Mansfield

Mansfield is an Italian niche perfume house based in Casoria, on the outskirts of Naples. It was founded by the Scalella family, and its own company records date the founding of Mansfield SRL to January 1997 [2]. A fragrance database lists an earlier date of 1992, attributing the start to Vittorio Scalella's perfumery activity before the company was formally incorporated [7]. The house produces selective, artisanal fragrances and has built a portfolio of several distinct perfume lines over time. It remains active, with e-commerce running on its own site and a new line, Masca Parfums, introduced in 2025 [1].

According to the company, Mansfield was established in Naples by the Scalella family — Massimo Scalella together with his father Vittorio and sister Simona [2]. The brand frames its identity around a deliberate contrast: an Anglo-Saxon-sounding name paired with what it calls a Neapolitan soul, summarised in the Italian line "nome di origine anglosassone ma di anima partenopea" (a name of Anglo-Saxon origin but a Neapolitan soul) [2]. A third-party retailer page records the same founding year and credits Massimo Scalella as the founder, with Simona and Vittorio supporting [6].

The founding date carries an internal wrinkle on the brand's own site. While the company's About page gives January 1997 for the firm's incorporation, the homepage tag-line presents the eponymous Mansfield Profumi line as founded in 1995 [1]. The 1995 reference is best read as the launch of that specific line rather than of the company.

Mansfield positions itself as selective, niche perfumery rather than a mass-market house. The company describes its approach with the phrase "poco per pochi" — little for few — and states a mission to "offer and let people experience emotions through olfactory creations" [2]. It organises its identity around three pillars it labels Passione, Cultura and Competenze (passion, culture and expertise), and names exclusivity, refinement and quality among its values.

The house ties its inspiration closely to Naples and the wider Mediterranean. According to the brand, the city's colours, atmosphere and crossing of cultures feed each creation, and its fragrances are hand-assembled by traditional Italian perfumers, described in Italian as essenzieri, who mix the extracts by hand. Mansfield characterises its output as genuine niche fragrance made for distribution with an artisanal character, and emphasises its Made in Italy standing [4].

Mansfield's catalogue is built around eau de parfum and parfum concentrations, typically in 100ml bottles. Among the fragrances cited on its own and third-party pages are Bois Extreme, a woody composition, alongside Ame Noire (saffron and oud), Jazz Mediterranee (bergamot, galbanum, orange, rose and jasmine), Fumee Noble (incense, violet, rose, oud, cedarwood and amber) and Passepartout (caramel with bergamot) [6]. The brand places its products in the luxury price tier.

Beyond its eponymous line, the company has developed and distributed a series of separate brand lines. These include E. Marinella Profumi, launched in 2010 in collaboration with Maurizio Marinella of the Neapolitan tie house Marinella; Acqua di Porto Cervo (2021), inspired by the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia; a distribution arrangement begun in 2023 for the New York brand Gravel, originally founded in 1957; HOC – Histoire Olfactive Collective (2024); and Masca Parfums (2025) [1].

One of the house's more unusual projects is its Antonio de Curtis line, dedicated to the celebrated 20th-century Italian actor known as Totò. The brand recreated a fragrance built around traces of eau de cologne associated with the actor. The launch year is recorded differently across sources: a fragrance database dates the original Antonio De Curtis scent to 2008 [9], while the brand's homepage lists the Antonio de Curtis Profumi line as 2015 [1] — most consistently read as an original release followed by a later relaunch.

Mansfield is active. Its e-commerce site remains in operation, it maintains accounts on Instagram and Facebook, and it introduced a new line, Masca Parfums, in 2025 [1]. The company is registered as Mansfield SRL and operates from via San Salvatore in Casoria, in the province of Naples. No awards, press recognition or controversies are documented in the available sources, and the brand states no formal sustainability commitments or certifications.