Francesca Bianchi Byzantine Amber Extrait de Parfum

Fragrance Family:
Amber

Notes:
Bergamot, Cinnamon, Geranium, Benzoin, Labdanum, Frankincense, Leather, Styrax, Ambergris

Concentration:
Extrait de Parfum

Occasion:
An ancient amber: dark, powerful, and glowing. A perfume to accompany the wearer, and to redouble their personality. A quiet and beautiful signature.

Francesca’s Inspiration:
"Byzantine Amber is the third fragrance that makes up, together with Libertine Neroli and Unspoken Musk, the series specifically dedicated to the glorious raw materials of perfumery, reinterpreted according to the style of the house. Byzantine Amber is an intense and decadent perfume, like a great civilization in the final phase of its splendour. Salome by Gustave Moreau is a painting that can evoke the splendour and drama of this olfactory work in images.

The beautiful mosaics of the Byzantine civilization, such as those of Ravenna, have gleaming gold tesserae which are imperfect for being worn out over time. This sense of theatrical and luminous splendour accompanied by a dark and obscure side inspired Byzantine Amber. The geranium – pulpy, rosy, spicy, slightly green, contrasts with the dry minerality of the ambergris and styrax. The backbones of this work is a familiar structure, an ambery accord enriched by the spice that makes it sensual: cinnamon. This warm and shiny accord is darkened by leathery, smoky and animal aspects, which give intensity and characterize the composition.”

Made in Italy

Byzantine Amber is a perfume that you can imagine singeing upon contact with the skin: all of its splendour and decadence is pushed through a hot syphon. Bianchi’s amber is smoky, dark, and in a manner of speaking, impure - but that’s what makes it all the most interesting. It is both rich and fresh, brilliantly counterposing a strong, warm, and spicy leathery feeling with the fresh floral green of geranium - which lends its own piquancy. Underneath this, Byzantine Amber is long and sturdy with a mineral base, as if these precious resins drew its mineral content from the deepest and most secret parts of the earth.