The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Bianca arrived in 2017 with perfumer Martino Cerizza, who placed a contemporary eau de cologne idea inside a composition shaped by the brand's connection to Bologna's acqua di Felsina tradition. The result is unisex by design, built around a lively meeting of citrus, floral powder, warm spice, and clean musk. It borrows its clarity from the classic cologne format, then adds a richer center that gives the freshness somewhere to go. That balance matters. Bianca doesn't behave like a stripped-down citrus splash or a heavily ornate floral perfume. It starts clean, grows quietly warm, and stays composed.
The interesting part is how unlike its categories it feels. Bergamot, lemon, mandarin orange, lavender, and neroli establish a familiar fresh register, but the heart introduces iris, rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, and cyclamen with a powdery softness. Then the base pulls in benzoin, cinnamon, clove, and white musk. That combination gives Bianca its split character, bright at first and quietly enveloping later, with citrus brightness moving gradually into a soft floral heart before warm spice and clean musk settle close to the skin.
The evolution
The opening arrives with a clean sweep of citrus, brisk and polished, before lavender lends a herbal edge and neroli keeps the brightness airy. As those notes recede, iris and cyclamen create a powdery floral center, joined by rose, jasmine, and ylang-ylang for a richer, more dimensional softness. The scent then changes register again as benzoin, cinnamon, clove, and white musk settle in. Spice warms the edges, benzoin adds a gentle resinous sweetness, and musk keeps everything close to the skin. By the final phase, the sharper citrus has mostly disappeared. What remains is a quiet blend of powder, skin, and warm spice, with the floral notes softened by resinous warmth and the composition held together by its clean musk base.
Cultural impact
Bianca belongs to the Italian tradition of citrus-led personal fragrance, with the lightness of a cologne and a more expressive finish in its layered composition. Its unisex positioning suits the broad, easy-to-wear character of classic acqua di felsina, while iris, musk, and spice give the familiar freshness a more polished contemporary register. The result moves easily between bright citrus, powdery florals, and warm spice, offering a composition that feels both familiar and distinctly layered.
The House
Autentica di FelsinaAutentica di Felsina is an Italian fragrance house rooted in Bologna and the local tradition of acqua di felsina, a citrus-based fragrance introduced by Pietro Bortolotti in 1827. The house presents its fragrances as a continuation of this documented chapter in Italian perfumery. Autentica di Felsina Bianca, released in 2017, is the principal fragrance identified in the available brand record. Its identity lies in the meeting of an established eau de cologne format with the character of its home city.
The Creator
Martino CerizzaPublicly available information does not provide a detailed note list or a fixed set of preferred ingredients for Martino Cerizza, so any specific claims would be speculative. Still, his family background points toward compositions built around natural aromatic materials, with…
