We are beyond thrilled to welcome Meo Fusciuni all the way from Italy for an in-person event at our Boutique in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday May 16th, 2023.
Meo Fusciuni’s work was first launched here at Fumerie in 2022 and has quickly become a favorite amongst our Pacific Northwest community, as well those who visit our shop from abroad. Meo’s vulnerable and inspired work seems to speak directly to those looking for depth and intrigue in their fragrances of choice, as well as those looking for respite through comforting compositions.
Giuseppe Imprezzabile is a chemist with a passion for the poetry of Pablo Neruda, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Juana Ines de la Cruz. He owned an herbalist’s shop in the north Italian town of Salsomaggiore Terme until his passion for words and the evocative power of fragrances turned into a dream-job. He started to create fragrances under the epithet Meo Fusciuni, a family nickname from his native Sicily - Meo was his father's diminutive and Fusciuni means flowing in Sicilian, the word his grandfather used to describe him.
Meo Fusciuni released his first independent perfumes in 2010 with the Trilogy of Travel: known in-store as the numbered series of eau de parfums. The herb garden fragrances that recall moments of life lived through the odors, and retrace their path of perfume through Turkey to Morocco and his native Sicily, a unique and exciting collection- the olfactory vision of a modern artist and nomad.
In 2012 and 2013 he completed a new cycle, that of poetry, which lead Meo Fusciuni to live in olfactory pyramids and architecture; the poetic inner life of a researcher. Compounds from natural essential oils and raw materials of high quality, the scents of Meo Fusciuni rediscover the charm and tradition of the art of perfumery with bold new direction. Over the years Meo Fusciuni’s brand has established itself as an independent brand in the world of perfumery that is a beacon of the celebration of the most artistic elements of the medium.
”My path is decidedly atypical for a perfumer . Chemist and Herbalist , I have lived my youth with plants, places of silence, where nature expresses its utmost essence. The human experience of anthropology and ethnobotany in Morocco and Turkey have developed into following my passion for the Arab world . Hence the love for aromatherapy and almost involuntary step into the world of fragrances. Before the pyramid or poetry, the smell- this is my thought, the smell of the perfume before the first poem of the molecule. Meo Fusciuni and odorous liquid is matter that contains it, the poetic language that is enclosed in a fragrance, a journey that lasts a lifetime. For me perfume is an art, a way to revive the emotions and sensations experienced; so you do not merely wear a perfume, but are a means to identify an expression of art.” - Meo Fusciuni
Join us for one of two one-hour events on May 16th with Meo Fusciuni, where he will guide us through some of his fragrant art and answer your questions. If you find that tickets for this event are sold out and are still interested in attending please email info@fumerie.com to be put on our Waiting List. In the event of cancellations or space opening up you will be contacted to attend.
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