Bergamotto di Calabria La Spugnatura

The bergamot emerges with an almost aggressive clarity—bitter, peppery, with genuine citrus pith character—whilst grapefruit and mandarin orbit it like planets establishing their gravitational pull. Within seconds, your skin registers brightness rather than perfume, a clean snap that feels more like lemon peel crushed between fingers than a sprayed abstraction.

By the second hour, galbanum introduces a verdant, slightly herbal quality that anchors the citrus exuberance, transforming what felt initially aggressive into something thoughtfully constructed. Geranium weaves through, adding a dusty, barely-sweet green floral that prevents the composition from becoming purely technical. The woody accord begins whispering underneath, a cedarwood dryness that was merely suggested in the opening.

Vetiver and cedarwood establish themselves as the true architecture, woody and mineral-tinged, with the citrus reduced to a memory of brightness rather than an active player. The fragrance settles into a clean, almost linear woody-green state—austere and refined, a fading impression of morning freshness rather than any lingering sweetness.