NOSTOS, where Achilles is more beautiful than Odysseus
In Greek, nostos means "the return" – that which remains eternally impossible, yet still appeals to the heart and imagination; the return to an entangled dimension of space and time, where hope persists.
Nostos is the deepest root of that poignant feeling called nostalgia, the pain of return.

Here, perfume is the means to the longed-for but unattainable return. Like an intense and deep incense that could have been burning for three thousand years, this perfume celebrates the Homeric epic of the most beautiful of all heroes, whose anger and unpredictable consequences sparked the Trojan War. The totemic figure of the longed-for but unfulfilled nostos is Achilles. It is not the nostos of Odysseus and his odyssey; here it is Achilles, the symbol of the perfume, created by the gods, born of love—just like the Trojan War. Achilles is a complex hero with a dual essence: divine through his mother, the goddess Thetis, human through his father, Peleus. He carries the beauty of duality within him – sometimes a fearsome warrior with powerful and penetrating musk scents, the extreme masculinity of oud, without which Troy cannot be defeated – and sometimes the femininity of the rose.

Achilles is the violence and beauty found in the extraordinary diversity of humanity. Spear or shield – this perfume also has a dual nature, in which the Greek hero is adorned with the charms of jasmine and sandalwood. The art of war or love, the perfume strives for perfection in order to attack time, fight against our limited destiny, and ultimately defeat the relentless Greek gods with amber, saffron, and incense.

Achilles will never return to his homeland. He knows this and fights against his fate, always torn by the desire to return, haunted by this pitiful weapon against inevitability, by this nostalgia in which his humanity triumphs.

The scent of the most beautiful Greek hero, fragile and dangerous, forged by Hephaistos, the god of fire, to ensure victory.

Fragrance notes

• Top notes: essence of incense, essence of mandarin, saffron
• Middle notes: essence and absolute of Turkish rose, jasmine absolute, oud accord
• Base notes: sandalwood, Georgian wood, ambrofix, suede, musk

Fragrance notes:

• Leathery
• Sweet
• Oriental
• Floral
• Spicy

ALCOHOL DENAT., PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), AQUA (WATER), LIMONENE, CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA PEEL OIL, TRIMETHYLCYCLOPENTENYL METHYLISOPENTENOL, CITRONELLOL, LINALYL ACETATE, PINENE, LINALOOL, VANILLIN, COUMARIN, PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS FLOWER OIL, BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE, BENZYL BENZOATE, GERANIOL, TERPINOLENE, JASMIN OIL EXTRACT, GERANYL ACETATE, BENZYL CINNAMATE, CITRAL, ALPHA-TERPINENE, TERPINEOL, CAMPHOR.

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