Filippo Sorcinelli Né il Giorno Né l'Ora Extrait de Parfum 100 ml

NEITHER THE DAY NOR THE HOUR

"Stay awake, therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour." — Matthew 25:13

Ten virgins await the bridegroom. Five are wise — they have saved oil for their lamps. Five are foolish — they have not. When the bridegroom arrives at midnight, the foolish five have gone to find more oil. They return to find the door closed. "Lord, open to us," they plead. "Truly I say to you: I do not know you."

This is the parable that gives the twelfth fragrance in Filippo Sorcinelli's monumental UNUM collection its name — and its soul.

Né il Giorno Né l'Ora is designed to confront the most heightened of all human emotions: fear. Not the simple fear of danger, but the deeper, more complex fear that Nietzsche described with "amor fati" — the love of inevitable fate. The fear that is also desire. The fear that reveals who we truly are. The fear that, paradoxically, is the only emotion that makes us feel fully alive.

This is not a comfortable fragrance. It is a profound one. Packaged in UNUM's signature style — this time sealed in a cold transparent film with a silver label, the silver bottle placed in a silent black velvet bag, the entire package heat-shrunk and requiring the metal scissors contained in the box to be opened. An experience before the first spray has even been taken.

THE SCENT

Top Notes — Sandalwood · Tonka Bean · Amber · Musk In a bold structural inversion — Sorcinelli places the warmest, most enveloping notes at the top — the opening arrives with a deeply comforting, almost paradoxical warmth. Sandalwood is creamy and skin-close. Tonka bean adds a honeyed, slightly caramelized sweetness. Amber brings a golden, resinous depth. Musk creates an immediate intimacy that feels like skin against skin. Warm, enveloping, and slightly unsettling in its immediate closeness — like the calm before something shifts.

Heart Notes — Marine Note · Jasmine · Rose · Iris The heart is where the fragrance opens into something vast and slightly disorienting. A marine note introduces an unexpected coolness — the smell of open water, of horizons without boundary, of freedom and the terror that comes with it. Jasmine adds a rich, honeyed white floral depth alongside it. Rose brings a velvety, classical elegance. Iris introduces a cool, powdery sophistication that keeps the floral heart suspended between the warm opening and what follows. A heart that feels like standing at the edge of something immense.

Base Notes — Lemon · Bergamot · Cardamom · Galbanum · Cedar · Lily of the Valley The dry-down moves toward brightness — almost as if the fragrance is searching for light from within its own darkness. Lemon and bergamot arrive with a crisp, sparkling citrus clarity that cuts through everything that came before. Cardamom adds a warm, aromatic spice. Galbanum introduces a sharp, slightly green-balsamic resinous depth. Cedar grounds the base with a dry woodiness. Lily of the valley adds a delicate, slightly cool floral freshness as a final note — the opening of a door, perhaps. Or the closing of one.

FRAGRANCE PROFILE

Family: Animalic Floral Spicy Woody Character: Profound · Marine · Floral · Warm · Philosophically Challenging Concentration: Extrait de Parfum — the 12th fragrance in the UNUM collection Intensity: Strong Longevity: 8–10+ hours on skin Projection: Moderate to strong Best season: Fall · Winter · Year-round Occasion: Meditation · Evening · Special occasions · For those who seek fragrance as a form of existential inquiry

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ABOUT FILIPPO SORCINELLI — UNUM

Filippo Sorcinelli is one of the most singular figures in contemporary Italian culture — simultaneously an artist, classical musician, liturgical designer, and perfumer. His perfume house UNUM creates fragrances that are not designed to please — they are designed to remember. Every detail of every bottle is crafted entirely by hand at his atelier in Bologna, making each piece unique. Artisanal perfumery in its most uncompromising, most authentic form.

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