Perfumer
maria candida gentile
Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
Credits20 perfumes
Houses2
SignatureAromatic
Catalog · 20
The compositions
Maria Candida Gentile · 2011
Anime Sante
Maria Candida Gentile
Cinabre
Maria Candida Gentile · 2009
Sideris
Sideris opens with a stately procession of resins—frankincense, myrrh, and labdanum—their smoky sweetness tempered by the medicinal edge of saffron.
Maria Candida Gentile · 2009
Exultat
Maria Candida Gentile · 2012
Burlesque
Profumi del Forte · 2008
Vittoria Apuana
Maria Candida Gentile · 2010
Hanbury
Maria Candida Gentile · 2023
Viridarium
Maria Candida Gentile · 2010
Barry Lyndon
Maria Candida Gentile · 2022
Yazemeenah
Maria Candida Gentile · 2009
Gershwin
Maria Candida Gentile · 2014
Syconium
Maria Candida Gentile · 2012
Luberon
Lavender opens in full Provençal bloom—purple, herbal, and almost medicinal in its clarity.
Maria Candida Gentile · 2012
Gentile
Basil arrives cool and green, almost medicinal in its clarity—not the sweet Italian basil of pesto, but something sharper, more herbaceous.
Maria Candida Gentile · 2012
Lady Day
Maria Candida Gentile · 2014
Leuco
Profumi del Forte · 2008
Tirrenico
Maria Candida Gentile · 2016
Rrose Sèlavy
Maria Candida Gentile · 2014
Kitrea
Maria Candida Gentile · 2015