Rosa Antiqua

Recent excavations uncovered the perfectly preserved extract of a perfume produced in Pompeii almost a century before the common era. anti resurrects this Damascus rose and olive oil accord and sheathes it in an ashy sillage that evokes the distant volcano still burning in the sunset sky. Blackcurrant opens with bright, fruity sweetness, a surprising note that adds depth and modernity to an otherwise ancient composition. This is the moment before the eruption, when life continues, unaware of what approaches.

Damask rose absolute blooms at the heart with timeless elegance, its classical beauty grounded by cashmeran which adds creamy, slightly earthy warmth. Olive oil emerges in the base with unusual, authentic earthiness, evoking the daily rituals of ancient Pompeii, the oil that nourished skin and lamp flames alike. Birch essence adds an ashy, smoky quality that lingers like ash from the distant volcano, creating a sillage that is both comforting and haunting. Reinvented by perfumer Sidonie Lancesseur, Rosa Antiqua is archaeology made tangible, a fragrance that honors the moment a city was frozen in time, where beauty and destruction became eternally intertwined.