
Less than a month ago we saw at Esxence 2016 more and more international visitors, which on one hand is a proof niche perfumery is less and less niche and a wide public nowadays knows and enjoys it. On the other hand this rises a warning about too many launches, staying true to the original spirit of indie perfumery, pursuing original inspirations more than market trends and easy money. More and more this will draw the line dividing true indie perfumery from the grey area of the
I'd love to be commercial, but I can't.
Despite the increasing presence of real (and fake) middle eastern brands, the infinity symbol 8 still crowns Italy as the land of neverending creativity also confirmed by the success overseas of italian perfumers like
Maria Candida Gentile,
Antonio Alessandria,
Cristiano Canali,
Luca Maffei and
Michele Marin. Let's start so with the first part of the
Scent Diary all white, red and green.