Acqua Di Baviera
Bavarian perfumery with an Italian accent.
Acqua di Baviera was founded in 2016 in Grünwald, Bavaria, and positions itself around the two-thousand-year cultural and commercial relationship between Bavaria and northern Italy — a bond shaped by the Alpine trade routes that connected Munich to Venice, and by the aesthetic sensibilities that German and Italian artisans have exchanged across centuries. The brand calls Bavaria Italy's northernmost city, a provocation that frames its fragrance identity: Italian beauty and finesse expressed through Bavarian restraint and material seriousness. The debut collection launched with five premium fragrances — Monaco, Nero, Prato, Monte, and Lago — each referencing Bavarian and Italian landscapes without leaning into either country's most obvious tourist codes. The compositions are composed with care: the brand was shortlisted for the DUFTSTARS, Germany's most prominent perfumery award, in 2018, and recognised as a finalist at the Pure Beauty Global Awards in Dubai in 2019 in both niche and premium categories. For the niche consumer who finds northern European perfumery too cool and Italian perfumery too obviously sun-drenched, Acqua di Baviera offers a precise middle altitude: the clean, resinous clarity of Alpine air with the floral and woody warmth of the Italian peninsula.
