Francesca Bianchi Unspoken Musk Extrait de Parfum

Fragrance Family:
Soft Floral

Notes:
Bergamot, Immortelle, Magnolia, Iris Butter, Musk, Castoreum, Civet, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cypriol, Tonka Bean, Vanilla

Concentration:
Extrait de Parfum

Occasion:
An intimate musk, a personal bubble of scent. Unspoken Musk wears close and blooms on the skin of the wearer. 

Francesca’s Inspiration:
“Perhaps with boldness, I wanted to venture into a territory even more dangerous than the pure expression of personal instance translated into perfume, i.e. offering my own interpretation of the “raw” materials – the building blocks of a perfume composition as well as the crucial pillars of the history of perfumery. The result of this adventure will certainly be ephemeral, since my positions and ideas on certain raw materials are multiple and changeable over time. These interpretations are certainly not to be considered a realistic reconstruction, but the result of a transitory artistic vision. In the myriad of possible meanings, with Unspoken Musk I wanted to define what musk evokes in me.

I didn’t look for the realistic rendering of natural musk, which is where the inspiration comes from. Moreover, if natural musks cannot be used in perfumery, the varieties of the synthetic ones embrace the most disparate olfactory categories. From “clean” musks in the “laundry-fresh” direction (not arousing any artistic imagination in me, however pleasant in its mere functional use) to the “dirty” ones that reached some interesting interpretative excesses, these two extremes define a very broad “musk map”, where anything is possible.

Unspoken Musk is the fruit of my fantasy: despite being undoubtedly inspired by the natural musk, it is enriched by the stratification of memories, suggestions and readings on this mythical ingredient, which has inebriated human beings for centuries. And while developing this fantasy, its symbolic character was strengthened in my mind: Humanity, gentleness, intensity, passion.”

Made in Italy

Unspoken Musk starts deep within a fantasy: a perfumer’s joyful reverie of musk notes, but also musk ideas, impressions, and memories. It is what Francesca Bianchi imagines musk to be: a synthesis truly greater than the sum of its parts, but also more than nature alone. Unspoken Musk opens in a cacophonous state, rapidly settling to become a warm glow both human and animal. The musk here is a singular albeit complex accord: a range of textures from the plush to the furry, skin-like to angelic - reiterating that this is a construction from many different things, all hanging together exquisitely. It is possible to detect the sweet earthy warmth of tonka bean, tilted with honey-like immortelle and then smudged with iris. All of this is set against the incomparable depth animal musks, finessed with patchouli, cypriol, and sandalwood. This is a perfume to succumb to, as it begins to become indistinguishable from the wearer.