Byzantine Amber

Inspiration
Byzantine Amber is the third scent, after Libertine Neroli and Unspoken Musk, in the series Francesca Bianchi devotes to the great raw materials of perfumery. The gleaming gold mosaics of Byzantium, such as those of Ravenna, with tesserae worn by time, inspired this theatrical, luminous splendour with a dark side. Gustave Moreau captures the same mood in his painting Salome.

Fragrance Family
Amber, leather and animalic

The Olfactive Composition
Top notes: Bergamot, cinnamon
Heart notes: Geranium
Base notes: Benzoin, labdanum, frankincense, leather, styrax, ambergris

Perfumer
Francesca Bianchi

The Signature of Byzantine Amber
Bergamot and cinnamon open warm and sparkling. Geranium adds a rosy, green glint, after which benzoin, labdanum, incense, leather, styrax and ambergris form a rich, faintly animalic amber.

What our ParfuMaria team thinks of this fragrance
Byzantine Amber is amber as we most like to smell it: gleaming, resinous and with a touch of darkness. The incense smells of an ancient basilica, while the leather and ambergris give it skin and breath. It is warm without turning sweet. We like wearing it in winter, under a dark coat. Anyone who finds amber dull will change their mind here.