OPTICO
Optical Art – Costa Rica / Optico.cr

2016

PERFUMER
Nicola Bianchi

rose
Geranium

coffee
Cashmere
cedarwood
oud

ambergris
musk

‘An elegant perfume full of exotic sensuality. Costa Rica opens with a delicate floral bouquet of rose and geranium to then reveal its warm coffee heart characterized by enveloping toasted and pleasantly amber notes. Soft as the caress of a silk dress, Costa Rica is the ideal fragrance for a confident, casual and decidedly passionate personality. Sumptuous and enveloping, the aroma of coffee absolute is a magical harmony of fragrances, a riot of olfactory suggestions that, depending on the variety, are characterized by the predominance of floral, spicy, tobacco, toasted bread, chocolate, fresh hazelnut or fruit notes. If the discovery of coffee is lost in myth – among the many legends, one remembers that of the Ethiopian shepherd Kaldi whose goats habitually fed on a berry with undoubted invigorating properties – it is nevertheless a widespread belief that the roasting process was introduced by the Arabs starting in the thirteenth century. Only at the end of the sixteenth century did coffee arrive in Venice and then spread throughout the West, quickly becoming one of the most loved and marketed drinks in the world. Among the most popular coffee varieties today is undoubtedly the one produced in Costa Rica. Cultivated in the Central American country since the end of the eighteenth century, the Costa Rican Arabica variety is characterized by its rich aroma and persistent fruity and floral notes.’ – Optico