tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10337121699023389042024-03-14T19:49:32.218+01:00Bergamotto e BenzoinoIl Blog del Profumo - A Blog on PerfumeMarika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-37012144172341767052023-06-14T12:54:00.000+02:002023-06-14T12:54:13.835+02:00Arancia La Spugnatura (Francois Demachy per Acqua di Parma, 2023)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJEQz6x3vLKxfY_s1FEFKf2AaBYpqUDKKqv9pAMV2Nz1SJ9YultXUYzKWt-EAnsb-wg1JQsaxh6IQ194doRU6Oi_QY6lgvRYMRXokrCsq_i9zNs2ixivF044yFRKaCbzWFV5J77RPj60_6oXoLGBGCO0a65d-urTkr-Qmas7dQYwRLWi6euCW41dgsg/s416/Schermata%202023-06-14%20alle%2012.40.32.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="267" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJEQz6x3vLKxfY_s1FEFKf2AaBYpqUDKKqv9pAMV2Nz1SJ9YultXUYzKWt-EAnsb-wg1JQsaxh6IQ194doRU6Oi_QY6lgvRYMRXokrCsq_i9zNs2ixivF044yFRKaCbzWFV5J77RPj60_6oXoLGBGCO0a65d-urTkr-Qmas7dQYwRLWi6euCW41dgsg/w253-h395/Schermata%202023-06-14%20alle%2012.40.32.png" width="253" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b>La spugnatura è una delle più antiche tecniche di estrazione meccanica delle essenze agrumarie</b>; si tratta di un metodo manuale che richiede maestria e precisione, e sono pochi, ormai, gli artigiani che sono in grado di farlo. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Per spugnare (o “sfumare”) un agrume, <b>si divide il frutto a metà</b>. Attraverso un apposito attrezzo -una via di mezzo tra un coltello ed un cucchiaio, denominato “cavatore”- l'artigiano scodella via la polpa da ognuna delle due metà, <b>lasciando integra la buccia</b>. Questa viene poi piegata e<b> pressata sopra una spugna naturale, che raccoglierà tutta l'essenza</b> contenuta negli otricoli. Quando sarà completamente imbibita di essenza, <b>la spugna verrà poi strizzata</b> all'interno di un recipiente di coccio, e l'olio essenziale così ottenuto verrà lasciato decantare. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Ogni artigiano riesce a spugnare circa un quintale e mezzo di frutti al giorno, da cui si ricavano poco meno di <b>500 gr di essenza</b>. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Se le essenze agrumarie si estraessero ancora in questo modo sarebbero più preziose dell'ambra grigia</b>, e pochissimi marchi potrebbero permettersele. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fortunatamente, l'estrazione delle essenze agrumarie si è evoluta tanto da essere eseguita all'interno di stabilimenti ultra moderni, usando tecniche sofisticate e mantenute costantemente all'avanguardia, consentendo all'industria profumiera di avere a disposizione meravigliose essenze agrumarie che fanno letteralmente volare l'apertura di ogni fragranza che le contiene. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sfortunatamente, queste nuove metodologie hanno reso la spugnatura una procedura troppo lenta, anacronistica nella sua manualità. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eppure, ha ancora un senso. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Innanzitutto perchè permette di <b>raccogliere l'olio essenziale in maniera delicatissima</b>, rispettando tutte le sfumature del suo profilo olfattivo. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inoltre, la spugnatura <b>richiede dedizione</b>, una parola che forse non va tanto di moda ma che permette di comprendere quanto amore e maestria ci siano dietro ad un gesto apparentemente banale. Amore per quello che si fa, amore per ciò che esso rappresenta, amore per un territorio. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">E per finire, la spugnatura porta avanti una <b>preziosa tradizione culturale</b> tipica del nostro Paese, che altrimenti scomparirebbe. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tutto questo per dire che quando <b>Acqua di Parma lancia una fragranza come “Arancia La Spugnatura”, il minimo che si può fare è andare a sentirla</b>.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">L'agrume scelto per il procedimento di spugnatura è l'arancia vaniglia, che viene accostata a limone e mandarino per accentuarne sia la dolcezza sia l'asprezza. Un accenno di mandorla amara e una lievissima sensazione fiorita umida incontrano poi una nota salata gentile e delicata, messa lì appositamente per ricordarci che <b>il luogo perfetto per gli agrumi è sempre vicino al mare</b>. In chiusura, note legnose verdi e leggermente poudrè. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Io l'ho trovato interessante, perchè sebbene utilizzi una tecnica antica, la fragranza risulta modernissima e scintillante. E sebbene in genere io non sia interessta ai flaconi, in questo caso devo fare un'eccezione e sottolineare che quando il contenuto si fa raro e prezioso, anche il suo contenitore deve adeguarsi... io lo trovo stupendo.</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-63170065152895745432023-06-14T12:49:00.000+02:002023-06-14T12:49:08.339+02:00Acqua di Parma: Arancia La Spugnatura (by Francois Demachy, 2023)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo1DZSl6J-H0AKYsXwcMrXsa-Cng0aEBx3_kVo5bEN_pMaz_Hh4MmCrePDp1-16Nwa6i9Y1Ea0BehDeSLlVtlOC8N0CDQK0gicjcqBFDG_nrDHykLO29LI-Bo_M44F7njZ3TCWXQdlLDIo2Kn_eHhZOtbaq-4hMZtTbegQ9nYrw0VjfsfTDXMob6SZw/s416/Schermata%202023-06-14%20alle%2012.40.32.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="267" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxo1DZSl6J-H0AKYsXwcMrXsa-Cng0aEBx3_kVo5bEN_pMaz_Hh4MmCrePDp1-16Nwa6i9Y1Ea0BehDeSLlVtlOC8N0CDQK0gicjcqBFDG_nrDHykLO29LI-Bo_M44F7njZ3TCWXQdlLDIo2Kn_eHhZOtbaq-4hMZtTbegQ9nYrw0VjfsfTDXMob6SZw/w255-h398/Schermata%202023-06-14%20alle%2012.40.32.png" width="255" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />La spugnatura (which can be roughly translated into “sponging”) is <b>one of the oldest extraction techniques of citrus essences</b>; it is a manual method requiring skill and extreme precision, and today only a few craftsmen are still able to do it. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">To sponge citrus, the fruit is <b>divided into two halves</b>. Through a special tool -a middle way between a knife and a spoon, called "cavatore”- the artisan <b>removes the pulp from each of the two halves, leaving the peel intact</b>. This is then bent and <b>pressed over a natural sponge</b>, which will collect all the essence contained in the skin. When it is completely soaked with essence, <b>the sponge will then be squeezed</b> inside an earthenware vessel, and the essential oil thus obtained will be left to decant. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Each craftsman manages to sponge about a quintal and a half of fruits per day, from which a little less than 500 grams of essence can be obtained. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>If citrus essences were still extracted in this way they would be more valuable than ambergris</b>, and very few brands could afford them. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fortunately, the extraction of citrus essences has evolved so much to be performed in ultra-modern plants, using sophisticated and innovative techniques, allowing the perfume industry to use many wonderful citrus essences literally blooming in any fragrance that contains them. <br />Unfortunately, though, all these new methodologies have made “spugnatura” a slow, anachronistic procedure in its dexterity. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet, it still makes sense. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First of all, it<b> allows collecting the essential oil in a very delicate way</b>, respecting all the nuances of its olfactory profile. In addition,<b> sponging requires dedication</b>, a word that perhaps is not so much in fashion but that helps you to understand how much love and craftsmanship are needed to perform a seemingly trivial gesture. Love for what you do, love for what it represents, love for your territory. In addition, the “spugnatura” technique carries on <b>a precious cultural tradition </b>typical of our country, which would otherwise disappear. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All this to say that when <b>Acqua di Parma</b> launches a fragrance named "<b>Arancia - La Spugnatura</b>", the least you can do is go and smell it.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The citrus chosen for the “spugnatura” process is vanilla orange, which is combined with lemon and mandarin to highlight both its sweetness and its bitterness. A hint of almond and a gentle floral sensation meet a subtle salty note, introduced specifically to remind us that <b>the perfect place for citrus is always near the sea</b>. A woody green accord closes the bouquet adding a delicate poudrè hue. I found it interesting because although it uses an ancient technique, the fragrance feels modern and sparkling. And although I’m generally not interested in bottles, in this case, I have to make an exception and emphasize that when the content becomes rare and precious, even its container must adapt... I find it simply gorgeous.</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-55758834017614449962023-05-30T05:11:00.000+02:002023-05-30T05:11:45.972+02:00 Francesca Bianchi: Luxe, Calme, Voluptè (2022)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgmfVPZjOxNUL9_adOOAayD4GFhuXixBX1tsYivtTZ4otoff7AW38rrIfTLo7Rju602m-UgQWXfflzM7GVXyI1Cy0aSGtn8Asnl4gd56VMG_51cBIVCMyk-O92RWoePUNxDDUd9omxwhMrkRMuPbmBlksL5ojuNVfy4buMYwyR5GvSLHYGBPnFfQudQ/s516/Schermata%202023-05-30%20alle%2004.57.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="381" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgmfVPZjOxNUL9_adOOAayD4GFhuXixBX1tsYivtTZ4otoff7AW38rrIfTLo7Rju602m-UgQWXfflzM7GVXyI1Cy0aSGtn8Asnl4gd56VMG_51cBIVCMyk-O92RWoePUNxDDUd9omxwhMrkRMuPbmBlksL5ojuNVfy4buMYwyR5GvSLHYGBPnFfQudQ/s320/Schermata%202023-05-30%20alle%2004.57.22.png" width="236" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />In questo periodo sto indossando diversi <b>profumi di <a href="https://francescabianchiperfumes.com/it/categoria/profumi/">Francesca Bianchi</a> </b>e devo ammettere che mi piacciono tutti, e tutti per lo stesso motivo: <b>il contrasto assolutamente unico tra le formule ricche ed opulente, e una radianza gentile</b>, mai opprimente. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Spiego meglio. I profumi di Francesca condividono tutti delle <b>textures morbide e ricche; sono fragranze complesse, multisfacettate, arricchite da materie prime ricercatissime, capaci di offrire una tridimensionalità impareggiabile</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hanno presenza. Respirano, come animali vivi. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Eppure, tutta questa ricchezza, tutta questa vitalità esuberante e sensuale, non urla. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Se questi stessi profumi -uguali identici- fossero stati composti negli anni '80 nessuno avrebbe potuto avvicinarsi, perchè il loro ruggito avrebbe stecchito chiunque a metri di distanza. Invece Francesca riesce a farli<b> emergere dalla pelle sovrapponendo sfumatura a sfumatura</b>, senza strafare, cesellando le sensazioni al millimentro perchè giungano all'olfatto in maniera gentile, in ondate successive, stratificandosi. Il risultato, indossandoli, è come svegliarsi da un sogno e riemergere alla consapevolezza pian piano. Mi ricordano i volti delle Madonne di Leonardo. Mai un contorno netto, o una luce schioccante, i suoi personaggi emergono dalla tavola grazie a linee delicatissime sovrapposte strato su strato. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tutto ciò che è vivo vibra, e quasi mai ha dei contorni perfettamente definiti. Un po' di quel che noi siamo, si scioglie sempre nell'aria intorno a noi, e Francesca lo sa.