Coliva

Coliva

Gourmand Potion: Incense gourmand, 2024

by Adi ale Van · nose: Giovanni Festa

Fragrance Notes

• Top · Licorice, Frankincense, Cardamom, Absinthe, Cocoa beans, Coffee, White chocolate
• Heart · Baked bread, Iris, Cypriol oil, Cedar
• Base · Labdanum, Tonka bean, Butter, Amber, Vanilla, Animalic notes, Musk

The cake of remembrance

Coliva is the wheat cake shared at Orthodox memorial services: sweet, prepared for the living, offered to the dead. Giovanni Festa turns it into an incense gourmand: bread and church wax in the same bottle, and it is this blend that makes the composition remarkable.

The olfactory journey

Opening: the bitter and the sacred

Licorice, absinthe and cardamom open bitter and aromatic, while frankincense immediately sets down the church note. Coffee and cocoa answer them, roasted.

Heart: the bread

Baked bread and iris give a floury, powdery heart, soft and a little melancholy; cypriol and cedar dry it out and anchor it.

Base: butter and amber

Labdanum, tonka, butter, amber and vanilla close on a rich, enveloping base, where a few animalic and musky notes draw the drydown out for a long time.

Product details

• Brand: Adi ale Van
• Year: 2024
• Nose: Giovanni Festa
• Size: 2 ml, 50 ml
• Concentration: Extrait de Parfum 35%
• Olfactory family: Incense gourmand
• Maceration: 8 months of maceration, 2 months of maturation
• Bottle: Hand-painted and hand-assembled, one of a kind
• Style: Unisex, niche, artisanal

The cake of the dead, incense and warm bread.

About the bottle

Every Adi ale Van bottle is shaped and hand-painted in Romania: colors, decoration and the finish of the stopper vary from one piece to the next. Your bottle will not be exactly the one in the photo; it will be faithful to it, yet unique. Irregularities are not defects: they are the signature of artisanal work. Production begins once your order is placed.

Who is it for?

For those looking for a gourmand that is more than a dessert, and for incense lovers. Fall and winter, day and evening alike.