The name means : “enamelled earthenware tile”. It was the 16th century that elevated decorated tiles to the rank of art in Portugal. Myriad designs and mythological or religious scenes were then reproduced on these tiles that, laid into panels, provide lavish interior and exterior decoration.

The picture : polychrome glazed ceramics from an altar facing, Lisbon, Portugal, late 17th century.

The perfume : this fragrance has touches of aquatic coolness, recalling the importance of the sea in the history of Portugal, the birthplace of so many great navigators. Rich first with the fresh, fruity notes of melon and blackcurrant combined with tender orange blossom ; it then displays an airy floral heart ; before revealing a woodsy, musky, powdery basis.