Giardini Di Toscana Almafolia EDP

Almafolia EDP Giardini di Toscana

The soul of the leaf. In the Tuscan perfumery tradition of Giardini di Toscana Gardens of Tuscany every fragrance begins with the land: its light, its heat, its extraordinary botanical richness. Almafolia is a 2023 Oriental Floral Eau de Parfum for women and men composed by perfumer Silvia Martinelli that takes that Tuscan sensibility and gives it a lush, tropical soul a fragrance of white flowers in full, narcotic bloom, warmed by peach and coconut, anchored in vanilla and amber, and alive with a beauty that is at once intimately Italian and gloriously, exuberantly tropical.

The opening is immediately luminous and sensually rich: Tuberose appears first remarkably, both as a top note and a heart note, a testament to its absolute centrality to Almafolia’s identity with its famously heady, creamy, narcotic white floral richness that is unlike any other material in perfumery. Peach wraps the tuberose in its warm, velvety, sun-ripened fruitiness the soft, golden sweetness of a Tuscan summer peach at the peak of ripeness and Sweet Orange lifts the accord with clean, sparkling, sun-drenched citrus brightness, giving the opening a warmth and luminosity that is immediately, irresistibly welcoming.

The heart blooms into one of the most richly layered floral accords in niche Italian perfumery: Tuberose deepens at the centre with its full, most opulent expression. Ylang Ylang the tropical flower of the Cananga odorata tree, with its distinctive heady, banana-honeyed creaminess adds an exotic, intensely feminine warmth alongside it. Jasmine weaves through with its luminous, radiant white floral beauty; White Rose adds classical, velvety, honeyed floral elegance; and Coconut creamy, tropical, and slightly milky binds the white florals in a lush, sun-warmed sweetness that is wholly, beautifully Almafolia. Palisander Rosewood the rare, warm, slightly violet-rose-woody material from the Brazilian Dalbergia nigra tree, with its distinctive warm, slightly sweet, rosy-woody character adds a quietly exotic, gently woody complexity that gives the floral heart its most beautiful, unexpected dimension.

The dry-down is warm, balsamic, and deeply enveloping: Vanilla Bean the full, rich, slightly smoky complexity of the whole cured bean rather than a simple vanilla note settles with golden, creamy depth. Benzoin adds its rich, vanilla-balsamic sweetness of great warmth; Amber glows with golden resinous richness; and White Musk draws the entire magnificent composition close to the skin with clean, airy, feather-light intimacy a base that carries Almafolia’s tropical floral soul with quiet, lasting, effortless beauty.

• Fragrance Family: Oriental Floral
• For: Women & Men (Unisex)
• Launched: 2023
• Perfumer: Silvia Martinelli
• Top Notes: Tuberose, Peach, Sweet Orange
• Middle Notes: Tuberose, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine, Coconut, Palisander Rosewood, White Rose
• Base Notes: Vanilla Bean, White Musk, Amber, Benzoin
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• House: Giardini di Toscana

Almafolia is the Tuscan garden at its most tropical lush, narcotic, and endlessly, magnificently in bloom.