Francesca Bianchi Once Upon a Time Extrait de Parfum

Fragrance Family:
Amber

Notes:
Mandarin, Pink Pepper, Musk, Castoreum, Vanilla, Candied Almonds, Cotton Candy

Concentration:
Extrait de Parfum

Occasion:
Comforting, intimate, and warm - a sweet gourmand with an adult character. Wearable nostalgia.

Made in Italy

A whiff of toasted almonds, a long spiral of mandarin peel, vanilla sugar, marzipan, musk sticks - and among all this, a gnarl of castoreum musk on a floral-woody backing made from Iso-E Super.

Once Upon a Time is distinctly the work of Francesca Bianchi, celebrating a new style classed under her ‘Emotion Generator Machine’ concept. The gourmand - semi-savoury, semi-sweet - is the key, like the Proustian madeleine, for involuntary recollection. Childhood memories regained and revisited, this fragrance connects past and present: it is a serious adult view on childish themes and favourites. It is ambery, musky, and animalic as much as it is sweet and fruity - but what is certain is that this Emotion Generator Machine puts one in the mood for comfort, the intimacy of one’s private memories, and a unique state of pensiveness; a true ‘remembrance of things past’.

“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought. I summon up remembrance of things past … But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restor'd, and sorrows end.” (Shakespeare, Sonnet 30)