Maria Candida Gentile

Viridarium

Viridarium by Maria Candida Gentile is a Aromatic Green fragrance for women and men. Viridarium was launched in 2023. The nose behind this fragrance is Maria Candida Gentile. Top notes are Green Accord, Clary Sage, Bergamot and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Herbal Notes, Chamomile, Beeswax, Poppy, Dates and Carnation; base notes are Cypress, Frankincense, Fir, Exotic Woods and Elm. Viridarium was the name given to the gardens of patrician villas in Ancient Rome, inspired by the gardeners’ creative urge to experiment in that period. Unusual juxtapositions from worlds apart such as silver fir and the Date palm nestle close to shrubs, trees and flowers.The Viridarium of Livia from 1 B.C., the stunningly preserved alfresco in the National Roman Museum, provided the inspiration for Maria Candida’s latest olfactory creation. A contemplation of the work led to the compilation of a list with all its botanical elements and which Maria Candida then used to create her eponymous homage to the original, amalgamating seemingly disparate olfactory notes and culminating in a liminal space suspended between our ancestral past and her divergent current style.