Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli founded his eponymous fashion house in Florence in 1970, after early experiments printing patterns directly onto leather. The aesthetic — animal prints, baroque flourishes, denim treated like couture — translated into fragrance through a series of licensing deals, first with L'Oréal in the 2000s and currently with Coty, who handle perfume production and distribution worldwide. The scent line leans into the brand's sensual, slightly theatrical signature: ambers, orange flower, vanilla, and woody musks dressed up in heavy gold-toned bottles. Best known are the original Roberto Cavalli Eau de Parfum (2012), Just Cavalli, and the Paradiso line. Following Cavalli's death in 2024, creative direction has passed to Fausto Puglisi, but the fragrance catalogue remains anchored in the maximalist, Mediterranean register the founder set out half a century ago.
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
