Maria Candida Gentile

Maria Candida Gentile

“The best fragrances are able to induce deep emotions; they are authentic. We all grew up with Nature, for thousands of years we develop our instinct and emotions based on what we saw, touched, heard and smelled.” - Maria Candida Gentile

Maria Candida Gentile studied in Grasse in France under the guidance of master perfumer Carol André and is the only Italian and one of the few women who have earned the esteemed title of Maître Parfumeur. Signora Gentile creates fragrances that are created from the finest raw materials with a high percentage (between 80 and 98 percent) of essential oils and absolues. Each evokes a special moment, place, a work of music or cinema. Internationally acclaimed Fragrance expert and biophysicist, Luca Turin exclaims that Maria Candida Gentile’s fragrances are “rich, warm, versi-colored, joyful compositions that make you smile with pleasure..."

The fragrances are inspired by numerous trips Maria Candida Gentile makes all over the world in search of purest ingredients. Maria Candida passionately brings back to life a thousand years of French and Italian perfumery yet are sophisticated and contemporary and in harmony with nature.

  • Yazemeenah

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Yazemeenah

    Yazemeenah is an olfactive collaboration with model and photographer Yazemeenah Rossi, who started her career in France. Yazemeenah's videos and photos have inspired poems about spirituality, shedding an important light on the world of holistic …

    $7.00 - $200.00
  • Lankaran Forest

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Lankaran Forest

    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 fascinated Alexander the Great that he declared it be.…

    $7.00 - $200.00
  • Elephant & Roses

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Elephant & Roses

    "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, almost fuchsia. The elephants were running and trampli…

    $6.00 - $200.00
  • Leucò

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Leucò

    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 Bumblebee. In the opera for which Rimsky-Korsakov...…

    $7.00 - $200.00
  • hanbury perfume by maria candida gentile

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Hanbury

    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 Winston Churchill who loved to come every year in spr…

    $7.00 - $200.00
  • Luberon parfum extrait

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Luberon

    The color, the texture, and the scent of a lavender field capture for many the essence of Provence. Maria Candida Gentile, is the only Italian Maitre Parfumeur whom studied for three years in Grasse, located not far from Le Luberon .This aromatic per…

    $7.00 - $230.00
  • Gentile parfum extrait

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Gentile

    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 surprising floral and herb essences was created by Ma…

    $7.00 - $230.00
  • Lady Day parfum extrait

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Lady Day

    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 performance she burned her hair with a curling iron and f…

    $7.00 - $230.00
  • barry lyndon perfume

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Barry Lyndon

    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. He traveled all over Europe in this picturesque a…

    $7.00 - $200.00
  • Cinabre perfume by Maria Candida Gentile

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Cinabre

    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 door one can still read “the seed from which w…

    $7.00 - $200.00
  • Exultat

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Exultat

    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 Candida Gentile visited the San Lorenzo church in Rome,…

    $7.00 - $200.00
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    Calisson

    Karaz Paris

    Calisson

    Let yourself be seduced by Calisson, a gourmet fragrance inspired by Provence. Bergamot and sugar blend with the sweetness of milk from the very first seconds. At the heart, orange blossom radiates...

    $63.00
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    Vanille Cream

    Karaz Paris

    Vanille Cream

    Succumb to the irresistible sweetness of Vanille Crème, a gourmand fragrance that evokes the richness and tenderness of homemade custard. Upon opening, a note of bergamot and cream takes hold,...

    $5.00 - $63.00
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    French Macaron

    Karaz Paris

    French Macaron

    Succumb to the indulgence of French Macaron, a sweet and refined fragrance that captures the essence of French pastry. The opening notes of warm milk and almond offer a comforting sensation, like a...

    $5.00 - $63.00
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    A Little Secret

    Imaginary Authors

    A Little Secret

    Cleo Gordon doesn’t belong but she sees no way out. She’s too beautiful for the small mountain town where she’s spent her whole life, too educated to relate to the locals, and too curious for her own...

    $5.00 - $115.00
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    First Peach Of The Season

    Imaginary Authors

    First Peach Of The Season

    It’s not that literature student Agnes Souci is a prude, it’s just that she hasn’t had an opportunity to open up in the bedroom—or anywhere else for that matter. She meets the affable and patient...

    $5.00 - $115.00
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    With Angels And Archangels

    Kerosene

    With Angels And Archangels

    It's you and the Divine together sharing a holy space. A plume of incense clouds the room filled with old wooden furniture and flowers. Wings flutter abov

    $7.00 - $164.00
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    Vanilified

    Kerosene

    Vanilified

    You enter an ice cream shop. You order a triple scoop vanilla cone with chocolate toppings. You wish you could smell like the ice cream you are eating. Well, now you can! NOTES: Vanilla, Vanilla...

    $7.00 - $164.00
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    Elephant Sanctuary Edition

    Zoologist

    Elephant Sanctuary Edition

    A white shroud of mist evaporates in the amber rays of the morning sun, parting to unveil a canvas painted with brilliant colour. In the peaceful haven, a rustle of leaves whispers softly. Massive...

    $7.00 - $240.00
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    Koala Joey Edition- Extrait de Parfum

    Zoologist

    Koala Joey Edition- Extrait de Parfum

    With boundless curiosity, a joey koala emerges from the warm embrace of her mother’s pouch, kissed by the golden glow of the Australian sun. The air hums with the crisp, sweet aroma of eucalyptus,...

    $7.00 - $200.00
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    Lovebird- Extrait de Parfum

    Zoologist

    Lovebird- Extrait de Parfum

    In the branches of a sprawling thorn tree, a boisterous flock of lovebirds gathers, undeterred by the African savanna’s scorching heat. Cheerful chatter fills the air as they flit and weave,...

    $7.00 - $200.00
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    Olm - Extrait de Parfum

    Zoologist

    Olm - Extrait de Parfum

    Over millions of years, persistent rainwater gnaws at porous limestone, carving out karsts deep within the earth. Carried in droplets, sediment grows upon itself, forming misshapen statues. The...

    $7.00 - $200.00