LEONARDA - SPIRITICA

LEONARDA - SPIRITICA

44,76987°N | 10,77958°E

G(OUD)rmand : Gourmand, Fruity, Woody, Dark

Top Notes : Handmade soap, Blood orange, Caustic soda accord, Black pepper, Blood
Heart Notes : Whipped cream, Homemade cookies, Raspberry syrup, Metallic notes
Feet : Oud, Sulfur, Dark chocolate, Grey amber

She killed, dismembered, and boned three women. She used their fat to make soap. She dried their blood in the oven until it crumbled to pieces, then made delicious cookies from it that she offered her friends with tea.

She is Leonarda Cianciulli. The first Italian female serial killer, also known as the "soap maker of Correggio," a victim of superstition, driven by a sick and aberrant maternal love, wanted to sacrifice the lives of three women: she believed this would appease the evil spirits that, according to a witch's prophecies, were meant to kill her children.

Spiritica, the luxury paranormal fragrance brand, wants to tell the olfactory story of this highly complex historical figure and does so with LEONARDA: the first perfume in the CRIMECOLLECTION.

The conceptual idea came from Daniele Muratori Caputo, founder of the brand, in collaboration with Ariosto, an influencer and great expert in perfumes and criminal psychology. The perfumer who masterfully turned the ideas of the olfactory pyramid into reality is Paolo Cerizza.

A clear, unusual opening with Marseille soap immediately makes us think of something surgically clean and strange, paired with the fizz of a peppery accord reminiscent of caustic soda; but the rich, dirty, complex, dusty, and gently gourmand base suggests something hidden: at once unsettling and comforting.

Leonarda is a powerful perfume that communicates uniqueness and madness. In the heart, the welcoming, luscious notes of fresh whipped cream blend with the typical scent of homemade cookies. Cookies that, however, hold a surprise: inside, raspberry syrup mingles with the opening notes of coagulated blood, creating a sweet and ferrous accord.

But the real icing on the cake is in the base notes, with an opulent, powerful oud that, blending with accords of dark chocolate and alchemical notes reminiscent of sulfur, opens the doors to a dark and unexplored zone.

A very powerful extrait that is sure to create a truly new, unique, long-lasting, and memorable trail for everyone.

With Leonarda, we want to go beyond judging what is right or wrong: we invite people to see things with fresh eyes. Leonarda is a perfume that combines madness and love. It highlights the subtle bond that unites crime and justice. A controversial luxury fragrance, highly original and polarizing.

Although she confessed to having committed the three murders, Leonarda Cianciulli always considered herself innocent under Italian law.