The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Torino 22 was born from a singular moment in tennis. The 2022 Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, a city where precision is religion and elegance is the only acceptable posture. Xerjoff, an Italian house that treats fragrance as sculpture, wanted to bottle that energy. Not the roar of the crowd. The stillness before the serve. The fragrance is a special edition, released to mark the occasion, performance excellence translated into scent. Bergamot and eucalyptus open the composition like a clean slate, cold and bright. Then the warmth moves in. Saffron, mate, clary sage, layers that build a kind of Mediterranean confidence. By the base, dry woods and musk leave something that feels closer to identity than perfume. This is what it smells like when a city takes its sport seriously enough to make it art.
What makes this composition interesting is the way two seemingly opposite energies coexist without fighting. The eucalyptus opens sharp, almost medicinal, a camphorated clarity that feels athletic, almost austere. Then the saffron arrives. Not loud, not sweet, warm, resinous, with a dusty spice that humanizes the whole structure. Together they create a tension: cool surface, warm interior. The heart compounds this effect. Mate brings a tea-like bitterness, slightly smoky, while clary sage adds an aromatic herbaceousness that is clean without being green. Guaiac wood is the quiet builder here, creamy, faintly sweet, with a woodsmoke undertone that doesn't announce itself.
The evolution
The opening arrives fast. Eucalyptus first, sharp, camphorated, immediate. Bergamot follows within seconds, a citrus brightness that cuts the medicinal edge without softening it. The saffron is there from the start too, a warm amber spice that sits beneath the cool top notes like a pulse. This phase lasts maybe twenty minutes. Then the lungs open. Mate and clary sage arrive with a slightly bitter, herbal quality that shifts the fragrance from cool to aromatic. The eucalyptus doesn't disappear, it diffuses, becomes a presence rather than an announcement. Guaiac wood adds cream and faint smoke. The composition breathes. The drydown is where it earns its reputation. Dry woods and musk settle close to skin, intimate rather than projecting. The camphorated eucalyptus lingers longest, a cool undertone that stays present even as the warmth of saffron and the cream of guaiac build around it. On fabric the next morning: that eucalyptus, still there, softened by sleep and distance. Eight to ten hours on most skin. Strong sillage that doesn't require reapplication.
Cultural impact
Released in 2022 as a special edition celebrating the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Torino 22 occupies a specific cultural space: luxury fragrance as a tribute to athletic excellence. The community ratings, strong longevity, high sillage, near-universal recommendation, reflect a fragrance that performs as promised. Wearers describe it as the scent of someone who walks into a room and doesn't need to announce themselves. That quiet confidence is the through-line.
