The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Poggia belongs to the Sea Stars collection, Tiziana Terenzi's family of fragrances named for celestial bodies and phenomena. Launched in 2020 by perfumer Paolo Terenzi, the name carries Italian weight, poggio means a hill or elevated place, a vantage point from which the whole landscape becomes visible. It is a name that suggests overview, the ability to see further than the moment. The Sea Stars collection itself represents a turn toward the cosmic and elemental within the house. Each fragrance in the line draws from astronomical or natural reference points, framing scent as a way of experiencing forces larger than daily routine. Poggia, as the elevated place, the point of clarity, takes its name seriously: this is a fragrance that arrives with intention and holds its ground.
The note structure tells you exactly what Paolo Terenzi was building toward. Four citrus materials in the opening, Calabrian bergamot, Italian lemon, yellow peach, Italian blood orange, create a layered citrus effect that goes beyond the usual bergamot-with-a-hint approach. Rather than one bright note and a fade, there is a full spectrum of citrus: sharp, sweet, tart, and round all arriving together. The heart is where the composition earns its complexity. Rosemary introduces an aromatic green quality that prevents the tropical fruits from sliding into confection.
The evolution
The opening lands like a flash of light across water. Calabrian bergamot and Italian lemon arrive sharp, almost electric, before yellow peach and blood orange round the citrus into something rounder and more approachable. The effect lasts maybe thirty minutes before the heart begins to establish itself. What follows is a slow unfurling. The passion fruit and ylang-ylang arrive together, blurring the line between tropical and floral. Rosemary threads cool green through the sweetness, preventing it from ever becoming syrupy. Turkish rose enters quietly but settles with quiet authority, this is a rose that does not shout. The drydown is where Poggia becomes itself. Musk and ambergris wrap around the skin like a second layer. Bourbon vanilla arrives last, warm and almost gourmand, but restrained enough to avoid sweetness overload. The sillage shifts from room-filling in the opening to intimate and close. Eight to ten hours on most skin types. A fragrance that does not leave early.
Cultural impact
Poggia occupies a specific space in the Sea Stars collection, a fragrance that refuses to hedge. The citrus-fruity character is bold, the projection is strong, and the combination of passion fruit with ylang-ylang in the heart is an unusual choice that signals the house is not interested in playing it safe. For wearers seeking presence over subtlety, it fills a gap that safer niche releases have left open.
