Amaro ExploviveWoody Amber Extrait de Parfum

Amaro Explovive by Maiora Parfum is an amber woody spicy perfume extract, unisex, created by Antonio Gigli. Built on amaro, the Italian bitter liqueur.

Naples, and Southern Italy

Maiora Parfum is an Italian house based in Casalnuovo di Napoli, on the outskirts of Naples. Its name comes from the Latin maior, "greater". A single nose signs the entire catalog: Antonio Gigli, who started as a child mixing essential oils with his father, and who introduced the house to Esxence, the Milanese niche perfumery salon. The compositions draw from the herbs, flowers, fruits and roots of Southern Italy.

An opening of incense, red thyme and mandarin

Incense opens on its resin, red thyme — the variety is named, warmer and more peppery than common thyme — brings the Mediterranean herb, and mandarin the citrus.

A heart of leather, labdanum and cypriol

Leather darkens, labdanum — the cistus resin, leathery and ambered — brings the warmth, and cypriol essential oil, smoked Indian root, closes the heart.

A base of vanilla, cedar and opoponax

Vanilla softens, cedar brings the dry wood, opoponax — the sweet myrrh, balsamic resin and slightly aniseed — the depth, and musk the longevity.

The house's gesture

It is here, and only here, that the house names its geography. The text of this perfume is the only one in the catalog to mention the forests of Pollino, the clear waters of the coasts, the punta dello Stivale, and the herbs, flowers, fruits and roots of the terra calabrese. The perfume is built on amaro, the bitter liqueur that is drunk as a digestif throughout Italy and that is obtained by macerating herbs, roots and barks — exactly the materials that are mentioned. The red thyme named by its variety confirms the requirement for precision.

For whom, for what occasions?

For those who love dry ambers and bitters, and are looking for a perfume that is not sweet. From autumn to winter, in the evening. Amaro Explovive by Maiora Parfum is the most Italian of the seven.