Neroli Portofino Forte is a bold, exhilarating intensification of the Neroli Portofino experience. The classic scent is rarified with rich, sublime depth as the amplified concentration of its floral core is lavishly heightened to utmost opulence. With the bold and impassioned introduction of coastal Italian woods and smooth leather in its composition, Neroli Portofino Forte marks an exquisite monument in the Neroli Portofino collection.
VIBRANT. SPARKLING. TRANSPORTIVE.
NEROLI PORTOFINO ACQUA IS AN INVITATION INTO THE SEDUCTIVE ATMOSPHERE OF THE ITALIAN RIVIERA FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE AFLOAT IN THE COASTLINE’S IDYLLIC AZURE WATERS, WITH ENDLESS SKIES OVERHEAD AND STEEP, VERDANT HILLSIDES JUST WITHIN VIEW. A FRESHER EXPRESSION OF NEROLI PORTOFIN’S CLEAR AND SPARKLING FACETS, IT IS AN IRRESISTIBLY LIGHT WAY TO WEAR THE FRAGRANCE’S CITRUS-AND-AMBER SIGNATURE.
According to Alhacen’s Theory of Visual Perception,
“Darkness makes beauty appear, for the stars only appear
in darkness”. An element of the sinister throws beauty
into starker relief, as in the early photography of Stanley
Kubrick and a 1970 recording of Frederick Ashton’s
Nocturne ballet. The legendary prima ballerina, Margot
Fonteyn, seems to dance a beautiful solo, until the camera
pans left and reveals a shadowy figure behind, for whom
Fonteyn’s performance is a desperate entreaty. Likewise,
Kubrick’s haunting images of Chicago in the forties are
filled with eery details, glimpsed only at the last moment.
When the shadowy figure finally advances into the light,
Fonteyn falls to her knees in tears before him, undone.
Inspired by the impulses explored by these two artists,
Fonteyn is a scent of tender delicacy, laced with depravity.
top: grapefruit / rosemary / wormwood / cardamom
core: rose / blackcurrant buds / freesia / violet
base: papyrus / moss / vanilla / vetiver / patchouli / virginia cedar
Françoise Gilot was just twenty-one when she first met Pablo Picasso in a Parisian café. Yet, not long after, she accompanied the painter to the South of France, to live as his lover and muse. Often depicting her in cool, aquatic tones of blue and green, Picasso referred to Gilot as his Mediterranean inspiration. After ten years and two children, Gilot left Picasso despite his fierce protestation that Nobody leaves a man like me, and went on to achieve great success as an artist and academic in her own right. A 1948 photograph of the couple on holiday in Golfe-Juan shows her walking magnificently in front while Picasso follows behind, shading his love with a parasol. Her power, and his vulnerability to it, are palpable. Gilot is a fresh yet complex scent, inspired by the Mediterranean, dedicated to formidable women.
top: bergamot / grapefruit / freesia
core: neroli / bitter almond / nutmeg
base: musk / moss / white marshmallow
Perfume your home with this Ortensia scented candle from Fornasetti. Housing the Flora fragrance, this candle has notes of lily of the valley, jasmine, tuberose & sandalwood. The candle’s ceramic vessel features the iconic face of Lina Cavalieri, which is synonymous with Fornasetti design, surrounded by blue hydrangeas. The Flora fragrance is available with a selection of different vessel designs and is a fabulously decadent scent.
