Notebook

Notebook is an Italian niche project conceived as a working document rather than a finished product, each fragrance a study in isolated materials or novel combinations that the perfumer Paolo Cerizza is actively investigating. The name signals intent: these are not polished commercial releases but recorded experiments, closer to a perfumer's bench notes than to a launched line. Compositions tend toward minimal ingredient lists, high-quality raw materials, and transparency of structure that lets individual notes speak without cosmetic augmentation. The absence of a website or wide retail presence is deliberate — Notebook distributes through select independent retailers who understand and can articulate its context. For fragrance enthusiasts who approach the category through technical curiosity rather than lifestyle aspiration, the house offers an unusually honest window into the compositional process.