Andrea Maack Flux Review (Celine Barel) 2025 + Moonless Icelandic Air Giveaway

Andrea Maack Flux by Celine Barel

Andrea Maack Flux by Olya Bar

Beneath a moonless Icelandic sky, where the aurora borealis pulses like the heartbeat of forgotten gods, Andrea Maack Flux weaves a spell that draws you into an ancient, untamed forest. This is a portal to a world where Viking blood once stained the earth in reverent sacrifice, where witches, cloaked in shadow, danced around roaring fires, their potions simmering with secrets older than time. The air is thick with the scent of crushed berries and frost-kissed evergreens, a haunting alchemy that feels like a lover’s whisper in the dark, both tender and perilous. Flux is a midnight hymn, a fragrance that binds you to the primal pulse of Iceland’s wild heart, where magic is not a myth but a living, breathing force.

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Iceland via Unsplash

As you anoint your skin with Andrea Maack Flux, an icy gust of eucalyptus and cypress surges forth, sharp and bracing, like a wind howling through a forest of towering firs and ancient sequoias. It’s as if the spirits of the woods have exhaled, their breath carrying the chill of a winter’s night in Big Sur, where moonlight fractures through the canopy, casting silver shards across the earth. Then comes a tart, almost forbidden sip of blueberry cordial—lush, ripe, and faintly sweet, like berries plucked from a sacred grove under a witch’s watchful eye. This is not the saccharine fruit of childhood; it’s a dark, intoxicating nectar, teetering on the edge of decadence, as if infused with the essence of a potion brewed in a lonely hut deep within the wilderness. The hut, wreathed in mist and guarded by gnarled cedars, is a place of whispered prophecies, where destinies are divined in the flicker of firelight and the air hums with the weight of unspoken vows.

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Forest via Unsplash. 

The heart of Andrea Maack Flux pulses with an earthy, resinous depth, where cedarwood and centuries-old sequoia trees anchor the fragrance in a primal embrace. It’s the scent of soil churned by ritual, of moss clinging to rune-carved stones, of a forest floor that has witnessed both love and betrayal. The berries linger, their sweetness now tempered by a smoky, almost feral undertone, as if the witches’ fire has left its mark, charring the edges of their spell. This is a fragrance that marries the luminous and the shadowy, the delicate and the dangerous. It evokes a midnight tryst in a clearing, where two souls, bound by fate, surrender to a passion as fierce as the flames that surround them, their breath mingling with the scent of pine and sacrifice. The contrast is intoxicating: the bubblegum-bright pop of berries against the stoic, eternal presence of the forest, a dance of light and dark that feels both modern and ancient, like Iceland itself.

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Andrea Maack via the brand.

Andrea Maack, the visionary Icelandic brand, has created a scent that defies convention, blending the ethereal with the visceral. Andrea Maack Flux is a perfume for those who crave romance laced with danger, who find beauty in the untamed and the unknown. With a spritz of it you will find yourself wandering through this mystical forest, the ground soft with fallen needles, the air alive with the hum of unseen forces. You stumble upon a circle of stones, still warm from a ritual fire, and feel the weight of eyes watching from the shadows—perhaps a lover, perhaps a spirit, perhaps both. The fragrance clings to you like a second skin, its luminous frost melting into a warm, earthy embrace – a journey into the heart of a myth, a dark and romantic saga bottled for those curious enough to wear it.

Notes: Cardamom, Menthol, Blueberry, Eucalyptus, Cypress, Fir needles, Cedar-wood, Sequoia, Cashmere.

Disclaimer: a bottle of Flux Extrait de Parfum was kindly gifted to me by Fragrance Vault but opinions are always my own.

Olya Bar, Editor

Andrea Maack Flux

Andrea Maack Flux via the brand

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10 comments

  • Brad Woolslayer says:

    I love the idea of blueberries contrasted with the scent of the forest. Iceland seems like an amazing place for inspiration as well. I live in Maryland USA.

  • Olya, you transported me to Iceland and I always wanted to go there. Primal, Aurora Borealis and magical. Andrea Maack perfumes are gorgeous and unusual, I bought Jest and went through two bottles. This Flux sounds beautiful with fir needles and cardamom
    USA

  • Systeme D says:

    What compelling moodiness! I love this poetic review, so thanks to Olya for skillfully conveying the Icelandic resonances of Andrea Maack’s Flux.

    I’m completely seduced by it already, so please enter me into this draw!

    I remain in Chicago, IL, USA, but this review teleported me to Iceland in my imagination.

  • Sylvia Jackson says:

    Oh these notes sound wonderful, I can’t wait to smell this perfume. I love the scent profile.

  • Thomas Gonzalez says:

    I’m so surprised by the differing notes in this fragrance. Berries paired with Menthol? I have yet to dive into the deep end of niche perfumery and to hear of such notes is so intriguing, it almost makes me excited. What surprises me most is when a natural atmosphere is created and actually realistic. All too often fragrances create something that isn’t photorealistic and for this fragrance to transport its wearers into a world of berries and woods and makes them feel like they’re in a forest is impressive

  • Ramses Perez says:

    Reading the feeling and seeing the notes of this fragrance, I can honestly say it’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. When have you seen sequoia and menthol used in a fragrance? I certainly haven’t which is why this one makes it all the more intriguing to me. I wasn’t aware Andrea Maack was an Icelandic brand but the idea/concept behind this one is spot on. I can’t wait to somehow experience this one! I’m located in the USA.

  • snowflake15 says:

    I want to be in that forest communing with the elves and eating berries. The whole wine is bracing, wild and free to worship nature as the old ones did. NY State USA

  • I’ve always wanted to sample Andrea Mack fragrances. Flux with menthol and eucalyptus notes sounds so intriguing. All of her fragrance really seem to embrace the landscapes of Iceland.

  • AleksCipri says:

    Sounds so interesting! I would never think to pair blueberries with fir and green woody notes. I really like this brand overall and I love green woody fragrances, so I’m super interested in sampling Flux as well. I’m from Illinois, US.

  • As a fan of Coven, by Andrea Maack, I am interested in Flux. I like the description of “berries against the stoic, eternal presence of the forest”. The Menthol and Eucalyptus notes sound wonderful to me. Thanks for another fantastic review and draw. MI USA