Aether Arts Perfume Chrysalis (Amber Jobin) 2019 + Burner Perfume No.10 Draw

 

aether arts chrysalis review

Monarch butterfly Chrysalis emerging via allofnature.blogspot.com

“When the marvelous butterfly takes wing, nothing of the caterpillar remains.”~ Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume

Amber at Burning Man 2019 via Instagram

Iconoclastic independent perfumer Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume unearths inspiration from any number of locales. The annual Burning Man event, however – continues to populate her vivid imagination year after year. Held in the temporary ‘city’ erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada, Burning Man encourages experimental community and free expression of myriad art forms. It is founded upon these ten principles: radical inclusion, gifting, decommodification, radical self-reliance, radical self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility, leaving no trace, participation and immediacy (if you are familiar with Amber and her work the irresistible draw of such an event speaks for itself). In years past, several ÇaFleureBon writers have reviewed her “Burner” series: Senior Editor Tama Blough of beloved memory reviewed her Art and Olfaction Award-winning John Frum and Inuus, former Senior Editor and Natural Perfumery Editor Michael Singels, Senior Editor Gail Gross, and our irreplaceable Senior Editor Robert Herrmann among them.

Chrysalis is Burner Perfume No 10 for Amber Jobin

Mariposita (Burning Man 2019) by Chris Carnabuci via therma.art

2019 Burning Man’s theme was that of metamorphosis, and Amber Jobin’s muse was the Monarch butterfly emerging from its glorious jade-hued chrysalis. In order to mirror such vibrant coloration, Amber employed the very verdant – sometimes tender and juicy as personified by melon aldehydes; distinctly bitter/tart, as in tomato leaf and rhubarb; tangy as in green apple; musty as in green coffee’s aromatic profile; or haylike and coumarinic as sweet clover (among the Monarch butterfly’s choicest foods). That’s an inclusive color/scent wheel by any reckoning. Chrysalis opens virulently green, concluding wistfully upon the skin as a sigh.

Aether Arts Perfume Chrysalis review

Chakra Cannon by Joshua Pipic, Burning Man 2019 via Forbes Magazine©

All smells bright, bitter, sparkling – a stroke of the palate; tongue-in-cheek pepper, astringent and euphoric, tasty as an aperitif. Swathed in paper-thin green paisley silk. Violet feels vulnerable, shielded by an herbal/floral clover which hovers like a talisman. Chrysalis becomes gentled as it settles, rounded with downy musk. Once freed of its earthly pupa, very little lingers – only shreds of lost gossamer dangling, suspended indefinitely. The transformation is absolute…

Notes: Vanuatu pepper, green coffee, tomato leaf, rhubarb, green apple, melon aldehydes, violet, sweet clover, crystalline musk

Sample provided by perfumer Amber Jobin – many thanks!  My nose is my own…

~ Ida Meister, Senior Editor and Natural Perfumery Editor

 

Aether Arts Perfume Chrysalis

Thanks to the generosity of Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume we have a 2 ml flacon of Aether Arts Perfume Chrysalis for one registered reader anywhere in the world. You must register here or your comment will not count. To be eligible, please comment upon what appealed to you in Ida’s review of Chrysalis and where you live. Draw closes 10/18/2019

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21 comments

  • Dami says:

    I am curious and intrigued about Chrysalis, a scent inspired by metamorphosis. The notes sound unique and innovative. I live in the USA.

  • INYA says:

    Chrysalis sounds as beautiful and transitional as a burning man festival. On my wishlist! Thanks for the opportunity to sniff! USA

  • INYA says:

    Chrysalis sounds as beautiful and transitional as a burning man festival. On my wishlist! Thanks for the opportunity to sniff! USA

  • twong says:

    I like green perfumes and this one I understand “opens virulently green”, so right up my alley it seems. Also, that combination of notes is intriguing! Thanks for hosting the draw. Best regards from Boston, USA.

  • NiceVULady says:

    I much enjoyed reading Ida’s review as I love the way she is able to put into prose the scent and make that scent familiar while being unique. Chysallis sounds very different and I think I would very much like it. Thank you for a great review as always from Ida and thanks for the draw. I’m in the USA

  • Coconu Monica says:

    Oh radical inclusion, self expression and reliance while leaving no trace !!! Though saddening, what a marvelous image: the perfume gets born on your skin which we witness and enjoy then it takes off like a newborn butterfly.

  • Ozzyaziz says:

    I am really intrigued by Amber Jobin and Burning man event. The notes are appealing especially cofee and green apple. Cheers from UK

  • Amaziz89 says:

    Amber jobin fragrances have facinated and intrigued me because they are unique not your regular faces in the crowd. I am curious about the notes pepper, green apple and crystalline musk. Thanks a lot from UK

  • Vale says:

    “When the marvelous butterfly takes wing, nothing of the caterpillar remains.”

    Oh, but it remains. The struggle, the anxiety of the unknown road ahead, the hopes for better, but all these make us the butterfly we are today. A scared beautiful butterfly. Thank you, Ida, for your inspiring words and work! Romania

  • Linda says:

    Beautiful name, the chrysalis becomes a butterfly and its path is something magical, the scent notes are very beautiful and follow this transformation.
    Linda – UE

  • samppahoo says:

    Interesting name and concept and I am interested in a green and chameleonic scent which evolves like a chrysalis. I am from Finland, thanks for the draw.

  • wallygator88 says:

    Thanks for reviewing such an interesting perfume, Ida. I loved the way that you described the different individual notes in the context of the monarch butterfly.

    Love from Madison, WI, USA

  • xoe says:

    Green! The scent of green is so intriguing. And, the idea of metamorphosis is as well. My yard comes alive with clover and violet in the Spring, and it is my favorite scent of the year. I would love to try this interpretation. USA

  • Annatar says:

    I love the idea of a metamorphosis, especially when it comes to a perfume. Ida compares Chrysalis evolving into sparkling paisley silk, and now I simply can’t get this image out of my head: I must smell this scent!

    Russia

  • chrystyna says:

    I like that Ida artistically described the explosion of sensations, making a precise correspondence from a very pungent note to a vibrant colour. I live in Romania.

  • AutumnReds says:

    Ida’s description of both the perfume and the butterfly’s metamorphosis were well done. USA

  • gtabasso says:

    What appealed was the name. I hatched my first monarch this year. It was amazing. The chyrsalis was like a little jewel. A light jade green with a gold crown then it turned black then the butterfly came out. I’m in USA. My friends go to Burning Man and Scorched Nuts in Ohio.

  • m.r.everything says:

    Another great one Ida…. the notes are what sounds most interesting to me! EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! Vanuatu pepper… green coffee… tomato leaf… rhubarb… green pepper… melon aldehydes… sweet clover… crystalline musk…. what?!? They sound like they do not go together at all, but each and every one of them are intriguing notes that just sound like they make up a crazy good, no, crazy great fragrance! I am definitely interested in Chrysalis for sure! Sounds like it should be sold at Burning Man! You have my attention Amber! Thanks for the great write-up Ida, and thank you to team CaFleureBon and Amber for this enticing opportunity! I live in Delaware, US.