Edo

EDO is the breath of a solitary man crossing the threshold of a land overseas, sealed off for two centuries. Wooden courtyards, hanging gardens, paper lanterns and garments of shapes and colors unlike any he had ever seen enchant him. Edoardo Chiossone, a Genoese engraver, is welcomed into the court of Emperor Meiji discovers Japan that will become his new life and new home. From Tokyo, the ancient Edo, he is never to leave.

EDO is the story of an extraordinary encounter between civilizations and cultures. The West in the presence of the East; an olfactory journey that restores the vibrant emotion of discovery. Every place becomes an enchantment suspended between memory and future, between the dream of modernity and reverence for the magnificence of a millennary tradition, between creativity and the silence of contemplation.

The fragrance captures this journey: the opening releases cedar and sweet spices, evoking the fragrant markets of Edo, caressed by rice water like dew on Zen gardens; the heart reveals notes of frankincense and iris, sacred guardians of ancient temples; the base of puffed rice evokes the golden silence of rooftops and pavilions, tracing a path of wonder and contemplation.