Smoked

• Elegant Outing
• Cocooning
• Evening

Fumidus by Profumum Roma opens with a dry, dense, almost raw smoke, like wood that has just burned. Right from the start, the smoke appears thick, almost dry, with burnt woody and resinous accents. The effect is immediate and enveloping, like a still-warm fire giving off a dull heat. Then, the fragrance gains in depth. The notes become darker, rounder, with a slightly amber and balsamic facet that softens the smoke without making it disappear. The overall impression remains dense, almost meditative. Over time, Fumidus settles into a warm and persistent base, where the smoke becomes softer, almost velvety, while retaining its distinctive signature. The presence is deep, enveloping, and very distinctive.

Profumum Roma is an Italian perfumery house founded in 1996 in Rome by four siblings: Giuseppe, Luciano, Maria, and Felice Durante. Their story began long before, in a village in Molise, where their grandfather Celestino returned from the war with little to his name. The village’s knife-grinders became the most important perfumers in the Eternal City. When the perfumery market shifted towards globalization and standardization, the four siblings no longer recognized themselves in it. They felt manipulated, no longer free in their own work. In 1996, they created Profumum Roma. It was a direct response to standardization: fragrances formulated with approximately 43% concentration, built around 8 to 10 essential raw materials, one of which is clearly predominant, so that each fragrance expresses an emotion rather than a generic accord. These are perfumes that evolve on the skin for hours, leaving a distinct impression as much as they accompany the wearer. What one wears with a Profumum Roma is a fragment of this journey: from the mountain village to the streets of Rome. An artisanal house, in the most natural sense of the term.