Perfume Review: Aether Arts “Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree” (Amber Jobin) +  Dreaming of Sergei Prokofiev’s Opera

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Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume

Imagine going to sleep one night, having dreams filled with music, fairy tales and beautiful scents, then waking up and creating a perfume out of those dreams. What seems like a fairy-tale in and of itself is just another day in the life of Art & Olfaction Award Winning perfumer Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume.

S.Prokofiev. Suite from The Love for Three Oranges. 01. The Ridicules

Moscow City Symphony "Russian Philharmonic" Conductor — Michail Jurowski Moscow International House of Music, Svetlanov Hall

Love of Three Oranges Sergey Prokofiev

Prokofiev's opera was in turn inspired by an old Italian fairy tale called "The Love

Love For Three Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree is a Top Ten Finalist in the 2016 Art & Olfaction Awards and is literally a dream come true. The fragrance came to Amber Jobin fully complete in her dreams, which were filled with music from the opera “Love For 3 Oranges” by Sergei Prokofiev. This dream with its gift of beautiful perfume also conjured up memories of her childhood in Florida, laden with orange blossom and sweetened by the wonder of her grandmother’s citrus trees. Amber brought her dreams and memories to life in a beautiful fragrance that I have been enjoying for months. Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree was a game-changer for me. I now fully understand why people love orange blossom so much, and why citrus is so popular. That took some major perfumery talent, trust me!

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Photo from Balletandopera.com

Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree opens with a beautiful, luscious orange note realistic enough to make my husband think I am juicing oranges every time I wear it. It’s much deeper and richer than most citrus notes I’ve come across. It also sticks around for a long time, acting more like a base note than the usual flighty top note, perhaps because it’s an Eau de Cologne Style at perfume strength. I wish more perfumes would do this!

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Love For Three Oranges Heidi Stober

Within a few minutes on skin, orange blossom, as she so often does, flounces right on in and makes herself comfortable. I have mentioned before that orange blossom and I don’t always see eye-to-eye, but  Amber Jobin has tamed the shrew, taught her some manners and brought out her most beautiful traits. She hascreated an orange blossom that’s bright without being screechy, and creamy without being suffocating. It’s every bit as pretty as an April morning in a Florida garden, and of course it is a perfect partner for that juicy, succulent orange note.

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Love for Three Oranges

If Amber had stopped here, she’d have made a really lovely perfume, but as you might guess from the title, Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree is more than just an orange based fragrance. She expanded her focus to the entire tree by including the bark and branches and leaves, not just the fruit and blossom. It’s a unique twist on an old theme and it really sets her fragrance apart from other orange and citrus perfumes. And she didn’t just toss in some generic wood notes and a basic green leaves accord. There is a very distinct tree-bark scent, with the slight spiciness you get on older trees, and the leafy note is incredibly realistic.

There’s a pungency to citrus leaves; a bitter edge that is akin to the pith inside the peel, as well as a musky effect. Amber captured it perfectly and it’s a brilliant addition to the fragrance. It adds a very modern feel and puts Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree squarely in to unisex territory. This is important to Amber, who told me she prefers that most of her scents feel good to both genders.

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Photo Saturninus

Speaking of feeling good, I have to mention that this fragrance is a wonderful mood enhancer! It’s very cheerful, as most citrus scents are, but it’s also very calming, and it gives me the loveliest feeling of well-being. I find myself craving it when I go to long without wearing it.

Prokofiev The love for Three oranges

Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree is Mixed-Media, meaning it’s 25% Naturals to 75% Synthetics. This amazed me. It smells 100 percent natural to me, exactly like sitting in the boughs of an orange tree in full bloom while eating an orange you just picked. Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree is proof positive that dreams do come true!

DISCLOSURE I based my review on a mini-rollerball sent to me by Ms. Jobin. I drained it dry, and she was very patient with me as I bombarded her with questions. Thank you, Amber!

Tammy Schuster, Contributor

Art Direction: Michelyn Camen. all images are from various opera performances of Love for Three Oranges. They are phantasmorgic

Amber Jobin is generously providing two mini rollerballs of  Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree, one for US readers and one for a reader world wide. To be eligible you must be a registered reader. Please leave a comment with what appeals to you about Love for 3 Oranges: Flower, Fruit, & Tree based on Tammy’s review, and where you live. Draw closes 4/16/2016

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20 comments

  • Very interesting review, I very enjoyed to read it, and the opera is also lovely. I very like the orange as a fruit, and the scent of the orange blossom is also fabulous. I would very like to try this fragrance. Thanks for the chance. I live in Europe.

