E Pur Si Muove
An Eau de Parfum that opens in cool mineral light, passes through rose and herbs, and settles into orris and musk.
Perfumer: Nicolas Beaulieu
Galileo Galilei, the founder of modern science, joined astronomy, physics and philosophy in a single restless mind, and this scent is made as a tribute to him. The Italian title translates as “and yet it moves.”
It opens with a mineral aldehyde accord, dry and bright like cool stone, scattered with the small sting of pink pepper. At the heart sits Rose Ultimate™. Its petal sweetness is held in check by the herbal bitterness of clary sage and the dry grain of cedar wood heart, so the rose stays clear-edged rather than lush.
The base settles into the soft, damp powder of orris concrete, with musk lending a skin-like softness and grey amber adding a warm, faintly marine depth. The movement from cold mineral light down to powder and skin is like a gaze lifted to the stars that returns to the notebook on the desk.
