Francesca Bianchi Lost in Heaven Extrait de Parfum

Fragrance Family:
Mossy Woods

Notes:
Grapefruit, Green Tangerine, Orange Flower Absolute, Jasmine, Ylang-Ylang, Mimosa, Magnolia, Cumin, Cinnamon, Coriander Seed, Ambergris, Musk, Castoreum, Beeswax, Iris Butter, Labdanum Absolute, Opoponax, Heliotrope, Vetiver, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Tonka Bean

Concentration:
Extrait de Parfum (25%)

Occasion:
A grand floral-amber-chypre, a powerful force of smell. For special occasions, or a sultry signature. 

Francesca’s Inspiration:
“Lost in Heaven depicts a dream sequence of an adult getting lost in paradise. It represents the complexity of feelings conveying both the longing for a place of uncontaminated innocence and unconditional love and the inevitable and controversial burden of life, made up of feelings of sin and guilt – real, or even worse, imaginary.

This dichotomy, which sits at the back of anyone’s soul, is portrayed by a selection of the most angelic notes: beautiful orange flower and jasmine absolutes, together with soft heliotrope, smooth sandalwood, sweet tonka bean and many other notes that I consider paradisiac. The darker side is conveyed in a much more subtle way, not immediately detectable, via cumin and other spices, and a large selection of animalistic notes, including a reconstruction of tonkin musk. 

I thought of naming this perfume ‘Feeling Good’, as that is its purpose: to make you feel as you might in paradise, not a fake, imaginary one, but a real place where you finally cope with the darker side of you, with the heavy baggage that you carry with you. Fragile, sensual, emotional, though not technically a gourmand, it reminds me of a cake, rich in spices and with an orange blossom aroma: not haute patisserie but the archetypical smell of a cake made by mummy, with only good things in it.”

Made in Italy

Classic perfume enthusiasts will immediately be reminded of the legendary Rochas Femme (1944), an extraordinary and epoche-defining amber-chypre intoxicatingly rich with spices, florals, and resins, first flashing with generous citrus extracts. Lost in Heaven continues this tradition, renewing it by fronting a balmy and sultry dose of orange blossom absolute. Innately sacred and ‘white’, but also deadly and profane with a spicy slick - it is hot and pulsating. Reinforced with cumin and animalics, Lost in Heaven is a turbulent perfume, a sort of ‘trouble in paradise’ where the divine starts to hint at the carnal. Of course, it is not orange blossom alone that does this, but an incredible profusion of ingredients held together in a clenched fist - so to become an amalgam of smell.

Lose yourself in this bewitching fragrant composition; a heavenly swirl of ingredients with a long formula. Lost in Heaven holds together the urgent shimmer of spices, woods charged with milky lactone notes, sparkling orange citrus fruits, a plush heart of florals, and the slinky prowl of animalics and other balsamics … and then even more. Every dimension is not only detectable in this work, but held in structured balance. Lost in Heaven moves together like clockwork.