AQUAFLOR MAGAZINE

The Violet: A Flower That Traverses Centuries

There is something profoundly evocative about the violet, its quiet, demure presence speaks volumes. Growing low to the ground, it thrives close to...

The persistence of perfume on the skin

Perfume and leather: the Florentine tradition in Santa Croce

During the Middle Ages, a walk along the river Arno, meant following the unmistakable scent of leather, from Florence all the way to Pisa. The area...

The Journey of Christmas Fragrance: From Nature to Our Homes

Each year a quiet journey unfolds in the most delicate space of our senses: a slow migration of scent from the outdoors into our homes,&nbs...

Behind the Scenes of the New Fragrance 1919

From the Polimoda students’ project to the speakeasy evening: how a perfume is born to tell the story of an era. Every fragrance holds a ...

Aquaflor hosts the exhibition Wunderkammer

The Aquaflor fragrances take shape in the works of Polina Stepanova and the students of Polimoda

Autumn Trend 2023: grapes notes

Autumn fruit par excellence, grapes have been cultivated and harvested for millennia. Vitis Vinifera is native to the Caspian Sea and from here it ...

Trending notes: sandalwood

A precious wood known and used for thousands of years, appreciated for its aromatic properties that have made it one of the most important base not...

Autumn scent: osmanthus home fragrances

A tiny yellow flower that blooms in autumn, whose fresh and inebriating scent is among the most popular in perfumery. Osmanthus, also known as swee...

Autumn 2023 special: geranium perfumes

Native to southern Africa, geranium is a plant belonging to the geraniaceae family, commonly used as an ornamental. Yet, its fame in the West is re...

Home fragrances autumnal trend: grapefruit

The only citrus fruit that originated in America rather than Asia, grapefruit is a natural hybrid descended from citrus fruits brought by Europeans...

Visualizing a fragrance: what is the olfactory pyramid?

Choosing a personal fragrance is never an easy task: olfactory compositions, especially those created in artistic perfumery, are a succession of mu...