Bottega Veneta presents its new fragrance collection “Midnight” And opens a new corner dedicated to perfumes at Rinascente Milano
Some fragrances are not born in laboratories, but in landscapes. The Bottega Veneta fragrance collection begins precisely in Venice, a city of interlacings, exchanges, and contaminations that has long inspired the Intrecciato, a cultural code embedded in the Maison’s DNA, here translated into an olfactory language. Each fragrance, now available in the brand's new corner on the ground floor of Rinascente Milano, is an invisible representation of this motif: 100% natural-origin ingredients arriving from different countries and continents, meeting as spices, fabrics, and stories once did as they passed through the city. The result is a collection that does not merely scent the skin, but evokes emotions and lingering nostalgia.
The fragrance Colpo di Sole embodies warmth, a light that lingers on the skin. In this composition, French angelica meets the sensuality of Moroccan orange blossom absolute, directly evoking the Mediterranean’s olfactory mélange. Come with Me, by contrast, is a whisper: Italian bergamot becomes elegant alongside the powdery violet of French orris, achieving a fresh yet sophisticated balance.
Acqua Sale, as its name suggests, breathes like the sea: Spanish labdanum, deep and resinous, intertwines with Macedonian juniper to recreate the scent of saltwater on the skin, while Déjà Minuit plays with night and memory, blending Madagascan geranium with Guatemalan cardamom in a seductive trail. Then there is Alchemie, which recalls a controlled opulence through Brazilian pink pepper and Somali myrrh, giving life to a vibrant fragrance.
Mezzanotte, the new fragrance collection unveiled by Bottega Veneta last October, delves even deeper into the nocturnal side of the Intrecciato, expanding the Maison’s olfactory offerings. The name refers to a time, but also to a state of mind, when everything becomes more profound and we become more authentic. It is a tribute to the house’s Italian roots, as well as to the emotional density of the night. Here, Hinoki is silence and presence, expressed through notes of fir balsam, hinoki wood (sacred in Japanese architecture), and patchouli, a meditative fragrance that evokes ancient forests and suspended time.
Goodmorning Midnight is, instead, pure celebration, a fragrance that smiles through Thai oud, generous rose, and an unexpected note of wild strawberry, creating a luminous and adventurous composition. Almost Dawn captures the moment when night begins to give way to light. Chestnut, truffle, and vanilla build a deep, enveloping fragrance that speaks of new beginnings, awareness, and optimism. Like the first breath of the day. In short, what Bottega Veneta presented this autumn is a new sensory map, a story of interlacings faithful to a heritage that continues to move from Venice to the rest of the world.