A Dose of Elegance

85 g | 115 × 55 × 31 mm | Rome, Italy

Acquired in: René Benko’s Villa Ansaldi, Italy

Description: 75ml bottle of transparent plastic filled with white hair-conditioner. Opened but barely used. Smell of perfume and white tea.

Fun facts: The small bottle of conditioner is hotel sized – made for the appropriate portion of luxury within a short stay. Was this part of the ceremony with which Benko convinced his investors over and over again?

Benko’s trace: This was never a product of necessity, but of refinement: a whisper of elegance amid the vastness of an empire. In its miniature form, it holds the aura of mornings behind closed doors, of routines observed with care, of luxury that never needed to announce itself.