List of products by brand LORENZO VILLORESI

Lorenzo Villoresi's passion for the flavors makes it creator of artistic perfumery. Fragrances be able to deeper into a separate, exclusive, unique, unlimited universe. Using the finest ingredients and perfume materials make exceptional.

Since the creation of his “House”- founded in 1990 in the 15th century family palazzo in Florence - Lorenzo Villoresi has traced a revolutionary path in artistic perfumery. The underlying philosophy which led to the creation of the Perfumery and Home Fragrances collections is evident in the intrinsic value of the single elements that make up each product.

Lead crystal, alabaster from Volterra, travertine marble, Carrara statuary marble, olive wood and Florentine leather, former prized materials of the granducal workshops of the Medici, give today a new life to this precious-born art.

Retracing the routes of the Tuscan merchants of the Renaissance, the perfumes of Lorenzo Villoresi represent a universe where the materials, fragrances, and colours of Tuscany meet and harmonise with the spices, essences and influences of the Orient.Of particular note among the components are the essential oils and precious extracts from all over the world, which compliment and exalt the purely Tuscan elements of laurel, olive, cypress, and the precious and rare iris root..

All aspects of production are still carried out manually according to traditional methods, requiring time, patience and meticulous care and attention.The potpourri, and in particular the extraordinary Piper Nigrum, are emblematic of the originality and quality which characterise the products of the House of Lorenzo Villoresi. Intensely aromatic woods, pungent peppercorns, nutmeg, incense, lost fragrances, blend in a unique and wonderful olfactory alchemy.

The perfumes of Lorenzo Villoresi are born of the founder’s long experience in the realisation of personal fragrances, an activity still practised with ever-growing success.

The fragrances of Lorenzo Villoresi refute the abused canons of conventional perfumery and strictly avoid the same commercial niche occupied by mass-produced goods. 
Ancient suggestions and influences from far-off lands distinguish the fragrances of Lorenzo Villoresi, which, for their intrinsic difference, have earned a faithful international clientele, refined and exigent. Fragrances capable of describing a kind of independent universe, free of all limits; fragrances which evoke or create feelings, places, images, or which may even lead to a space of new emotional dimensions.

Lorenzo Villoresi first became interested in the world of spices and essences when he made his first trip to the Middle East in 1981. At that time he was also spending long periods of time abroad; fascinated by the markets and atmosphere of the places he visited, he brought back to Italy spices, which he also used for cooking, as well as essences and aromatic substances, which he would often present to his friends and acquaintances as gifts.

During those years he began to experiment, distilling aromatic plants, producing dyes and creating his first formulas with essential oils, in response to the demands and wishes of his friends and family. In this way, he started to study the world of aromatic materials and essences in more detail, including extraction methods and composition techniques. By the end of the 1980s and during the early years of his academic career as a researcher of Ancient Philosophy, the world of perfumes had become his real passion.

This passion only became a true business activity in May 1990, when the fashion house Fendi commissioned a range of room essences, pot-pourris and scented candles. From that point onwards, along with a series of major collaborations with famous names in the Italian and international worlds of fashion, the first products were developed under the Lorenzo Villoresi brand: fragrances for the home, for the bathroom and finally, in 1991, the first personal fragrance Uomo, immediately followed by Donna and other Eau de Toilettes. Some of these represent Villoresi’s own interpretation of classic perfumery themes, such as Sandalo, Patchouli and Vetiver, whilst others, such as Dilmun, Alamut and Teint de Neige, or Iperborea and Theseus, have been inspired by imaginary worlds, myths and legends from different countries and cultures, exotic and dreamlike settings and landscapes. One of the characteristic features of Lorenzo Villoresi’s creations is the use of the finest natural extracts and essences, combined with a personal taste for a rich composition of tones and of different, yet harmonious, atmospheres. Each fragrance is a unique artistic creation, independent of any fashions or trends, with the sole objective of embodying the idea, the “fragrant vision” that from time to time inspires the perfumer.

In addition to certain works pertaining to his university studies, Lorenzo Villoresi is the author of several publications on perfume, such as “Il Profumo” (1995) and “L’Arte del Bagno” (1996), published by Ponte alle Grazie, Florence. From 1996 to 1999 he edited and contributed to the work entitled “Il Mondo del Profumo” (Fabbri-De Agostini), attending international congresses such as “Profumi d’Arabia”, at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, and holding conferences at the University of Florence on the aromas of antiquity. In 2010 he edited and wrote the foreword to the work entitled “Il profumo del mondo antico”, by G. Squillace, the first Italian translation of the treatise “De Odoribus” (Concerning Odours) by Theophrastus (Olschki).

In 2006 he won the prestigious international “Prix Francois Coty” Paris award, the most important prize awarded in recognition of a perfumer’s career achievements.

Today, at his studio on via de’ Bardi in Florence, Lorenzo Villoresi continues to create personal fragrances by appointment, whilst collections bearing his name are now present in forty countries. Most recent developments include a special hotel collection which is available in the top hotels of the world.

On the premises of the old family palace in Florence, work is in progress to house a Centre-Academy of the Art of Perfumes, where a true “museum” of fragrances and an aromatic garden will form the backdrop to a range of activities aimed at providing education, training and information on the world of fragrances, enabling both adults and children to discover the charm and secrets of an Art that is ancient, modern and forward-thinking, all at the same time.

 

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