Atlantis is a legendary and mysterious island, its myth mentioned for the first time by Plato in the works Timaeus (17-27) and Critias, in the fourth century BC. According to Plato's account, Atlantis was a great naval power located "beyond the Pillars of Hercules" and was sunk beneath the waves "in a single day and night of misfortune" by Poseidon. For many centuries this legend has nourished man’s imagination, representing all things lost, both wonderful and mysterious. But for us the discovery of Atlantis also represents the longest and most fascinating journey that one can take, the journey into the most profound depths of one’s inner self. To immerse yourself in the most innate and animalesque emotions, in the irrational part of our being of which we are unaware, in the place where perfumes express themselves in their own magical language. The discovery and acceptance of our submerged inner self is a challenge that should be faced in maturity, when we have the courage to immerse ourselves in new experiences, and listen fearlessly to the voice from our inner world, to encounter the secret darkness within us but also the light. Don't be afraid of listening to the bewitching song of the sirens. According to Cicero, in the Home ricepic their song is a promise of knowledge. Odysseus was not in fact attracted by the mellowness of their song, but by the insatiable desire to learn. Immerse yourself in the salt water, listen to your skin and let your sense of smell guide you. You will find the way to get in touch with the unknown depths of your inner self if you have the courage to let go. "Make the unconscious conscious, otherwise the unconscious will guide your life and you will call it destiny" (Carl Gustav Jung) The fragrance opens with sparkling and persuasive notes, wonderful Calabrian Bergamot, also called green gold, giving it a strong Italian identity from the very start. It is accompanied and enriched by the intense and elegant fragrance of old rose and softly and sweetly embraced by passion fruit. The heart warms into sophisticated seduction, as the disconcerting scent of Narcissus enhances the unmistakable, hypnotic aroma of the “flower of sin”, with its carnal and intoxicating aftermath, the tuberose. During the Renaissance, young girls were forbidden to smell its narcotic perfume for fear that they should "falling to temptation". A similar ban was also applied in India where its name, KiRani, means "suitor of the night". The flower exudes its aroma after sunset and it was believed that its scent would make young girls fall into an oblivion of sentimentality from which there could be no escape. This splendid tuberose, queen of the meadows, is the most beautiful we have encountered in our many years of working. "Its scent, like vital beats, seems to ignite the magnetic ardor of lethargic love." (Mark André Raffalovic) Warm and sun-rich fruits accompany this conscious vertigo of the senses supported and harmonized by a rich base of Musk combined with the gentle strength of ambergris and the warm sweetness of benzoin. A marine creature, made in the ancient goldsmith’s technique of granulation, clings to the symbolic bottle in which we have enclosed this wonderful fragrance. When caressed, it gives a tactile pleasure to the tips of our fingers that can be conquered only by immersion in salt water A sensual experience that preludes the joy of sweet abandonment to the most mysterious and powerful carnal pleasure, that of our minds.
TOP NOTES:
Tuberose Absolute, Bergamot, Rose and Passion Fruit
HEART NOTES:
Cassis, Cranberry, Narcissus, Iris, Orange Blossom and Tuberose
BASE NOTES:
Musk, Benzoin and Amber
