Roberto Cavalli
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The citrus trinity hits with real conviction—oily bergamot skin meeting mandarin's sweeter flesh, all of it bracing and almost sharp enough to make you squint. Within minutes, pink pepper begins its work, adding a fizzing quality that makes the citrus feel alive rather than merely fresh, whilst the first whispers of pine resin lurk underneath like a promise.
Jasmine emerges fully formed, its creamy indoles spreading across the still-present citrus like a rich stain. The pine and cypress start to assert themselves properly now, creating an intriguing tension between the jasmine's soft opulence and the conifers' dry, almost austere greenness—it's simultaneously warm and cool, yielding and structured.
The florals retreat to a gauzy memory whilst the woody elements take dominance, leaving you with a skin scent of sun-warmed cypress bark, faint peppery heat, and just enough jasmine ghost to keep it from going entirely austere. It's quiet, close, and unexpectedly contemplative.
Paradiso announces itself with the kind of luminous, sun-drenched citrus that immediately conjures Italian coastline rather than generic freshness. The mandarin and bergamot aren't simply bright—they're rendered almost creamy by their intensity, whilst retaining that essential Mediterranean sharpness that catches in the throat. Louise Turner has cleverly positioned a singular jasmine note at the heart, and it's this restraint that makes the composition interesting; rather than a full white floral bouquet, you get jasmine's indolic richness tempered by the persistent citrus above and the resinous green of stone pine below. That pine element is what elevates this beyond typical summer florals—it brings a woody, slightly medicinal quality that feels more Riviera garden than beach resort. The cypress adds a pencil-shaving dryness, whilst pink pepper provides gentle heat rather than aggression. This is for someone who finds most citrus florals too sweet or too safe, who wants their sunshine cut with something more architectural. It's the scent of white linen against warm stone, of jasmine vines climbing through umbrella pines, of that particular quality of light when the Mediterranean sun is high but a breeze carries the scent of resin from the hills. Wear it when you want to feel edited rather than opulent, when you're after elegance with an edge of the wild.
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