A "little of everything" edit with our best-selling selection. From citrusy fresh to amber and incense, these scents offer a journey through Italian fields, flower altars, and European courts. A time and place for every scent.
Description
Eau de Parfum. Sample size sprayer: 2 ml / 0.07 fl oz
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- Evoking the wooden cabins built by farmers during the citrus fruit harvests in Medieval Calabria. L'ETROG opens with sparkly notes of citron, candied lemon and green bergamot, nestled in a woody enveloping background of tree branches, palm fronds and a subtly sweet heart of Mediterranean date fruit. A citrus chypre fragrance for both men and women. With notes of: Calabrese citron, myrtle, date fruit and vetiver.
- In Aztec Mexico, flowers were an august offering to gods and princes. Transporting you to a temple altar where heaps of flowers exude their intoxicating scent, FLOR Y CANTO is a white floral fragrance with a subtle copal incense base. Focusing on the highest quality natural essences and absolutes of five native Mexican flowers: Mexican tuberose, magnolia grandiflora, plumeria, marigold and wild acacia.
- The olfactive snapshot of Louis XIV and the French Court in 1660. A reconstruction of authentic perfume formulas from the 17th century, improved upon by contemporary perfumery. FLEUR DE LOUIS is a classic French bouquet using the most fashionable flowers of the French court, set on woody base representing the wooden walls of a Royal pavilion. A decidedly regal and refined scent retaining the subtlety of the highest quality naturals. With notes of: Orange blossom, Florentine orris, jasmine and cedar wood.
- ANIMA DULCIS is an olfactive reconstruction of Viceregal Mexico: the mineral notes of the tile floors and stucco walls, the cedar wood and pine beams, and the gilded altars give way to a recipe of spiced chocolate at its heart. The incense from the church mixes with the kitchen spices, creating an evocative Baroque concoction for both men and women. Notes include: Cocoa absolute, Mexican vanilla, cinnamon, and a smoked chili infusion.
- BOUTONNIÈRE NO.7 is a gardenia on a gentleman's lapel...the crisp, hyper-realistic gardenia blended with the fresh and botanical notes of a citrus and lavender cologne. The re-imagined Opera flower of Belle Époque Paris, worn by dandies and beloved by their admirers, with notes of: Lavender, bergamot, Italian mandarin, gardenia jasminoides/gardenia citriodora duo, genet absolute, vetiver and oak moss.
Bio
– Pillivuyt, Ghislaine Histoire Du Parfum – De L Égypte Au Xixe Siècle: Collection De La Parfumerie Fragonard, Denoël Editions, 1988.
– Genders, Roy, Perfume through the Ages, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1972.
– Angeloni of Brioni, Umberto, The boutonniere: Style in One’s Lapel,Universe, New York, 2000.
– Isaac, Erich, Influence of religion on the spread of citrus: The religious practices of the Jews helped effect the introduction of citrus to Mediterranean lands, Science Magazine, #129, published in January 1959.
-Ionides, Basil, Colour and Interior Decoration, Country Life Ltd., London, 1926.
-Woolf, Virginia, The London Scene: Six Essays on London Life, Harper Collins Publishers, 1931.
-Taylor, D.J., Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition, New York, 2010.
– The World and Japan – Tensho and Keicho missions to Europe 16th – 17th century “世界と日本ー天正・慶長の使節, 1995, Sendai City Museum (Japanese)
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