The Art of Design Issue 28 2017 | Page 204

204 Ebony, exotic, perfumed wood of great value. Colonia Ebano. A faceted, sumptuous Hard, compact, with a fine grain, it lends itself fragrance, but at the same time fresh and to a perfect polishing that exalts the dark luminous. The sparking citrusy opening notes tones up to the deepest black. It is used to of bergamot and petitgrain clearly bring to make precious objects such as chessboards mind the personality of Colonia. In the heart, and piano keys. It becomes ductile material the sophisticated intensity of elemi essential in the hands of the cabinetmakers who, in oil binds to the spicy accents of pink pepper, their inlays, place it alongside other precious perfect prelude to the pleasures of the ebony woods such as mahogany, rosewood, and accord, with its warm and creamy notes. walnut. A visual, tactile and olfactory richness that resurfaces in Colonia Ebano. The solar The balance of the fragrance finds its spirit of Colonia encounters the natural impeccable conclusion in the base notes. warmth of the most precious wood essences With the rewarding and soft notes of honey, and the enveloping notes of honey, to evoke in an engaging contrast with the aromatic the beeswax that completes and refines the accents of vetiver and the balsamic notes of surfaces of the inlays. patchouli.