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Cieli di Seta
Black pepper and blueberry is not a pairing you meet often, and it is the whole reason Salvatore Ferragamo Cieli di Seta Eau de Parfum 100ml exists.
Three materials. That is the composition, and it is worth saying plainly rather than dressing up: there is no long development here and nothing hidden in the last hour. The pepper opens it dry and prickly, more aromatic than hot, and it sets a savoury edge that most fruit scents never get near. Blueberry follows, and it is handled tart and slightly jammy rather than candied, with that faintly stalky quality real blueberries have. The two of them together smell unexpectedly elegant.
Musk is the base and it is the only thing holding the pair in place, soft and clean and almost powdery, pushing the fruit close to the skin where it becomes quieter and rounder. It is the sort of base that does not draw attention to itself, and in a composition this spare that is exactly what is needed. At eau de parfum strength a short composition like this behaves in a particular way: it does not evolve, but it does persist, and you will still catch it six or seven hours later. Two or three sprays is the right dose, since the pepper can become insistent if you overdo it.
Aliénor Massenet and Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann are the perfumers and the release year was 2023. It reads unisex, works in mild weather and in the evening, and it suits anyone who finds most fruit fragrances too sweet to take seriously. Salvatore Ferragamo is an Italian luxury house that started out making shoes in Florence; its perfume business opened in 1999 with a bottle made under a Bulgari licence, and was later run from inside the company.
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