NOTHING BUT EVERY DAY – Extrait de Parfum

Filippo Sorcinelli - UNUM - NÉ IL GIORNO NÉ L´ORA - Extrait de Parfum

The twelfth fragrance in the monolithic UNUM collection is designed to confront the most intense emotions: Fear. It is inspired by an extract from the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the ten virgins.

The story - which also gives the fragrance its name - tells of ten women who wisely save oil to light their lamps while waiting for the bridegroom to arrive. We know that only five of the ten - described as very wise - attend the wedding; the others, who have gone to get more oil for their lamps, find the door closed to them. "Lord, open us", they say on their arrival and receive the answer: "Truly, I tell you: I do not know you".

We also know that while they were waiting for the bridegroom, they also fell asleep, but were ready to wake up and rejoice: "So stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour", we read in Matthew. This is just the beginning. The idea is to go beyond the evangelisation of these words and to confront our fears on a deeper, more intense level, to arouse contradictory emotions and to experience the seductive charm of danger - an "amor fati", as Nietzsche claimed - or at least the presence of things beyond our control.

This is a characteristic feature of horror literature (and more); it is the power of the uncontrollable over us. But the presence of fear always requires something else: not helplessness, but the presence of that which we most desire. What remains the highest aspiration for most men is also a sign of problems: Freedom. The fragrance conveys the idea of destruction, the choice of silence and the introspection necessary to penetrate to the depths of the skin's most distant being.

But the attempt to control it arouses a fascination and even a sense of pleasure in this sought-after, sought-after fear. Man is trapped in a terrible destiny, and our society tries to numb itself with the violent consent of the masses and to deny the truth, or rather to deny being for death. Only in this way can man, in his darkest, unspoken shadow, become himself, reveal his true nature, which consists of contradictions and desires. In the face of fear, apparently chaotic, primeval needs are triggered, consisting of dormant, hidden and dangerous eroticism, and make the impossible possible.

After his religious fall into the realm of dust, confronted with life on a fragile planet and the loss of all his points of reference, man is inescapably linked to fear, forced to walk on the dark side of the soul. In this space, he perceives a weak light that reveals distorted limbs that divide monstrous things that aim to destroy respect and take pleasure in suffocating the soul, no longer reckoning with the balance of life, but with an ever more distant form of salvation.

The packaging is again typical UNUM by Filippo Sorcinelli. This time it is sealed with a foil and has a silver label. The bottle (also in silver) is placed in a black velvet bag, which is sealed in a shrink-wrapped sleeve that must be physically opened with the metal scissors included in the box.

SUBJECT: Sandalwood, Tonka Bean, Amber, Musc

BACK SUBJECT: Marine Note, Jasmine, Rose, Iris

TAIL: Lemon, Bergamot, Cardamom, Galbanum, Cedar, Lily of the Valley 

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