ÇaFleureBon Saturday Evening Classics: Masque Milano L’Attesa Overview (Luca Maffei) 2016 – The haunting

Rebecca film nonetheless and Masque Milano L’Atessa drawing, collage by Nicoleta

 “Final evening I dreamt I went to Manderley once more.”- Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

The primary time I went in, realizing will probably be a journey on the iris carousel, I used to be all defensive and tensed, as iris – though so lovely and multifaceted – had this “outdated world”- “outdated cash” kind of magnificence that always leaves me feeling like a debutante on the ball, nervously laughing, attempting to slot in.

The grand staircase at Manderley, Rebecca film nonetheless 1940

Oh, however how beautiful is that this ball we’re invited to! L’Atessa rolls the opening credit and we go the iron gate main into the drive. A gust of wind ruffles the bushes, swooshing up a lemony vegetal contemporary odor with a bit bitter, a bit salty after-taste, similar to this autumn air with the promise of the ocean close by. We enter the majestic hallway, passing the massive flower preparations that body the doorway, smiling to the opposite company which are gathered in small circles, engaged within the ritual of declaring the apparent unhealthy climate and the newest unique holidays they went on. You go them by, forsaking the international candy – flowery odor of their bronzed pores and skin and unnerving sound of smile-uncovered-teeth hitting the champagne glasses.

 Joan Fontaine, Rebecca film (directed by Alfred Hitchcock) 1940

You caress along with your fingertips the outdated, wood rail staircase, as you climb. Time has carved texture into the small crevices within the wooden, in a long-forgotten-braille language, unveiling the tales of all of the arms which have touched it, climbing up and down, additional down into time. Arriving within the west wing, you strategy the door of the principle bed room, the one overlooking the ocean and also you catch your breath for a second, in preparation. With eyes closed, you keep within the doorway and picture her, in all of the painstakingly detailed filigree of feelings. The sound of the comb, passing by her lengthy black hair, the bitter cloud of powder, dusted on her ivory shoulders, her fingers, free of the leather-based using gloves, nervously looking out within the drawer for that good shade of purple lipstick, to complete up her look.

“If solely there might be an invention that bottled up a reminiscence, like scent. And it by no means light, and it by no means acquired stale. After which, when one needed it, the bottle might be uncorked, and it might be like residing the second over again.” Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca e-book excerpt

Masque Milano L’Attesa was the fragrance that lastly made me perceive and love iris, with all of the emotional baggage, nostalgia, ghosts, and fake reminiscences it drags alongside.

Nonetheless from Hitchcock Rebecca

I went in, the primary time, fearing a thin-lipped-poised and icy chilly Mrs. Danvers and acquired seduced by a fragrance based mostly round a flower I can safely say “I’m dying over” (repeatedly and once more, all 9 lives included).

*Additionally learn The Silver Fox’s in-depth evaluation and discover out extra about three sides of iris utilized in Masque Milano L’Attesa, an Italian iris absolute, Italian iris root butter and French iris root butter: right here

**For tales and secrets and techniques “behind the bottle” and  insights into Masque Milano’s  Artistic Administrators Alessandro Brun and  Riccardo Tadeschi learn extra right here.

Masque Milano L’Atessa and William Curtis illustration collage by Nicoleta

Masque Milano L’Attesa was created in 2016, composed by Luca Maffei.

Head Notes: Italian Bergamot, Moroccan Neroli, Champagne accord;Coronary heart Notes: Italian Iris abs., Italian Iris Root Butter, French Iris Root Butter, Tuberose abs., Ylang Ylang Madagascar; Base Notes: Sandalwood Mysore, Oakmoss, Leather-based accord

Nicoleta Tomsa, Editor

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