New from Antonio Alessandria: Fleurs et Flammes (2017)
Antonio Alessandria 's last work, as the name suggest (Fleurs et Flammes means Flowers and Flames), is a fireworks of flowers , that bloom women's skin, but I have the impression they were made up to homage male skin. This flower bouquet, though sumptuous and rich, is no less sober, elegant, restrained , and on male skin really gives the best of itself. As if Antonio was trying to manage his compositional exuberance, and in doing so, he was reaching a higher level of abstraction . That said, Fleurs et Flammes would look like a conceptual and "difficult" perfume, but it is not: all Antonio's perfumes are characterized by rich and sophisticated notes, satisfactory textures, almost tactile, and this makes no difference. However... However I found a search for linearity, for a greater dryness, characterizing the chypre family . Bergamot, lemon, rose, lily, white flowers, woods, musk notes make up one of the few real modern chypre : lights and shadows, fireworks