Stercus is an olfactory reference to the dung and comes from Latin meaning ‘feces’. For Alessandro, the dung is an essential part of the circle of life – it is an organic fertilizer for the soil, it’s natural and always true.

Feces is a link in between the end and the beginning of an infinite circle of life, it is an outcome processed by the body and a fertilizer to start a new life of a plant. Dung is something very true and natural.

A true smell of life and equality. All differences end with excertion of something universal. All organisms produce waste, and all human beings, even the most noble ones, even the royals do shit. During the process we’re all the same and we are what we eat. Defecation is an essential part of body functioning and an initial health indicator – doctors analyze stool to understand the health of the gut and digestion in general. And we should trust our gut feeling in general.

PACKAGING LEADS TO EXPLORE MORE
All Orto Parisi fragrances are hidden in a box that opens up into a metropolis and reveals an infinite hole of the center. Stercus floats in a glass flask with a tumbled bronze metal cap with an inlaid brown horn. Labelled by ‘savile row tweed paper’ with a very fine herringbone structure.

KEY ASPECTS OF ORTO PARISI

FRESHNESS vs STENCH
ATTRACTION vs REPULSION
Two notes present in every fragrance are ‘PISSE DE CHEVAL’ and ‘BOYA BUTTER’.
Boya butter is the butter of precious agarwood, which is formed in the heartwood of aquilaria trees when they become infected by certain type of mould. Prior the infection the heartwood is odourless, light and pale, while after the infection it becomes dark and starts producing a very aromatic resin called agar, also known as oud. First-grade agarwood is one of the most expensive natural raw materials in the world. The odour of agarwood is complex and enchanting with almost no existing analogues. 
So-called ‘pisse de cheval’ is p-Cresol, an organic compound that is produced by bacterial fermentation of protein in the human bodies and is excreted in the feces and urine. It is also a constituent of tobacco smoke and a component of human sweat that is attractive to female mosquitoes. In the collection of Orto Parisi, p-Cresol plays a part by creating repulsive and attractive notes, since it is a major component in pig odor and a present odor during musth in male elephants. This compound is one of the very few that plays the role in attracting the orchid bee and has been widely used to capture and study the species. An off-putting captive that awakens the hidden smell of the soul. These very well-hidden, two base elements in use represent the contradictory of attraction and repulsion in a balanced combination with other raw materials.
They invite the sniffer on an infinite real life smell trip.

Made in: Italy

Packaging: Glass spray bottle

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Aqua (water), Parfum (fragrance), Linalool, Isoeugenol, Limonene, Farnesol, Benzyl Alcohol, Coumarin, BHT, Benzophenone, C.I. 19140, C.I. 14700. 80% vol. Alcohol