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Francesca Bianchi
Byzantine Amber 30 ml
Dark and obscure, shimmering with gold, dramatic and decadent: Byzantine Amber is my interpretation of the ambery accord. An opening with cinnamon and the pulpiness of geranium develops into an ambery base with a dark, animal and mineral facet.
Unspoken Musk 30 ml
Perhaps with boldness, I wanted to venture into a territory even more dangerous than the pure expression of personal instance translated into perfume, i.e. offering my own interpretation of the “raw” materials – the building blocks of a perfume composition as well as the crucial pillars of the history of perfumery. The result of this adventure will certainly be ephemeral, since my positions and ideas on certain raw materials are multiple and changeable over time. These interpretations are certainly not to be considered a realistic reconstruction, but the result of a transitory artistic vision. In the myriad of possible meanings, with Unspoken Musk I wanted to define what Musk evokes in me. I didn’t look for the realistic rendering of natural musk, which is where the inspiration comes from. Moreover, if natural musks cannot be used in perfumery, the varieties of the synthetic ones embrace the most disparate olfactory categories. From “clean” musks in the “laundry-fresh” direction (not arousing any artistic imagination in me, however pleasant in its mere functional use) to the “dirty” ones that reached some interesting interpretative excesses, these two extremes define a very broad “musk map”, where anything is possible.
Libertine Neroli 30 ml
Accords: Neroli, Leather, Chypre Mood: Elegant, Fresh, Vintage, Seducing, Sophisticated This scent represents the abandonment of pleasures, or Luxury intended as enjoyment of life with a sense of freedom and relaxation. The protagonists are Neroli, in its refined light-heartedness along with the sophisticated and seductive Leather. Read more…
Francesca Bianchi Under My Skin Extrait de perfume 30ml, the Netherland
Mysterious and seductive, soft and carnal at the same time, Under my Skin is my interpretation of the animalic theme. Softened by precious iris butter, this emotional fragrance is human and intimate, as if it emanates from your own skin.
Francesca Bianchi Tyger Tyger Extrait de perfume 30ml, the Netherland
In a Post-Apocalyptic world, a survivor of a sophisticated and refined civilisation is wearing a shimmering, tailor-made dress walking through a smoky, obscure place. The contraposition between Beauty and Terror is expressed by The Tyger by W Blake: the animal is incredibly charming and seducing, yet dark, terrible and dramatic. The perfume is the result of this striking and sublime combination, creating a unique, mesmerizing atmosphere. Notes: Narcotic flowers, honey, peach jam, patchouli, sandalwood, oakmoss, oud, leather, heliotropin. This is an extrait de parfum, so use sparingly as the concentration is 25%. It has a great longevity (an average of 12h) The making of Tyger Tyger The title is the incipit of a masterpiece of poetry, The Tyger by William Blake. “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” In this composition I have been searching for the perfect balance between two opposite elements, and the expression of their clashing contraposition. I had in mind a Post-Apocalyptic condition, where traces of a highly sophisticated and refined civilisation survived in the dark and fearful condition of a collapsed and destructured world. Blake’s Tyger embodies both qualities I wanted to depict: sublime and irresistibly attractive from one side and terrible and scary from the other one. The ‘fearful symmetry’ – a character attributed to the tiger by W Blake – aptly represent this opposition of beautiful perfection and terror. The perfume is built around an accord of narcotic white flowers with sweet-fruity facets, which includes also an absolute of Tuberose – like a prima donna, the protagonist of a dramatic piece, she’s the finest example of a refined civilization of a bygone world; in opposition to that, the base notes present different kind of woods, with some burnt and leathery qualities, referring to a post-apocalyptic scenario of destruction, mystery and darkness. The result of these parts – which wouldn’t work individually – is a clashing, sparkling fragrance which gives me an exciting emotion of highly dramatic sophistication – the kind of contrasted sentiment that anything attractive arouses in me. INGREDIENTS Alcohol denat., parfum, acqua (water), alpha-isomethyl ionone, Anisyl alcohol, Benzyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Benzyl salicylate, Cinnamyl alcohol, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, d-Limonene, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Isoeugenol, Linalool.