From Kitchen to Cologne: Introducing Roma Notte & La Cascata by Apastioli

Apastioli has always been about more than what’s in the jar. It’s a standard—of sourcing, balance, patience, and the kind of storytelling you can taste. So when we decided to step from the kitchen into fine fragrance, it wasn’t a pivot. It was the next logical plate in the tasting menu. Meet our debut scents: Roma Notte — Pour Homme and La Cascata — Pour Femme, both 3.4 oz Eau de Parfum and available now as a limited holiday preorder.

If you know Apastioli for slow-simmered classics and clean labels, you already understand our approach to perfumery. Great sauce and great scent share the same backbone: a few honest ingredients, tuned with discipline until they feel inevitable.

Why a Food House Belongs in Fragrance

Open a pot of Classic Italian Red and you don’t just smell tomatoes; you meet acidity, sweetness, herb, and warmth in sequence. That sequence—the architecture of flavor—is almost identical to the structure of a perfume. In perfumery, we call it the pyramid: top, heart, and base. In cooking, it’s the build: aromatics, reduction, finish. Chef Giuseppe has trained his instincts on this structure for years. Translating it from taste to scent wasn’t a leap; it was a language shift.

Both crafts reward restraint. A sauce turns muddy when you add everything; a fragrance goes loud and forgettable when it tries to be everywhere at once. The Apastioli way is the middle path: fewer notes, better chosen, perfectly balanced.

Roma Notte — Pour Homme

Palo Santo • Madagascar Vanilla • Cedar

Roma Notte is a study in nighttime confidence—no noise, no bravado, just presence. It opens with the luminous wood-smoke character of palo santo, the kind of note you feel in your chest before you name it. As it warms on skin, Madagascar vanilla arrives—not sugary, not bakery—creamy and rounded, the way a good reduction tastes richer without turning heavy. Finally, cedar threads the edges, clean and tailored, like a well-pressed jacket that still remembers the body inside it.

What makes Roma Notte distinctly Apastioli is the way those three notes behave like ingredients in a perfect sauce: palo santo brings lift and intrigue (your aromatics), vanilla provides glide (your fat), and cedar finishes with structure (your salt and heat). Worn to dinner, it complements the room; worn after hours, it draws the room in. It’s memorable without being loud—a signature you get credit for, not a cloud you apologize for.

La Cascata — Pour Femme

Vanilla Orchid • Rose

La Cascata is clarity in motion—a waterfall of light where floral meets gentle gourmand. The first impression is rose: dewy, modern, and free of the powder that scares off contemporary wearers. Close behind, vanilla orchid wraps the petals with a soft radiance, adding warmth and cream rather than sweetness. The effect is a floral that feels both classic and fresh, like a white dress in golden hour—familiar in shape, new in feeling.

In culinary terms, La Cascata reads like a perfect pairing: one expressive star (rose), one companion that makes it glow (vanilla orchid). The balance keeps it versatile—easy for daytime, quietly magnetic at night. It’s the kind of scent that turns heads only when someone steps in for a hug and asks, “What is that?”

The Apastioli Standard, Bottled

Moving into cosmetics didn’t change our standards; it gave them a new arena. Production runs under an FDA-registered cosmetic facility with documentation and traceability that mirror the rigor of our food operation. Components are chosen the way we choose tomatoes—hands on, eyes open, no compromise.

• Weighted glass that feels substantial but not bulky.

• Precision atomizers that mist evenly—no sputter, no blotch.

• Gold detailing that nods to Italian tradition without tipping into ornament.

• Packaging that reflects our roots (you’ll recognize the design cues), built to look at home on a dresser or a bar cart.

Premium, to us, is never a label. It’s a behavior.

Chef Giuseppe’s Versatility on Display

People meet Chef Giuseppe through food, but what they respond to is a maker’s mindset. The skill that turns a humble pantry into a memorable meal is the same skill that turns a tight note list into a dimensional perfume: edit, calibrate, repeat.

• In the kitchen: test for acid, salt, fat, heat.

• In the lab: test for lift, heart, projection, longevity.

• In both: build identity without clutter and stop a second before “too much.”

Fragrance reveals another lane of that versatility. Roma Notte and La Cascata don’t feel like side projects; they feel like the same Apastioli story told through another sense.

Wear It Like a Chef

A few practical tips from Giuseppe that mirror his kitchen habits:

1. Pulse points only. Wrist, neck, or behind the ear. Two sprays beat ten.

2. Don’t rub. Let the top settle—like a sauce finishing on low heat.

3. Match the moment. Roma Notte shines from late afternoon to last call. La Cascata is day-bright and turns warm and intimate by evening.

4. Refresh smart. If you’re on the move, our 8 ml Travel Atomizers keep you crisp without over-applying.

Travel, Subscribed

Because life happens outside the vanity, we built the Apastioli Travel Fragrance Subscription: refillable 8 ml atomizers (about 120 sprays) in five colors—Onyx Black, Tuscan Red, Verde, Pearl, and Oro. Choose Roma Notte or La Cascata monthly, swap anytime, and enjoy subscriber perks like early access and preferred pricing on full bottles. TSA-friendly, gym-bag ready, glove-box dependable.

Why This Launch Matters

Apastioli has always been a brand about memory and connection. Food gave us one way to make them. Fragrance gives us another. A scent becomes part of your ritual: the step after the jacket, the confidence before the meeting, the warmth you leave in a room. When we say “from the kitchen to your signature,” we mean it literally—a sensory bridge from the meals we share to the moments we carry.

This launch is also a marker of what Apastioli is becoming: a lifestyle house grounded in craft, not hype. We’ll never chase categories for the sake of it. We’ll build where our standards have something to offer. With Roma Notte and La Cascata, that offering is simple: wearable beauty, tuned with a chef’s precision.

Preorder for the Holidays

Both Roma Notte — Pour Homme and La Cascata — Pour Femme are available now as limited preorders timed for holiday gifting. It’s the perfect introduction to someone’s new signature—or your own. Pair with a travel atomizer for a complete, ready-to-go set.

• Roma Notte (3.4 oz / 100 mL EDP): Palo Santo • Madagascar Vanilla • Cedar

• La Cascata (3.4 oz / 100 mL EDP): Vanilla Orchid • Rose

• Travel Subscription (8 mL): Monthly, refillable, five case colors

From bars to jars to bottles, the throughline is the same: craft over noise, substance over spin, and a little bit of Italy in everything we make.

Both of these delicious scents are also available in travel size 8mL various colored atomizers.