Under My Skin - extrait de parfum

Under my Skin is a leathery, slightly animalic, powdery perfume, a velvety and elegant take by Francesca Bianchi.

Explained by Francesca Bianchi herself:
“Under My Skin is my interpretation of the animalic theme. So after adding animalic materials going into the heavy or sweet or stable-like direction, I had to eliminate them little by little, and arrive to this solution which suits me the best: a leathery, slightly animalic, powdery one, a velvety and elegant take. It goes along with my personality and my style and when I finally realized that this was my way, I was finally happy and relieved.

The name comes from a conversation with an artist and fragrance lover, who said it is as if the scent emanates from the skin. This concept of ‘Under My Skin’ reinforced my path of going into something more subtly ’human’ than overtly ‘animal’. The core of the scent is a combination of animalic and leathery notes tamed by iris butter (at 15% irone!). After working on this core, I worked on the base notes, made up by Tolu Balsam, Peru Balsam, Tonka Bean and several kind of woods.”

Rose, Tonka beans, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Black pepper, Oakmoss, Carnation, Ambergris, Castoreum, Peru Balsam, Grapefruit, Orris, Lavender, Leather, Musk

Francesca Bianchi's perfumes are sensual, intimate and provocative. "Made by Italian hands", a beautiful statement to describe this brand of Amsterdam-based and independent perfumer Francesca Bianchi. The Italian perfumer Francesca Bianchi started with her first creations in 2016. Luca Turin rated her Angel's Dust with 4 stars! At the age of 28, her fascination for essential oils started. This grew out to be a true passion which she converted into creating perfumes. We enjoy working together with this extremely passionate and crafty perfumer. With great pleasure we co-created Cuir Soyeux, a limited edition creation by Francesca, to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.