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 who prefers clarity over display: a composed presence in a close room, where the air feels cool and lightly salted. It suits a quiet, self-possessed mood, with a clean line and a subtle wake rather than a dramatic entrance.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, where its marine brightness and dry woods can stay crisp on skin. Apply lightly to let the ozonic opening breathe; a few sprays are enough, as the cedar and vetiver give it a steady, clean trail without becoming heavy.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like marine scents with a dry woody backbone, and who prefer freshness that feels pared-back rather than sporty. It will appeal to those drawn to transparent compositions, subtle sophistication and a modern, understated aesthetic.
Release year
2021
The nose
Anne-Sophie Behaghel is known for building fragrances with a clear modern structure and a refined use of contrast, often balancing natural materials with synthetic facets to sharpen texture and diffusion. Her work tends to feel precise rather than decorative, with an interest in airy transparency, unusual accords and contemporary elegance. For Albatros, she translates Baudelaire’s poem into a marine-woody composition that moves from foamy, ozonic brightness into cedarwood and vetiver. The result reflects her ability to make a fragrance feel both composed and slightly abstract, with a clean surface and a more nuanced, textural base.
Collaborators
Stefania Squeglia shaped the concept and creative design, bringing Mendittorosa’s poetic, symbolic world to the fragrance and framing it as part of the Versi collection’s dialogue between perfume and poetry. Her role was conceptual and artistic, guiding the fragrance’s literary inspiration and presentation.
Mendittorosa’s story
Mendittorosa builds fragrances as symbolic, artisanal objects, with a strong emphasis on poetry, spirituality and Italian craftsmanship. The house favors natural materials, cruelty-free composition and collaborations with artists and artisans, treating perfume as an expressive, almost ritual form rather than a purely decorative luxury product.
Albatros’s concept
Albatros is the third chapter of Mendittorosa’s Versi project, a series devoted to the meeting point between poetry and perfume. It draws directly from Charles Baudelaire’s poem Albatros in Les Fleurs du mal, using the image of the noble bird—majestic in flight, awkward on land—as a poetic frame for a fragrance that feels airy, marine and quietly restrained.
Extra info
Albatros belongs to Mendittorosa’s Versi collection, a project built around the relationship between poetry and perfumery. It is inspired by Baudelaire’s poem of the same name, and the house presents it as a 100% Italian-conceived creation with handcrafted 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 who prefers clarity over display: a composed presence in a close room, where the air feels cool and lightly salted. It suits a quiet, self-possessed mood, with a clean line and a subtle wake rather than a dramatic entrance.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, where its marine brightness and dry woods can stay crisp on skin. Apply lightly to let the ozonic opening breathe; a few sprays are enough, as the cedar and vetiver give it a steady, clean trail without becoming heavy.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like marine scents with a dry woody backbone, and who prefer freshness that feels pared-back rather than sporty. It will appeal to those drawn to transparent compositions, subtle sophistication and a modern, understated aesthetic.
Release year
2021
The nose
Anne-Sophie Behaghel is known for building fragrances with a clear modern structure and a refined use of contrast, often balancing natural materials with synthetic facets to sharpen texture and diffusion. Her work tends to feel precise rather than decorative, with an interest in airy transparency, unusual accords and contemporary elegance. For Albatros, she translates Baudelaire’s poem into a marine-woody composition that moves from foamy, ozonic brightness into cedarwood and vetiver. The result reflects her ability to make a fragrance feel both composed and slightly abstract, with a clean surface and a more nuanced, textural base.
Collaborators
Stefania Squeglia shaped the concept and creative design, bringing Mendittorosa’s poetic, symbolic world to the fragrance and framing it as part of the Versi collection’s dialogue between perfume and poetry. Her role was conceptual and artistic, guiding the fragrance’s literary inspiration and presentation.
Mendittorosa’s story
Mendittorosa builds fragrances as symbolic, artisanal objects, with a strong emphasis on poetry, spirituality and Italian craftsmanship. The house favors natural materials, cruelty-free composition and collaborations with artists and artisans, treating perfume as an expressive, almost ritual form rather than a purely decorative luxury product.
Albatros’s concept
Albatros is the third chapter of Mendittorosa’s Versi project, a series devoted to the meeting point between poetry and perfume. It draws directly from Charles Baudelaire’s poem Albatros in Les Fleurs du mal, using the image of the noble bird—majestic in flight, awkward on land—as a poetic frame for a fragrance that feels airy, marine and quietly restrained.
Extra info
Albatros belongs to Mendittorosa’s Versi collection, a project built around the relationship between poetry and perfumery. It is inspired by Baudelaire’s poem of the same name, and the house presents it as a 100% Italian-conceived creation with handcrafted presentation.