Aulentissima

Aulentissima is a small Italian artistic perfumery whose first releases appeared in 2017, with all compositions to date signed by perfumer Giovanni Festa. The name and ethos draw on the Notandissimi Secreti de l'Arte Profvmatoria, a sixteenth-century perfumer's manual, and the house frames each scent as a contemporary reading of that older Mediterranean tradition. Festa's catalogue includes pieces tied to specific Italian places and emotional registers — Naples in summer, the rumble of a stage at curtain-up — built around resins, citrus, aromatic herbs and animalic accents. The bottles are restrained and the distribution narrow, mostly through dedicated niche retailers in Europe and a handful abroad. Aulentissima suits wearers who like single-perfumer houses with a literary streak and a clear regional identity, and who don't need much branding around the juice.