Casamorati Dama Bianca EDP Tester

Dama Bianca EDP Casamorati Tester

The White Lady. In the Italian Renaissance tradition, the Dama Bianca was the figure of pure, luminous, effortless feminine grace not fragile, not austere, but radiantly, completely herself. Dama Bianca by Casamorati is a 2012 Floral Woody Musk Eau de Parfum for women that embodies that quality with extraordinary beauty and precision: a fragrance of tart, sun-bright citrus above, a richly layered five-floral heart of genuine Italian opulence at the centre, and a warm, softly powdery, skin-fusing musk base below — a white floral of complete, unhurried, deeply beautiful feminine authority.

The opening is bright, sharp, and of a sun-drenched Italian vivacity: Kumquat the small, intensely fragrant citrus fruit of the Fortunella genus, eaten whole with its bittersweet peel intact, with its distinctive sharp, intensely aromatic, slightly bitter-sweet character that is more vivid and more complex than conventional sweet orange or lemon opens Dama Bianca with a piercing, sun-bright citrus intensity of real, original character. Lime joins with its sharper, slightly more astringent citrus freshness, adding a clean, sparkling edge an opening of two small, intensely aromatic citruses that prepares the wearer for the magnificent white floral heart to follow with a brightness that is entirely, characteristically Italian.

The heart is a five-floral accord of extraordinary richness, refinement, and beauty: Violet the powdery, cool, slightly sweet floral of the Viola odorata, with its distinctive clean, slightly retro elegance opens the floral heart with a refined, powdery delicacy. Italian Iris the orris butter of the Iris pallida cultivated in the Florentine hills of Tuscany, requiring three years of rhizome curing before it yields its extraordinarily precious essence, considered among the finest iris materials in the world adds its powdery, rooty, violet-adjacent elegance of the highest Italian distinction. Lilac the soft, slightly honeyed, powdery-sweet floral of the Syringa vulgaris, with its distinctive spring-fresh, gently nostalgic character adds a delicate, airy sweetness; Egyptian Jasmine jasmine sourced from Egypt, where the Jasminum sambac and grandiflorum thrive in the warm Nile Delta climate, producing a jasmine of particular richness, indolic depth, and luminous, honeyed quality forms the warm, radiant, deeply sensual white floral core; and Lily-of-the-Valley — the small, bell-shaped Convallaria majalis flower, with its clean, dewy, slightly green fresh floral character of great delicacy brings a luminous freshness that lifts the entire accord into the light. Five florals, each contributing a precise, necessary dimension of white floral beauty together, completely, magnificently Dama Bianca.

The dry-down is warm, softly powdery, and of an enduring, skin-close beauty: Vanilla closes with golden, creamy sweetness; Malt the warm, slightly biscuity, gently sweet character of malted grain adds an unexpected, quietly comforting gourmand softness that gives the base its most original and most characterful quality. White Musk draws the composition close to the skin with clean, feather-light intimacy; Ambrette (Musk Mallow)  the seed of the Abelmoschus moschatus plant, producing one of the most refined and skin-like of all natural musks, with a distinctive soft, slightly nutty, warmly animalic character that is simultaneously intimate and entirely clean adds a natural, warmly radiant musk of exceptional quality. Sandalwood provides its creamy, meditative warmth; and Cedar adds clean, dry structural woodiness a six-note base of complete, quietly magnificent, skin-fusing beauty.

• Fragrance Family: Floral Woody Musk
• For: Women
• Launched: 2012
• Top Notes: Kumquat, Lime
• Middle Notes: Violet, Italian Iris, Lilac, Egyptian Jasmine, Lily-of-the-Valley
• Base Notes: Vanilla, Malt, White Musk, Ambrette (Musk Mallow), Sandalwood, Cedar
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• House: Casamorati

Dama Bianca is the white lady in full bright, floral, and endlessly, magnificently luminous.