ExpLOud marks the beginning of a new creative synergy: Laboratorio Olfattivo meets Pierre Guéros, perfumer at Symrise. This great traveler and connoisseur of the Middle East immediately seduced us with his sensitivity, his human curiosity and his ability to establish an empathic contact with other cultures.
Aftelier Perfumes Joie de Vert is akin to being lured into the forest initially by the song of the woodthrush, only to discover that it has flown and now you are being serenaded by the owl as daylight retires.
Amouage Gold Man composed by Guy Robert in 1988 is a symphonic composition of what is said to be 140 ingredients. Gold Man’s intricate notes are arranged harmonically; dark and glinting notes interwoven like a tapestry. Marked by Robert’s characteristic light, deft touch, Gold Man is opulent but never heavy, rich but not overwhelming, and a masterclass in how to go big without going overboard.
Sagan Dalya by Maher Olfactive was quickened by raw material rather than having been inspired by tea. Shawn uncovered layers of fascination when he broke open a bottle of Siberian rhododendron oil: the possibilities began building upon themselves like bricks and mortar.
With Euan McCall’s newest perfumes, Jorum Studio Elegy and Pentimento, one feels a wistful nostalgia which saturates them each with a luxurious neo-classicism bordering on tender melancholy. They couldn’t be more different from one another – which constitutes part of their charm.
Tanja Bochnig, award winning founder and natural perfumer, explains that while she typically wants to project a deeper story and message with her creations, with this one, she wanted to keep things a little lighter for a change. Wild Summer Crush by April Aromatics is just that, an ode to the memory of an encounter she had on a hot, sultry summer night in the fruit orchards of southern Italy.
