Terra Rossa

Siena's red earth is also a painter's colour, prized by artists since the Renaissance. Add scorching sun and the clatter of Palio horses on cobblestones, and you have the picture behind Terra Rossa, its red borrowed from the terracotta tones of Piazza del Campo.

Bergamot and bitter orange open with a bright, slightly bitter peel, and rose softens their sharp edges with a fuller, petal-like roundness. In the heart, the sticky sweetness of labdanum resin and the earthy warmth of patchouli are wrapped in the dry, needle-like aroma of cypress.

The base draws together three ambery threads: Ambertonic, amber and tonka bean. Dry, woody warmth melts into tonka's soft, powdery sweetness, closing like sun-baked ground still holding the heat of the day.