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Per me, questa è Maestria. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Provateci... vediamo se ci riuscite. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Detto questo, mi pare che <b>Luxe, Calme, Voluptè</b> sia il mio preferito finora, grazie ad un <b>accordo fiorito dai toni verde smeraldo, amari e secchi</b>, di grande carattere, degno della migliore tradizione italiana, immerso in una cornice ambrata di rara opulenza, carica di legni e resine preziose. Un gioiello di complessità crespuscolare, che invita a cercare (dentro di sé) il posto giusto per abbandonarsi al piacere. </span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-39301329095739097732023-05-30T05:05:00.000+02:002023-05-30T05:05:34.927+02:00Luxe, Calme, Voluptè (by Francesca Bianchi, 2022)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgfpk695kl1cWEl0gGpr4nFf0WdUhR7dFkYq5gNQuEj9o7PfHWI3f7YKbDbYwuRH_LvpPtl97PYNPC4FHCqtTgQa23ZsVq3Fk7YfYdfKesswHsKzcqFRQMnANyq5ab63xh8aeL6s75vMDdesFUwJmDd4R1ez3Gx-DgKE6K1Oo_rd_pMCUaF0A9nLF5g/s516/Schermata%202023-05-30%20alle%2004.57.22.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="381" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgfpk695kl1cWEl0gGpr4nFf0WdUhR7dFkYq5gNQuEj9o7PfHWI3f7YKbDbYwuRH_LvpPtl97PYNPC4FHCqtTgQa23ZsVq3Fk7YfYdfKesswHsKzcqFRQMnANyq5ab63xh8aeL6s75vMDdesFUwJmDd4R1ez3Gx-DgKE6K1Oo_rd_pMCUaF0A9nLF5g/s320/Schermata%202023-05-30%20alle%2004.57.22.png" width="236" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />In these weeks I’m wearing a selection of<b> <a href="https://francescabianchiperfumes.com/product-category/perfumes/">Francesca Bianchi</a></b>’s perfumes. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I must admit I like them all, and all for the same reason: the absolutely unique <b>contrast between rich and opulent formulas, and a gentle, never overwhelming radiance</b>. Francesca likes rich textures; her scents are complex, multi-faceted, and enriched with precious raw materials offering an incomparable three-dimensionality. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>They have a presence. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>They breathe, like living animals</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet, all this richness, all this exuberant and sensual vitality, doesn’t scream. If these same -identical- scents had been composed in the 80s, their roar would have dried anyone meters away. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Instead, Francesca manages to make them<b> emerge from the skin overlapping nuance after nuance with rare subtlety</b>; chiseling the sensations to gently reach the nose, layering wave after wave. The result is like slowly resurfacing from a dream. They remind me of Leonardo’s Madonnas: never a sharp outline, or a pop light. Their heavenly grace emerges from the table thanks to delicate lines superimposed layer on layer. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Everything alive vibrates, almost never with perfectly defined contours. A little of who we are always melts in the air around us, and Francesca knows how to show it.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For me, this is Mastery. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Try it... see if you can.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Having said that, I think that Luxe, Calme, Volupte is my favorite so far, thanks to <b>a bitter floral accord with emerald-green hues</b> of great character, worthy of the best Italian tradition, enveloped in an ambery frame of rare opulence with precious woods and resins. A jewel of crepuscular complexity, which invites you to search (within yourself) the right place to indulge in pleasure. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-11927595021482227822023-05-10T11:55:00.001+02:002023-05-10T11:55:12.511+02:00New from Etat Libre d'Orange: the Ghost in the Shell (2021)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8GDgzPQYstyIKMkLwtxPfaVobaVmVDFy070wZLctXOEW5seTojRZzaxHLMNNoxBZDALzwHWaPNu760RN8W-64lh-xpPXucO42tdEej5JOv3vJBjM0DPxWweN2wyVD0CZh7D_v5iKvJraKO_121ACwHc2WS5WI8BEA5sYaEBNCw7HnbnQr2_EhxM5VQ/s411/Schermata%202023-04-18%20alle%2016.33.01.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="403" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8GDgzPQYstyIKMkLwtxPfaVobaVmVDFy070wZLctXOEW5seTojRZzaxHLMNNoxBZDALzwHWaPNu760RN8W-64lh-xpPXucO42tdEej5JOv3vJBjM0DPxWweN2wyVD0CZh7D_v5iKvJraKO_121ACwHc2WS5WI8BEA5sYaEBNCw7HnbnQr2_EhxM5VQ/s320/Schermata%202023-04-18%20alle%2016.33.01.png" width="314" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Thanks to its lightweight alloy and silent motor, <b>this latest-generation cyborg is designed to move as gracefully as a geisha</b>. </span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The metal shell is covered in ultrasophisticated latex, with a snowy-blushy complexion and a velvety, fresh texture. The nose perceives a <b>delicate fragrance, intimate, and clean, as if the skin had recently been rubbed with a white flower soap bar</b>.<br />The illusion of a young Japanese beauty dressed in a floral kimono is simply perfect.<br />While she smiles, bending her soft neck, no one could ever guess the metal disclosed within.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />The trick, as old as the world, is that she must have no clue about it. She must imagine herself alive.<br /><br />Yet, somehow, the doubt appears. <br /><b>The image she sees in the mirror would be perfect if it didn’t smell like that. </b><br />Her eyes look deeper... maybe it was just a reflection? A ghost, more than a smell. <br />Yet, it keeps appearing and disappearing: ethereal, elusive... <br /><b>A musky note, slightly vinylic</b>. That single note, lingering amid all the other notes of her personal smell, instead of confirming her humanity, unmasks her cyborg nature. <br /><b>That genius, amazingly unnatural note conveys all the wonder and melancholy for her missing humanity.</b><br />She has no veins in which blood could flow. <br />The moment she realizes it, this truth becomes a source of deep, incomprehensible, uncomfortable bewilderment.<br /><br />This perfume is so beautiful, poetic, and poignant, it gave me the chills. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The emotion was unexpected and really intense; it literally took my breath away. And it hadn’t happened in a while.<br />If you can, please go and wear it at least once, to understand what perfumery can be areally bout. <br />Exceptional longevity on both skin and clothes and respectable radiance: <b>The Ghost in the Shell is able to saturate the whole room</b>. But quietly, gently, as an impalpable iridescent powder lingering in every direction</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-53881988835830486742023-05-10T11:50:00.002+02:002023-05-10T11:51:17.837+02:00The Ghost in the Shell (Etat Libre d'Orange, 2021)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GWwdP1cRG05Y5-sqCU6-9vLEue4kK5lKlEXDlgCIR-ZAEVZhdiaaDA8D582IwXk-Ob58FNdDDUSsLhZ7EPmMt8w_OsSnSrgD2GtR7uEHnSbvT_IphOK11NvrPMmKt8HswBaOEZjsRMpfjDKPk69NGAdMd7m4qB23CIPvEOeA5PZCelrfwXtrlTHPuA/s411/Schermata%202023-04-18%20alle%2016.33.01.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="403" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GWwdP1cRG05Y5-sqCU6-9vLEue4kK5lKlEXDlgCIR-ZAEVZhdiaaDA8D582IwXk-Ob58FNdDDUSsLhZ7EPmMt8w_OsSnSrgD2GtR7uEHnSbvT_IphOK11NvrPMmKt8HswBaOEZjsRMpfjDKPk69NGAdMd7m4qB23CIPvEOeA5PZCelrfwXtrlTHPuA/s320/Schermata%202023-04-18%20alle%2016.33.01.png" width="314" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Grazie alla lega leggerissima e al motore silenzioso, questo <b>cyborg di ultima generazione è progettato per muoversi con la grazia di una geisha. </b></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">La scocca di metallo è ricoperta da un velo di lattice ultrasofisticato, dall'incarnato candido e lievemente rosato, che al tatto risulta vellutato e fresco. L'olfatto percepisce una fragranza <b>delicata, intima, pulita, come se la pelle fosse stata recentemente strofinata con una saponetta ai fiori bianchi.</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">L'illusione di una giovane giapponese abbigliata con un kimono fiorito è semplicemente perfetta.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mentre lei sorride e il suo collo vellutato si piega, nessuno riuscirebbe mai indovinare il metallo nascosto lì sotto.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Il trucco, vecchio come il mondo, prevede che nemmeno lei stessa, ne sia al corrente. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Perchè funzioni, lei deve immaginarsi viva.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eppure, in qualche momento, ecco apparire il dubbio. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">L'immagine che lei vede allo specchio sarebbe perfetta, se non avesse quell'odore. </span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Gli occhi indagano più a fondo. Forse è stato solo un riflesso? Un fantasma, più che un odore vero e proprio. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Eppure quell'odore continua as apparire e scomparire: sfuggente, etereo, inafferrabile... </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Una nota muschiata, lievissimamente vinilica</b>. Quella singola nota, immersa in mezzo a tutte le altre che compongono il suo odore personale, invece di confermare la sua umanità, smaschera la sua vera natura di cyborg. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In quella nota geniale e meravigliosamente innaturale, si concentrano tutto lo stupore e la malinconia per un'umanità che non le appartiene.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lei non ha vene in cui scorra del sangue. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">E nel momento in cui la scopre, questa verità diventa fonte di uno smarrimento tanto profondo quanto incomprensibile.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Questo profumo è talmente bello, poetico, e struggente, che mi ha messo i brividi. L'emozione è stata forte, tanto da togliermi il fiato. E non mi succedeva da tempo.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Se potete, andatelo almeno a sentirlo, per comprendere cos'è la profumeria, veramente. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Longevità eccezionale sia su pelle che su vestiti e radianza di tutto rispetto: <b>The Ghost in the Shell</b> è in grado di saturare tutta la stanza. Ma sottovoce, con delicatezza, come un'impalpabile cipria iridescente che fluittui mezz'aria in ogni direzione.</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-19788069229232833592023-04-13T14:17:00.006+02:002023-04-13T14:18:19.117+02:00Houbigant's new release: Ambre des Abysses (by Luca Maffei, 2023)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbg0RVeuM7UFi8tzsHbkDf9Uk4-rc_1HjiWIcrv9bD0ac9XJQjdfsJXtL811gS1DLK4rF9AE-8uEp7qRHeYJOUQ-WQLWLVR8s_Ja76SvDhMHXJ917JZA74owx26DwLncVmThuNv9Sdwvgo9myexUiTQJ3Tjpa46aaYS-RdOYEhfOvfsuVUgAP-6-lZ3Q/s544/Schermata%202023-04-13%20alle%2014.04.46.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="544" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbg0RVeuM7UFi8tzsHbkDf9Uk4-rc_1HjiWIcrv9bD0ac9XJQjdfsJXtL811gS1DLK4rF9AE-8uEp7qRHeYJOUQ-WQLWLVR8s_Ja76SvDhMHXJ917JZA74owx26DwLncVmThuNv9Sdwvgo9myexUiTQJ3Tjpa46aaYS-RdOYEhfOvfsuVUgAP-6-lZ3Q/w320-h244/Schermata%202023-04-13%20alle%2014.04.46.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I love that everything Houbigant creates shows <b>consistency</b>.