Agatho Parfum

mYThoLogY and The mediTerranean

Founded in Naples, Agatho Parfum is named after the master perfumer who composed unguents and fragrances for the Roman aristocracy. This project rediscovers and celebrates the excellence of those unguents and gives a contemporary touch to the olfactory overture through the use of natural materials of the highest quality. The bottles are sealed into handmade bottles of porcelain made with the same techniques as those handed down since 1740 by the Real Fabbrica of Capodimonte, founded by the philanthropic King Carlos III of Bourbon, in whose reign the excavations of Pompeii began. These fragrances celebrate elegance, culture and luxury, expressing a demanding and refined personality.

Celebrating Pompeii and ancient mythology, bygone olfactory notes return with a contemporary touch

Rossopompeiano is inspired by the colour, obtained from the mineral cinnabar, that made the frescoes of Pompeii dwellings famous. Its Mediterranean freshness is accompanied by citrus notes ushering in the sensuality of damask rose, sublimating in sinuous oriental echoes. Castiamanti, the expression of the wealth of Pompeii, has fleeting top notes of Myrtle which encounters precious Saffron, luxuriant notes of Honey and a Jasmine night breeze. The mythological garden of Hercules is the inspiration of Giardinodiercole, a refined and vigorous essence where Bergamot and Juniper berries lies on a carpet of Incense, fading into Oriental Woods. Fauno is a provocative essence that celebrates the wild and complex nature of the Faun. Seductive opening notes of cedar, galbanum, grapefruit and nashi pear precede an elegant atmosphere of pimento and tuberose and sensual tobacco leaves releasing the powerful notes of incense and magnolia. Ambergris and cedar wood evoke the lustful labyrinth of ancient Pompeii. 195 BC marked the return to a new order after the restrictions of the Lex Oppia. The fragrance of the same name celebrates this renewed joie de vivre, with Fig leaves, Bergamot and Pomegranate. Fresh Jasmine and Cardamom release the desire for seduction while Patchouli, Cedar wood, Incense, Oud and Styrax sparkle and attract. Sublime accords in Incense and Black Tea give luxury to this creation. Adone, or Adonis, the object of Aphrodite’s unconditional love: seductive chords capture the elegant simplicity of grapefruit and rosewood. Its floral and enveloping notes are rooted in myth. Releasing the freshness of wisteria, jasmine, geranium, damask rose and white lily, this essence interprets and expresses the beautiful and damned Adonis, whose life was cut short, like a flower in full bloom. Sileno evokes Silenus, the sage who was contemptuous of earthly goods and considered a seer who revealed the future only if forced to. The gardens and citrus groves of Pompeii were his haven, and are reflected in the fragrance with citrus notes and the oriental notes of his ancient travels, together with Sichuan pepper and ylang ylang in a nostalgic marine accord. The base notes reveal driftwoods covered with algae but also precious woods and cedar wood for a persistent fragrance.