Libertine Neroli

Sunlight filters through ancient stone arches in Rome, where laughter echoes from outdoor cafés along the Tiber.

Breezes carry the bright lift of citrus groves mingled with soft floral air from blooming orange trees, pulling you into afternoons of unhurried strolls past fountains and vine-draped villas. As evening shadows lengthen over cobbled streets, a warm, leathery depth emerges, laced with earthy moss and subtle animalic warmth that clings like a lover's whisper during late-night gatherings. The atmosphere recalls carefree afternoons by the Tiber, a sense of liberated wandering through eternal city streets, and a refined casualness amid sunlit villas.

Top: Bergamot, Petit-Grain
Middle: Neroli, Geranium, Iris
Base: Animalic Accord, Leather, Ladbanum, Benjoin, Oakmoss

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