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and fruity fragrance, evoking a shipwreck on a rocky coastline. notes and crème brûlée. Floating Lands are a dreamscape of lost
Mineral shades of vertiginous cliffs take shape like a mirage, with continents with extraordinary geometries of rocks, earth, roots
a view of breath-taking woodland from their top. The top notes and lianas, with lush foliage and clear springs. Floral, powdery and
of blackcurrant, juniper berries Pure Jungle Essence™ and pine mineral, its top notes are bergamot, magnolia champaca E-Pure
essence set the scene. The heart notes of violet leaves absolute, Jungle Essence™, its heart is a floral riot of tuberose absolute and
immortelle Pure Jungle Essence™ and geranium bourbon evoke iris and the base notes are vetiver, honey and cistus absolute.
the ancient and enchanted woodland, while the base notes of Waterways Spell is a hesperidic, floral and vegetal fragrance, a
cedarwood, fir balsam, vetiver bourbon and moss evoke the dark euphoric wave of sparkling aquatic particles, rising like a nebula
velvet carpet of moss and roots. Burning Core takes place in a tracing the joyous vault of a rainbow. The top notes of bergamot,
hybrid light of dawns and sunsets. The perspective is reversed in mandarin, lemon and jungle leaves are a prelude to he heart of
a world within a world, trapped between dimensional strata, and green bell pepper Jungle Essence™, violet leaves absolute accord
the star glows, returning the flame to its burning core. The top and a waterfall accord. The base notes conclude this discovery of
notes of this ambery, spicy and caramelized fragrance are ginger a lost paradise with clary sage, cedarwood, moss and lichen. The
Pure Jungle Essence™, a solar note and a milky accord, followed by creators of the fragrances are Cécile Matton (Hidden Shores),
heart notes of vanilla Pure Jungle Essence™, vanilla absolute and Mathieu Nardin (Burning Core), Serge Majouiller (Floating Lands),
cade essence. The base is an intriguing blend of leather, savory and Alex Lee (Waterways Spell), all from Mane.

Export Magazine speaks to Barbara Loddo, CEo of Aquacosmetics,
worldwide distributor of the Agarthi Scent Core

EXPORT MAGAZINE: Ms loddo, your the existence of artistic perfumery.
experience in the beauty sector Molinard was the first brand acquired by
has allowed you to work in a range Aquacosmetics as exclusive distributor
of various activities and different for Italy, and it was followed by others.
product categories. When you Our current portfolio is the result of
decided to found AQUACoSMETiCS, precise choices and made to measure
what goal did you set yourself? on our distribution organization. From
BARBARA loDDo: Aquacosmetics was Laurent Mazzone to Franck Boclet for
founded by a group of professionals fragrances, Apotcare for clean beauty
who called me and with whom I have cosmetics, Bougies Rigaud for candles
had the honour of collaborating, to and Noble Isle for personal and home
create a new entrepreneurial initiative care. Obviously the brands we represent
specialized in thermal spa cosmetics. This today have believed in us and have
is why the name is made up of AQUA and trusted us with excellent products to
COSMETICS. I would never have imagined handle.
going so far in artistic perfumery. EM: Where does the very original
EM: 2023 sees you busy with another concept of AgARTHi come from?
EM: Your distribution portfolio of important project: the creation Bl: The origin of the concept of artistic
artistic perfumery brands includes of a brand of your own, AgARTHi. perfumery is often linked to travelling
some interesting ones, some This is an important challenge for around the world to poetic, exotic,
traditional brands and other more AQUACoSMETiCS. evocative or historical places, or around
recent ones. How did you make these Had you been cultivating this moodboards or based on particular
choices, over time, and how have you aspiration for a long time? ingredients. Our Agarthi tells the story of
succeeded in asserting these brands Bl: Aquacosmetics came into being as a a journey inside the Earth, an immersive
on the italian market? manufacturer and therefore going back journey which opens in unexplored
Bl: I would say that often karma plays to production was in the company’s DNA. territories connoted by a strong visual
its part! Everything started off from The Agarthi adventure actually started identity, the fragrance of which carries us
my previous professional experience many years ago, but as I always say, off to a new dimension.
in the late 1990s, where I discovered “there is a time for everything.” Claudia Stagno

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