Earthy haze of prunus mume and licorice in filtered sunlight. Resinous ancient studdings of styrax and neroli linger over a mossy plaster studio in Belgium’s Blue Forest.
DETAILS: Resonantly layered blown glass bottle by Jochen Holz, comes encapsulated on a two part cast glycerine case, that doubles as a perfumed cleansing soap, adding a tactile dimensions to the ARPA experiment.
Life emerges from the acid baths of Dallol, Ethiopia, on the last brink of the poet. Volatile flashes of opoponax blink open wide, stretch into dazzling appetites of guaiacwood, vetiver and kaleidoscopic consciousness.
DETAILS: Resonantly layered blown glass bottle by Jochen Holz, comes encapsulated on a two part cast glycerine case, that doubles as a perfumed cleansing soap, adding a tactile dimensions to the ARPA experiment.
A fantasia horseman’s smoking gun. Smoldering oud on a slab of cool white marble. Elegant, musky, masculine elements. From Régime des Fleurs and Christopher Niquet.
Top: Cardamom, Black Pepper, Aldehyde Heart: Oud, Olibanum Resin Base: Ambergris, White Musks
A tuberose perfume that reimagines the infamously mesmerizing and sensual white flower as raw, green, earthy and bitter. From Régime des Fleurs and Christopher Niquet.
A mauve-filtered witness of a Kyoto university student’s starched suit. Contemplative, soft, layered powdered and floral elements. A delicate secret tucked behind teeth. From Régime des Fleurs and Christopher Niquet.
On saffron tanned leather seats, in clothes that look like rugs, singing “we must never break the chain”. Lacquered chestnut paneling with puffs of burning fuel.
In Greek mythology naiads were nymph-like feminine spirits presiding over bodies of fresh water - fountains, springs, streams, and brooks. One such nymph was the seductive Minthe of the river Cocytus.
When spurned Queen Persephone discovered her husband Hades having an illicit affair, young Minthe was metamorphosed forever into a harmless common herb - sweet mint.
Notes - With iced Egyptian mint, frozen shiso, vanilla, elemi, olibanum, jasmine auriculatum, and vetiver