Bottega Veneta
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The lavender-sage axis hits immediately, crisp and almost medicinal, but the pear and apple soften this austerity with a subtle stone-fruit sweetness. Within moments, you're standing in an herb garden after rain—herbal, green, with just enough brightness to prevent it from feeling heavy.
The floral heart emerges gradually, almost hesitantly, as the green notes refuse to recede entirely. Rose and magnolia add a powdery, slightly antique quality, whilst the freesia injects a faintly green, almost vegetal undertone that keeps everything from sliding into traditional femininity. This is where the fragrance finds its most interesting balance—poised between herbaceous restraint and soft florality.
Iso E Super and musk create a whisper-soft, skin-scent finale that's more felt than smelled. Violet surfaces briefly, adding a cool, slightly dusty finish before the fragrance settles into a subtle, musking green hum that lingers for hours without demanding attention.
Parco Palladiano XV: Salvia Blu is a fragrance that refuses easy categorisation, which is precisely what makes it compelling. Quentin Bisch has constructed something genuinely architectural here—a green fragrance with genuine backbone, where sage and lavender don't merely suggest freshness but actively interrogate it. The apple and pear in the opening aren't bright, juicy fruits; they're more subtle, almost herbal in their greenness, as though you've crushed the skin between your fingers rather than bitten into flesh.
What's most striking is how this composition refuses to soften into conventional floral territory. Yes, there's rose and magnolia in the heart, but they're deliberately restrained, held in check by an insistent green note that keeps everything taut and slightly austere. The freesia adds a whisper of indolic earthiness rather than the typical soapy brightness you'd expect. It's almost as if Bisch was determined to prove that florals could exist within a green framework rather than dominating it.
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