when the silhouette of the wild rose is blurred against the light

The citadel of the Alhambra in Granada, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984, is the essence of Al-Andalus. It was the royal residence from the 11^th century from which I imagine, floating in the air, the incandescent power of Oud in their luxurious palaces. A daydream fantasy of Assam Vintage Oud that I have respected in its absolute purity.

A fable born from the antagonism between Oud wood and sea
water. They don’t mix, but are a model of coexistence. Over the
strength and protection of Oud and cedarwood, together with
leather, oak moss and Cistus ladanifer, flows the travellers’ soul
– the protagonist, enveloped in rose and jasmine, floating like
amber over the elemental liquid of the ocean in order to adapt
itself and steer a good course through life’s unexpected events.

This work is an ode to virtuosity, courage and power.
To create it I have journeyed back to the origins of perfume, to when it was created through smoke, from
the Latin “per fumum”. It’s the powerful magic created by burning the wood of agar, cedar and fir. A chord enriched with rose petals and seasoned with white jasmine flowers, like in a classic hookah, with the combined flavour of cassis, strawberry and apricot. There is a trace of Spanish leather at the heart of the
perfume, tanned with clove, cinnamon and artemisia so that it settles in the skin to give a pleasurable experience of the nobility of amber, the firmness of oakmoss and the sensuality of musk.

One of the most exciting moments in this new stage of my life
has been discovering that art is a powerful source of
inspiration for producing olfactory images from an original
perspective. Mariposa is the Alexander Calder mobile
sculpture that greets you in Stanley Marcus extraordinary
collection in his fashion house. Mariposa, which floats in the
air, has been my inspiration in producing an allegory of
exclusivity, a value that only art can faithfully represent.
Mariposa, the legend:
From the start, Mariposa expresses a happy and striking
attitude with a colorful pattern punctuated by sparkling
notes of yuzu, grapefruit and orange which give it its magic
energy. Always resplendent with a velvety light, of peach,
apricot and raspberry which ensures that its always the
centre of attention and of everyones gaze.
With a libidinous and floral fullness, it poses among exuberant
petals of tuberose and osmanthus, with the elegance of rose
and jasmine and the romance of lily of the valley and
gardenia, the passion of carnation sublimating the nectar of
its pheromonic fragrances to magnify the myth of seduction.
Displaying its graceful majesty, enveloped in noble amber, in
a pure and transparent milieu, dominated by a sea breeze of
fruity ozone ions. But it is in its balanced calm, in the shade
of a leafy fig tree between cedar and sandalwood, when, in
its depths, it deploys definitively its true free spirit and
strength rooted in the incomparable elegance of iris.
Pure Mariposa is my way of making elegance and balance
memorable. It’s also my way of interpreting, in a pure state,
The value of exclusivity: a feeling of uniqueness through art.

My caprice.
One of the nicest things we can enjoy in Spain in March, is the flowering of over a million cherry trees on the valle del Jerte, painting a sea of white flowers of sublime scent that will turn into the fruit of desire: cherries. Impossible to resist the temptation to interpret it, impossible to resist the temptation to wrap it in musk.