Maria Candida Gentile

Maria Candida Gentile's latest creation - Anime Sante - is an aromatic wonder, inspired by - and dedicated to - one's hopes, faiths and prayers. Benzoin gives the fragrance a lasting sweet essence,...

Barry Lyndon was inspired by the novel of the same name, written by W. M. Thackeray in the 19th century of an Irish rogue born to a poor but genteel family who rose to the heights of European society...

1868 was the year the Folies Bergere opened its doors in Paris and the rest is history. From Josephine Baker to Gypsy Rose Lee, the showgirls were dancers who titillated their audience in provocative...

In Rome the door of Vittorio Piazza is one of the entrances of the Palombara Villa, where the Marquis Massimiliano conducted clandestine meetings during the Middle Ages dedicated to alchemy. On the...

"One late afternoon, while sitting at my desk writing my perfume formulae, I had a kind of vision: It merged the scent of the elephant’s image with a large field of intensely-colored roses,...

Exultat is inspired from the fragrance that the Italian families used to give during the wedding ceremonies. The white linen prepared for the ceremonies are purified with ash and lavender. Maria...

Gentile is modern take on a men’s fougere and also the surname of the perfumer. Translated from the Italian it means “gentle”. This uplifting and well-rounded fragrance, with its...

Pianist and composer, Gershwin produced an astonishing and immensely rich body of work, including Jazz, 33 classical operas, seven movie soundtracks and more than 700 songs. His work inspired Louis...

Inspired by visits to the Giardini Botanici Hanbury in Ventimiglia Imperia, Italy, a city located on the Northern Sea of Italy. Lady Dorothy Hanbury, entertained many notables of her day including...

Maria Candida Gentile's collection of three new perfumes - Leuco, Kitrea and Syconium - takes its name from Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the...

Maria Candida Gentile created a fragrant homage to the famous blues singer Billie Holiday nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and musical partner Lester Young. Legend has it that one day before a...

Maria Candida created Lankaran Forest during her journey into Lankaran Park, near the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. Lankaran Park is a magic and mystical place, which so...