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First of all, <b>consistency with the special history</b> -three hundred years long- of this brand. Then, <b>consistency with the personality and style of the people</b> behind it, and with their personal vision of perfume: a vision that speaks of a sophisticated, serene, balanced, smiling kind of elegance. In a word: a <b>happy</b> one. Although Houbigant was born as a perfumer for the Royals at the time of Marie Antoinette, the perfumes it offers are not intended to affirm any idea of richness or beauty, nor to be noticed among others. They do not shout their presence all around. Perhaps, their success lies in the fact that they aim for happiness. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The happiness of those who create them, and the happiness of those wearing them. <b>Happiness, in perfumery, is a rare quality.</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b>At Esxence I met their new <b>Pivoine Souveraine</b> by Celine Ellena, a hymn to spring, at the center of which shines a floral accord as fresh, beautiful, and bright as a diamond, and the four masculine releases, by Luca Maffei. Today I’m writing about Ambre des Abysses, featuring a perfect balance between tradition and modernity. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The base is an ambery fougère, a great timeless classic that I find fascinating also from the point of view of historical consistency: the legendary <b>Fougère Royale</b> is just a creation of Houbigant. When you have such a prestigious past behind you, it can be difficult to find the courage to offer a new point of view, and instead... this beautiful fougère, <b>as soft and caring as velvet</b>, does not disappoint at all. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As soon as it reaches the skin and begins to warm, its fresh components (mint, geranium, jasmine) and warm ones (bergamot, rosemary, and the amber base with patchouli, vanilla, and tonka bean) begin to melt one inside the other <b>in voluptuous waves</b>, while touches of leather and oak moss offer the whole a seat on which to rest. An unexpected marine hue interacts with all the accords, adding <b>bright sparks throughout the composition</b>. Dynamic, fresh, and contemporary, yet also warm, enveloping, persuasive, and stylish. I recommend a test on the skin because paper does not make it bloom well.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Launch after launch I am increasingly convinced that <b>Houbigant should be studied as a case history in marketing school</b>, during a purposely built seminar entitled "How to honor a one-of-a-kind heritage, bringing it into modernity without distorting it, and earning well-deserved good money". Congratulations!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.houbigant-parfum.com" target="_blank">Houbigant website</a></span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-13919668301943533042023-04-13T14:12:00.002+02:002023-04-13T14:12:17.251+02:00Houbigant: Ambre des Abysses (Luca Maffei, 2023)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpHSGQao2uNrwrpWGmSFrbON8Mop63cHkITk-1t91i7-evnfgYC--5LqlE-9kiYf6E1BRxW5C8NGjGJlDSJEwAKCdpqK-S_Utldo1yw-8oHSxu-P6Ntd6wJysajyBuyq0MqJe39_boFd3PbcoxlizXA3sHMsld874aAXb4eKecSh9_QP5cQ6n4p7TjQ/s544/Schermata%202023-04-13%20alle%2014.04.46.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="544" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpHSGQao2uNrwrpWGmSFrbON8Mop63cHkITk-1t91i7-evnfgYC--5LqlE-9kiYf6E1BRxW5C8NGjGJlDSJEwAKCdpqK-S_Utldo1yw-8oHSxu-P6Ntd6wJysajyBuyq0MqJe39_boFd3PbcoxlizXA3sHMsld874aAXb4eKecSh9_QP5cQ6n4p7TjQ/w400-h305/Schermata%202023-04-13%20alle%2014.04.46.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Amo il fatto che tutto quello che esce da Houbigant mostri <b>coerenza</b>.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Innanzitutto con la storia speciale -lunga oltre trecento anni- di questo marchio. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Poi, coerenza con la personalità e lo stile delle persone che ci sono dietro, e con la loro visione del profumo: una visione che parla di eleganza sofisticata, serena, equilibrata, sorridente. In una parola: felice. Sì, perché sebbene Houbigant nasca come profumiere della famiglia Reale ai tempi di Maria Antonietta, i profumi che offre non intendono affermare un'idea di ricchezza o di avvenenza, nè farti notare in mezzo agli altri. Non gridano la loro presenza tutt'attorno. <b>Forse, il loro successo risiede nel fatto che, da sempre, mirino alla felicità</b>. Felicità di chi li crea, e felicità di chi li indossa. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ad Esxence ho incontrato la loro nuova <b>Pivoine Souveraine</b> creata da Celine Ellena, un inno alla primavera, al cui centro brilla un bellissimo accordo floreale fresco, bello e sfacettato come un diamante, e le quattro uscite maschili, tutte firmate da Luca Maffei. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oggi vi parlo di <b>Ambre des Abysses</b>, un'ambra perfettamente in bilico tra tradizione e modernità. La base è un fougere ambrato, un grande classico intramontabile che trovo affascinante anche dal punto di vista della coerenza storica: il mitico <b>Fougère Royale</b> è proprio una creazione di Houbigant. Quando si ha alle spalle un passato così prestigioso, può essere difficile trovare il coraggio di proporre un punto di vista nuovo, e invece... questo meraviglioso fougère, <b>morbido come velluto</b>, non delude affatto. Non appena raggiunge la pelle e comincia a scaldarsi, le componenti fresche (menta, geranio, gelsomino) e calde (bergamotto, rosmarino e tutta la base ambrata con patchouli, vaniglia e fava tonka) iniziano a sciogliersi una dentro l'altra in <b>ondate voluttuose</b>, mentre tocchi di cuoio e muschio di quercia offrono all'insieme un seggio su cui poggiarsi. Un'inattesa sfumatura marina interagisce con tutti gli accordi, aggiungendo bagliori luminosi lungo tutto lo svolgimento. <b>Dinamico, fresco, moderno, eppure anche caldo, avvolgente, suadente e stiloso</b>. Vi consiglio una lunga prova su pelle perchè la cartina non rfavorisce la tridimensionalità. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lancio dopo lancio, mi convinco sempre più che <b>Houbigant dovrebbero studiarlo a scuola di marketing</b>, durante un seminario dal titolo “Come onorare un heritage più unico che raro, portandolo nella modernità senza snaturarlo, e ottenendo pure un guadagno più che meritato”. Chapeau!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.houbigant-parfum.com/it/blogs/journal" target="_blank">Sito Houbigant</a></span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-17739980826524215152023-04-12T18:55:00.005+02:002023-05-10T11:56:10.513+02:00Novità da Uermì: 70's Mood (Luca Maffei, 2023)<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLnlvMOoP3XEU0DpsuSX04Lnc8fqvCqrX1McBZGjGVt8c0_DvhUvaAK0YKQQDlLi9GSPkDoR1jnPqAkM5D3kxam3dO2uU8tzYNjBGkK1aiSsm872xY2Yaa5452qEKE5yN5Adr_Frnupoz5TNYRuA2phOayzc_NsKD365uidXIGRKYwICX5AcwwcXgFA/s1303/Schermata%202023-04-12%20alle%2018.44.08.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1303" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLnlvMOoP3XEU0DpsuSX04Lnc8fqvCqrX1McBZGjGVt8c0_DvhUvaAK0YKQQDlLi9GSPkDoR1jnPqAkM5D3kxam3dO2uU8tzYNjBGkK1aiSsm872xY2Yaa5452qEKE5yN5Adr_Frnupoz5TNYRuA2phOayzc_NsKD365uidXIGRKYwICX5AcwwcXgFA/w320-h142/Schermata%202023-04-12%20alle%2018.44.08.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Gli anni '70 furono <b>un periodo eccezionale</b> dal punto di vista creativo ed artistico: la musica, la letteratura, il design, la profumeria... Eppure, furono anche impegnativi, con la guerra fredda, il Vietnam, il terrorismo e mille altre rivoluzioni di ordine politico e sociale. <b>Ci voleva un'esorbitante quantitavo di Eros</b>, per bilanciare tutto quel Tanathos, e la generazione che aveva vent'anni allora, ce la mise tutta per dare una chance alla pace, per mettere fiori dentro i cannoni, e per fare l'amore più che poteva. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Come sottofondo olfattivo a tutta questa esplosione vitale c'era il <b>patchouli</b>, con la sua nota calda, avvolgente, radicante, sfacciatamente sensuale.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">La nuova uscita di Uermì, 70's Mood mi è piaciuto per molte ragioni, tra le quale spicca la <b>totale coerenza col nome che porta</b>: un omaggio a quel concentrato di colori accesi, spirito ribelle e creatività esuberante che ha caratterizzato l'atmosfera di quel decennio. Non è un omaggio ai profumi in voga in quegli anni -altrimenti, oggi, non funzionerebbe affatto. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Perchè il patchouli di allora, con le sue note terrene, umide, muffose, così tanto “umane” oggi sarebbe considerato troppo carnale e divisivo per poterlo proporre tal quale. <b>Oggi il patchouli va raffinato</b>, alleggerito di tutte le note troppo “rauche” che caratterizzano la nota intera. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Per 70's Mood Luca Maffei ha usato <b>una percentuale altissima di patchouli Indonesiano</b>, che si percepisce fin dalla pirotecnica apertura, nella quale il patchouli si accompagna ad un bergamotto secco e verde, cardamomo (verde e pungente) e pepe rosa (dolce e pungente), in un mix modernissimo dal sentore secco, brillante, luminoso, dinamico, dotato di una personalità esuberante. Dal cuore in poi, il patchouli è accompagnato dalle note calde e avvolgenti della vaniglia, del benzoino e del cisto labdano, a cui si aggiunge una scia di Cashmeran, che ne suggella la modernità. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">La radianza è perfetta: mezzo metro di eleganza lievemente eccentrica, che si fa notare, ma senza strafare. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Uermì ha di recente rivisto tutto il packaging, e quello che ho visto allo stand di Esxence mi ha entusiamata: <b>le bottiglie hanno un look pazzesco</b>, firmato da un designer eccezionale, <a href="(http://www.trantidesign.it/identita.html" target="_blank">Arnaldo Tranti</a> </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.uermi.com" target="_blank">Vai al Sito di Uermì</a></span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-72378534953965105252023-04-12T18:50:00.001+02:002023-04-12T18:56:52.071+02:00Uermì's new release: 70's Mood (Luca Maffei, 2023)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYJRAwEuipt8vNR3BC2c4lapAlDhF3eMgwlp8aAlm7X2TlbL92b44rERhm2Fi_StrrlFSdXUBNMUn2Gbx-EkDLa9hbYGUWOzuqf-OhTADLLf4aEafkzwGUmQ_wX9w5wwLJOQSGsbAU496VqEd-s_DOHA2D3WnQexxOd8YLG9dAilyH8amZssIIAFZKQ/s1303/Schermata%202023-04-12%20alle%2018.44.08.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1303" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYJRAwEuipt8vNR3BC2c4lapAlDhF3eMgwlp8aAlm7X2TlbL92b44rERhm2Fi_StrrlFSdXUBNMUn2Gbx-EkDLa9hbYGUWOzuqf-OhTADLLf4aEafkzwGUmQ_wX9w5wwLJOQSGsbAU496VqEd-s_DOHA2D3WnQexxOd8YLG9dAilyH8amZssIIAFZKQ/w640-h285/Schermata%202023-04-12%20alle%2018.44.08.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">From a creative point of view, the 70s was an <b>exceptional decade</b>: music, literature, design, and perfumery... of course, it was also challenging, with the cold war, Vietnam, terrorism, and another thousand or so political and social revolutions taking place all together. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It took an exorbitant amount of Eros</b> to counterbalance all this Tanathos, and that generation did everything they could to give peace a chance, put flowers in their cannons, and make love as much as possible.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> The olfactory background of this vital explosion was <b>patchouli</b>, with its warm, enveloping, rooting, brazenly sensual woody note.