Palermo - BYREDO
Eau de Parfum
Format: 100 ml
Year: 2010
The Swedish brand BYREDO arrives in Sicily and chooses the baroque beauty of Palermo as a source of inspiration for his latest fragrance. Sicilian notes and Mediterranean accords make up the soul of BYREDO, the latest perfume created by the nose Jerome Epinette which has as its backdrop one of the most fascinating cities in history. With oars, millennia ago, the Phoenicians arrived in Sicily and founded the center of an ancient market. During the Roman Golden Age, the port acquired palaces and glittering mosaics. Ostrogoths, Vandals and Byzantines yes alternawent through destruction and reconstruction. Moors and Berbers brought irrigation and cultivation of new fruits such as bergamot and orange. The Norman kings wrested the island from the East. The thousand Garibaldians dressed in red rode on these lands and Italy was born.
The signs of ancient civilizations are intertwined with the history of this luxuriant land of myths and perfumes. Ben Gorham, creator of BYREDO, has enclosed its essence in the olfactory pyramid of Palermo which opens with bigarade and Sicilian bergamot. The heart is composed of fresh musk and rose absolute on a base of white musk and ambrette seed.
“Carthage went through a golden age with Rome. It was still the "granary of Rome" until 445, ie with the beginning of the Barbarian and then Arab invasions. Moors and Berbers brought irrigation as well as the cultivation of new fruits such as bergamot and orange. Towards the year 1000 the Normans restored the Christian cult. Centuries of wars, of dominations, the Bourbons, the passage of Garibaldi with his thousand red jackets, in the air of Sicily, in the air of Palermo, in the culture of Palermo there is the sign of all this…. “
Olfactory family: citrus
Olfactory pyramid
Head: Mandarin, Sicilian bergamot
Heart: Fresh musk and rose absolute
Background: a base of white musk and amber.
Our recommendations: So sparkling that in the height of summer it refreshes even the hottest ones. The head gives the impression that grapefruit essential oil has been sprayed.
When: Everlasting.
For: him and her
Persistence: High
Sillage : Balanced
opportunity: An evening walk on the beach