Italian Leather
EDP · 2013
Olfactive Profile
leather · green · animalic · woody · balsamic · earthy · bitter · powdery
About the Fragrance
Italian Leather speaks the Italian of Rome, the one drowsily murmured in the seat of a cabriolet during an impromptu lovers' siesta. It teams the simplicity of green tomato leaf with the sophisticated beauty of leather, myrrh and vanilla absolute. A lucid dream.
Note Pyramid
The composition
Composed by Alienor Massenet. A unisex fragrance for autumn & winter.
Top notes
the opening- tomato leaf
- vanilla
Heart notes
the soul- leather
- galbanum
- labdanum
- iris
Base notes
the trail- musk
- birch
- sandalwood
- tolfu balsam
Scent Profile
The fingerprint.
Performance
Wearable in
Main accords
Signature Moodboard
The world this scent lives in.
Smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Textures
- — Aged hide
- — Birch tar
- — Riding glove
- — Sanded wood
- — Raw silk
- — Warm milk
Materials
Vegetable-tanned leather · Bridle brass · Horsehair · Mysore sandalwood · Raw silk · Beeswax
Atmosphere
The room
A saddler's workshop after closing — leather and oil and dust
Weather
The air
Cold dry night, 6°C
Interior Design
Old-club library
Library with worn Chesterfield, brass desk lamp, single malt
Season
Autumn · Winter
Wears best in autumn and winter.
City Match
Tangier, the medina at midnight
Also at home in New York, Buenos Aires, Mysore.
Literary Match
McCarthy — Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian — McCarthy · The Sheltering Sky — Bowles
In one line
Memo Paris
Italian Leather — smoke, sweat, saddle, midnight.
Imagery courtesy of Unsplash
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Available samples.
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