David Maruitte
“Nerosa is a perfume realized with David Maruitte in 2011, but at that time we believed that Laboratorio Olfattivo was not yet ready to launch a fragrance like this. Today instead, Nerosa can perfectly enter in our Black Collection, thanks to the depth, wealth and strength of its formula. A fragrance whose energy is noticeable and whose enveloping sillage is strong.”
Roberto Drago
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Nerosa suits close, deliberate spaces where its rose-and-leather tension can unfold without losing shape. It feels most at home on someone who moves with calm confidence, leaving a smoky floral trace that reads as intimate rather than loud, but never disappears.
How to wear
Best worn in cooler weather, when its saffron, rose and oud can bloom without turning heavy. Apply sparingly at first: one or two sprays are enough to let the leathery, animalic base project with its natural depth. On skin it grows warmer and darker; in the air it leaves a persistent, enveloping trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like roses with backbone: smoky, leathery, slightly animalic and far from delicate. It will appeal to those drawn to chypre structure, spicy florals and darker niche compositions with strong presence and a refined but untamed edge.
Release year
2011; commercially launched in 2019
The nose
David Maruitte. Maruitte is known for composing fragrances with a moody, textured style, often drawing on smoky, incense-like effects and a strong sense of contrast. In Nerosa, that approach sharpens a rose heart with saffron, oud and leathery depth, giving the composition its dark, sensual tension. Working with Laboratorio Olfattivo, he helped shape a fragrance that feels deliberately unpolished in the best sense: rich, forceful and built around materiality rather than prettiness. Nerosa reflects the kind of niche perfumery where structure, sillage and character matter as much as the floral theme itself.
Collaborators
Roberto Drago, the brand’s creative director, helped hold the fragrance back until the house felt ready for its intensity, then brought it into the Black Collection as a statement of depth and strength. His role was to frame Maruitte’s composition within Laboratorio Olfattivo’s darker, more concentrated artistic line.
Laboratorio Olfattivo’s story
Laboratorio Olfattivo is a niche house built around creative freedom, giving perfumers room to develop distinctive ideas rather than market-led formulas. Founded by Daniela Caon and Roberto Drago, it treats fragrance as a collaborative artistic project, with Roberto Drago guiding the creative direction and the brand’s collections often exploring bold, unconventional territory.
Nerosa’s concept
Nerosa was created with David Maruitte in 2011, but the house delayed its launch because the fragrance’s powerful, sensual profile felt too bold at the time. It later found its place in Laboratorio Olfattivo’s Black Collection, where its dark rose idea, enriched with oud, leather and warm resins, could be presented as intended: intense, deep and unapologetically enveloping.
Extra info
Nerosa was created in 2011 but held back for years before entering Laboratorio Olfattivo’s Black Collection. The name suggests a dark rose, and the fragrance lives up to it with a composition that pairs floral elegance with castoreum, oud and leather for a distinctly shadowed effect.
David Maruitte
“Nerosa is a perfume realized with David Maruitte in 2011, but at that time we believed that Laboratorio Olfattivo was not yet ready to launch a fragrance like this. Today instead, Nerosa can perfectly enter in our Black Collection, thanks to the depth, wealth and strength of its formula. A fragrance whose energy is noticeable and whose enveloping sillage is strong.”
Roberto Drago
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Nerosa suits close, deliberate spaces where its rose-and-leather tension can unfold without losing shape. It feels most at home on someone who moves with calm confidence, leaving a smoky floral trace that reads as intimate rather than loud, but never disappears.
How to wear
Best worn in cooler weather, when its saffron, rose and oud can bloom without turning heavy. Apply sparingly at first: one or two sprays are enough to let the leathery, animalic base project with its natural depth. On skin it grows warmer and darker; in the air it leaves a persistent, enveloping trail.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like roses with backbone: smoky, leathery, slightly animalic and far from delicate. It will appeal to those drawn to chypre structure, spicy florals and darker niche compositions with strong presence and a refined but untamed edge.
Release year
2011; commercially launched in 2019
The nose
David Maruitte. Maruitte is known for composing fragrances with a moody, textured style, often drawing on smoky, incense-like effects and a strong sense of contrast. In Nerosa, that approach sharpens a rose heart with saffron, oud and leathery depth, giving the composition its dark, sensual tension. Working with Laboratorio Olfattivo, he helped shape a fragrance that feels deliberately unpolished in the best sense: rich, forceful and built around materiality rather than prettiness. Nerosa reflects the kind of niche perfumery where structure, sillage and character matter as much as the floral theme itself.
Collaborators
Roberto Drago, the brand’s creative director, helped hold the fragrance back until the house felt ready for its intensity, then brought it into the Black Collection as a statement of depth and strength. His role was to frame Maruitte’s composition within Laboratorio Olfattivo’s darker, more concentrated artistic line.
Laboratorio Olfattivo’s story
Laboratorio Olfattivo is a niche house built around creative freedom, giving perfumers room to develop distinctive ideas rather than market-led formulas. Founded by Daniela Caon and Roberto Drago, it treats fragrance as a collaborative artistic project, with Roberto Drago guiding the creative direction and the brand’s collections often exploring bold, unconventional territory.
Nerosa’s concept
Nerosa was created with David Maruitte in 2011, but the house delayed its launch because the fragrance’s powerful, sensual profile felt too bold at the time. It later found its place in Laboratorio Olfattivo’s Black Collection, where its dark rose idea, enriched with oud, leather and warm resins, could be presented as intended: intense, deep and unapologetically enveloping.
Extra info
Nerosa was created in 2011 but held back for years before entering Laboratorio Olfattivo’s Black Collection. The name suggests a dark rose, and the fragrance lives up to it with a composition that pairs floral elegance with castoreum, oud and leather for a distinctly shadowed effect.