Atlantide

Atlantide by Tiziana Terenzi, a unisex niche extrait de parfum

According to Plato’s account, Atlantis was a naval power located “beyond the pillars of Hercules” and sunk “in a single day and night of misfortune” by Poseidon. For many centuries this legend has fed the imagination of mankind; it represents wonderful and mysterious things now lost, but for us, setting out to discover Atlantis also represents the longest journey and the most fascinating adventure one can undertake: the journey toward our deepest and most submerged self.

Immerse yourself in the most ancestral and animalistic emotions, in the irrational part of our being of which we are not aware, in the place where perfumes live and express themselves in their magical language. The discovery and acceptance of our submerged self is a challenge to be faced in our mature years, when we possess the courage to dive into new experiences to listen fearlessly to the voice of our inner world, to meet our most secret shadows and lights. Do not be afraid, listen to the enchanting song of the sirens because, according to Cicero, this song from the Homeric epic is a promise of knowledge: Odysseus was not drawn by the sweetness of its sound, but by an insatiable desire to learn. Immerse yourself in salt water, listen to your skin, and let your sense of smell guide you to communicate with your deepest, unknown self. You will find the way if you first have the courage to lose yourself. “Make the unconscious conscious, or it will direct your life and you will call it fate” (Carl Gustav Jung).

The fragrance opens with sparkling and persuasive notes; the wonderful bergamot of Calabria, also called green gold, gives this first impression a strong Italian identity, accompanied and enriched by old rose with intense, elegant aromas and the soft, sweet embrace of passion fruit. The heart warms into a sophisticated seduction with the unsettling scent of Narcissus, which heightens the power of the flower of sin with its carnal and intoxicating trail, the unmistakable and hypnotic scent of tuberose. Warm, sun-drenched fruits accompany this conscious vertigo of the senses, sustained and harmonized by a rich base of musk combined with the soft strength of ambergris and the warm sweetness of benzoin.

An experience of the senses that preludes the joy of a sweet surrender to the most mysterious and powerful carnal pleasure: that of our mind. We have enclosed this wonderful fragrance in a symbolic bottle adorned with a sea creature, created using the ancient goldsmith’s technique of granulation which, when caressed, provides a tactile pleasure to the fingertips and can only be achieved by immersing ourselves in salt and water.