Even though created in 1947, Farnesiana still remains without
many parallels on the market.
For while the mimosa may be highly prized among florists for the
fresh and happy touches it brings to the most simple bouquet, only
few noses have risked making it into a perfume.
To recreate its duvet-like qualities, Michel Morsetti, who took
over and drew from the notes of Ernest Daltroff after his death in
1941, made use of an astonishingly modern smell: sweet acacia, a
lesser-known variety of mimosa.
Knowledgeably combined with the latter, it brings an almost
gustatory sweetness to the fragrance.
Sweet acacia or Acaciosa Fanesiana, to give it its Latin name,
also inspired the name of this perfume by evoking Romes Farnese
Palace and the art of sweet, refined, Mediterranean living.