Maria Candida Gentile

Maria Candida Gentile

“The best fragrances are able to induce deep emotions; they are authentic. We all grew up with Nature, for thousands of years we develop our instinct and emotions based on what we saw, touched, heard and smelled.” - Maria Candida Gentile

Maria Candida Gentile studied in Grasse in France under the guidance of master perfumer Carol André and is the only Italian and one of the few women who have earned the esteemed title of Maître Parfumeur. Signora Gentile creates fragrances that are created from the finest raw materials with a high percentage (between 80 and 98 percent) of essential oils and absolues. Each evokes a special moment, place, a work of music or cinema. Internationally acclaimed Fragrance expert and biophysicist, Luca Turin exclaims that Maria Candida Gentile’s fragrances are “rich, warm, versi-colored, joyful compositions that make you smile with pleasure..."

The fragrances are inspired by numerous trips Maria Candida Gentile makes all over the world in search of purest ingredients. Maria Candida passionately brings back to life a thousand years of French and Italian perfumery yet are sophisticated and contemporary and in harmony with nature.

  • Yazemeenah

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Yazemeenah

    Yazemeenah is an olfactive collaboration with model and photographer Yazemeenah Rossi, who started her career in France. Yazemeenah's videos and photos have inspired poems about spirituality,...

    $200.00
  • Lankaran Forest

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Lankaran Forest

    Maria Candida created Lankaran Forest during her journey into Lankaran Park, near the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. Lankaran Park is a magic and mystical place, which so fascinated Alexander...

    $200.00
  • Elephant & Roses

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Elephant & Roses

    "One late afternoon, while sitting at my desk writing my perfume formulae, I had a kind of vision: It merged the scent of the elephant’s image with a large field of intensely-colored roses, almost...

    $200.00
  • Leucò

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Leucò

    Maria Candida Gentile's collection of three new perfumes - Leuco, Kitrea and Syconium - takes its name from Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee.

    $200.00
  • hanbury perfume by maria candida gentile

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Hanbury

    Inspired by visits to the Giardini Botanici Hanbury in Ventimiglia Imperia, Italy, a city located on the Northern Sea of Italy. Lady Dorothy Hanbury, entertained many notables of her day including...

    $200.00
  • Luberon parfum extrait

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Luberon

    The color, the texture, and the scent of a lavender field capture for many the essence of Provence. Maria Candida Gentile, is the only Italian Maitre Parfumeur whom studied for three years in Grasse,...

    $230.00
  • Gentile parfum extrait

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Gentile

    Gentile is modern take on a men’s fougere and also the surname of the perfumer. Translated from the Italian it means “gentle”. This uplifting and well-rounded fragrance, with its surprising floral...

    $230.00
  • Lady Day parfum extrait

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Lady Day

    Maria Candida Gentile created a fragrant homage to the famous blues singer Billie Holiday nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and musical partner Lester Young. Legend has it that one day before a...

    $230.00
  • barry lyndon perfume

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Barry Lyndon

    Barry Lyndon was inspired by the novel of the same name, written by W. M. Thackeray in the 19th century of an Irish rogue born to a poor but genteel family who rose to the heights of European society...

    $200.00
  • Cinabre perfume by Maria Candida Gentile

    Maria Candida Gentile

    Cinabre

    In Rome the door of Vittorio Piazza is one of the entrances of the Palombara Villa, where the Marquis Massimiliano conducted clandestine meetings during the Middle Ages dedicated to alchemy. On the...

    $200.00
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    Byzantine Amber

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    Byzantine Amber

    NOTES: Bergamot, Cinnamon, Geranium, Benzoin, Labdanum, Frankincense, Leather, Styrax, Ambergris

    $180.00
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    Encounters

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    Encounters

    NOTES: Bergamot, Orange, Cassis, Lavender, Coriandre, Iris Butter, Rose, Angelica, Cinnamon, Ambergris, Castoreum*, Oudh, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Benjoin, Peru Balsam

    $7.00 - $180.00
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    Candy From Strangers

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    Candy From Strangers

    NOTES: Bergamot, green mandarin, lavender, Iris, violet, jasmine, raspberry, amber accord, patchouli, cedarwood, sandalwood, leather, caramel

    $180.00
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    Insomnia

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    Insomnia

    NOTES: Bergamot, Black Pepper, Mineral Notes, Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine, Narcotic Flowers, Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Patchouli, Cypriol, Tonka Bean

    $7.00 - $180.00
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    Unspoken Musk

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    Unspoken Musk

    NOTES: Bergamot, Immortelle,Magnolia, Iris butter, Musk, Castoreum, Civet, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cypriol, Tonka Bean, Vanilla

    $7.00 - $180.00
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    Toucan

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    Toucan

    In the heart of a tropical rainforest, delicate mist from a thundering waterfall is carried on the rising heat of sultry air, brushing the sweet, ripe treasures the trees hold aloft to the sun...

    $185.00
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    Coffee Passion

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    Coffee Passion

    Coffee: a symbol of tradition, sharing, the perfect excuse for a meeting, a talk, a comeback. It is a living part of our days, imprinted in our memories as a familiar gesture, a ritual that smells...

    $7.00 - $175.00
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    Vesuviuur

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    Vesuviuur

    Vesuviuur is a declaration of love in Naples, a song celebrating its beauty, passion and indomitable spirit.The first accords light us up like golden rays on the Gulf, with the aroma and color of...

    $7.00 - $175.00
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    Pink Milk

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    Pink Milk

    THE SCENT OF THE STARS An enchanted evening, the sky is a deep blue color and the stars sparkle like diamonds. The air is pervaded by an aroma that combines the freshness of citrus with the velvety...

    $7.00 - $175.00
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    Imaginary Authors The Complete Works

    THE COMPLETE WORKS is the best way to sample every fragrance in our line. Updated yearly, this new version includes 2mL glass spray vials of all 20 fragrances in our regular line-up, plus one extra...

    $135.00
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    Calisson

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    Calisson

    Let yourself be seduced by Calisson, a gourmet fragrance inspired by Provence. Bergamot and sugar blend with the sweetness of milk from the very first seconds. At the heart, orange blossom radiates...

    $63.00