Aftelier Perfumes Curious (Mandy Aftel) 2017~New Fragrance and Aftel Archive of Curious Scents Exhibit

The Archive Of Curious Scents

 Natural Perfumer Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes has a new perfume.  Curious? Yes? An that is the name. Here is a little of the back story. According to Mandy, she has created an “Archive of Curious Scents” next door to her home where visitors will be able to smell more than three hundred natural essences derived from fruits, flowers, trees, grasses, and other natural sources (and take three samples home).

From the Archive of Curious Scents

They will be able to compare essences that have been aged for a century to their modern counterparts. They will be able to pore over more than fifty antique books from her collection, retracing the amazing history of fragrance. Every item in the Archive is authentic and original, including the hand-tinted postcards and engravings, some of which date back four hundred years.

Rimmel Collection of Antique Essences  

This amazing exhibit is open to the public:  Location: Cottage at end of brick driveway, 518- 1/2 Walnut  St. Berkeley,  CA 94709

Phone:  510-841-2111  Email: info@aftelier.com

Open only on Saturdays 11 am – 6 pm. Limit of 6 visitors per hour. For more information:click here

Now for the Curious perfume:

"Curious, inspired by the atmosphere of  Archive of Curious Scents, is a smoky musk perfume, with notes of dried fruit and precious woods. The rich muskiness of Curious allows it to mix with each person’s body chemistry in an intimate and idiosyncratic fashion. I adore tobacco absolute   and think of it as the ultimate botanical musk note, especially when paired with the sweet mossy apricot-like hay absolute.  An airy smokiness laces through the perfume from the opening to the ending, — burnt fruitwood and  caramel.  Mesmerizing  orange  leaf  absolute,  like  a  green  orange,  is  refreshingly  tart, animalic, and indolic. Curious opens with creamy and smooth wood brightened with dirty citrus and punctuated with spice. The texture of the perfume is like soft fur.  The Aftel Archive includes  an exhibit that deconstructs Curious perfume note by note, and chord by chord, so that visitor can explore the mystery of how each essence locks together to create the perfume".

Featured Notes: tobacco, hay, smoke, orange leaf, Siam wood, dirty orange.

photos: Joelbernstein.com

Via Aftelier Perfumes

-Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief

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6 comments

  • I wish I could fly out to see the Archives of Curious Scents. I love Mandy Aftel. I am curious about the tobacco and caramel!!!

  • BethMongold says:

    I definitely need to make a trip! Mandy is such an amazing resource. At some point I’d like to study with her.

  • I would very love to try all perfume of her. Because all of those are sounds very good.

  • Hikmat Sher Afridi says:

    Curious! Definitely Curious. The rich muskiness allows it to mix with each person’s body chemistry in an intimate and idiosyncratic fashion.The notes are fascinating. Seems imperative for me to have a full bottle.

  • How marvelous! I would love to visit one day, it would feel as though I had been welcomed into one of the fragrant universe’s most beautiful places.