Amore e Psiche: glass art+perfumery at Villa Carlotta
Until August 2, the beautiful Villa
Carlotta in Tremezzo (Como) hosts "Microcosm of Glass", an
art installation of Murano glass by Silvia Rutolo and Mauro
Puccitelli. Part of this installation is named "Amore and
Psyche", and joins glass art and perfumery in an exciting way.
But first thinglet's speak of the visual part: here you have SilviaRutolo's site; Silvia is not only a great
person and a passionate woman, but above all a very much appreciated
artist, who creates little masterpieces to wear.
In particular,
this year we have worked with her since she wanted to scent her
"Cocoons". The cocoons are made of Murano glass and may be
transparent, colored, or with gold and silver streaks, and make
refined pendants. Inside the glass cocoon, she places a silk thread,
which the customer can then scent using a tiny dropper. It's a very
elegant and exclusive way to perfume oneself, and, together, sport an
unique piece of handmade artistic jewelry.
A few months ago Silvia asked us (ie to
Catherine Roncati and me) if we could create a fragrance to perfume
the installation she was designing for Villa Carlotta.
She was
preparing these big transparent cocoons that would carry an
olfactory note each one, and that, put together side by side, compose
the whole fragrance. She had asked for something that would evoke the
luscious bouquet of plants and flowers found in the garden of the
Villa: eight hectares of fern, bamboo, camellias, azaleas,
rhododendrons, groves of trees, rock gardens as well as a spectacular
XVI century garden.
We concocted a green fragrance of galbanum and
bitter citrus, a profusion of flowers in shades of green (lily of the
valley, jasmine, ylang ylang, rose), vetiver, cedarwood and a bouquet
of musks (including calone and iso and super).
The result is intensely green, open,
fresh (a tad pungent I would say) and very natural. We had fun when
composing it, and the public is responding very well too: the scent
is on sale at the Villa and is flying off the shelves!
I invite you to visit Villa Carlotta:
in addition to the Villa-Museum with its works of art, you could
stroll in the magnificent gardens, participate in workshops on glass
art led by Silvia, and above all, go and smell “Amore and
Psiche”, our de-structured fragrance!
The installation will be open in the
Wunderkammer (mezzanine) everyday until August 2, from 10.15 at 13.15
and at 18.15 from 14.15. For workshops for adults and children on the
glass info at Villa Carlotta website
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