  • I’m not a huge citrus fan but every now and then there’s one that I like. I do love orange blossom so I’d love to see what it smells like in this perfume. I’m in the US. Thanks.

  • Orange blossom that isn’t screechy, and is creamy but not suffocating? Bada-bing bada-boom, that sounds perfect! I’d love to try this one. Thanks for the draw, I’m in the US!

  • I love orange blossom, but it’s nice to have it be more interesting than just beautiful florals. I like the idea of smelling the pith and the branches! Thank you for the Draw. USA

  • This sounds like an amazing scent!!
    I love citrus and blossom, but what really intrigues me is the ‘bark and branches and leaves’.
    I would love to experience this.
    I live in the US. Thanks for the draw.

  • I love the smell of orange trees 🙂 So I would love to smell this perfume! I am in the US, thank you!

  • Like that it has the whole tree including the fruit, blossom, leaf and wood. Sounds very interesting. I like in US.

  • Iuno Feronia says:

    I love Prokofiev and Oranges – unfortunatly the season is now ending for this wonderful fruit. So I am looking for a Substitute and this perfume sounds wondefully. I haven’rt been to a garden in Florida yet but I would love to, I only know the Italian gardens in full Bloom.

    Thanks for the draw!

    I live in the EU, Austria.

  • fazalcheema says:

    I am intrigued because it has quite a realistic orange note which is not easy. Moreover, it has both natural and synthetic ingredients yet it smells quite natural. Seems like good synthetic ingredients were used. thanks a lot for the generous draw. I am in the US.

  • Linnea wiedeman says:

    Love the smell of oranges. I would love to try this scent. thank you for a chance at the draw. I am in the U.S.

  • Richard Potter says:

    I was in a wonderful production of Love For 3 Oranges with sets and costumes by the fabulous Maurice Sendak. So far the orange blossom scent I like most is Jo Malone’s. US reader here.

  • I love orange blossom in all it’s forms and the dream-inspired three oranges sounds lovely. I particularly like the sound of the transition from ripe fruit, to bloom to tree – like the growth of the orange in reverse; a beautiful symmetry. Please enter me for the draw. Canada for preference. Thank you!

  • What a beautiful origin story for this perfume! I love the idea of it coming out of a music-filled dream. I’m very drawn to orange fragrances because they are so very wearable. They are absolutely mood-enhancers and what I go to when I’m not sure what to wear. I have three on heavy rotation at the moment! I would love to see how this one stands up, especially because it sounds like it might last longer than your usual citrus perfume.

    I live in Canada, thanks.

  • Diana Devlin says:

    I love the scent of orange blossom – it’s so clean and somewhat soapy. But I’ve never had a fragrance that had actual orange fruit notes. Those two combined with the woody drydown sound incredible. I’d be eager to test this one out!
    I live in the U.S.

  • Nice review!!!I really love orange note and orange blossom.I would like to see how it smells.Ty for the draw!!I live in Greece.

  • Roxhas1cat says:

    Oooh, I want to experience this. I immediately thought of my childhood growing up in Huntington Beach CA with an orange tree in the backyard. Sounds so good. Thanks for the draw, I live in the u.s., unfortunately not in HB.

  • Lovely review, I felt happy while reading it,
    I love the orange as a fruit I eat two oranges on a daily basis, I adore the taste and aroma, I love the beauty of the orange tree when is in full blossom with the amazing smell coming from its flowers!
    I would be very happy to try this perfume. Thank you for the opportunity.
    I am a registered reader living in Europe, Greece.

  • A great review! I love oranges and this sounds like a fragrance to lift you up and put you in a happy mood! I found it intriguing that she uses the bark and leaves in making the scent. I live in the US and thanks for the draw! 🙂

  • Very nice review. This sounds like a fragrance that will brighten your day by just the smell alone. I really love citrus scents so I wanna try this one a lot! I’m in Canada and thanks for the draw.