Accenti

Always in my heart Apart from smelling amazing, this scent is also from the same year as my son was born. I therefore treasure it heavily. I did not meet Accenti before 2003, though, when I went on a vacation to Florence. One of the cities on my ‘to visit’-list at that time. Now on my ‘to visit again’-list. This city is full of historic places, and having just a weekend I had to be pickish with my choices. My first priority was to go to the Uffizi Gallery, but when I arrived, there was a sign stating that the waiting time was two hours for visitors, who had ordered tickets in advance. For others - four hours. I decided not to spend so much precious time of my short vacation on standing in line. Instead I went for a stroll down the narrow, curvy alleys, heading for the Dome, Cattedrale de Santa Maria del Fiore. While walking and knowing that the oldest perfume shop in Europe is located in Florence, I thought that maybe this would be something to do instead of looking at art. Going on a perfume shop hunt. I had an example of ‘The trip goes to Florence’ in my hand - this was before the smartphones - and started my journey looking at the map of the inner city. It was a wonderful walk. And in one of these small streets without cars I found a small ‘Profumo & Pharmaceutica’. I went in and was greeted by the most friendly and service minded person ever. She did not speak more than two words of English and my Italian was limited to ‘Mille Grazie’ but it did not matter. I told her I was looking for a new scent - ‘nova profumo’, I think I said, and we ended up spending two hours trying scents and having a blast. She kept saying ‘good?’ and I kept saying no or yes. Finally I ended up buying Accenti. When I left the shop, I had forgotten all about the Lady of the Flower’s beautiful church. I went there the next day. Accenti has a special place in my memory, my nose and my heart. It has made it to my top 20. For some years it was my signature scent. It is a marvelous perfume, powerful and unique. I love the way it keeps changing, sometimes it is the rose, sometimes the peach, sometimes the jasmine in front. It reminds me of this particular trip to Florence, this pocket of time in which I walked around the beautiful city and felt the breeze of history. Accenti has an Italian feeling to it. Thank you, Dominique Ropion, for making this.