Il Giardino Delle Delizie
The representation of human vices.
The second fragrance brings us to "the Garden of earthly delights" by Hieronymus Bosh , exhibited at El Prado museum in Madrid. This triptych is considered a masterpiece of surrealism for its complex symbolism: humanity is represented, according to the Christian doctrine of the Middle Ages, with all its vices and its perversions in a satirical representation of men’s sins.
On the external panels, visible only when the Triptych is closed, in the upper part God appears in the act of creation: the world is represented like a transparent sphere. Once opened it reveals its great beauty.
Paradiso Perduto’s fragrance took inspiration from the central panel , where pleasures and love are represented: exotic animals symbolizing lust, a crowd of nude figures some of them in erotic abandon, others in a chrysalis stage are fed by birds that carry cherries and strawberries in their beaks, considered fruits with aphrodisiac properties. In the third panel the scene turns into a demonic concert: musical instruments become means to inflict suffering and pain. An olfactory representation of the contrasts present in the triptych.
The Perfumer
I imagined a dreamy and bizarre scent which convey eccentricity,lust and freedom. I wanted to give power to the fruity notes as a symbol of exoticism and aphrodisiac temptation. I wanted to capture the symbolism of this artwork. an olfactive illusion of the surreal.
Christian Provenzano
HEAD: Rosewood, davana, saffron, plum, almond milk
HEART: Tuberose, sambac jasmine, osmanthus, rose, narcisus, immortelle
BASE: Benzoin, myrrh, styrax, orris fusion, kashmir fusion, suede, vetiver, amber , musk
Paradiso Perduto
Paradiso Perduto (lost paradise) is a surrealistic olfactive journey:
three dreamlike destinations where everyday reality joins the world of fantasy and the unconscious, evoking childhood memories that you can always keep with you, protecting the enchanted and visionary spirit of the child in us.
