LA RONDINIA (the swallow’s nest)
There are some loves that do not arrive loudly.
They circle quietly above a life for years, returning again and again until one day you realize they have made a home within you.
In the old villages of Italy, swallows nested beneath the roofs of churches, monasteries, and family homes; believed to carry blessings, protection, and the promise of return. Sailors marked them onto their skin before crossing dark waters, trusting the swallow to guide them safely home again.
This perfume was born from one of those marks.
A swallow inked onto the arm of a young man in Italy many years ago, long before either of us knew what the years would ask of us.
And yet the swallow remained.
Through distance.
Through time.
Through becoming.
The Swallow’s Nest moves through sacred air and memory, incense drifting through chapel corridors, sun-warmed woods, florals carried on Mediterranean wind, and the quiet feeling of returning to the place where the spirit is recognized.
It is a perfume about devotion.
About the unseen thread between souls.
About the homes we carry within each other.
Like the swallow, love returns.
xo Palma
50 mls.
Top: Mandarin, Ginger
Heart: Haitian Vetiver, Oakmoss
Base: Sandalwood, Labdanum
PERFUMERS NOTES
La Rondinia opens with the brightness of mandarin, sharpened by the dry warmth of ginger. As it settles, Haitian vetiver comes forward earthy, elegant and slightly smoky before deepening into labdanum, sandalwood and oakmoss. The result is warm, woody and atmospheric, with a darker, more enveloping character as it develops on the skin.
