Unspoken Musk is a 2022 release from luxury niche perfumer Francesca Bianchi, who treats perfumery as "an intellectual process," inspired by "the power of what it means to be human, by the wish to connect with people’s inner life, the desire to spark an emotion in them and make them feel at home in their own bodies, offer solace, or just a quick fix for a bad day." Unspoken Musk, an Amber fragrance, has a scent profile of musky, powdery, woody, leather, animalic, sweet, vanilla, iris, warm spicy, and smoky notes.
Bergamot, Immortelle
Magnolia, Iris Butter
Musk, Castoreum, Civet, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cypriol, Tonka Bean, Vanilla
From Francesca Bianchi:
Accords: Musk, Tonka Bean, Iris Butter
Mood: Sexy, gentle yet intense, flirty
Unspoken Musk is my personal musk, and in the olfactory map it’s located in a region closer to Humanity and Sensuality. It is an Emotional Musk, since it almost generates a physical reaction whilst you’re experiencing your deepest emotions.
Sweet, velvety, persuasive, dirty, flowery, human; innocent and sinful at the same time, musk represents the dichotomy that defines the human being.Perhaps with boldness, I wanted to venture into a territory even more dangerous than the pure expression of personal instance translated into perfume, i.e. offering my own interpretation of the “raw” materials – the building blocks of a perfume composition as well as the crucial pillars of the history of perfumery.
The result of this adventure will certainly be ephemeral, since my positions and ideas on certain raw materials are multiple and changeable over time.
These interpretations are certainly not to be considered a realistic reconstruction, but the result of a transitory artistic vision.
In the myriad of possible meanings, with Unspoken Musk I wanted to define what Musk evokes in me.
I didn’t look for the realistic rendering of natural musk, which is where the inspiration comes from.
Moreover, if natural musks cannot be used in perfumery, the varieties of the synthetic ones embrace the most disparate olfactory categories.
From “clean” musks in the “laundry-fresh” direction (not arousing any artistic imagination in me, however pleasant in its mere functional use) to the “dirty” ones that reached some interesting interpretative excesses, these two extremes define a very broad “musk map”, where anything is possible.
Unspoken Musk is the fruit of my fantasy: despite being undoubtedly inspired by the natural musk, it is enriched by the stratification of memories, suggestions and readings on this mythical ingredient, which has inebriated human beings for centuries.
And while developing this fantasy, its symbolic character was strengthened in my mind: Humanity, gentleness, intensity, passion.
Perfumes there are as sweet as the music of pipes and strings,
As pure as the naked flesh of children, as full of peace
As wide green prairies — and there are others, having the whole
Corrupt proud all-pervasiveness of infinite things,
Like frankincense, and musk, and myrrh, and ambergris,
That cry of the ecstasy of the body and of the soul.
Charles Baudelaire, Correspondences"
DESCRIPTION
This multi-purpose oil is a non-greasy, smooth, lightweight formulation scented with the same concentrate used in Unspoken Musk Extrait – only in lower dose.
If you like Unspoken Musk Extrait but you find it too strong in performance, or not suitable for every occasion, you can use this Sublime Oil, which is an Oil-based Perfume. The scent is much more delicate and intimate, but it will accompany your day until the end!
This can also be used as a luxurious Body Oil. The formulation allows you to spread it easily and absorb it quickly, leaving a lovely velvety touch and a delicious scent all over your body.
The plant-based carrier oil not only softens your skin but is also suitable for hair and beard, giving a satin-like sheen while nourishing it. I also use it as a deep conditioning hair night mask.
Unspoken Musk Sublime Oil has a smoother, more subtle olfactory profile if compared to the corresponding extrait de parfum – especially for the use of oil as carrier instead of alcohol. The presence of oil makes it a perfect Fragrance Primer, to booster and enhance any perfume you want to apply on top of it.
INGREDIENTS
Isoamyl Laurate, Parfum, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Limonene, Coumarin, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Benzyl Cinnamate, Eugenol.
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