Mirko Buffini Firenze was founded in 2012 in Florence by the namesake entrepreneur and fragrance visionary, whose journey began with a deceptively simple event: a perfume received as a gift from a friend. Loving the scent but sensing something missing, Buffini — who was already active in the cosmetics manufacturing industry with his company Aroma Firenze — embarked on a tireless search for the perfect fragrance. Over two years of research with some of the world's finest noses, he refined and perfected a composition before selling the first 100 bottles to his circle. They sold out in a week. The brand launched officially in 2013 with the "BLACK" collection of 12 fragrances, rooted in the wabi-sabi philosophy of Japanese aesthetics: minimal, enigmatic, and deeply sensual. A subsequent collection, "H.C.E." — named for the central character of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake — added ten bold and seductive compositions. Built on the tradition of Florentine perfumery and the excellence of Italian craftsmanship, Mirko Buffini Firenze is niche perfumery in its most thoughtful form.