SALVATORE FERRAGAMO SIGNORINA LIBERA

FRAGRANCE FAMILY: FLORAL

TOP NOTES: bergamot, pear, elemi

HEART NOTES: orris, rose, plum

BASE NOTES: pink sugar, ambroxan, cashmeran

Jérôme Epinette adds a delicious luminosity to this latest fruity, floral and oh-so fun fragrance, the bergamot and elemi zipping through the lusciously juicy pear notes in the opening whoosh, while the bouquet appears in the heart and the addictive base swoons with delight. Think sunshine illuminating an Italian street, a confident woman walking insouciantly about her day, stopping now and again to buy from local market stalls. Signorina Libera is all about celebrating freedom, being whomever you wish and living life your own way. So, let’s have her wearing a lemon tulle ballgown in the day, just because. She gathers armfuls of roses, dusts fresh plums with pink powdered sugar and twirls with abandon, empowered by sunlight and optimism.

Today, Salvatore Ferragamo is a global luxury brand. But its roots are quite humble – and fascinating. Salvatore Ferragamo was a farmer’s boy from Bonito, a small village 100 kilometres south of Naples, whose ticket to a new life in America happened to be a way with leather. When his family couldn’t afford a pair of white shoes for his sister’s confirmation, Salvatore had a go. Clearly a natural, he went on to create over 20,000 styles, for stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Lauren, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo and Marilyn Monroe. The fragrances are equally Italian style personified, eternally youthful in spirit and with the classic grosgrain ribbon on the bottles echoing Ferragamo’s bestselling ‘Vera’ shoe design. Bellissima!

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Ferragamo Signorina Libera

• Where in the world would you like to wear this scent?

• Imagine the bespoke shoes you’d have made to accompany Signorina Libera’s outfit…

• Which of the fruity notes do you notice first, on your skin?

• And what of the floral heart –when does it appear, for you?

• Which three words best sum up Signorina Libera for you? Joyful? Optimistic? Mediterranean? Over to you… From £100 for 100 ml eau de parfum eu.ferragamo.com