Stercus
by Orto Parisi
Leather
Spicy
Notesaldehydesalmondanise seedscedarwoodheliotropeleathermuskoudrosevanilla
Tags
#smoky
Style
unisex
Stercus never lies.
A part of the essential body functioning and a natural way to fertilize the soil.
It is the secret sweetness that attracts, and the animalic side that offends.
A sign of an infinite life circle.
The smell of an end and the beginning.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Stercus suits an evening when conversation becomes less formal and the distance between people narrows. Smoky leather gives the wearer a rough-edged presence, while the sweetness underneath makes the impression more intimate than simply severe.
How to wear
Start with one spray on the torso and let it settle before adding more. Cool weather is a natural match for its smoky leather and sweet animalic character; in warmer air or close quarters, keep the application restrained. Skin application gives the contrasts room to unfold.
Who it’s for
For wearers drawn to animalic leather, smoky woods and sweetness with a disturbing edge. It rewards a taste for textured, confrontational perfumery rather than crisp freshness or straightforward gourmand comfort.
Release year
2014
The nose
Alessandro Gualtieri. The creator behind Nasomatto and Orto Parisi is known for forceful textures, animalic contrasts and an instinctive approach that resists conventional note-led storytelling. His work includes Black Afgano, Duro and Pardon; Stercus brings that same uncompromising sensibility to the interplay of sweetness, bodily scent and regeneration.
Orto Parisi’s story
Orto Parisi treats the body as a garden and its smells as expressions of the soul. Founded by Alessandro Gualtieri, the house challenges the suppression of human animality, making bodily odors and their uneasy mixture of attraction and repulsion central to its artistic language.
Stercus’s concept
Stercus takes its name from the Latin word for dung or manure, turning waste into an image of fertility and renewal. Its concept connects to Orto Parisi’s broader origin: Gualtieri’s tribute to his grandfather Vincenzo Parisi, who used his bodily waste to fertilize his garden. The fragrance translates that cycle of endings and beginnings into a contrast between sweetness and animality.
Extra info
Stercus was one of Orto Parisi’s five inaugural fragrances. Its bronze-metal cap features an inlay of brown horn from Ethiopian cows. Despite the many note lists published online, Gualtieri does not disclose the house’s fragrance notes.
Notesaldehydesalmondanise seedscedarwoodheliotropeleathermuskoudrosevanilla
Tags
#smoky
Style
unisex
Stercus never lies.
A part of the essential body functioning and a natural way to fertilize the soil.
It is the secret sweetness that attracts, and the animalic side that offends.
A sign of an infinite life circle.
The smell of an end and the beginning.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Stercus suits an evening when conversation becomes less formal and the distance between people narrows. Smoky leather gives the wearer a rough-edged presence, while the sweetness underneath makes the impression more intimate than simply severe.
How to wear
Start with one spray on the torso and let it settle before adding more. Cool weather is a natural match for its smoky leather and sweet animalic character; in warmer air or close quarters, keep the application restrained. Skin application gives the contrasts room to unfold.
Who it’s for
For wearers drawn to animalic leather, smoky woods and sweetness with a disturbing edge. It rewards a taste for textured, confrontational perfumery rather than crisp freshness or straightforward gourmand comfort.
Release year
2014
The nose
Alessandro Gualtieri. The creator behind Nasomatto and Orto Parisi is known for forceful textures, animalic contrasts and an instinctive approach that resists conventional note-led storytelling. His work includes Black Afgano, Duro and Pardon; Stercus brings that same uncompromising sensibility to the interplay of sweetness, bodily scent and regeneration.
Orto Parisi’s story
Orto Parisi treats the body as a garden and its smells as expressions of the soul. Founded by Alessandro Gualtieri, the house challenges the suppression of human animality, making bodily odors and their uneasy mixture of attraction and repulsion central to its artistic language.
Stercus’s concept
Stercus takes its name from the Latin word for dung or manure, turning waste into an image of fertility and renewal. Its concept connects to Orto Parisi’s broader origin: Gualtieri’s tribute to his grandfather Vincenzo Parisi, who used his bodily waste to fertilize his garden. The fragrance translates that cycle of endings and beginnings into a contrast between sweetness and animality.
Extra info
Stercus was one of Orto Parisi’s five inaugural fragrances. Its bronze-metal cap features an inlay of brown horn from Ethiopian cows. Despite the many note lists published online, Gualtieri does not disclose the house’s fragrance notes.