An avant-garde unisex perfume by Maria Candida Gentile, inspired by artist Marcel Duchamp’s feminine alter ego.
ORIGIN
Italy
PRICE TIER
luxury
Rose Sélavy is not a standalone brand but a significant fragrance from the Italian niche house, Maria Candida Gentile, founded in 2009. The perfumer, Maria Candida Gentile, was the first Italian woman to graduate from the Grasse Institute of Perfumery and is known for her artistic, nature-rooted approach. Launched in 2016, the perfume Rrose Sélavy is a direct homage to the Dadaist artist Marcel Duchamp and his female persona of the same name. The name itself is a pun on the French phrase "Eros, c'est la vie" (Eros, that's life), reflecting the conceptual and playful spirit of its inspiration.