Extrait de Parfum
July-August, barefoot in the sand, the scent of wax and sunscreen, fingertips wrinkled from the salty water. Olatua carries the naïveté of adolescence, marked by the impatience for the next summer. It’s the feeling of those trapped in this wonderful place where others come on vacation but never stay. Olatua is a concentrate of suspended memories. The memories of a brief story, with no future but unforgettable. Those of a wave of overwhelming euphoria that recedes in September, as if nothing had ever existed. It sticks to the skin, its trail lingers. Yet, one must turn the page. Though innocence fades with the passing summers, Olatua allows one not to forget... to be reminded by the wave. The calone aromachemical (sometimes called ‘watermelon ketone’) was a benchmark of 90s aquatic fragrances. The application here feels both referential and new in the way it opens down into the base of this beautifully soft coconut build.
NOTES
calone
coconut
black pepper
ylang ylang
white blossom
white musk
vetiver
NOSE — Elia Chiche
France, 2023
Extrait de Parfum
July-August, barefoot in the sand, the scent of wax and sunscreen, fingertips wrinkled from the salty water. Olatua carries the naïveté of adolescence, marked by the impatience for the next summer. It’s the feeling of those trapped in this wonderful place where others come on vacation but never stay. Olatua is a concentrate of suspended memories. The memories of a brief story, with no future but unforgettable. Those of a wave of overwhelming euphoria that recedes in September, as if nothing had ever existed. It sticks to the skin, its trail lingers. Yet, one must turn the page. Though innocence fades with the passing summers, Olatua allows one not to forget... to be reminded by the wave. The calone aromachemical (sometimes called ‘watermelon ketone’) was a benchmark of 90s aquatic fragrances. The application here feels both referential and new in the way it opens down into the base of this beautifully soft coconut build.
NOTES
calone
coconut
black pepper
ylang ylang
white blossom
white musk
vetiver
NOSE — Elia Chiche
France, 2023
