Burning Man 2022 was the inspiration for Aether Arts Perfume Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming ©
Art and award and Olfaction award-winning artisanal perfumer Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume has been a true original from the start of her career. She is known for her inimitable voice and singular means of expression: put succinctly, Amber views the universe from a different perspective than many – perpetually inquisitive, deep-thinking and highly experimental. These endearing qualities, combined with a heightened sense of playfulness – cause me to look forward eagerly to whatever new concept she’s engaged. It stands to reason that the Burning Man Festival is an ongoing source of inspiration for her (and like-minded artists of all sorts). After a two-year hiatus necessitated by the pandemic, Burning Man returned this year with the theme Waking Dreams.
I can’t imagine a single artist who wouldn’t succumb willingly to such a motif. Amber responded by creating Aether Arts Perfume Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming – an explosively joyful scent which is equal parts fantasy, fruit, flower and color.
Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume©
“Color sky, havana lake
Color sky, rose carmethene
Alizarin crimson
Wear your love like heaven
Lord, kiss me once more
Fill me with song
Allah, kiss me once more
That I may, that I may
Wear my love like heaven” ~ Donovan Leitch, Wear Your Love Like Heaven
Buddha Moon (Monk Sunrise) 1999 Peter Max wikiart
The electric hues of Amber’s olfactory palette read as Elements Under the Influence – the pop of oscillating oranges, sparkly berry tones, a tinge of acid green amongst them. To the nose, they are interpreted as riotous, juicy color which skews melodic in the vein of a Donovan Leitch (a Celtic bard who personified peace and love in the late 60s and 70s). The perfumer’s use of aromatic color in Aether Arts Perfume Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming is vivid as a Peter Max painting and just as exuberant.
Doldrums disappear in a spiral of tropical fruits which possess a sunny tartness: pineapple, kumquat, mango and guava cavort with a berry accord. The floral and green accords feel of a piece, closely interwoven with one another; there is a slight bitterness which feels like the pith of a citrus peel and is oddly attractive. Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming is filled with such twists, underscored with a jovial fruity musk which whimsically anchors the composition.
After a prolonged period of isolation, turning inwards and altering how we communicate, Aether Arts Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming encourages us to embrace a lighthearted buoyancy, to play and open ourselves to new adventures.
Notes: kumquat, orange sunshine accord, guava, mango, pineapple, berry accord, green, floral, fruity musk accord
Sample kindly provided by the perfumer. My nose is my own…
~ Ida Meister, Deputy and Natural Perfumery Editor
Thanks to the generosity of Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume, we have a 5 ml of Aether Arts Perfume Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming for one registered reader worldwide. To be eligible, please leave a comment saying what strikes you about Aether Arts Perfume Lucid Synesthetic Dreaming based on Ida’s review and where you live. Draw closes 12/3/2024
Note: Amber Jobin is 2014 Art and Olfaction Award Winner in the Artisan category. Her Mayan Chocolate was awarded this year’s 2022 Art and Olfaction Artisan Category Award.
Love for 3 Oranges is a 2016 Art and Olfaction Award Finalist in the Artisan category and reviewed here, Touchstone which was created in collaboration with Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief for CaFleureBon 7th Anniversary Talisman Project is an Art and Olfaction Finalist 2018 in the Artisan category (reviewed by Robert Herrmann, RIP here), Saffron an Art and Olfaction Finalist 2017 in the Artisan category reviewed here
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