But Not Today by Filippo Sorcinelli is strange, elegant, and deliberately unsettling. Inspired by Hannibal, it opens with a bitter green flash of artemisia, lavender, lemon, and bergamot — bright at first, but quickly shadowed by something colder and more severe.
The heart is where the fragrance becomes truly distinctive. Calamus, rosemary, styrax, and cascarilla create an aromatic, smoky, resinous tension, with a dry herbal quality that feels almost cinematic. Some wearers describe a metallic, blood-like impression, and while that side is not listed as a note, it suits the fragrance’s dark mood perfectly.
In the base, angelica, galbanum, oakmoss, musk, amber, resin, and sandalwood form a leathery, animalic-leaning depth without becoming crude. It feels composed, dangerous, and highly artistic — not an everyday crowd-pleaser, but a fragrance for those drawn to the stranger corners of niche perfume. Try a But Not Today fragrance sample from remiScent if you want something memorable, intellectual, and quietly disturbing.