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Among the reasons to love Uermì's new release named “70’s Mood”, there is the <b>perfect consistency of the name it bears</b>: a tribute to that concentration of bright colors, rebellious spirit, and enlivening creativity that characterized the atmosphere of that decade. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is definitely NOT a tribute to the perfumes of those years -otherwise, it would have never worked in today's world. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Because patchouli, in the 70s used to smell earthy, damp, moldy, somehow "human", in a way that today would be considered too sexual and divisive to be able to wear it as it is. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Today's patchouli must be refined,</b> purified of all the “raunchy” facets of the whole note. For '70's Mood, Luca Maffei used a very high percentage of Indonesian patchouli, which is perceived since the firework opening, in which the patchouli enters accompanied by dry and green bergamot, cardamom (green and pungent) and pink pepper (sweet and pungent) in a very modern, dry, bright, dynamic blend endowed with an exuberant personality. From the heart onwards, patchouli is enveloped in warm notes of vanilla, benzoin, cistus labdanum, and a trail of Cashmeran, which seals its modernity. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The radiance is perfect: half a meter of slightly eccentric elegance.</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Uermì has recently reviewed the packaging of the line, and what I saw at Esxence has thrilled me: the bottles have <b>a crazy, distinctive look</b>, signed by the exceptional designer <a href="http://www.trantidesign.it/identita.html" target="_blank">Arnaldo Tranti</a>.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.uermi.com" target="_blank">Uermì's website</a></span></p></div>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-78230146813101972922022-07-16T10:39:00.000+02:002022-07-16T10:39:17.042+02:00Distillation day at "La Vecchia Distilleria"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbg_gVume3-lGFggxHXYHitMyEhvE_MlPI8qHmoku3rAhXkbqx9ubiivRWuzlnDddW1OT7_dJLRBC40D_7iafRgPgW_yjdETRVHHwZ8FEOp4ShdEfDVaSg0kT7ZtWwmrJWr065LrtKXDrXn-amQbfAkE6xRSky0EKgdplSJsBMwJ5GTD3YLehPxvSpA/s640/IMG_6808.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbg_gVume3-lGFggxHXYHitMyEhvE_MlPI8qHmoku3rAhXkbqx9ubiivRWuzlnDddW1OT7_dJLRBC40D_7iafRgPgW_yjdETRVHHwZ8FEOp4ShdEfDVaSg0kT7ZtWwmrJWr065LrtKXDrXn-amQbfAkE6xRSky0EKgdplSJsBMwJ5GTD3YLehPxvSpA/s320/IMG_6808.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In recent days I was in Vallebona (Imperia), at La Vecchia Distilleria (the Old Distillery), a family business that produces outstanding essences of neroli and petitgrain, as well as sought-after "bitter orange blossom water" (Acqua di Fior d'Arancio amaro) with which several Chefs prepare gastronomic delicacies of the highest level.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was there because I had some helichrysum to distill and Pietro Guglielmi, the young owner had offered me hospitality. It was a really fantastic morning: in addition to the pleasure of spending some time with Pietro chatting about topics we both are passionate about, seeing the distiller come into operation was very exciting. What happens when water and fire begin to dance inside it, is something truly magical, no word can truly describe it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I can only say that the result of this dance is Essence. And this is enough for me to get goosebumps.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SWWsT01haf23lBqJ9X8XPfSDRcKIaB4B8EQpqyqyMoDeFTO9VFleiVSouovE328YQQyuQB3nr25XHcS72NmZa_pksFcrtXGx_YHL0SJ5nYQI-EeG4wol3vEbiI0ENcxknVeJh8aG6c9fzFQwd9rwpoyJJnQBgGzZe9y8wwIPWLo7lRv9rgBIO7mBBA/s640/IMG_6812.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SWWsT01haf23lBqJ9X8XPfSDRcKIaB4B8EQpqyqyMoDeFTO9VFleiVSouovE328YQQyuQB3nr25XHcS72NmZa_pksFcrtXGx_YHL0SJ5nYQI-EeG4wol3vEbiI0ENcxknVeJh8aG6c9fzFQwd9rwpoyJJnQBgGzZe9y8wwIPWLo7lRv9rgBIO7mBBA/s320/IMG_6812.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In my case, it was nine milliliters of precious, fragrant, incredible essence of Helichrysum italicum. I also have ten liters of hydrolat, which I will now divide into smaller bottles. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I can only thank Pietro for his generosity, for having welcomed me and allowing me to participate in this alchemical, transformative magic (and not only for the plant), in which his family has participated for seven generations. Thank you, Pietro, you are a Master and I feel very happy and lucky.</span></p><p><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dygMCMsl63R3nEX5fmQvZfZJ9-rVwFVDTw2xbFNOO-t4WW_8OHi1qwjwjtbpxSfMtd5LWTn8emzCyLul7zf1w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-64574617468806083132022-07-16T10:29:00.001+02:002022-07-16T10:41:25.451+02:00Giornata di Distillazione alla "Vecchia Distilleria" di Vallebona<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5FdL7lQD18JVchxj1Y5gk7vlqEiEm2Dy6QXquxHkXE97AWSkkJ0EoqXv61GomGgVloSxBYFnxJr9vZaQH2EbwtxEFABy02YmRHC-gDx9wvpNFKEBmFQEqWCi1N0y7U5pWktYEtZuEkZbXQRCMyEOWInS1uYkD4bCBWXyfIh1NGzAKlfARwzoHsyeTA/s640/IMG_6808.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM5FdL7lQD18JVchxj1Y5gk7vlqEiEm2Dy6QXquxHkXE97AWSkkJ0EoqXv61GomGgVloSxBYFnxJr9vZaQH2EbwtxEFABy02YmRHC-gDx9wvpNFKEBmFQEqWCi1N0y7U5pWktYEtZuEkZbXQRCMyEOWInS1uYkD4bCBWXyfIh1NGzAKlfARwzoHsyeTA/s320/IMG_6808.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nei giorni scorsi ero a Vallebona (Imperia), alla Vecchia Distilleria, azienda familiare che produce delle fantastiche essenze di neroli e petitgrain, oltre ad una ricercatissima acqua di fiori d'Arancio amaro -presidio Slowfood con cui diversi Chef preparano squisitezze gastronomiche di altissimo livello.</span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ero lì perché avevo un pò di elicriso da distillare e Pietro Guglielmi, il giovane titolare mi aveva offerto ospitalità. E' stata una mattinata veramente fantastica: oltre al piacere di passare un pò di tempo con Pietro chiacchierando di argomenti che appassionano entrambi, vedere il distillatore entrare in funzione è stato molto emozionante. Quello che succede quando acqua e fuoco iniziano a danzare all'interno del distillatore, è qualcosa di veramente magico, inesprimibile a parole. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqd_tVyaBnpNSgWzmOZV0vDzx0pLfrqxKFY9sWmJ__CVKuGyTTzWIjyOScVq9poJr6BL-7744qCY66Eyq6SdGt9qL21oQuyzkGesadp2yQkwvpC8ahru3osUGVkvpkp9KrzT6yUKKr_CvLlFj4yGRIqNNUu2MjUiPjJxtkdj3ExXcfQb8zlni_oADMA/s640/IMG_6812.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqd_tVyaBnpNSgWzmOZV0vDzx0pLfrqxKFY9sWmJ__CVKuGyTTzWIjyOScVq9poJr6BL-7744qCY66Eyq6SdGt9qL21oQuyzkGesadp2yQkwvpC8ahru3osUGVkvpkp9KrzT6yUKKr_CvLlFj4yGRIqNNUu2MjUiPjJxtkdj3ExXcfQb8zlni_oADMA/s320/IMG_6812.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Posso solo dire che il risultato di questa danza è l'Essenza. E già questo, a me, mette i brividi.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nel mio caso si è trattato di nove millilitri di preziosa, profumatissima, incredibile essenza di elicriso italico. Ho anche dieci litri di idrolato, che adesso dividerò in tante bottigliette più piccole. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Posso solo ringraziare di cuore Pietro per la sua generosità, per avermi accolta e avermi permesso di partecipare a questa magia alchemica, trasformativa (e non solo per la pianta), a cui la sua famiglia partecipa da ben sette generazioni. Grazie Pietro, sei un Maestro e io mi sento molto felice e fortunata.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJ3IckjmQKVVrOTtNBaMzDS0veKxSruCGH2XH52kId-DQvb7uLXuAbzc5mtFRHFfRb8MwsFXlGB-9FTa8Vpg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></span></div>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-78437520257656177062021-12-22T11:06:00.001+01:002021-12-22T11:06:59.648+01:00Perris Montecarlo new release: Vetiver Java by Gian Luca Perris (2021)<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmcO8Ri_Jf54dHoWPzF9DboD8BAv-tloLHLqP8FW9oZmrPlUoRRRoF4upP6Z6OZ3cqfmxI3UqD7KWt9nO9g6PUaiyaRVkLYGRwxG2__61f8LRDt6nBlDPVdw12XPPb_bua7TDKZ_QNcsuIPJ0kPRVZbT1wnXsEpLySp-2eXhq6xUneWllQluK1dR_A0Q=s541" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="466" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmcO8Ri_Jf54dHoWPzF9DboD8BAv-tloLHLqP8FW9oZmrPlUoRRRoF4upP6Z6OZ3cqfmxI3UqD7KWt9nO9g6PUaiyaRVkLYGRwxG2__61f8LRDt6nBlDPVdw12XPPb_bua7TDKZ_QNcsuIPJ0kPRVZbT1wnXsEpLySp-2eXhq6xUneWllQluK1dR_A0Q=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Vetiver is duality made plant. </b></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The visible part is a bright green shrub whose long and thin leaves point towards the sky. The invisible part is a huge taproot embracing Mother Earth with such an exceptional vigor, difficult to overcome. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Evidently, <b>vetiver's essence, too, expresses the same duality</b> -and Java vetiver even better than any other type. On the one hand, you smell <b>the freshness, the clarity of a cold winter day, the “push” upwards</b>, to touch Heavens. On the other hand, there's the woody-green, dry, <b>earthy, warm, smoked facet,</b> endowed with the primitive and unconscious elegance of wild creatures. You smell the powerful roots, the effort of freeing them from Mother Earth's embrace, to clean them, to dry them, to work them... the work of man, his desire to take possession of such an intense and intimate embrace, to feel wrapped in it. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Capturing both these polarities is not easy; the composer must be able to listen deeply to the rew materials, and build a visceral relationship with them. <b>Practically, you need Gian Luca Perris</b>.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heat and freshness, darkness and light, earth and sky... his <b>Vetiver Java stretches now towards the Earth, now towards Heavens, in a Divine gymnastics of which anyone in the middle may benefit. </b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Calabrian bergamot, grapefruit and Timur pepper, with its citrus and pungent scent, support the fresher facet of the vetiver, lighting it up with silver glows. Bourbon geranium provides a very natural floral/green scent, and by binding to Timur pepper it also contributes a spicy undertone.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The part that I love most is typically Java (that is, warmer, smokier, earthier), which creates a very long sillage with dry and woody tones, wrapped in an ambery note of great elegance. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Vetiver Java is pure “Perris style”, that is, executed perfectly in every aspect,</b> including a radiance of about a meter and an impressive longevity: at least eight hours on skin, a couple of days on clothes. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">A round of applause to Gian Luca Perris for this great accomplishment!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">(pic <a href="https://freevol.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Vetiver-Java.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-73535060274311447512021-12-22T10:31:00.001+01:002021-12-22T11:24:37.873+01:00Vetiver Java (Gian Luca Perris per Perris Montecarlo, 2021)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9lOlZJtZ1up89LzAMcTW8tGL9HUpIO7rOHNc7j-mOTJ8Ty9oXGgEHDnFkRXlbcZoIP-DpTiDdNdhymBQmOx7T1PWdkf5wBDuygwAiYJTAqomAFPeGmWADbfPvXTML-_E3FKfs8B--xMYY6zq6_Sw7suzpHUZ1aEs7AecO7OF3bPfXb0WRUH8-dctizA=s541" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="466" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9lOlZJtZ1up89LzAMcTW8tGL9HUpIO7rOHNc7j-mOTJ8Ty9oXGgEHDnFkRXlbcZoIP-DpTiDdNdhymBQmOx7T1PWdkf5wBDuygwAiYJTAqomAFPeGmWADbfPvXTML-_E3FKfs8B--xMYY6zq6_Sw7suzpHUZ1aEs7AecO7OF3bPfXb0WRUH8-dctizA=w345-h400" width="345" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Il Vetiver è la dualità fatta pianta</b>. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">La parte visibile è un arbusto dalle foglie lunghe e sottili, che puntano verso il Cielo. Quella invisibile è un grosso fittone che raggiunge il cuore di Madre Terra e l'abbraccia con un vigore eccezionale, difficile da vincere.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Evidentemente, <b>anche la sua essenza esprime la stessa dualità</b> -e tra tutti i tipi di vetiver, quello proveniente da Java la esprime ancor meglio degli altri. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Da un lato percepisci il cuore legnoso-verde, secco, terroso, caldo, affumicato, dotato dell'eleganza primitiva e inconsapevole delle creature selvagge. Le radici potenti, la fatica che è costata svincolarle dall'abbraccio di Madre Terra, estrarle, ripulirle, essiccarle, lavorarle... senti il lavoro dell'uomo, la sua fatica, il suo desiderio di impossessarsi di quell'abbraccio così intenso ed intimo, di sentirsene avvolto. Dall'altro, percepisci la freschezza, la limpidezza, una spinta verso l'alto, a raggiungere il cielo tersissimo di una giornata invernale.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Catturare questa duplicità riuscendo a <b>valorizzarne entrambe le polarità non è semplice</b>, serve un artista sensibile, capace di porsi profondamente in ascolto delle essenze. Solo un artista come Gian Luca Perris, che con le materie prime ha un rapporto viscerale, poteva realizzare una fragranza così essenziale e sincera, capace di rendere giustizia a questa nota stra-usata, stra-amata e spesso anche stra-volta. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Caldo e freddo, buio e luce, terra e cielo... <b>Vetiver Java sa allungarsi ora verso la Terra, ora verso il Cielo, in una ginnastica Divina di cui beneficia chiunque vi si trovi nel mezzo</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Bergamotto calabrese, pompelmo e pepe Timur, dal sentore agrumato e pungente sostengono la parte fresca del vetiver, accendendola di bagliori argentati. Il geranio Bourbon apporta un sentore fiorito/verde molto naturale, e legandosi al pepe Timur apporta anche un sottotono speziatino. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>La parte che io amo di più di questo vetiver è quella tipicamente Java</b> (ovvero più calda, affumicata e terrosa), che crea un lunghissimo sillage dai toni secchi e legnosi, avvolti in una lieve nota ambrata di grande eleganza.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Vetiver Java è in puro stile Perris, ovvero, <b>eseguita in maniera perfetta sotto ogni aspetto</b>, compresa una radianza di circa un metro, un'intensità di tutto rispetto e una longevità impressionante: almeno otto ore su pelle, di più sui vestiti, che ne restano permeati per giorni.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Un applauso a Gian Luca Perris per questa grande fragranza!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(foto <a href="https://freevol.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Vetiver-Java.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">qui</a>)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-14224056618602661282021-07-07T23:07:00.000+02:002021-07-07T23:07:28.221+02:00Nobile26: a perfumed portrait of Carlo di Borbone<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CiyJzx6Q2IQ/YOYW3faV0xI/AAAAAAAAFts/GMS57rikwtYI29eZD_5csnBTwfR7W8LGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CiyJzx6Q2IQ/YOYW3faV0xI/AAAAAAAAFts/GMS57rikwtYI29eZD_5csnBTwfR7W8LGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_2761.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Massimo and Stefania Nobile organized the visit to the #sitireali of Naples (the Royal Venues, see previous post) to share the inspiration behind their new perfume, #<b>Nobile26</b>, built as an olfactory portrait of <b>Carlo di Borbone</b>, King of Naples in the mid-eighteenth century, loved by the population for its far-sighted politics, for the cultural impulse it gave to the city and for the numerous, monumental architectural works built to improve prestige and beauty.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The first thing that can be perceived from the portrait designed by Nobile1942 is the citrus/orange blossom accord, endowed with a lively, fruity sweetness, to which pink pepper contributes with its sparkling and pyrotechnic personality. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">This top accord outlines a sensitive and cheerful soul, accustomed to kindness: it is said that when he and Maria Amalia of Saxony, married by proxy, met for the first time, she bowed before him, but the King ran to meet her supporting her and preventing her from completing the gesture. A true gentleman, in short, more attentive to relationships than to court etiquette...</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The King had a strong temperament and was a lover of the outdoors: the accord helichrysum-licorice-nutmeg-patchouli brings a dry, herbaceous feeling, evoking long rides in a warm, benign nature, immersed in golden light, and is the perfect glue between the heart of the fragrance and its base, built around a silky and elegant combination of coffee, woods, vanilla and tonka bean. The coffee is present because it was Carlo who spread in Naples the use of drinking coffee, which he had discovered thanks to the monks of the Monastery of San Francesco da Paola.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggniFhcyclI/YOYW0SO_JDI/AAAAAAAAFto/TeFyKHQzC7QUMnaG9MK-qo3a_WAGl4YKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggniFhcyclI/YOYW0SO_JDI/AAAAAAAAFto/TeFyKHQzC7QUMnaG9MK-qo3a_WAGl4YKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2777.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to the perfect integration between heart and base accords, Nobile26 is a bright, enjoyable combination of sweetness and severity, of elegance and joy of life, perfectly at ease both on the male and female skin, with the sweet fruity notes of the top dominating the first half-hour, followed by the licorice-helichrysum-woods-coffee accord, defining in a drier and manly way the whole second part. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">For those who wish to try it, Nobile26 is in pre-sale on the Nobile1942 website (<a href="https://en.nobile1942.it" target="_blank">click here</a>). A heartfelt thank you to Stefania and Massimo Nobile (photographed on the beautiful terrace of Palazzo Reale) for this opportunity!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-82657007753079320782021-07-07T22:46:00.004+02:002021-07-07T22:47:56.515+02:00Nobile26: Nobile 1942 pays homage to Carlo di Borbone<p> <span style="font-size: large;">In recent days I have been in <b>Naples</b>, discovering the new perfume of #<b>Nobile 1942</b>.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W0mr_2NgpkI/YOYRqDdUPgI/AAAAAAAAFtU/DOR0Tq1aedoJlwiGoU9Atw3VgBSMptjOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W0mr_2NgpkI/YOYRqDdUPgI/AAAAAAAAFtU/DOR0Tq1aedoJlwiGoU9Atw3VgBSMptjOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2684.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Stefania and Massimo Nobile, Neapolitans living Genoa for a few decades, thought of paying homage to their hometown through a perfume inspired by a character that Neapolitans have always loved: <b>Carlo di Borbone. </b></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">The perfume bears the name #Nobile26 because <b>twenty-six are the virtues attributed to Carlo's personality, lifestyle, and thought</b>: fortress, prudence, philosophy, music, peace, meditation, truth, constancy... and many others. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Piazza Dante, in Naples, the allegories of the twenty-six virtues, sculpted in white marble, were placed in plain sight on the <b>Carolingian Forum</b>, as an imperishable memory of the city's love for an enlightened ruler, who had done so much for her through his far-sighted politics, cultural impulse and the construction of wonderful monuments.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Right from the Carolingian Forum started the tour of wonders through the #SitiReali (Royal Venues) such as the Royal Palace and The Capodimonte Museum, the Archaeological Museum, and the only Concert Hall in the city, named #<b>Napulitanata</b>, where I listened to a concert of popular music that I did not expect I would like so much. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">The duo of artists (Antonio Sacco on trumpet, Mimmo Matania on accordion), very young and very prepared, subtracted all the clichés from the most famous Neapolitan folk songs, and played them "nude", without pathos or excessive folklore, indeed, with cleanliness and modernity that won me over and that I absolutely recommend going to listen in person (for info, <a href="https://www.napulitanata.com/en/napulitanata-2/" target="_blank">click here</a>).</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OCwiQtPBK30/YOYRtI2YamI/AAAAAAAAFtY/yM80FyFXN6kQ-S1uwDCjFajgSCdx7-F0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OCwiQtPBK30/YOYRtI2YamI/AAAAAAAAFtY/yM80FyFXN6kQ-S1uwDCjFajgSCdx7-F0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2731.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I insert some random pics among the thousand I took during the visits at the Royal Venues, which are so rich in masterpieces of inestimable beauty that I can not select only "something"...</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voq3X-3Y4mk/YOYOtF15ppI/AAAAAAAAFso/q5GcMr05beMwCRC_DjcGmhc3h-NXMUS4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voq3X-3Y4mk/YOYOtF15ppI/AAAAAAAAFso/q5GcMr05beMwCRC_DjcGmhc3h-NXMUS4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2697.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The <b>National Archaeological Museum</b>, for example, houses a large collection of Greco-Roman marbles and refined mosaics from the nearby town of Pompeii, so beautiful as to take your breath away (above, you see a collection of ointments containers in glass, from the Roman era). </p></span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-05iYtxOuJHo/YOYOtki25FI/AAAAAAAAFsw/6AxwoiilqGwfxEFZqr-lumc9S7JUNxG1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-05iYtxOuJHo/YOYOtki25FI/AAAAAAAAFsw/6AxwoiilqGwfxEFZqr-lumc9S7JUNxG1gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2710.JPG" /></a></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>In the <b>National Museum of Capodimonte</b>, on the other hand, there are ten paintings by Titian, as well as numerous paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, Mantegna, Correggio, Perugino, Masaccio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and so many others... </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m9uRkkUgJDU/YOYOuLVujSI/AAAAAAAAFs4/wnX3XUtoX1kGE4sFac1-yFEvTwXpg7V7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m9uRkkUgJDU/YOYOuLVujSI/AAAAAAAAFs4/wnX3XUtoX1kGE4sFac1-yFEvTwXpg7V7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2791.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></span><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhdf0-_Uz1jCT5e8Zmjx3XysxUtrFEe23SBeN5jTqgX-qWlg65O-h32FAqRArfp-SrcDpL2XWE-7H0PUA8z9qCFjKcINpOLHyagzwl3gUtIjjdklXz9Qn9pCCeg0IhG3BzztH5ZnnH2cO/s320/IMG_2785.JPG" width="320" /><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">But what excited me most of all was the staircase of </span><b style="text-align: start;">Palazzo Reale</b><span style="text-align: start;">: a monumental, impressive, yet light, aerial, and very bright environment. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">The feeling is that is not marble, but an extremely well-shaped sugar paste...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3CE6hRsSWSE/YOYRQHScTFI/AAAAAAAAFtI/WheWUZGUPWUdh0mChkkXaXYOnYUIHKpFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3CE6hRsSWSE/YOYRQHScTFI/AAAAAAAAFtI/WheWUZGUPWUdh0mChkkXaXYOnYUIHKpFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2764.JPG" /></a></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>Naples literally left me speechless for the beauty of its monuments and the extraordinary collections they preserve, thanks to the <b>foresight of men of culture who believed in the value of Beauty</b>, sought it or had it created specifically, and then carefully preserved it so that it could reach us. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhdf0-_Uz1jCT5e8Zmjx3XysxUtrFEe23SBeN5jTqgX-qWlg65O-h32FAqRArfp-SrcDpL2XWE-7H0PUA8z9qCFjKcINpOLHyagzwl3gUtIjjdklXz9Qn9pCCeg0IhG3BzztH5ZnnH2cO/s2016/IMG_2785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: black;">Thank you, Stefania and Massimo Nobile, and above all thank you Carlo di Borbone, for creating so much Beauty.</span></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhdf0-_Uz1jCT5e8Zmjx3XysxUtrFEe23SBeN5jTqgX-qWlg65O-h32FAqRArfp-SrcDpL2XWE-7H0PUA8z9qCFjKcINpOLHyagzwl3gUtIjjdklXz9Qn9pCCeg0IhG3BzztH5ZnnH2cO/s2016/IMG_2785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhdf0-_Uz1jCT5e8Zmjx3XysxUtrFEe23SBeN5jTqgX-qWlg65O-h32FAqRArfp-SrcDpL2XWE-7H0PUA8z9qCFjKcINpOLHyagzwl3gUtIjjdklXz9Qn9pCCeg0IhG3BzztH5ZnnH2cO/s2016/IMG_2785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhdf0-_Uz1jCT5e8Zmjx3XysxUtrFEe23SBeN5jTqgX-qWlg65O-h32FAqRArfp-SrcDpL2XWE-7H0PUA8z9qCFjKcINpOLHyagzwl3gUtIjjdklXz9Qn9pCCeg0IhG3BzztH5ZnnH2cO/s2016/IMG_2785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhdf0-_Uz1jCT5e8Zmjx3XysxUtrFEe23SBeN5jTqgX-qWlg65O-h32FAqRArfp-SrcDpL2XWE-7H0PUA8z9qCFjKcINpOLHyagzwl3gUtIjjdklXz9Qn9pCCeg0IhG3BzztH5ZnnH2cO/s2016/IMG_2785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></span><p></p></div>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-15308895459067368502021-07-07T21:37:00.000+02:002021-07-07T21:37:06.503+02:00Nobile26: il ritratto olfattivo di Carlo di Borbone<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RX-joWv0iU/YOX_l99C3AI/AAAAAAAAFr8/c70V6e1yolYgZL7KvFNJGhyv2c-fSucjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RX-joWv0iU/YOX_l99C3AI/AAAAAAAAFr8/c70V6e1yolYgZL7KvFNJGhyv2c-fSucjACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2761.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Massimo e Stefania Nobile hanno organizzato la visita ai #sitireali di Napoli (vedi post precedente) per condividere l'ispirazione che sta dietro al loro nuovo profumo, #Nobile26, ovvero il ritratto olfattivo di Carlo di Borbone, Re di Napoli alla metà del Settecento, amatissimo dalla popolazione per la sua politica lungimirante, per l'impulso culturale che diede alla città e per le numerose, monumentali opere architettoniche che le restituirono lustro e bellezza,</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">La prima cosa che si percepisce dal ritratto disegnato da Nobile1942 è l'accordo agrumi/fior d'arancio, <b>dotato di una dolcezza vivace, fruttata</b>, a cui il pepe rosa contribuisce con la sua personalità frizzante e pirotecnica. La testa del profumo delinea un animo sensibile ed allegro, abituato alla gentilezza: si racconta che quando lui e Maria Amalia di Sassonia, sposatisi per procura, si incontrarono per la prima volta, lei s'inchinasse davanti a lui, che le corse incontro sostenendola ed impedendole di completare il gesto. Un vero gentiluomo, insomma, più attento alle relazioni con le persone che all'etichetta di corte.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Il Re possedeva un temperamento deciso ed era amante della vita all'aria aperta: l'accordo elicriso-liquirizia-noce moscata-patchouli apporta una sensazione secca, agreste, che evoca lunghe cavalcate in una natura calda, benigna, immersa in una luce dorata, ed è il collante perfetto tra il cuore della fragranza e la sua base, costruita intorno ad un accordo setoso ed elegantissimo di caffè, legni, veniglia e fava tonka. Il caffè è presente perchè fu proprio Carlo a diffondere a Napoli l'uso di bere il caffè, che aveva scoperto grazie ai monaci del Monastero di San Francesco da Paola. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YGb1QHbFLpk/YOX-u-ZhXLI/AAAAAAAAFrs/btOMxyomol8BG0cT3pvw6kQ5xbP-egs9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YGb1QHbFLpk/YOX-u-ZhXLI/AAAAAAAAFrs/btOMxyomol8BG0cT3pvw6kQ5xbP-egs9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2777.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Grazie all'integrazione perfetta tra accordi di cuore e fondo, Nobile26 risulta un luminoso, godibilissimo connubio <b>tra dolcezza e severità, tra eleganza e gioia di vivere</b>, perfettamente a suo agio tanto sulla pelle maschile che su quella femminile, con le note dolci-fruttate dell'avvio che dominano per la prima mezz'ora, seguite dall'accordo liquirizia-elicriso-legni-caffè che definisce in senso più secco e virile tutta la seconda parte. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Per chi desiderasse provarlo, Nobile26 è in prevendita sul sito di Nobile1942 (<a href="https://www.nobile1942.it/nobile-26" target="_blank">clicca qui</a>). Un grazie di cuore a Stefania e Massimo Nobile (fotografati sulla stupenda terrazza di Palazzo Reale)! </span></p><p><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-45511442346445558902021-07-07T18:15:00.001+02:002021-07-07T22:06:08.954+02:00Nobile26: l'omaggio di Nobile 1942 a Carlo di Borbone<p><span style="font-size: large;">Nei giorni scorsi sono stata a Napoli, a scoprire il nuovo profumo di #<b>Nobile 1942.</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l-XsmJIV2TM/YOXLbaGwHSI/AAAAAAAAFq8/IncRCenScmIAsivLyNfhBDRSnAcESYj3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2684.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l-XsmJIV2TM/YOXLbaGwHSI/AAAAAAAAFq8/IncRCenScmIAsivLyNfhBDRSnAcESYj3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2684.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Stefania e Massimo Nobile, napoletani in prestito a Genova da qualche decennio, hanno pensato di omaggiare la loro città natale attraverso un profumo ispirato ad un personaggio che i napoletani hanno sempre amato: <b>Carlo di Borbone</b>. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;">Il profumo porta il nome<b> #Nobile26</b> perchè ventisei sono le virtù attribuite alla personalità e allo stile di vita e di pensiero di Carlo: la fortezza, la prudenza, la filosofia, la musica, la pace, la meditazione, la verità, la costanza... e tante altre. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In Piazza Dante, a Napoli, le allegorie delle ventisei virtù, riprodotte in marmo bianco, sono state poste in bella vista sul <b>Foro Carolingio</b>, come imperitura memoria dell'amore della città per un sovrano illuminato, che tanto aveva fatto per lei attraverso la sua politica lungimirante, l'impulso culturale e la costruzione di monumenti meravigliosi.</span><p></p><p><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m-bTdtnytpdnh0VKVx2lZUOb0I7JfIENpCf2UgHK5y8T8vNlNfeCMs0Mn4p-lspDSmI-J06I2WaWSawkAJMOI2qD3gRVeZKN10h1KJ764NLT_n5fYXnL00-f7Hr6VwYgBXFji0Wk5kUF/s320/IMG_2731.JPG" width="320" /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Proprio dal Foro Carolingio è partito il tour delle meraviglie attraverso i #SitiReali (Palazzo Reale e il Museo di Capodimonte), il Museo Archeologico e l'unica Sala da Concerti della città, dal nome </span><span>#Napulitanata, dove ho ascoltato un concerto di musica popolare che non mi aspettavo potesse piacermi così tanto.</span><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QO83Sl7JLSM/YOXLb3wDbBI/AAAAAAAAFrI/GyJ7cCF4QSsWfS5k1EgnGNc7D1IfWaqJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2728.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QO83Sl7JLSM/YOXLb3wDbBI/AAAAAAAAFrI/GyJ7cCF4QSsWfS5k1EgnGNc7D1IfWaqJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2728.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Il duo di artisti (Antonio Sacco alla tromba, Mimmo Matania alla fisarmonica), giovanissimi e preparatissimi, ha sottratto tutti i clichè alle più famose canzoni popolari napoletane, e le ha suonate "nude", senza pathos o eccessivo folklore, anzi, con una pulizia ed una modernità che mi ha conquistata e che consiglio assolutamente di andare ad ascoltare di persona (per info, cliccate <a href="https://www.napulitanata.com" target="_blank">qui</a>). </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jYyop77q3tE/YOYDMP-TKJI/AAAAAAAAFsM/0yx3-oJDMIwxEBJMgOMGyeaiDaqretQuACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jYyop77q3tE/YOYDMP-TKJI/AAAAAAAAFsM/0yx3-oJDMIwxEBJMgOMGyeaiDaqretQuACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2710.JPG" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Vi inserisco qualche foto tra le millemila che ho scattato; i siti reali napoletani sono così ricchi di capolavori di inestimabile bellezza che non è possibile selezionare solo "qualcosa"...</span><span> </span><span> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Il <b>Museo Archeologico Nazionale</b>, ad esempio, ospita una grande collezione di marmi greco-romani e di raffinati mosaici provenienti da Pompei, così belli da togliere il fiato (sopra, vedete una collezione di unguentari-portaprofumi in vetro, di epoca romana). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X5EqlahpKEI/YOYDL-2HpLI/AAAAAAAAFsE/d9y0pJpNJBwF_IdVBxztPOV4za53SyNswCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X5EqlahpKEI/YOYDL-2HpLI/AAAAAAAAFsE/d9y0pJpNJBwF_IdVBxztPOV4za53SyNswCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2697.JPG" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qaS0s6fxqI8/YOYDMg2zKwI/AAAAAAAAFsQ/ikvUY-fYWwo7-tNSCie0DCgcJctfXG_JACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qaS0s6fxqI8/YOYDMg2zKwI/AAAAAAAAFsQ/ikvUY-fYWwo7-tNSCie0DCgcJctfXG_JACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2785.JPG" width="320" /></a>Nel <b>Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte,</b> invece, sono ospitate ben dieci tele di Tiziano, oltre a numerosi dipinti di Raffaello, Caravaggio, Mantegna, Correggio, Perugino, Masaccio, Artemisia Gentileschi... </p></span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYavEDJ6xsk/YOYDNF1eZII/AAAAAAAAFsU/KVigUyPG4l0AJ7IsD7-fiT1HoQG2dq02QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYavEDJ6xsk/YOYDNF1eZII/AAAAAAAAFsU/KVigUyPG4l0AJ7IsD7-fiT1HoQG2dq02QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2791.JPG" /></a></div></div></span><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Ma ciò che mi ha emozionata più di tutto è stata la scalinata d'onore di <b>Palazzo Reale</b>: un ambiente monumentale, impressionante, eppure leggero, aereo e luminosissimo. Come se tutto quel marmo fosse, in realtà, pasta di zucchero ben modellata... </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LwjFAmot5is/YOYDMIo1m5I/AAAAAAAAFsI/DfVpTdhsqFkhOdZHxSTEaCaTJFCaGtFBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_2764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LwjFAmot5is/YOYDMIo1m5I/AAAAAAAAFsI/DfVpTdhsqFkhOdZHxSTEaCaTJFCaGtFBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2764.JPG" /></a></div>Napoli mi ha letteralmente lasciata senza parole per la bellezza dei suoi monumenti e le collezioni straordinarie che conservano, grazie alla lungimiranza di uomini di cultura che hanno creduto nel valore della Bellezza, l'hanno cercata o fatta creare appositamente, e poi l'hanno conservata con cura affinché potesse giungere fino a noi. