Mandarino Di Sicilia - PERRIS

Head: Capua green mandarin, bitter orange, yellow mandarin, Petitgrain Paraguay
Heart: jasmine absolute, geranium, orange blossom
Base: Cedarwood, Amber, Musk 
 
“Small tangerines shine amid dense green leaves. In the distance is Etna, its white cone of snow. It's as if the landscape has never changed. But the Mandarin’s story is one of chance migration. A song that could have inspired Italian artist Franco Battiato to write a song set between East and West: a Chinese nobleman arrived in Sicily in the early 1800s, settling on the island... » [travel notes]
Mandarin is a complex citrus fruit. In the cycle from flower to unripe fruit and full maturity, its scents change. By recreating it in its entirety while removing any source of interference, we have paid homage to this gift from Sicily.
We would never have succeeded without innovation, without new extraction techniques that worked more closely than ever with tradition. Mandarino Di Sicilia contains three unique fractions of essential oils; the first starting from green mandarin, a delicate and volatile oil that becomes heavier during the second transition and the third essential oil finishes at a yellow mandarin.
The olfactory experience is exhilarating. Like experiencing the four seasons at once: the flower, the green leaf, the skin with its semi-bitter notes and the sweet flesh. The bouquet is completed by jasmine, geranium and amber. The result is a powerful fragrance that transports us to Sicily: on a beautiful sunny day, the sun's rays warm the fruits and release their sweet and intoxicating scent...