Porpora

Scent Profile

Top notes: Saffron, Cardamom, Bergamot

Heart notes: Rose, Jasmine, Incense, Labdanum

Base notes: Oud, Amber, Sandalwood, Musk

Why We Carry This

Porpora is the most distinctly Italian composition in our Luna selection: a rose fragrance that runs toward darkness rather than lightness, the chestnut-myrrh-patchouli base pulling the raspberry-spice opening into deep, resinous territory. Paolo Terenzi's handling of the poppy in the heart is what makes this composition more than the sum of its notes.

Character

Accords: Amber, Warm Spicy, Oud, Floral, Smoky, Woody

Perfumer: Tiziana Terenzi

Launched: 2020

Porpora (deep crimson in Italian) opens with raspberry and rose in a pairing that cinnamon and cloves warm immediately, pulling the composition toward something darker than the fruit-floral opening implies. Bulgarian rose in the heart is deeper and fuller than the opening rose, poppy adding a soporific sweetness alongside incense and patchouli. Chestnut in the base is the unexpected material, dry and slightly nutty, benzoin and myrrh giving the amber warmth a resinous complexity that matches the name's color.