She would dry their blood in the oven so she could crumble it into a paste and then create delicious cookies to give to her friends.
This is Leonarda Cianciulli.
The first Italian female serial killer also known as "Correggio's soap maker" who, victim of superstition, driven by a morbid and aberrant maternal love, wanted to sacrifice the lives of 3 women.
A clear and unusual opening with Marseille soap immediately brings to mind something surgically clean and strange, combined with the sparkle of a peppery accord reminiscent of caustic soda; but the rich, dirty, complex, dusty and
gently gourmand hints at something hidden: disturbing and accommodating at the same time.
Leonarda is a powerful fragrance, which communicates uniqueness and madness.
At the heart, the welcoming and succulent notes of fresh whipped cream combine with the typical smell of homemade biscuits.
The biscuits, however, have a surprise: inside, in fact, the raspberry syrup mixes with the initial notes of coagulated blood, creating an explosive accord, both sweet and ferrous.
But the real cherry is in the base notes, with an opulent and punchy Oud, which, mixed with dark chocolate accords and alchemical notes reminiscent of sulfur, opens the doors to a dark and unexplored space.
