Description

ART 05 – EXOTIC COCKTAIL / COCKTAIL ESOTICO

Right from my earliest days in the Arabic Peninsula, destiny has connected me to a remote city on the Indian Ocean called Salalah. A city in the southern tropical province of Dhofar, the birthplace of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Salalah was home to my dearest and honourable friend Abu Said Al Shanfari and his family. For decades, his father and grandfather controlled the industry of incense, which is burnt and appreciated in every Arab house across the peninsula. Incense as a raw material has influenced many of my creations.
One of my favourite indescribable experiences is to amble along Salalah’s avenues and enjoy the impressions from the numerous fruit stalls set up along the roadside. The stallholders are happy to cut the local tropical fruits and let you try these fresh: bananas, coconuts, papayas, mangos and guavas. The aromas of these fresh tropical fruits inspired my very special creation “Exotic Cocktail”.

A dramatically unique, exotic fragrance blending lush tropical fruity notes of mango, passion fruit, papaya and guava with the juicy Mediterranean fruits of strawberry, plum, peach and raspberry. The citrus notes of orange, lemon and mandarin awaken the senses. The body of the perfume is created around a very feminine fresh bouquet of freesia, lily of the valley, water lily, jasmine and iris. A background of fruity musks and a fresh woody notes support tropical feeling while adding depth and sensuality.
Art 05 Cocktail Di Frutta Esotica was launched in 2014. The nose behind this fragrance is Arturetto Landi.