House of Bo Rosario, El Sireno and Infinitoud are the three perfumes in the Tesoro Collection photo Olya Bar

Tesoro, House of Bo’s latest collection, is the perfumed memories of Bernardo Moller’s childhood reminiscences; Tesoro translates as treasure in Spanish. The collection consists of three fragrances created through a partnership with Master Perfumers, Olivier Cresp, Carlos Benaim, and Laurent Le Guernec. The unveiling was an intimate soiree for beauty journalists and connoisseurs in Bergdorf Goodman, where each fragrance was presented by Bernardo Moller, President of the Fragrance Foundation Linda Levy and the perfumers behind the creations. The guests got to nibble on small bites, mimicking the accords of the fragrances paired with a drink. An artistic blend of imagination and reality, memories and fantasies that were meticulously composed, so each can convey their own transportive story. The flacons are topped with a hand-carved cap out of natural stones. Each encompasses the mood and inspiration behind its fragrance, from the natural Blue Onyx Stone from Patagonia, which is known to promote Joy and Happiness, to Rose Quartz, promoting Love & Healing, to Black Saint Laurent Marble, representing Strength and Elegance.

House of Bo El Sireno via the brand

Let our journey into the collection begin with a dive into the depths of the salty blue waters with House of Bo El Sireno, a love potion from the sea. A rich mineral blend like no other, it feels like an invigorating jump into the cold waters that glide against your skin on that first dip, followed by a languorous time under the blazing sun. Imagine a tropical garden with lush banana-like ylang-ylang, magnolia trees, and creamy tuberoses submerged under the sea. Hints of salty sandalwood and fresh oakmoss feel as if the wood of the sunken ship that stayed asleep on the bottom of the sea for centuries. Laurent Le Guernec shared that it was an exciting challenge for him to create this ethereal composition, and while Laurent signed a wide range of white floral bouquets in his career, Michael Michael Kors being of the first big launches that I still hold dear, as it was one of the most narcotic takes on lily and tuberose duo, nothing was in the same genre as EL SIRENO, which plunges into a new direction and is truly a unique take on the aquatic genre that is both warm and luminous, mineral and slightly out of this world, yet many of us can relate to that soft whiff of saltiness on the skin after a long swim, a scent of summer getaways and future adventures.

House of Bo Infinitoud courtesy the brand

The second gem is House of Bo Infinitoud, created by Carlos Benaim, it is an earthy and woody composition inspired by ancient Ayurvedic perfumery and was born out of Bernardo’s desire to create a different take on oud. Carlos Benaim recalls starting his work on this composition by burning the oud chips in the office to immerse himself fully in the aroma it gives out while it burns. He then worked his way up front to the structure of the vetiver note he deconstructed by pulling the familiar facets out that coincide with how oud smells when it’s being burned. It was further amplified by blending it with the unusual accord of Peyote. Peyote is a small, spineless cactus that contains psychoactive byive alkaloids, particularly mescaline which Native Americans have had a religious sacrament for thousands of years. INFINITOUD turned out to be incredibly balsamic and resinous, with soft smoke of incense wafting in the background, it feels beautifully familiar. Yet, it’s unlike any other oud we have smelled before. It’s an olfactory silhouette of an old soul and would layer perfectly with the warmth of ESPIRITU.

House of Bo Rosario by Oya Bar

House of Bo Rosario is the last  jewel of the Tresoro collection, the one I ended up falling in love with, a culmination of the senses, and is truly like the desert it was paired with. An absolute stunner from Olivier Cresp, it is vibrant and stimulating. It is based on a simple yet decadent dessert, a blend of tart pomegranates with touches of lemon, topped with chili Bernardo used to savor after school from the local street market. That innocent and happy association with the tangy and luminous taste of dessert after a long day of school was something Bernardo had been looking to recreate for some time. All aligned when he met Olivier Cresp, who chose to use one of his signature citrus accords – the Primofiore Lemon. Cultivated in the province of Siracusa, it is ranked among the best in the world due to the high quality of its essential oils, often used to give the ice cream a superb taste and flavor. Paired with the elegant brightness of freesia and peonies, it creates a delicate gourmand facet to the fragrance with a soft creamy undertone of ambergris. The base is grounded with vetiver, which brings out the zestiness of the lemon so well rounding off the structure. The flavors’ correlation to a perfume’s aroma is so perfectly balanced that it makes you salivate when you inhale the ripeness of the pomegranates oozing their juice over the rose centifolia petals. It makes you crave the experience many times over.

EL SIRENO Notes: Kelp, Banana Leaf, Lavender, Magnolia, Ylang-Ylang, Tuberose, Oakmoss, Mastic , Sandalwood.

INFINITOUD Notes: Myrrh, Vetiver, Peyote, Black Pepper, Cedarwood, Patchouli, Oud, Incense, Gurjum Balsam.

ROSARIO Notes: Pomegranate, Lemon Primofiore, Coriander, Peony, Freesia, Rose Centifolia, Vetiver, Ambergris, Incense.

Disclosure: The bottle  of House of Bo Rosario was kindly gifted to me by House of Bo  but opinions are always my own.

–Olya Bar, Editor.

Olya Bar with Laurent Le Guernec at the unveiling of the Tesoro collection.

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