The Code of Emotion

Description of the perfume Even before I launched my first fragrances, I was obsessed with the idea of a "machine that generates feelings." That is what drives me during the creative process: creating perfumes with a specific purpose of igniting feelings. Like a mechanic improving the performance of a powerful engine, I carefully place each breath to evoke specific emotions — whether the intensity of lovers' passion, the scent of leather memories, or a feeling of nostalgia for an imaginary place, etc. In this particular creativity, I focused on delving into the mechanism of emotional response to my means of expression, which is perfume making. How can I achieve this? Are there methods that can be repeated? And can they evoke the same feelings in different people? I experimented in different directions, focusing on a style I used many times before, but this time with greater focus and a deeper goal. The goal was to decode a certain feeling, and to break down the inputs that evoke it — that is, writing the "code of emotion." In this experiment, I started with the classic fougère composition — an aromatic green woody tone, familiar and well-known. Moreover, this is a tone I only recently began to connect with emotionally. But I wanted to go beyond it, challenging its traditional boundaries by offering an unexpected touch: a lively tropical fruit note, with delicious and tasty mango at its heart. This unusual note disrupts the harmony of the usual fougère, transforming it into something familiar and surprising at the same time. The result is a scent that makes you feel distinguished, yet refreshingly different, requiring a moment to notice the familiar fougère signature beneath the authentic fruity side. For me, this perfume evokes a joyful feeling of surprise — a contradiction between the comforting familiarity of fougère and the cheerful brightness of tropical fruits. It makes you feel pampered and lively, deep but not heavy, tempting without slipping into the world of gourmets. Additionally, I set a secondary challenge for myself: avoiding the use of lily of the valley or similar scents and keeping animalic notes to a minimum, limited to only a few types of clean musk. Ingredients: Top notes: bergamot and pink pepper; Heart notes: tropical fruits, lavender, and cypress; Base notes: cedarwood, vetiver, oakmoss, and sandalwood. Concentration: extrait de parfum Nose: Francesca Bianchi Country: Italy