#marine notes

Angeli Di Firenze (eau de cologne) Firenze 1221 Edition Santa Maria Novella

Soft floral

Angeli di Firenze tells you an emotional story, inspired by 800 years of tradition, just waiting to become your story.

The fragrance is dedicated to the Mud Angels who flocked to Florence after the flood, to save the heart and history of the city.

Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella’s Angeli di Firenze fragrance is a bouquet of sweet, fruity notes. It was created in 2006 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Florence flood. It is dedicated to the Mud Angels, youth from all over the world who flocked to Florence after the devastating flood of November 4, 1966 to save the heart and history of the city.

The fragrance opens with juicy notes of peach combined with the brilliance of citrus fruits. In the middle, marine notes are sweetened with black currant and illuminated by jasmine. On the bottom note, musk and sandalwood are accompanied by an elegant vanilla note.

Bergamotto Di Positano (eau de parfum) Floris

Citrus

A unisex scent that evokes the warmth of a Mediterranean sea breeze, sunshine and clear shimmering water.

Fresh bergamot entwined with mandarin and warm marine notes brings instant refreshment. The heart is a vivacious combination of orange blossom with a hint of vanilla which lends a smooth character and creaminess to complement the initial sparkle. Base notes of wood, amber, ambrette and ginger provide the fragrance with a mellow warmth, reminiscent of a Mediterranean evening.

The faint sensation of forgotten summer hideaways that enflame forgotten memories, Bergamotto di Positano is a homage to Charles Joseph Pagliano, who in the early 19th century left the enclave of the small fishing village on the Amalfi coast to travel to England and marry his sweetheart Mary Floris. Mary was a key member of the Floris family who lived and worked for many years for the family business at 89 Jermyn Street. The breath-taking spectacle of the Amalfi coast brings you close to the real, tangible and intense soul of the Mediterranean. It is this beauty that Charles left behind to make his fortune. Marrying into the Floris family, he and Mary took up ownership of the Sabloniere Hotel in Leicester Square and for over 3 decades in the early 1800s held court in the heart of London as the first point of call and home for Italian visitors to these fair shores. Charles never returned to Positano remaining in London, but his portrait along with Mary’s still sits inside the mahogany cabinets of 89 Jermyn Street. We were captured as to what he thought of home, and if he ever yearned for the Mediterranean Sea. In the 1950s, John Steinbeck wrote of Positano, ‘"Positano bites deep. It is a dream place that isn’t quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone.” We think this may have been true for Charles.

Notting Hill Hugh Parsons

Soft floral

Notting Hill is a city corner that never sleeps, full of life, colors and madness. The fragrance Notting Hill is inspired by this district of London. A fresh, intriguing and vital nuance that expresses energy, joy and a hint of madness.

marsh dwellers dwell in and around marshes like birds, small fish, and marsh grass

SAV communities (stands for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation) are very important and include crabs, ducks, and eelgrass

plankton community includes zooplankton, phytoplankton, and bacteria

benthic community includes oysters, clams, barnacles, and mud crabs (i think)

nekton community includes the swimmers of an estuary

estuaries are bodies of water where river(s) and sea collide, and inhabits brackish water

anadromous fish are born in fresh water and live in the sea but go back to freshwater to mate and have kids

Aoud Forest (eau de parfum) Montale

Woody amber

This Aoud invents a forest with Marine notes, on a base of White Musk and Ambergris, pounds between the freshness of Lemon, Grapefruit, Rosemary and the richness of Rose and Ginger.