leading answer Long-lasting
260 votes
Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
336 votes
Character
Leading answer Balanced
85 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Fair price
62 votes
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4 reviews
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For me, this is the definitive leather. Although I usually own several perfumes with my favorite note, trying and buying Cuir by Mona di Orio made me stop looking for more. The leather is deep and front-and-center; yes, it’s quite animalic and the castoreum is noticeable, but Virginia juniper and opoponax balance everything with an elegance that makes it ruthlessly wonderful. Every note is perfect, transporting you to a horse ranch next to a lush forest. You don’t need multiple leathers; this is undoubtedly the most elegant on the market.
This Mona fragrance is hard to digest at first and can smell like dirty ashtray if you don’t give it time and analyze it well. Cuir isn’t just smoked leather; its evolution makes it interesting and unusual. It’s a formidable, complex work walking a dark path with smoke, mossy green tones, and cade wood, right up to the edge of an animal leather cliff thanks to the potent, wild, warm castoreum in a retro ’80s style. That duality, even if not fully defined, makes it beautiful—a postmodern power move that turns it into a unique, incredibly refined masterpiece. Opoponax in the dry down rounds out that animal feel into something balsamic, pleasant, and vital, like a story with a happy ending. Cuir is brutal. Rating: 9.
A sexual, smoked, and sweaty leather defines this incredibly different perfume. It’s an olfactory experience that’s difficult to process but worth living. I have a very complete review on my blog: historias-fragantes.blogspot.com
Pffft, one of the hardest perfumes I’ve found from my idol Mona di Orio. To put it briefly, it’s a very smoked leather with spicy touches and a dry down heavy on castoreum. The quality is impressive, but for my nose, it’s excessive. Look, I think it’s spectacular and very different, but I wouldn’t dare wear it; for me, it’s too much. The longevity and sillage… monstrous! P.S.: For those who say Mugler’s A Men is strong, if they try this, it could take them to the hospital.