Tiziana Terenzi
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Juice-stained pear flesh dominates the first spray, its wetness almost tangible, whilst Bulgarian rose unfurls beneath with that characteristic geranium-like greenness. Bergamot and orange create a sparkling halo around the fruit, and hawthorn adds an unexpected almond-marzipan dryness that stops everything becoming too syrupy.
The florals take command as ylang ylang's banana-cream thickness melds with jasmine's white-petal intensity, both grounded by patchouli's dark chocolate earthiness. Ambergris introduces a saline warmth that makes the composition smell like it's radiating from heated skin, whilst the fruit recedes to a vague, candied memory hovering at the edges.
Oud emerges as smoky resin rather than barn funk, weaving through vetiver's rootsy bitterness and mahogany's dry woody tone. Musk cocoons everything in a soft, slightly vanillic warmth, with ghostly traces of rose and pear still perceptible if you press your nose directly to skin—intimate, persistent, quietly animalic.
Telea announces itself as a study in Italian hedonism, where the succulence of Coscia pear meets the pink-green sophistication of Bulgarian rose in an opening that feels both opulent and surprisingly transparent. Paolo Terenzi orchestrates this as a fruit-forward floriental that never tips into confectionery, thanks to the grounding presence of hawthorn's almond-like astringency cutting through the sweetness. The bergamot and orange add citric brightness without veering into cologne territory, whilst the rose—full-petaled and slightly powdery—acts as the gravitational centre around which everything else orbits.
As the composition unfolds, the ylang ylang brings its characteristic banana-custard creaminess, threading through jasmine's indolic richness in a way that feels unabashedly sensual. The ambergris lends a skin-warmed salinity that prevents the florals from becoming too pretty, whilst patchouli adds an earthy, slightly chocolate-tinged darkness. By the base, Cambodian oud emerges not as medicinal barnyard but as resinous wood smoke, intertwining with mahogany's dry, pencil-shaving quality and vetiver's rootsy greenness. The musk softens everything into a second-skin warmth that hovers close.
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