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ESXENCE 2009

Where:

Spazio Pelota – Milan

When:

April 2 – 5 2009

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How many times does the world speak to us, and yet

How many times does the world speak to us, and yet we are not truly there to listen?

The senses are our most human way of inhabiting reality. They seek each other, intertwine, respond to everything around us. Together they compose something greater than any one of them: the fullness of being present, the profound feeling of existing in a precise and unrepeatable moment. And among the five senses, it is smell that reaches deepest, capable of touching that part of us which cannot be explained… only felt.

A fragrance needs no words. It does not simply describe a moment: it arrives before thought, reaching directly into what we are at our core and brings it back to life.
The sun on the first day that feels like spring, a carefree afternoon from childhood, the rain falling softly on an autumn evening: without their scent, these and so many other memories would be nothing but faded images. But through smell, they return whole with the warmth, the emotion, the exact weight they carried when we truly lived them.

The fragrances we carry within us are the most intimate form of our history, of everything we have lived.

Sensing the World is an invitation to come back to the present. To perceive with awareness, letting body, mind and emotion move together. In the scents we carry with us, kept in silence by memory, there is something essential: the most authentic trace of who we have been, of what we have lived, and of who we still are.

ESXENCE - Sensing the World
3-6 June 2026

#esxence #esxence2026 #sensingtheworld #esxence26 #theartperfumeryevent

Today, at the iconic Palazzo Citterio, we official

Today, at the iconic Palazzo Citterio, we officially unveiled the 16th edition of Esxence – The Art Perfumery Event!

Mark your calendars: June 3-6, 2026, at Allianz MiCo, Milan.

20,000 sqm of exhibition area.
108 new brands making their international debut.
A growing community of creators, visionaries, and scent lovers from around the world.

This year’s theme? “Sensing the World”: an invitation to let fragrance reconnect you to the present moment.

See you in Milan Esxencers! 🤍

#esxence #esxence2026 #sensingtheworld #theartperfumeryevent

The wait is over: Esxence 2026 tickets are now ava

The wait is over: Esxence 2026 tickets are now available! 🤍
Come and discover the world of artistic perfumery, we can’t wait to welcome you ✨

Link in bio! 🔗

#esxence2026 #theartperfumeryevent #esxence #nicheperfumery

"I love the verb to feel… To feel the roar of t

"I love the verb to feel…

To feel the roar of the sea, to breathe its salt.
To feel the sound of rain as it touches your lips,
to feel a pen tracing its way across a blank page.
To feel the scent of the one you love,
to hear their voice and feel them, deep within the heart.

To feel is the verb of all emotions.
You lie down on the back of the world,
and you feel."

Alda Merini

#Esxencers, what's your favourite feeling? 🤍

#esxence2026 #theartperfumeryevent #FragranceCommunity

Less than 3 months to go to Esxence 2026 ✨ but f

Less than 3 months to go to Esxence 2026 ✨ but first, let’s meet at @cosmoprofworldwide!

Esxence Heritage Hall tells the story of fifteen editions of The Art Perfumery Event through the raw materials that defined each season.

Walk through our olfactory archive, then step into an interactive sensory experience created with @italianperfumeryinstitute: a guided journey into the world of smell.

Fifteen years of scent in one place: don’t miss it 🤍

ESXENCE HERITAGE HALL
🗓️From 26 to 28 March 2026
📍Hall 14 - Cosmoprime
COSMO PERFUMERY & COSMETICS

#esxence #esxenceheritagehall #esxence2026 #cosmoprofbologna

There are days when a single scent can change ever

There are days when a single scent can change everything 🤍
The smell of something familiar, warm, reassuring... and suddenly you breathe a little deeper. You feel a little more like you.
A bottle of perfume is perhaps the smallest vessel for the largest things, like the quiet sense of coming home to yourself 🏠

Which scent takes you there? 💬

#esxence #EsxenceTheArtPerfumeryEvent #esxence2026 #fragrancecommunity #artisticperfumery

In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, perfume wa

In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, perfume was alchemy, seduction, power, and rebirth 🔮

In 1370, Europe’s first alcohol-based perfume was born: Hungary Water, created for Elizabeth of Poland. A rosemary elixir that revolutionized modern perfumery.

But it was Italy, between Florence and Venice, that became the beating heart of this olfactory renaissance. When the Crusades brought distillation techniques and exotic ingredients from the East to Europe, Italian perfumers perfected the art of distillation, creating sophisticated fragrances.

✨The most precious raw materials of the era included musk and ambergris for their aphrodisiac power, jasmine and tuberose for their floral intensity, along with lavender, rose, citrus, and the celebrated Florentine iris. The iris, symbol of Florence itself, grew wild in the Arno valleys, and from its roots was extracted orris, one of the world’s most expensive essences: more precious than gold, it required six years of processing to develop its unmistakable violet scent.

⚜️Did you know? Caterina de’ Medici brought the fashion of perfumed gloves from her native Florence to the French court. These leather accessories, scented to mask the smell of tanning, became the ultimate symbol of luxury. In 1656, the guild of “Gantiers-Parfumeurs” was established, the master glove-makers and perfumers who transformed Grasse into the European capital of perfumery.

Medieval and Renaissance perfume wasn’t just about elegance: it was protection against disease, an expression of power, alchemical art ♥️

#esxence #esxencetheartperfumeryevent #perfumehistory #perfumery #renaissanceperfumery

Since #2016 is trending…What has changed in ten

Since #2016 is trending…What has changed in ten years? ✨
Let’s discover together how much we’ve grown with you!

#esxence #esxencetheartperfumeryevent #nicheperfumery #fragrancecommunity

We all remember the first time we smelled that one

We all remember the first time we smelled that one fragrance that stole our hearts, the one that introduced every of us to this incredible world ♥️
We’re curious… what was yours? Can you recall the emotions it stirred?
Share it with us in the comments 💬

#EsxenceTheArtPerfumeryEvent #esxence #esxence2026 #theartperfumeryevent #nicheperfumery #artisticperfumery #fragrancecommunity

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