Paola Bottai has been passionate about perfume for as long as she can remember. In fact, her nose is so sensitive she used to feel ill whenever she picked up a bad smell on the street. Now a top perfume creator, Paola has turned her lifelong fascination with aromas into a burgeoning career.
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For the petite 35-year-old perfume is more than a flight of fancy, it’s an obsession. Paola’s sunny studio finds its home in the apartment where she grew up, in Rome’s elegant Parioli neighborhood. She recalls her childhood predisposition for perfume as she brushes her fingers across the quirky personal collection that sits on her bookshelf, before settling at a table covered in tiny vials filled with potions from faraway places. A fragrance formula often comes to mind, “Like a musician thinking of a melody, I smell the aroma in my head first then I try to recreate the idea that I have in mind,” she muses. Contact us
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“I am unashamedly Italian. I came back to Italy when everyone else was going away. I am proud of staying in Italy. But I also feel Roman.”
Making Scents with Paola Bottai
