Versi is an olfactory study in three chapters. Versi explores and enjoys the wonderful correspondences between Perfume and Poetry. The third and last of the three studies is Albatros Eau de Parfum inspired by the poem of the same name by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867). The poem was published in the collection Les Fleurs du mal. It is indeed the second poem of the collection (first edition: 1857). It is found in the first of the books six sections, which has the title: Spleen et Idéal.
Perfumer: Anne Sophie Baeghel
Concept & Creative Design: Stefania Squeglia
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is the scent of someone moving through the city with an easy, unforced presence: crisp shirt, open collar, salt on the air, nothing overworked. It suits close conversation and bright daylight, when you want freshness with a dry, composed edge rather than sparkle or sweetness.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, where its marine opening and cedar-vetiver base can stay clear without turning heavy. Apply a moderate amount: it wears with a clean, airy diffusion and settles into a dry woody trail, with the salt and ozonic facets staying most vivid in the first hours.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like fresh, mineral compositions with a woody backbone and a restrained, modern profile. It will appeal to those who prefer clean lines, subtle complexity and fragrances that feel polished without becoming sweet or loud.
Release year
2021
The nose
Anne-Sophie Behaghel is known for a contemporary style that balances clarity with texture, often pairing natural materials with modern synthetics to create scents that feel precise rather than decorative. Her work tends to explore contrast: airy and mineral, floral and abstract, polished yet tactile. For Mendittorosa’s Albatros, she shapes the poem’s tension between freedom and awkwardness into a marine-woody composition, using a clean aquatic opening, a modern rose heart and a cedar-vetiver base. The result is a fragrance that feels structured and luminous, with the kind of restrained complexity that suits her style.
Collaborators
Stefania Squeglia, Mendittorosa’s founder and creative force, shaped the concept and visual identity of the Versi project, framing Albatros as part of the house’s dialogue between poetry and perfume. Her role was to define the artistic brief and the symbolic universe around the scent, while Anne-Sophie Behaghel translated that vision into formula.
Mendittorosa’s story
Mendittorosa builds fragrances as symbolic, handcrafted objects, rooted in Italian creation and a strong artisanal sensibility. The house favors natural materials, poetic references and a spiritual, almost talismanic approach to perfumery, with each composition treated as an expressive work rather than a commercial formula.
Albatros’s concept
Albatros belongs to Mendittorosa’s Versi collection, a three-part study of the relationship between perfume and poetry. It takes its inspiration from Charles Baudelaire’s poem of the same name from Les Fleurs du mal, using the image of the albatross as a symbol of grace in flight and awkwardness on land. The fragrance translates that idea into a fresh, airy composition with a poised woody base.
Extra info
Albatros is part of Mendittorosa’s Versi collection, a series devoted to the meeting point of poetry and perfume. It is inspired by Baudelaire’s poem "L’Albatros" and is composed as a study in marine air, rose and woods, with a distinctly Italian artisanal presentation.
Versi is an olfactory study in three chapters. Versi explores and enjoys the wonderful correspondences between Perfume and Poetry. The third and last of the three studies is Albatros Eau de Parfum inspired by the poem of the same name by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867). The poem was published in the collection Les Fleurs du mal. It is indeed the second poem of the collection (first edition: 1857). It is found in the first of the books six sections, which has the title: Spleen et Idéal.
Perfumer: Anne Sophie Baeghel
Concept & Creative Design: Stefania Squeglia
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is the scent of someone moving through the city with an easy, unforced presence: crisp shirt, open collar, salt on the air, nothing overworked. It suits close conversation and bright daylight, when you want freshness with a dry, composed edge rather than sparkle or sweetness.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, where its marine opening and cedar-vetiver base can stay clear without turning heavy. Apply a moderate amount: it wears with a clean, airy diffusion and settles into a dry woody trail, with the salt and ozonic facets staying most vivid in the first hours.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like fresh, mineral compositions with a woody backbone and a restrained, modern profile. It will appeal to those who prefer clean lines, subtle complexity and fragrances that feel polished without becoming sweet or loud.
Release year
2021
The nose
Anne-Sophie Behaghel is known for a contemporary style that balances clarity with texture, often pairing natural materials with modern synthetics to create scents that feel precise rather than decorative. Her work tends to explore contrast: airy and mineral, floral and abstract, polished yet tactile. For Mendittorosa’s Albatros, she shapes the poem’s tension between freedom and awkwardness into a marine-woody composition, using a clean aquatic opening, a modern rose heart and a cedar-vetiver base. The result is a fragrance that feels structured and luminous, with the kind of restrained complexity that suits her style.
Collaborators
Stefania Squeglia, Mendittorosa’s founder and creative force, shaped the concept and visual identity of the Versi project, framing Albatros as part of the house’s dialogue between poetry and perfume. Her role was to define the artistic brief and the symbolic universe around the scent, while Anne-Sophie Behaghel translated that vision into formula.
Mendittorosa’s story
Mendittorosa builds fragrances as symbolic, handcrafted objects, rooted in Italian creation and a strong artisanal sensibility. The house favors natural materials, poetic references and a spiritual, almost talismanic approach to perfumery, with each composition treated as an expressive work rather than a commercial formula.
Albatros’s concept
Albatros belongs to Mendittorosa’s Versi collection, a three-part study of the relationship between perfume and poetry. It takes its inspiration from Charles Baudelaire’s poem of the same name from Les Fleurs du mal, using the image of the albatross as a symbol of grace in flight and awkwardness on land. The fragrance translates that idea into a fresh, airy composition with a poised woody base.
Extra info
Albatros is part of Mendittorosa’s Versi collection, a series devoted to the meeting point of poetry and perfume. It is inspired by Baudelaire’s poem "L’Albatros" and is composed as a study in marine air, rose and woods, with a distinctly Italian artisanal presentation.