In this essence, excess and madness are represented by the use of raw materials in excessive doses. This applies to the fruity and sugary sweet accord that accompanies the entire composition... and to the warm, sweet and animalistic base.
Raphael encounters the grotesques in the Domus Aurea, probably seeing his restless soul reflected in them and recognising in these strange representations the greatness, the love of beauty, but also the genius and recklessness of the person who created them.
Behind these representations was a young man born 1,500 years earlier, mad about art, dramatic and controversial. He could not have known Raphael, but art and excess are qualities that attract him and belong to him.
This man is none other than Nero, the most controversial Roman emperor, who lived for art and challenged the Roman Senate. A strong and extraordinary man. So is the fragrance: extraordinary because it is brilliant and breaks the rules.
