Unspoken Musk
Price range: €7.00 through €249.00
Extrait de parfum
Accords: Musk, Tonka Bean, Iris Butter
Mood: Sexy, gentle yet intense, flirty
Unspoken Musk is my personal musk, and in the olfactory map it’s located in a region closer to Humanity and Sensuality.
It is an Emotional Musk, since it almost generates a physical reaction whilst you’re experiencing your deepest emotions.
Sweet, velvety, persuasive, dirty, flowery, human; innocent and sinful at the same time, musk represents the dichotomy that defines the human being.
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Description
Pyramid:
Bergamot, Immortelle,
Magnolia, Iris butter
Musk, Castoreum, Civet, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Cypriol, Tonka Bean, Vanilla
Perhaps with boldness, I wanted to venture into a territory even more dangerous than the pure expression of personal instance translated into perfume, i.e. offering my own interpretation of the “raw” materials – the building blocks of a perfume composition as well as the crucial pillars of the history of perfumery.
The result of this adventure will certainly be ephemeral, since my positions and ideas on certain raw materials are multiple and changeable over time.
These interpretations are certainly not to be considered a realistic reconstruction, but the result of a transitory artistic vision.
In the myriad of possible meanings, with Unspoken Musk I wanted to define what Musk evokes in me.
I didn’t look for the realistic rendering of natural musk, which is where the inspiration comes from.
Moreover, if natural musks cannot be used in perfumery, the varieties of the synthetic ones embrace the most disparate olfactory categories.
From “clean” musks in the “laundry-fresh” direction (not arousing any artistic imagination in me, however pleasant in its mere functional use) to the “dirty” ones that reached some interesting interpretative excesses, these two extremes define a very broad “musk map”, where anything is possible.
Unspoken Musk is the fruit of my fantasy: despite being undoubtedly inspired by the natural musk, it is enriched by the stratification of memories, suggestions and readings on this mythical ingredient, which has inebriated human beings for centuries.
And while developing this fantasy, its symbolic character was strengthened in my mind: Humanity, gentleness, intensity, passion.
Perfumes there are as sweet as the music of pipes and strings,
As pure as the naked flesh of children, as full of peace
As wide green prairies — and there are others, having the whole
Corrupt proud all-pervasiveness of infinite things,
Like frankincense, and musk, and myrrh, and ambergris,
That cry of the ecstasy of the body and of the soul.
Charles Baudelaire, Correspondences
Alcohol Denat., Parfum, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, D-Limonene, Coumarin, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Benzyl Salicylate, Geraniol, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Benzyl Cinnamate, Eugenol, Citral, Benzyl Alcohol, Isoeugenol.
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beccadirra (verified owner) –
Magnificent! This perfume envelopes me like the most comforting blanket. Nostalgic, modern, superbly made.
Different ingredients shine when sprayed on various surfaces. On skin, the patchouli warms up and gives the perfume a sensual and haughty, dark vibe. Yet on fabric, it is soft and comforting.
So happy to make this my first purchase from Francesca!
HRM (verified owner) –
Put simply – perfection. Unspoken Musk is a comforting embrace with a dark but beautiul inner warmth.
viktorthunqvist (verified owner) –
Animalic musk covered in syrupy sweetness.
Surrounds you in a beautiful cloud that will wurely make an impression wherever you go.
Artisanal perfumery at its finest!
johnster (verified owner) –
A very potent yet seductive and intimate fragrance. Amazing longevity like always, I absolutely loved it
Hannah (verified owner) –
Beautiful Perfumes. Ordering is always a great experience!
Wim Vanheede (verified owner) –
Unspoken Musk is a gentle, subtle perfume. Very comforting, it sits close to the skin. Imo it’s not in any way offensive thus being an easy wear. I find it to be very well crafted.
Elizabeth Dunn –
Francesca Bianchi’s Unspoken Musk opening is an elegant blend of soft, powdery florals, with the subtle presence of rose and a gentle touch of green notes. These top notes feel fresh and light, allowing the musk to begin to emerge gradually. As the fragrance develops, the musk takes center stage, enveloping the wearer in a creamy, skin-like warmth. It’s not overwhelming or overtly animalic; instead, it’s smooth and clean, offering a natural, tactile texture that feels almost like a second skin.
aaron.dimonio –
This is one of my favorite Francesca Bianchi perfumes. The immortelle in this is addictive. But unlike some perfumes that employ immortelle in a way that renders it tooth-achingly sweet, the sweetness here is very restrained. As a whole, Unspoken Musk evolves on my skin, starting as a strident slap, then becoming a soft, warm embrace over the course of the day.
Albena Stoyanova (verified owner) –
Musk for me was “clean”, “subtle” and “gentle” note.
Not this Musk, this one is Sexy and Loud and yet still comforting and nostalgic. It is powdery, but not soapy and boring, it lingers for a long time and turns heads.
Kasper Bang Andersen (verified owner) –
This is a lovely warm, dirty and a very characteristic musk fragrance which dries down on the more sweet and dense side. A lovely try which could be very good at layering I could imagine.
Alexander Harsch (verified owner) –
Voluptuous sensuality. Desire. Seduction. Luring. Intimacy. Lust. – Tango!