Tiziana Terenzi

Founded 2013 · Fermo, Italy · Paolo and Tiziana Terenzi

Tiziana Terenzi comes from a family that has been making artisan candles in the Italian Marche since 1968, and its perfumery inherits that logic: short runs, expensive raw material and bottles that are objects. Kirke and Cassiopea are its big names.

History

The Terenzi family has worked wax and scent in Fermo since 1968. In 2013 the siblings Paolo and Tiziana carried the craft into perfume with a house that names its collections after stars and constellations — Luna, Sirius, Cassiopea — in keeping with Paolo's interest in astronomy. Its olfactory signature is dense, fruity and long-projecting. Kirke, with passion fruit, patchouli and musk, is the best seller and the one that put it on the map outside Italy.

Iconic models

Kirke
Passion fruit and patchouli; the house's best seller by a long way.
Cassiopea
From the Luna collection, a fruity amber and very powerful.
Andromeda
A woody citrus, the freshest card in the catalogue.

Worth knowing

The house comes from wax, not perfume: the family has been making artisan candles since 1968, and the collections are named after constellations because one of the siblings is keen on astronomy.