MASQUE MILANO Eau de parfum L'attesa 100 ml
MASQUE MILANO
III – I L’ATTESA On a summer night. Everything is ready for the rendezvous…
L’Attesa, meaning “The Wait” in Italian, is a fragrance dedicated to the anticipation of meeting a loved one for the first time. It captures that magical moment—placing fresh flowers in a vase, opening a bottle of champagne, and letting soft music fill the air. It is the beginning of something extraordinary.
This perfume was an opportunity to create a signature iris scent for MASQUE Milano. But more than that, Alessandro and Riccardo sought to craft a unique iris and champagne combination, something never done before. For this, perfumer Luca Maffei worked with one of the most luxurious raw materials: Florentine Iris Root Butter with a 15% concentration of irone, among the highest levels possible. This rare ingredient lends a fatty, powdery, and dusty elegance. To enhance its sillage and longevity, iris absolute from Florence was added, giving the fragrance depth and refinement.
While iris takes center stage, it is subtly complemented by a delicate floral trio: tuberose, ylang-ylang, and sandalwood. This masterful blend enhances the iris without overshadowing its beauty.
The champagne accord in L’Attesa is not about the usual fizzy, light interpretations. Instead, Luca focused on the true essence of champagne—its yeasty aroma. He used a super-critical CO2 extraction from a blend of fermented beers, which introduces a bitter hops note, animalic nuances, and the characteristic yeast aroma. Though listed as a top note, this material extends into the dry down, beautifully intertwining with the powdery facets of iris.
L’Attesa is an olfactory journey into anticipation, elegance, and romance—a tribute to the beauty of waiting for something wonderful to unfold.
- product type
- eau de parfum
- best for
- male & female
- fragrance family
- floral
- top notes
- italian bergamot, moroccan neroli, champagne accord.
- heart notes
- italian iris abs., italian iris root butter, french iris root butter, tuberose abs., ylang ylang madagascar.
- base notes
- italian bergamot, moroccan neroli, champagne accord.
MASQUE Milano is the true expression of who we are, as well as our life and passions. We do what we love and love what we do, nothing is imposed. If we are not convinced of something, we simply don’t do it.
MASQUE Milano Opera Collection - the opera of life in four acts.
People we meet often ask us why we drew our inspiration from musical opera. We are both Italians… We enjoy life in the style of La Dolce Vita.
Very often, many foreign friends tell us that we are lucky because we grew up in an open-air museum. Could they be more right? Immersed in the traditions of art and architecture, music and ballet, everything we do now speaks of our origins. We have both been musicians for over 20 years, collecting musical instruments, and we love to go to La Scala (the opera house in Milan).
When we started developing our line of fragrances, it was very natural for us to develop the concept around art, rooted in Italian culture and traditions, and this is musical opera.
In each individual scene of the opera, some characters change, as well as the main hero and elements of the setting. Similarly, in our lives, we can change the "mask" (appearance, lifestyle, friendships, tone of voice, or manner of speaking), but we can never part with our innermost individuality.
What makes a fragrance a masterpiece, if not the ability to evoke olfactory memories? The fragrance line is a collection, not just a set of fragrances under one brand, where different olfactory memories are connected by a common thread.
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