The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Roberto Dario composed La Sorgente di Ninfee for DFG1924, launching it in 2017. The fragrance presents a green, aquatic floral world through herbaceous notes, grapefruit, tea, mango, white flowers, incense, moss, and woods. Its composition moves between sparkling citrus, leafy freshness, soft fruit, delicate florals, and a woody foundation. Grapefruit gives the opening a tart, lucid quality, while the herbal notes lend a crisp green character. Mango adds a generous sweetness that sits comfortably beside tea and white flowers. Incense, moss, and woods provide depth as the scent develops, creating a balanced trail that invites close attention to each layer.
The composition pairs tropical fruit with a cool, herbaceous character, giving the fragrance a refreshing sense of movement. Mango contributes generous sweetness, balanced by grapefruit, tea, and white flowers rather than overwhelmed by them. Incense and moss add depth to the airy profile, while the woods lend structure beneath the brighter notes. Together, the ingredients create a layered green trail: citrus and herbs at first, soft fruit and flowers through the middle, and a quieter, more grounded finish.
The evolution
The first impression is immediate and lifted, with grapefruit cutting through herbaceous greenery with a clean, tart edge. The composition then develops into a more nuanced combination of fruit, tea, white flowers, incense, moss, and woods. Mango brings a rounded tropical sweetness, balanced by the drier character of tea and the delicate presence of white flowers. Incense and moss add a deeper green dimension, while the woody notes give the later stages a composed, grounded quality. As the fragrance wears, the bright fruit gradually gives way to a softer mixture of citrus, tea, floral notes, moss, and wood. The trail becomes quieter and more intimate over time, remaining layered without losing its freshness.
Cultural impact
La Sorgente di Ninfee offers a fresh, reflective green register that suits spring and summer without becoming a simple beach scent. Grapefruit and herbaceous notes create a crisp opening, followed by the warmer presence of mango and the delicate texture of white flowers. Tea adds a measured, contemplative edge, while incense, moss, and woods lend the composition a quiet depth. The result is a fragrance that invites repeated exploration, revealing different balances of fruit, greenery, floral softness, and woody structure as it wears.
The House
DFG1924DFG1924 is an Italian niche fragrance house that draws its identity from nearly a century of apothecary heritage. The brand emerged from the Dalla Favera family pharmacy tradition in the province of Treviso, translating generations of herbal knowledge and compounding expertise into a collection of artistic perfumes launched in 2017. The house occupies a distinctive position in Italian niche perfumery by weaving autobiographical storytelling into each fragrance, referencing family history, personal relationships, and regional culture through scent composition. DFG1924 operates as an independent, vertically integrated house, developing and releasing its collections without the backing of larger luxury conglomerates. The brand's output remains deliberately modest, with a catalog spanning roughly a dozen fragrances since its debut, favoring depth of narrative over volume of releases.
The Creator
Roberto DarioNatural materials define Dario's style. He works primarily with botanical ingredients, sourcing and combining them with a chemist's understanding of their properties.







































