№ 01
Concreto Verde
Botanical Brutalism, after the rain.
The moment after rain on a São Paulo Saturday. Hot grey concrete drinking in the downpour, roots pushing through the cracks — Niemeyer's aggressive concrete meeting Burle Marx's untamed botanical work. Floor-to-ceiling glass, shadow play, giant Monstera leaves. The air heavy, green and mineral all at once. The city has been holding back all week, finally given permission to breathe.
Botanical Brutalism
№ 01 · Composition
- Top
- Petrichor / Wet Stone · Yerba Mate Absolute · Metallic Aldehydes
- Heart
- Priprioca · Galbanum Resinoid · Green Violet Leaf
- Base
- Breu Branco Resin · Copaiba Balsam · Haitian Vetiver
- Character
- Moderate and intimate. Green, mineral and close to the skin, like the air right after rain.
- Anchor
- São Paulo · Brasil
Provenance
- Breu Branco resin · Pará, Brasil · 2025 harvest
- Copaiba balsam · Acre, Brasil · 2025 harvest
- Haitian vetiver · Cap-Haïtien cooperative · 2024 harvest
The rest of the structure (the petrichor, the metallic top, the green accord) is the perfumer's construction, built in the studio rather than harvested.
