Roberto Greco

Roberto Greco: "A horticulturist by trade, I went on to study visual communication and photography in Switzerland. After my first series «After still life » in 2011, the baroque still lives I composed with dead animals – from rats to parakeets, aquarium fish or flies – I realized that something was missing from the picture. That’s when I decided to add smells to my work. With my second series «Morbidezza » produced in 2014 – a kind of animal herbarium set against simple color backgrounds – I began my olfactory journey by diffusing smells in the air during exhibitions. I brought blends of fragrances, essential oils and scented candles to galleries, but also buckets full of manure, to immerse the spectator into an experience combining sight and smell. With my latest series «Œillères », created in 2017, I was finally able to achieve my vision by calling on a “nose” to translate a photographic story into scent. Œillères - L’Objet Parfumant was born of my meeting with Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, the founder and nose of Parfum d’Empire. As a doctor of chemistry specialized in perfume plants, he has focused on different modes of extraction. His artistic approach often pushes back the boundaries of current perfumery, in intense compositions blending the carnal and the vegetal. It felt natural for me to reach out to him for my project. With the Œillères series, the flowers I shot becomes an allegory of the human condition. Suspending the moment of decay, wherein that volatile yet neglected moment of decline is magnified. At a time when what surrounds me appears, smooth and lean the bodies depicted echo the flora. With shrouded faces, focus remains on the corporeal, the flesh. Œillères is a series comprised of thirty one images, and a bespoke scent, L’Objet Parfumant, accompanies the photographic series. It was created under my artistic direction by Parisian nose Marc-Antoine Corticchiato after two years of hard work, the amount of time required to achieve the desired effect: an anti-flower fragrance." - a note from the brand. Designer Roberto Greco has 3 perfumes in our fragrance base. Roberto Greco is a new fragrance brand. The earliest edition was created in 2017 and the newest is from 2023. Roberto Greco fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Christopher Sheldrake.