Scented notebook A6 Lisboa 1497

Scented notebook A6 Lisboa 1497.

Size: 10 x 15 cm

LISBON 1497: THE PERFUME THAT EVOKES VASCO DA GAMA'S DEPARTURE FOR INDIA

Lemon, bergamot, lime, amber and cedar are some of the aromas in this new fragrance.

‘Lisbon, 29 May 2024 - The departure into the unknown, fear, but also hope! The challenges of the sea, the courage of the discoverers, but also the longings...

On 8 July 1497, a fleet commanded by Vasco da Gama set sail from Restelo towards India. That morning in Lisbon, the air is filled with the scent of warm weather. The tears of the family members who remain mingle with floral aromas, but the departing fleet's ambition is to bring back other smells by establishing Portuguese trade in the Indian Ocean for the famous spices.

Vasco da Gama successfully carries out the task of sending pepper, cinnamon, ginger, saffron, nutmeg and cloves, known as the gold of India, to Portugal and Europe, but deep down he wanted to return and tell King Manuel I about his achievement. The memory of that hot morning when he left the Portuguese capital was still very present and it was those aromas that he missed.

This departure of the Portuguese sailors for distant India was the inspiration for the new fragrance Lisboa 1497, a summery, floral scent, openly fresh and citrusy, in which the freshness of lemon, mixed with the soft, floral sweetness of linden and freesia, can be felt in the air of a flowery Lisbon in July.

The Lisboa 1497 perfume opens with notes of citrus fruits.