White Duke EDP 50 ml - Moresque Parfum

White Duke by Moresque: poetry transformed into perfume, the art of the sublime in an enveloping fragrance

Olfactory Family: Oriental

Top Notes: Bergamot, Geranium, Clary Sage

Middle Notes: Amber, Peruvian Balsam, Thyme, Opoponax

Base Notes: Benzoin, Incense, Patchouli

Perfumer: Andrea Casotti

Launch Year: 2019

White Duke by Moresque is an aromatic ode to the timeless elegance and aesthetic sensibility of an iconic figure in art and literature: Gabriele D'Annunzio. This oriental fragrance is not simply a perfume, but a multisensory experience that transports you to the heart of a golden age, when beauty, culture, and sensuality were the center of the universe. It is the olfactory portrait of a refined dandy, an aristocrat of the soul who envelops himself in pristine whites, marble, antique books, and the delicate silence of a secret garden.

From its first notes, White Duke seduces with a luminous and enveloping entrance. Bergamot brings a sparkling and elegant freshness that intertwines with clary sage, creating a herbal, clean, and sophisticated accord. But it is geranium that takes center stage in this introduction, lending that slightly spicy, green, and floral character that defines the aristocratic essence of the fragrance. Like a bouquet carefully chosen to adorn the windows of an Italian villa, this opening is a breath of noble air, a refined prologue to a fascinating sensorial story.

The heart of the perfume beats with golden intensity. Amber brings a resplendent, almost solar warmth that envelops the senses like the light of dusk in a summer palace. Thyme adds a Mediterranean, wild, and earthy note, contrasting with the deep, resinous sweetness of Peruvian balsam. This ingredient—considered a balm for the soul—provides an introspective dimension, as if each note concealed an unwritten poem, an intimate confession. Opoponax, with its dense, spiritual texture, rises like a ritual echo in this symphony, evoking forgotten temples and lit candles.

In the background, the fragrance becomes darker and more mysterious, like the private chambers of a Tuscan villa. Benzoin and incense form a mystical, enveloping duo that invites introspection and sensual contemplation. The patchouli base—earthy, moist, deeply elegant—connects with the flesh and skin, anchoring the perfume with a quiet, subtle sensuality that lingers for hours like an indelible memory. It is in this base that White Duke reveals itself at its most intimate, most visceral, most human.

Inspired by the figure of D'Annunzio, White Duke is the fragrance for those who experience art as a personal religion. A hymn to classical beauty, but with a modern and hedonistic twist. This is not a conventional fragrance, but a perfumery work that flirts with the theatrical, the literary, and the sensually provocative. Each accord is measured with millimetric precision by maestro Andrea Casotti, who ensures that the fragrance evolves like a novel of intense, unpredictable, and deeply emotional chapters.

The choice of geranium is no coincidence. This aristocratic flower, a symbol of balance and emotional freedom, gives the perfume a sense of openness, elegant lightness, and expressive freedom. Native to southern Africa and very popular among English nobility, geranium evokes sunny afternoons in geometric gardens, literary conversations, cups of tea, and glances filled with desire. It's an olfactory nod to effortless refinement, to conscious and cultivated pleasure.

Similarly, the use of opoponax—with its mystical resonances and symbolic power—adds a spiritual dimension to the perfume. This resin, used in ancient rituals to ward off negativity and enhance inspiration, makes White Duke a tool of creative expression. It's a fragrance that stimulates the mind, awakens the senses, and unleashes the imagination like a poem whispered in the ear of the night.

Peru balsam, meanwhile, brings an almost therapeutic comfort. Its sweet and deep aroma evokes the idea of ​​a warm embrace, a safe and enveloping atmosphere, like a nobleman's library filled with leather, antique woods, and soft lighting. This note acts as a portal to the intimate, inviting you to stop, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters: the art of living intensely.

White Duke is, ultimately, an olfactory gem that combines the noble with the rebellious, the classic with the modern, the spiritual with the carnal. It's a style statement for those unafraid to stand out, for those who find in beauty a path to the transcendent. More than a perfume, it's an attitude. An experience. A way of inhabiting the world with elegance, depth, and just the right amount of poetic provocation.