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Grazie Stefania e Massimo Nobile, e soprattutto grazie Carlo di Borbone, per aver creato così tanta Bellezza.</span></div><div><br /></div><div></div>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-31662649509703188972021-06-23T18:19:00.003+02:002021-11-11T18:46:48.930+01:00Musa Paradisiaca (Cristian Cavagna + Arturetto Landi for Cristian Cavagna, 2021)<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dismoTRaBY4/YNNeYoy4ACI/AAAAAAAAFqg/aoOk4ySBpvwrytK90nCwqEcAejJ0W0rjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s281/Schermata%2B2021-06-23%2Balle%2B18.05.33.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="188" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dismoTRaBY4/YNNeYoy4ACI/AAAAAAAAFqg/aoOk4ySBpvwrytK90nCwqEcAejJ0W0rjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Schermata%2B2021-06-23%2Balle%2B18.05.33.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">When I started writing this blog, almost fifteen years ago, Cristian had just opened <b>Adjiumi</b>, the forum that would soon become the most important portal for anyone in Italy interested in perfume. Since then we have spent endless hours discussing perfumes, brands, bottles, names, composers, raw materials, courses and everything revolving around perfumery. But honestly, I never thought that these pages, on which I commented and reviewed hundreds and hundreds of perfumes, would feature also his work. Yes, because today I'll write about "<b>Musa Paradisiaca</b>", the first perfume of the "<b>Cristian Cavagna</b>" brand. Even just writing it, thrills me a lot.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I like many things about this perfume.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The first is that Cristian took all the time to create it based on his tastes and desires, and when a person works with an open heart, the result always exceeds expectations.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The second is that Cristian <b>entrusted his work to an Italian composer: Arturetto Landi</b>, who has received much less attention here than he would have deserved.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Another thing that captures me: the exuberance of the fragrance and that of its container are fully reflected, showing that Cristian has a very precise vision of perfumery, which speaks of vivacity, refinement, personality ... because life must also be enjoyed, and asceticism is not in the hearts of Cristian, who is the <i>joie de vivre</i> as a person.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7MN28oAGExA/YNNe4OpIj-I/AAAAAAAAFqo/CCs6x_yNT_g3Zqp593oOWb6tyYan7IC4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1100/IMG_2601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="851" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7MN28oAGExA/YNNe4OpIj-I/AAAAAAAAFqo/CCs6x_yNT_g3Zqp593oOWb6tyYan7IC4QCLcBGAsYHQ/w155-h200/IMG_2601.JPG" width="155" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Besides, I like the fragrance itself, an original tuberose, a thousand miles away from everything that has already been said about this flower. <b>Deep and with very pronounced vegetal nuances</b>, the tuberose (both essential oil and absolute) has been combined with the green hue of the banana leaf (the Musa Paradisiaca, in fact), of the narcissus and of the ylang ylang, which make it luxuriant, exotic, humoral, surprisingly unisex, with an extremely sensual indolic component. In the base, a basket of full-bodied, very expensive notes, all perfectly perceptible: vanilla absolute, cocoa, tonka bean, ambergris, sandalwood, civet. Basically, <b>a tuberose dipped in molten gold.</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Musa Paradisiaca is a floral concoction, but not a classic floral (gentle, feminine, seductive); on the contrary, it is thundering, multifaceted, sculptural, all dressed up into an evening gown of perfect design. <b>Being a parfum, its intensity, radiance and sillage are quite remarkable.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">People may like Musa Paradisiaca or not, but it certainly will leave no one indifferent, for me it is one of the most exciting releases in recent years, and the perfect way to start a new line. </span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-40342423390584725732021-06-23T18:14:00.005+02:002021-06-23T18:20:41.382+02:00Musa Paradisiaca (Cristian Cavagna e Arturetto Landi per Cristian Cavagna, 2021)<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNsrPaOfc7WWRoBqiYtkdN2FIOF6yyHNymczEH9__999LQSoG9j5d4gQTQYAkg3wVsARYufoXDjogm5XVLoK3Ocf-kU00QosmvgKTPWGKQ0RpaqM_E749n-4KqKuo9kja-ccQYYtVOe73/s281/Schermata+2021-06-23+alle+18.05.33.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNsrPaOfc7WWRoBqiYtkdN2FIOF6yyHNymczEH9__999LQSoG9j5d4gQTQYAkg3wVsARYufoXDjogm5XVLoK3Ocf-kU00QosmvgKTPWGKQ0RpaqM_E749n-4KqKuo9kja-ccQYYtVOe73/s0/Schermata+2021-06-23+alle+18.05.33.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Quando iniziai a scrivere questo blog, quasi quindici anni fa, Cristian aveva appena aperto <b>Adjiumi</b>, il forum che ben presto sarebbe diventato il portale più importante per chiunque si interessasse di profumo. Da allora abbiamo passato ore infinite a discutere di profumi, marchi, bottiglie, nomi, compositori, materie prime, corsi e tutto quello che ruota intorno alla profumeria. Ma sinceramente, mai avrei pensato che su queste pagine, sulle quali ho commentato e recensito centinaia e centinaia di profumi, sarebbe transitato anche lui, e da protagonista. Sì perchè oggi vi parlo di "<b>Musa Paradisiaca</b>", il primo profumo del marchio "<b>Cristian Cavagna</b>". Sappiate che mi emoziona anche solo scriverlo.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Di questa fragranza mi piacciono moltissime cose. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">La prima è che Cristian si è preso tutto il tempo per crearla con calma, sulla base dei suoi gusti e dei suoi desideri, e quando una persona lavora con il cuore, il risultato supera sempre le attese. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">La seconda è che <b>Cristian si è affidato ad un compositore italiano: Arturetto Landi</b>, che qui da noi ha ricevuto molta meno attenzione di quanta ne avrebbe meritata. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Altra cosa che mi cattura: l'esuberanza della fragranza e quella del suo contenitore si rispecchiano appieno, mostrando che Cristian ha una visione della profumeria ben precisa, che parla di vivacità, ricercatezza, personalità... perchè la vita va anche goduta, e l'ascesi non è nelle corde di Cristian, che è la gioia di vivere fatta persona. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-in8piVkXQZk/YNNZZPameEI/AAAAAAAAFqQ/iaz9AdGm-1AzbnG4FX9XEpBrZ9g4zJ-_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1100/IMG_2601.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="851" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-in8piVkXQZk/YNNZZPameEI/AAAAAAAAFqQ/iaz9AdGm-1AzbnG4FX9XEpBrZ9g4zJ-_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2601.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Eppoi, mi piace la fragranza in sé, una tuberosa originale, lontana mille miglia da tutto quello che è stato già detto su questo fiore, che per Cristian è un pò un feticcio. <b>Profonda e dalle sfumature vegetali molto pronunciate</b>, la tuberosa (è stato usato sia un olio essenziale che un'assoluta) è stata accostata al verde della foglia di banano (la Musa Paradisiaca, appunto), del narciso e dell'ylang ylang, che la rendono lussureggiante, esotica, sonora, umorale, sorprendentemente unisex, con una componente indolica estremamente sensuale. Nel fondo, un tripudio di note corpose e costosissime, tutte perfettamente percepibili: assoluta di vaniglia, cacao, fava tonka, ambra grigia, sandalo, zibetto. Praticamente, <b>la tuberosa è immersa nell'oro fuso. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Musa Paradisiaca è un fiorito, sì, ma è tutto l'opposto del classico fiorito gentile, femminile, seducente; al contrario è un fiorito tonante, sfaccettato, scultoreo, avviluppato in un abito da gran sera dalle proporzioni perfette. <b> Si tratta di un parfum, perciò l'intensità, la radianza ed il sillage sono da primato mondiale</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Musa Paradisiaca potrà piacere o non piacere, ma di certo non lascerà nessuno indifferente: per me è una delle uscite più emozionanti degli ultimi anni, ed un modo perfetto per avviare un brand tutto nuovo.</span></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-26915272396417531222021-06-23T16:27:00.002+02:002021-06-23T16:27:37.811+02:00Laboratori per bambini<p><span style="font-size: large;">Una delle occasioni più divertenti del mio lavoro è quando mi chiedono di organizzare dei <b>laboratori per bambini</b>. Ho appena terminato una serie di quattro incontri con una classe di bimbi di seconda-terza elementare: li ho accompagnati a consapevolizzare le sensazioni olfattive attraverso l'uso di odori, sapori, sensazioni tattili, fiabe, disegni, e liquidi colorati dal sapore imbarazzante. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Si sono stupiti nel constatare che gran parte del gusto sia in realtà olfatto, hanno discusso tra di loro sul fatto che un certo odore si potesse definire o no "croccante", e sono stati tignosi nel pretendere di distinguere "fresco" da "freddo". Ma soprattutto, hanno deciso che da oggi in avanti <b>presteranno maggiore attenzione a ciò che attraverserà le loro narici</b>, in quanto vettore di informazioni utilissime (il che per me, diciamolo, è la soddisfazione maggiore).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OSkQozlvGW8/YNNENXMz0nI/AAAAAAAAFp0/U-TO01jRJDsxjI71ygITRbziConTf1EKACLcBGAsYHQ/s636/IMG_2366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="346" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OSkQozlvGW8/YNNENXMz0nI/AAAAAAAAFp0/U-TO01jRJDsxjI71ygITRbziConTf1EKACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2366.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgRaGFLpits/YNNEPnLkwmI/AAAAAAAAFp4/zvKhxCHPH0cxC86CzLI5uu8CbdPHj3jFACLcBGAsYHQ/s518/IMG_2368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="355" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hgRaGFLpits/YNNEPnLkwmI/AAAAAAAAFp4/zvKhxCHPH0cxC86CzLI5uu8CbdPHj3jFACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2368.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-673e7enPbqw/YNNEuO4IIzI/AAAAAAAAFqI/r81rOPDDOTMz20OIYbkXV8_9tnuWHV-eQCLcBGAsYHQ/s519/IMG_2371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="342" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-673e7enPbqw/YNNEuO4IIzI/AAAAAAAAFqI/r81rOPDDOTMz20OIYbkXV8_9tnuWHV-eQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2371.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-61746187338739288222021-06-23T16:05:00.002+02:002021-06-23T16:05:40.212+02:00Al Vivaio Violarancio<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-dsNi5vuK4wQwlt2TikxFU-3quE2LclpisnIcvbNOFxXovqJXmpb1wU5aaKSyHwGdaJppYpz-ibrNPt3ROcGh_ipyUTV1-Dy56AeR9Sa4GrexphSBz5fgyPI7UXRhMqrcyFrS-gJX7kL/s1010/Schermata+2021-06-23+alle+15.48.02.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="1010" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-dsNi5vuK4wQwlt2TikxFU-3quE2LclpisnIcvbNOFxXovqJXmpb1wU5aaKSyHwGdaJppYpz-ibrNPt3ROcGh_ipyUTV1-Dy56AeR9Sa4GrexphSBz5fgyPI7UXRhMqrcyFrS-gJX7kL/w400-h125/Schermata+2021-06-23+alle+15.48.02.