Sea Air, Sweet Kisses and the Perfumes of Leonardo Lucheze

A breath of sea air. The creamy warmth of tonka. A hint of cocoa that makes you lean closer. Exploring perfumes by Leonardo Lucheze is a little like opening the windows in a house full of beautiful memories. There is freshness, warmth, movement and room to feel something unexpected. His creations offer different pleasures, from the freedom of a coastal landscape to the delicious anticipation of an evening together. This collection invites you to discover the perfumes through those feelings, following whatever catches your attention first. Sometimes the smallest detail is enough to begin a lasting love affair with fragrance.

For Leonardo, that first detail was lavender. Growing up in Rio de Janeiro, he won a lavender perfume at a Festa Junina, the traditional Brazilian celebration, and fell in love with its scent. It is a wonderfully ordinary beginning for a career built around something so personal. Before pursuing perfumery in France, where he arrived in 2015, he studied pharmacy in Brazil and worked in quality control and research. That combination of curiosity and scientific experience gives his story a particular charm. Behind the pleasure of a beautiful perfume sits someone who wanted to understand how it all comes together.

Travel and contrasting landscapes feed his imagination. Brazil offers beaches beside mountains, ocean breezes and the dense atmosphere of the Amazon. Namibia brought him another set of impressions, from sculpted dunes to dramatic changes in temperature. In his approach to ingredients, contrast becomes equally compelling. He enjoys exploring the meeting of different sensations, such as the cool character of cardamom beside the warmth suggested by nutmeg. Influenced by Jean Claude Ellena, he favours concise formulas that give ingredients room to express themselves. For anyone discovering his perfumes, this offers an enjoyable invitation to notice the details that make each composition distinctive.

Pacific Rock Swell by Goldfield & Banks brings that curiosity to an Australian coastal setting. Created with artistic direction by Dimitri Weber, this marine woody extrait explores a deeper ocean mood. Bergamot, cardamom and clary sage open the composition, while seaweed introduces a darker aquatic texture. Geranium, mimosa, fir balsam and labdanum enrich the heart, with Australian sandalwood, patchouli and ambergris among the base notes. Imagine standing near the water as a wave gathers, feeling the air cool against skin still warm from sunlight. If the sea is somewhere you go to feel yourself again, this is a beautiful starting point.

With Games for Alendor, the mood turns towards flirtation. Davana, saffron and mandarin lead into a heart of orris, cocoa butter and thyme, followed by leather, patchouli and tonka. That combination promises plenty to explore, moving between aromatic accents, creamy richness and a more sensual foundation. Think of choosing your clothes before a date, changing your mind twice, then smiling at a message on your phone. Games belongs naturally beside that little rush of anticipation. It offers an appealing direction for perfume lovers who enjoy gourmand notes with floral texture and the darker character of leather beneath their sweetness.

Xtasy, also for Alendor, explores another expression of closeness. Cardamom, mandarin and black currant introduce cocoa butter and almond, with orris, oud and tonka completing the published composition. Cocoa butter gives this perfume its tempting point of interest, suggesting a creamy texture that feels different from a simple chocolate confection. The surrounding notes bring spice, fruit, floral softness and woody depth into the picture. For someone who loves a comforting fragrance with a sensual mood, Xtasy is worth discovering slowly. Picture an evening with nowhere else to be, a shared dessert and a conversation that keeps finding new turns.

Granado Tonka offers a different kind of comfort. Coconut, fig and cumaru wood appear at the opening, with tonka, coconut and amber wood in the heart. Musk, vanilla and amber form the base. The arrangement suggests soft sweetness, gentle woods and the rounded warmth that makes tonka so easy to love. It is the sort of scent direction that brings to mind a favourite sweater, an open book and the pleasure of staying home when the weather turns cool. Within Leonardo's repertoire, Tonka gives lovers of creamy fragrances another inviting place to pause and enjoy the beauty of familiar materials.

For a more dressed up floral mood, consider Elie Saab Elixir Love, which Leonardo created with Aurélien Guichard. Rose, neroli and jasmine meet a cherry accord, while patchouli, oakmoss and ambroxan contribute to its deeper character. It is an arrangement that suggests rich colours and generous flowers, the sort you might imagine beside a silk dress laid out for an evening celebration. The cherry adds an enticing fruity detail to the floral picture. If you enjoy perfume as part of getting ready, this offers a lovely direction to explore, with romance woven into the very idea behind the fragrance.

The pleasure of following a perfumer across different houses is discovering how many ways there are to express a feeling. Here, a marine composition can sit beside a creamy gourmand or a romantic floral, each offering its own reason to linger. You might arrive looking for freshness and find yourself curious about cocoa butter. You might love tonka already and discover that seaweed has an appeal you never expected. Leave a little room for that surprise. A collection becomes much more interesting when it helps you understand your preferences while introducing something you would never have chosen from the name alone.

Take your time with these perfumes. Try the one that makes you curious, wear it through an ordinary day and notice the moments when you want to smell your wrist again. Perhaps it will accompany a walk by the water. Perhaps it will make a quiet evening feel warmer, or become the finishing touch before seeing someone special. Leonardo Lucheze's creations offer plenty of possibilities for those personal connections. Follow the freshness, the flowers, the woods or the sweetness, and enjoy finding your own way through them. The perfume you love most may be the one that surprises you first.