Filippo Sorcinelli NÉ IL GIORNO NÉ L’ORA Extrait de Parfum
A fragrance beyond time – beyond fear
“You know neither the day nor the hour.” With these haunting words from the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the ten virgins begins – a moment suspended in silence, urgency, and existential gravity. Filippo Sorcinelli draws from this symbolic threshold to create the twelfth fragrance in his monolithic UNUM collection. But this is no devotional act. It is an olfactory confrontation. With fear. With uncertainty. With the moment that changes everything.
Amor fati – the glow within the shadow
Five enter the celebration. Five remain outside. What appears as a biblical parable transforms in Sorcinelli’s hands into an internal drama – a metaphysical reflection on presence, decision, and the eternal tension between light and darkness. NÉ IL GIORNO NÉ L’ORA does not speak of guilt. It questions how deeply we are willing to stand still – to be awake – to confront what we cannot control.
The composition opens with a fleeting burst of lemon, bergamot, and a touch of cardamom, like a cold beam of light cutting through the silence. Soon, galbanum, cedarwood, and lily of the valley descend like a veil – a door slowly closing. The deeper layers bring forth salty notes and an ocean of memory. At the heart, jasmine, iris, and a cool rose oscillate between innocence and loss. Finally, the base – sandalwood, amber, tonka bean, and musk – anchors the composition with a whispered echo of comfort in the midst of inner fracture.
An extrait as a ritual threshold
This perfume is not a blend. It is a mirror. A notion. A silent conversation with the uncontrollable. Sorcinelli doesn’t invite You in – he places You before the threshold. Whether You step forward is entirely up to You.
A flacon sealed like a sacred relic
The presentation of NÉ IL GIORNO NÉ L’ORA completes the experience: the silver flacon rests within a black velvet pouch, enclosed in a clear heat-shrink plastic shell. This seal can only be opened using the included metal scissors – a ceremonial gesture marking the transition from the outside world to the sacred interior. What unfolds is not a perfume – it is a state of being.
From liturgical art to olfactory transcendence
That Filippo Sorcinelli speaks such a profound, spiritual language is no coincidence: the Italian artist, organist, and designer began his creative path by crafting liturgical vestments for the Vatican. Through his atelier LAVS – Liturgical Atelier Sorcinelli, he continues to work with the Curia and papal ceremonies to this day. His connection to ritual, silence, and transcendence does not end with textiles – it forms the soul of his perfume project UNUM. Every bottle is a moment of introspection – a spiritual act in molecular form.
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