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Nei giorni scorsi ero ad Albareto (Provincia di Parma) al Vivaio <b>Violarancio</b>, un vivaio specializzato nella fornitura di <b>piante officinali ed aromatiche certificate bio</b>: lavanda e lavandini di diversi tipi, rosmarino, salvia, calendula, basilico, echinacea, achillea, artemisia, timo, valeriana, issopo, iperico, elicriso, camomilla e tantissime atre varietà. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I colori delle piantine appena nate sono magnifici, così come il profumo che si respira all'interno della grande serra. Se vi servono piantine piccolissime da trapiantare nel vostro giardino/terreno, da poche unità fino a decine di migliaia, tenete presente Violarancio, perché troverete una coppia di persone entusiaste e di gentilezza squisita che vi aiuteranno in ogni possibile modo. Lo dico perchè io ci ho avuto a che fare, e mi è venuta voglia di farli conoscere, tanto mi sono piaciuti. La qualità delle piantine è ottima.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Vi metto <a href="http://www.officinaliviolarancio.it" target="_blank">qui il link</a>. Potete ordinare per telefono o via mail, in ogni caso... consultate il listino e sognate!!!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6W1NJG0rK8A/YNM-3cIYC5I/AAAAAAAAFpE/jq83Rf2vpN4vyZ8_hpoGDE-VBxgfvCrpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6W1NJG0rK8A/YNM-3cIYC5I/AAAAAAAAFpE/jq83Rf2vpN4vyZ8_hpoGDE-VBxgfvCrpgCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/IMG_2109.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUc_Ca4HMCNMqSMZa0vF5EwpQxSytgWXPWUMUtvu3tH7vJoxx74d4KYzdh1pvVLvKzKyvR-xTzlqbtTR4fj-TvPB8zfBM9kp_ih7agFuk9d2UsrjmsIgJv7g60hXQPr0dNSSCgea9bUkU/s640/IMG_2112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVUc_Ca4HMCNMqSMZa0vF5EwpQxSytgWXPWUMUtvu3tH7vJoxx74d4KYzdh1pvVLvKzKyvR-xTzlqbtTR4fj-TvPB8zfBM9kp_ih7agFuk9d2UsrjmsIgJv7g60hXQPr0dNSSCgea9bUkU/s320/IMG_2112.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9CdCYBL5nQ/YNM-30DMWuI/AAAAAAAAFpI/fK4L8kgRMegkC9VJleIS76EyxaxIM6miwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9CdCYBL5nQ/YNM-30DMWuI/AAAAAAAAFpI/fK4L8kgRMegkC9VJleIS76EyxaxIM6miwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2113.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wb0qfzBUYUg/YNM-39vZD4I/AAAAAAAAFpM/XjNIDdHCIFgrBLFCk_0Ytj-6x7iQTagTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wb0qfzBUYUg/YNM-39vZD4I/AAAAAAAAFpM/XjNIDdHCIFgrBLFCk_0Ytj-6x7iQTagTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2114.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DC7xwHIyLWE/YNM-4BU3tII/AAAAAAAAFpQ/_7bJOL7A4bcGKXIKvLM7uiVw8l44yMcYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DC7xwHIyLWE/YNM-4BU3tII/AAAAAAAAFpQ/_7bJOL7A4bcGKXIKvLM7uiVw8l44yMcYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2118.JPG" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kS1T0DUhgAU/YNM_nnIs6wI/AAAAAAAAFpo/fUIoUsxRN_csnWq1kA4rcre-cfRFnICDACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_2108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kS1T0DUhgAU/YNM_nnIs6wI/AAAAAAAAFpo/fUIoUsxRN_csnWq1kA4rcre-cfRFnICDACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_2108.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-57033854117440657822021-03-23T11:31:00.006+01:002021-03-23T11:31:28.565+01:00Most Googled Fragrances 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jrr06LHckKc/YFnDMPSJIFI/AAAAAAAAFj4/2gfE3Wo3x-MlpPyOv8CL4ngnyVffKm83wCLcBGAsYHQ/s440/Schermata%2B2021-03-23%2Balle%2B11.24.52.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jrr06LHckKc/YFnDMPSJIFI/AAAAAAAAFj4/2gfE3Wo3x-MlpPyOv8CL4ngnyVffKm83wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Schermata%2B2021-03-23%2Balle%2B11.24.52.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Italian fragrances arouse curiosity. A lot. In the list of the twenty most Googled perfumes around the world appeared on Perfumer & Flavorist, there are four Italian perfumes: <b>Versace Eros</b> holds the second placeamong the top ten women perfumes, while <b>Gucci Bamboo</b> holds the tenth place.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Among the perfumes for him, <b>Versace Pour Homme</b> is in fifth place, and <b>Prada l'Homme</b> in tenth.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Women's Fragrances:</b></span></p><ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Estèe Lauder Estèe</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Versace Eros</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carolina Herrera Good Girl</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marc Jacobs Daisy</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">YSL Libre</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lancome Idole</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Narciso Rodriquez For Her</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Calvin Klein Euphoria</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lancome La Vie est Belle</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gucci Bamboo</span></p></li></ol><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Men's Fragrances:</b></span></p><ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Davidoff Cool Water</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dior Homme</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mont Blanc Legend</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joop Homme</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Versace Pour Homme</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jean Paul Gautier Le Male</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Givenchy Gentleman</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Diesel Only The Brave</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boss Bottled</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prada L'Homme</span></p></li></ol><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">(via <a href="https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fragrance/trends/2020s-Most-Googled-Fragrances-573332031.html" target="_blank">Perfumery & Flavourist</a>)</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-48989700178503768492021-03-23T11:26:00.001+01:002021-03-23T11:26:41.629+01:00Le fragranze più cercate su Google 2020<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__g0F6vFgak/YFnCKp4Bg-I/AAAAAAAAFjw/uQS0krcNSokvfgat50tW4aI5YHW3SJXqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s440/Schermata%2B2021-03-23%2Balle%2B11.24.52.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-__g0F6vFgak/YFnCKp4Bg-I/AAAAAAAAFjw/uQS0krcNSokvfgat50tW4aI5YHW3SJXqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Schermata%2B2021-03-23%2Balle%2B11.24.52.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Le fragranze italiane scatenano curiosità. Molta. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Nella lista dei venti profumi più ricercati su Google in tutto il mondo (anno 2020) compaiono ben quattro profumi italiani: tra i primi dieci femminili si distingue <b>Versace Eros</b>, al secondo posto dopo Esteè (Estèe Lauder). Anche <b>Gucci Bamboo</b> entra nella lista dei primi dieci femminili più cercati su Google, al decimo posto. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tra i maschili, <b>Versace Pour Homme </b>è al quinto posto, e <b>Prada l'Homme</b> al decimo. Evviva la Profumeria Italiana!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Classifica femminili:</span></b></p><ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Estèe Lauder Estèe</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Versace Eros</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carolina Herrera Good Girl</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marc Jacobs Daisy</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">YSL Libre</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lancome Idole</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Narciso Rodriguez For Her</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Calvin Klein Euphoria</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lancome La Vie est Belle</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gucci Bamboo</span></p></li></ol><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Classifica Maschili:</span></b></p><ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Davidoff Cool Water</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dior Homme</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mont Blanc Legend</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joop! Homme</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Versace Pour Homme</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jean Paul Gautier Le Male</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Givenchy Gentleman</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Diesel Only The Brave</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boss Bottled</span></p></li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prada L'Homme</span></p></li></ol><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">(via <a href="https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fragrance/trends/2020s-Most-Googled-Fragrances-573332031.html" target="_blank">Perfumer & Flavorist</a>)</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1033712169902338904.post-14400001126273942622021-03-23T10:01:00.001+01:002021-03-23T10:01:27.265+01:00Her Majesty Tuberose<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8srxpAzwtM/YFmuP7NYlXI/AAAAAAAAFjo/i2-KpW2IPuwPJNkr-ZirsOvRyK_--cf7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s575/Schermata%2B2021-03-23%2Balle%2B09.51.11.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="437" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8srxpAzwtM/YFmuP7NYlXI/AAAAAAAAFjo/i2-KpW2IPuwPJNkr-ZirsOvRyK_--cf7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Schermata%2B2021-03-23%2Balle%2B09.51.11.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday I received these Tuberose bulbs, a flower I love so much to see and -above all- to smell.</span><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tuberose originates in South America, pre-Columbian peoples used to cultivate it both for its healing properties (it was said to ease the fatigue of travelers) and for gastronomic purposes: its intensely sweet scent was the ideal complement to the chocolate drink they used to drink.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the sixteenth century, the Spanish brought the plant to Europe and began its cultivation. The European girls, however, were not allowed to approach this flower precisely because of its thick, sweet, inviting, narcotic scent, which was said to trigger "illicit" thoughts that would lead them to perdition. The same prohibition was also adopted in India - where the word tuberose is translated as "ki rani", or "night lover".</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact, tuberose blooms at night, when colors are not visible. To attract pollinating insects, therefore, she and the other white flowers (including jasmine, orange blossom, magnolia) give off such an intense perfume to be perceived several meters away.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ayurveda considers tuberose a remedy to stimulate the right brain, increasing the ability to feel emotions and amplifying creativity; aromatherapy appreciates it for its ability to relax the nervous system and improve blood circulation, with a beneficial effect on the whole body.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(from <a href="https://www.carthusia.it/blog/post/tuberose-3-things-you-don’t-know-about-the-white-flower-of-seduction" target="_blank">Carthusia</a> website. Go visit it because it's nice!)</span></p>Marika Vecchiattinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095365390659885809noreply@blogger.com0