J’s image of Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil

Do you dream of outer space? Now you have the chance to smell your dreams. I have been quietly obsessing over Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil since it arrived, it’s been on one of my arms daily as I’ve been trying to understand it and because I’ve been deeply enjoying it, going back regularly for more excited sniffs as it expands and shimmers in futuristic aromas and tones. Eastern Veil is a perfume I’ve been happily escaping into as a place to dream during my office and work hours and one I’ll be wearing once my studio is done and my real life’s work continues.

Eastern Veil is a kaleidoscopic dreamscape that really does what it says and becomes an otherworldly scent. Part of me doesn’t want to understand it fully, I just want to be lost in its magic. I do get hints of familiar aromas, maple syrup and rose with a soft gaseous iris that feels endless but as you chase these familiar notes your nose is lead in new and wild directions. So join me and raise your telescope and nose to the night sky as I attempt to capture Eastern Veil’s magic.

PR images for Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil courtesy of the brand.

Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil opens beautifully, playful and surreal.  Imagine a floral toasted with salted popcorn, and dry rose petals shaved over it and spiced with a soft dusting of pepper. It makes me think of a film opening, that Paramount logo but rather than it appearing we zoom past the earth, further into space. The popcorn gives you this playful and childlike feel of excitement as the adventure starts with an abstract sugary sweetness glistening like tiny stars in the dark nights sky. It’s hard to put into words how Eastern Veil evolves as different elements bloom and weave together simultaneously, when you read the notes it should feel at odds, but in the skillful hands of perfumer Andreas Wilhelm they don’t. This elegant blending of ingredients and how they interact is what gets me excited about Eastern Veil and is part of its otherworldly beauty.

Iris PR images for Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil courtesy of the brand.

We zoom deeper into the popcorn florals in the opening diving into this new space. Its inner molecules feel soft dry and powdery courtesy of an elegant iris.  Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil is woven around a dry iris, feeling floral and simultaneously woody with soft cedar shavings,  A clean streak of patchouli gives body and depth to this cosy iris space, it starts to feel blue, tinged with dark mossy greens with pale glowing yellow stars. Eastern Veil’s texture is like you’re reaching through a never-ending sleeve of velvet and silk. There are no real edges though, rather Eastern Veil’s diffusive floral musk wraps around you letting Ambroxan’s magic form an inviting and glowing warmth as it merges with dry spices. As this is happening the rose shavings are bending time and reforming into a rather sumptuous fully bloomed neon rose, while dark rich maple syrup coats it, giving it a translucent shimmering sheen. It’s darkly sweet yet those savoury salty spicy notes balance it beautifully. An ambery richness is there too, sitting just below, giving Eastern Veil an opulent feel with a dark subtle smokiness. The iris feels like the neon’s light edges seeping into the darkness, turning darker hews of blue as it’s enrobing the bright reds of the rose in a soft musky veil. It’s like you’re traveling at hyper speed with all these colours flickering around you, yet your get to experience it in slow-motion as you wear Eastern Veil, time is bending here just as it does as your stretch through a black hole, one full of glistening beauty. Woods are used in a clever way to add depth and body to the rich florals that are now interweaved with each other into an impossible neon flower. The sweet rose drifts into a soft dry powdery iris that then expands back into a woody dry spice in this beautiful loop full of sweet and spicy aromas, with those soft alluring florals and woods not letting you grasp its musky mysterious allure, just slipping out and into the endless. The first times I wore Eastern Veil it’s this neon rose that came to mind, it felt very futuristic, yet I could never fully grasp its form.

Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil courtesy of the brand

It’s a shape shifting perfume that seems to spread out like space. Later I looked up an image of the Veil Nebula and boom there it was. All that neon glowing red and blue tones, with sugary stars shimmering around it. It’s centre star glowing like a maple-encrusted rose gem. Andreas Wilhelm has captured space in a stunning way. Space is the place!

 

Veil Nebula via Wikipedia.

It should be no surprise as perfumer is Andreas Wilhelm, the nose behind this initial trio of Ylem Parfums releases, has been up for and won Art and Olfaction Awards in recent years. When I’ve heard Andreas talk about perfume creation, it feels like I’m listening to an artist, which he also is, and you can tell he knows his history and classical ways of composing. Eastern Veil is a stunning example of when someone knows the rules and bends and breaks them, creating something rather sensational. Ylem Parfums trio of perfumes take their names from nebulas, brand owner and creative director Moritz Sülz wanted to create something unique and different and having smelled Eastern Veil I can say hands down the collaboration between the two of them has done this. I can only speak for Eastern Veil but it’s unlike anything I’ve smelled and this gets me very excited! Everything down to the design feels considered and elegant, star charts are weaved into the design, with the nebulas coordinates printed on the bottle. Holding the flacon feels like you are lifting up a telescope to go dream in the stars.

Ylem Parfums Moritz Sülz and perfumer Andreas Wilhelm via Instagram.

Forget modern. Ylem Parfums is ultra contemporary. It’s perfumery like this that keeps me excited and gives me hope for new thrilling things to come and yes I’m desperate to smell the other two, Soap Bubble and Eye Of God.

Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil is one of the most exciting perfumes I’ve smelled this year! Highly recommend.

Notes: Iris, Rose, Popcorn, Sugar, Maple Syrup, Oakmoss, Schinus Molle, Cedarwood, Amber and Musk.

Disclosure: Ylem Parfums Eastern Veil was sent to J; his thoughts and nose are his own.

J Wearescentient, Senior Editor, artist & olfactive writer.

 

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