– From ideation to manufacture, the fragrances are made locally to Amsterdam, save for the premium glass of the bottles which is sustainably sourced from Italy.

– Uniquely, the fragrances contain two odourless plant-based ingredients that, when synergistically combined in a trademarked blend, have positive effects on the wellbeing of the wearer, inducing significant reductions in feelings of nervousness and tension.

– The root of the perennial herb Makandi forskolin, Coleus forskohlii, a member of the mint family, has been used since ancient times in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. Black tea, Camellia sinensis, native to Southeast Asia has been used for over 5000 years as a tonic, gaining near mystical status in rituals.

– Niessink’s visionary brand is encased in a simplistic flacon bearing a contemporary sans serif logo. The name, ‘Fugazzi,’ itself conjures mystery. A play on 70’s Italian-American parlance ‘fugazi’, meaning ‘fake’, the word was subsequently embraced by youth culture and silver screen mafioso. Extra meta, spelling the word with the double Z makes a fake word of a word meaning ‘fake’. In truth, ‘Fugazzi’ is designed to be purposefully abstract.