Isola is a 2025 release from Italian perfumer Guiseppe Imprezzabile, nome de plume Meo Fusciuni. Meo Fusciuni believes that "Today, in this modern era where we can have so many technologies in our support, I realize with happiness that only one thing still really matters: olfactory sensitivity," and strives to create perfumes that are both "material and ethereal," balancing the chemical and spiritual aspects of perfumery. Isola is a Citrus Aromatic scent with a profile of citrus, aromatic, green, woody, earthy, fresh spicy, patchouli, floral, and fresh accords.
yuzu, lemon, bergamot, blood orange, mandarin, neroli, lavender, cassis, magnolia, jasmine, white tea, tonka bean, patchouli, vetiver, musk
From Meo Fusciuni:
"Island.
You, delicate and mysterious land.
Island,
you who have a smile in your soul.
I seek in you my future,
happiness that flees fast.
And your wind took me elsewhere,
to the island of yellow yuzu,
in the season of red maple
And golden ginkgo.
Time passed,
I walked among the fruit-rich trees,
voices far from my understanding.
I’ll be back, like the heron on the riverbank,
Like the snow on the highest mountain,
like the word in the morning,
like the yellow of the leaves,
like the fruit of hope."
"In the Island there are psychedelic places and scents, sublime atmospheres that only the heat can give, the warmth of the wind, the light scent of citrus, of yuzu lemonade, day and night, on the horizon.
In the same year I returned after a long time to Sicily and Japan, it was the summer of 2023. Lemonades at the old harbor, children running in the sunny streets of Mazara’s casbah, the warm wind in the beaches, a sip of bitter liquor every night, dear friends from distant worlds. I wandered the bright streets of Mazara del Vallo, my hometown, watched the sun hit my body, my joy rediscover childhood. It was all there, my land, my love, my friends, my closest ties..
The island is a state of mind of the human being, it is perceiving that all around is water, and that the pure element keeps us isolated, but protects us. It was the same summer, I was walking the Japanese streets, taking refuge in the shade of silent gardens, listening to the weather, watching the hot August sun. In Isola I told my love of life, the contrast and union of two different cultures. Isola is a citrus fragrance, telling with the notes of lemon and yuzu two important places in my life, in my memory.
Isola is a crisp scent, like a can of yuzu drunk in the summer on the streets of Tokyo. Isola is like a cool lemonade drunk in the Sicilian summer heat, looking at the sea on the horizon, full of lights and reflections, our happy gaze bathed in sunshine and salty sea water. Isola is my turn toward light. Fresh notes and absence of darkness, this is Meo’s great olfactory revolution in this perfume, the great challenge. To tell the happiness of an unforgettable summer through a fresh yuzu lemonade. I had a wish, to make this feeling infinite. Now everything is true.
"Isola was conceived, created and arranged by listening to Franco Battiato and Kikagaku Moyo albums at each of these stages."
Note: Samples are sold by the 1ml. You may purchase a maximum of 2ml. Samples of 1ml or less will come in a glass vial with a dabber. Samples larger than 1ml will come in small glass spray bottles. All samples will be consolidated unless expressly requested otherwise.
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