World away
The newest perfumes from Aesop distil space, distance and imagination in three thought-provoking scents.
Aesop distils space, distance and imagination in three new thought-provoking scents.
THE FRAGRANCE WORLD has long had an affinity with travel. Of course, there are literal interpretations – scents that immediately transport the wearer to the Italian coast or French Riviera – but there are also those that take your senses on an olfactive journey and are shaped not by places, but by your own experiences and memories.
Aesop’s newest perfume collection, a trio collectively dubbed ‘Othertopias’, is firmly steeped in the latter. The brand’s long-time fragrance partner Barnabé Fillion was inspired by “journeys through spaces” for the three wanderlust-eliciting scents. “I’ve been collaborating with Aesop for more than eight years now and I’ve never really received a full brief, it’s always been the idea of building the brief together,” says Fillion, who also worked on the brand’s debut perfume, Marrakech Intense.
The result is three contrasting but complementary scents. Miraceti or ‘The Boat’ is an ode to the ocean with its warm and woody notes that call to mind seaweed and cedar. On the other hand, Karst or ‘The Shore’ derives salty notes from cumin and sandalwood while Erémia or ‘The Wasteland’, strikes a delicate balance between citrus and earthiness. The trio aren’t designed to be worn together, but collectively express our longing for exploration and wonder befitting these times.