OPHELIA - extrait d'amour - 50 ml
50 ml extrait de parfum
Olfactive Family: Green Floral Aquatic
TOP NOTES: aquatic notes, lavender absolute, fennel, rosemary, rosewood,
MIDDLE NOTES: carnation, rose, narcissus, jasmine, orchid, hyacinth, wet brocade
BASE NOTE: immortelle, iris concrete, seaweed absolute, patchouli, sandalwood
DESCRIPTION
OPHELIA is dedicated to the namesake painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais in the collection of Tate Britain, London.
After I graduated at Brera Academy of Fine Arts I decided to move away from Milan to live in London.
With a friend we found a little room in a cozy apartment very close to Tate Britain, so every morning while walking to work I used to stop by and say hello to Ophelia.
I passed by every day. It gave me immense joy, reassuring her, telling her that everything would be okay. Warm her with my gaze.
I would quickly pass the other rooms, the artfully colored walls behind each work, acting as a technicolor prelude to my appointment.
The room with Francis Bacon's works was the monster to fight before reaching my princess. I knew I would have to move on from there, from all the pain, from looking in the mirror without recognizing myself. It was painful every time, but I dealt with it.
I came to Ophelia every day, even if I was late, I would run through Saint James Park, I didn't care.
But I had to go and find my Ophelia, look at her gaze which looked back into space. I was in love with a love that wasn't for me. To love Love.
Love can end real badly, and Ophelia knows it well. I tried to depict it with the same maniacal obstination that Millais put in it, painting a nature full of details, with its flowers, plants, bushes and trees.
I tried to put everything in it, with all my love.