Fragrance house

Sulmona Essenza

Sulmona Essenza was founded in 2008 by Barbara Traficante, drawing on her childhood olfactory memory of Sulmona’s confectionery shops, her passion for perfumery, and her attachment to Sulmona in Abruzzo. Traficante is identified as the brand’s founder and owner. The brand’s creative identity centers on translating the traditional confetto—Sulmona’s sugared-almond confection—into an intimate fragrance associated with almond and vanilla memories. Traficante developed the concept through repeated experimentation with professional perfumers and laboratories before commercializing it. The first launch, Sulmona Essenza, appeared in 2008 and remains the clearest example of the confetto-inspired concept: its bottle has changed shape while the scent has remained unchanged. In 2023, the house presented three new fragrances, expanding its gourmand interpretation of sweets and confectionery memories.