Roberto Ugolini
Roberto Ugolini
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Lime and lemon explode with piercing acidity, immediately joined by mandarin's golden sweetness—a clarifying burst that feels almost effervescent, like biting into candied citrus peel. The composition feels airy, bright, demanding attention for those first few minutes.
The citrus gradually softens as orange blossom and jasmine emerge, creating a creamy, almost peachy softness that envelops the citrus rather than replacing it. The fragrance transforms from sharp and linear into something multidimensional, where florals and citrus collaborate rather than compete, gaining an almost gourmand character.
Vanilla and musk form a tender, skin-like base whilst cedarwood and patchouli provide quiet structure beneath—the fragrance becomes predominantly creamy and intimate, retaining whispers of orange-blossom sweetness but losing projection dramatically, clinging closely to the skin as a soft, powdery haze.
Marzocco Roberto Ugolini presents a paradox: an eau de parfum that reads as brilliantly luminous yet paradoxically ephemeral. The fragrance opens with a triumvirate of citrus—lime's herbaceous snap cutting through lemon's sharp clarity, with mandarin orange providing a honeyed sweetness that prevents the top notes from feeling austere. What's remarkable here is how Maurizio Cerizza avoids the typical citrus-floral cliché by allowing the orange blossom in the heart to blur the boundary between top and heart; it emerges not as a distinct floral layer but rather as an intensification of the mandarin's natural orange-flower character, whilst jasmine adds a silky, almost creamy dimensionality that transforms what could have been a simple breakfast-table fragrance into something genuinely sensual.
The base is where Marzocco reveals its true temperament. Rather than anchoring with heavy woods, Cerizza opts for a musk-vanilla-cedarwood interplay that feels powdery and subtly animalic—the musk providing skin-like warmth without animalic intensity, whilst vanilla creams the composition without cloying. Patchouli and precious woods add structural integrity, preventing the whole affair from floating away into pure abstraction. This is a fragrance for the person who appreciates citrus but refuses to wear something disposable; who wants freshness tempered with sensuality and creamy comfort. It suits morning applications before important meetings, afternoon reapplication in professional settings, or evening wear when you want presence without aggression. Unisex in the truest sense—neither masculine nor feminine, merely intelligent.
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