... story

This fragrance evokes the memory of a sensual encounter at the seaside. This is not a fresh-ozone, innocent perfume but a passionate and wild concoction of overheated skin, coconut scented sunscreen, the salt of the sea and the sand. It suggests a passionate rendezvous in the dunes.

It sounds like an adult sexy dream, but actually this fragrance has a slightly different genesis.

During her childhood and teenage years, Francesca spent a lot of time by the sea. One of the strongest memories of that time is the smell of her skin, which she often sniffed like a junkie. Years went by and with university, work, boyfriends, moving to Amsterdam, etc... the memory faded and she forgot the smell of sweaty, salty skin.

Accidentally applying a face cream containing immortelle suddenly brought back that strong childhood memory.  

She smelled the essential oil of Helicrysium again, which stood neglected on her shelf. This time with a new nose. She developed a special amber accord, a "human" accord. A civet tincture enhanced this intimate atmosphere, while a special ambergris molecule added the mineral-salty touch.

This was the starting point: sunburnt, sweaty, salty skin. One of the most comfortable, and probably strangest memories of Francesca.

As she worked on this core idea, inevitably other dirty-minded fantasies popped up, and she added to this strange but innocent idea a more sultry, sinful, decadent atmosphere. The smell of tropical, creamy, sticky skin after sexual intercourse.   

... notes

mimosa, pineapple, coconut, immortelle, rose, iris, sandalwood, myrrh, labdanum, benzoin, ambergris, civet, vanilla

... nose

Francesca Bianchi

... ingredients

Alcohol Denat., Parfum, Aqua, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Citronellol, Geraniol, Linalool, D-Limonene, Citral, Hydroxycitronellal, Eugenol, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Benzyl Alcohol, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Benzyl, Cinnamate, Anise Alcohol, Isoeugenol.