Once Upon a Time

Flour dust floats in warm kitchen light, hands busy and laughing, while a peel of tangerine twists and releases its bright oil into the air.

Outside, sugar clings to fingertips at a small fair, where spun candy and candied almonds melt into soft sweetness. This world lingers, but it deepens—creamy vanilla folds into skin, touched by a soft animal warmth and a flicker of pink pepper that keeps it from drifting too far into innocence. What begins as playful and tender slowly settles into something closer, more intimate, like memories kept for oneself.

Notes: Mandarin, Pink Pepper, Musk, Castoreum, Vanilla, Candied Almonds, Candy Cotton

Francesca Bianchi Perfumes is the self-titled house of perfumer and founder Francesca Bianchi, an Italian creator who develops her emotional, sensual and intimate fragrances in her Amsterdam studio. Her extraits are conceived as perfume as art, composed with a strong focus on high-quality raw materials and a long, meticulous creative process for each formula, inviting wearers into a deeply personal and expressive olfactory world.

• Francesca Bianchi