Description
Indie perfumery 4160Tuesdays has developed a new fragrance collection, Our Modern Lives – seven 100% natural botanical fragrances, and two 100% gentle synthetic skin scents.
They’ve been created as a result of perfumer Sarah McCartney’s 21 year yoga practise, and requests from her customers. The naturals come in 10ml roll-ons and 50ml spray bottles at eau de parfum strength, and as light eau fraiche body and room fragrances.
The synthetics are long lasting skin scents which everyone can wear, even the unfortunate one in a thousand people who are allergic to something found in perfume. Each of the botanicals is allocated a colour and a mood, from Sunrise – citrus fruits with coffee – to Into the Night – deep dark indigo sensuality. The synthetics, OML α and OML β, are soft, neutral fragrances.
Perfumer Sarah McCartney says: “For me, the best fragrances combine the depth and complexity of naturals with the staying power and texture of synthetics. After listening to our customers, I’ve separated them out so you can wear just the naturals, the synthetics, or both together.”
Aquamarine – Waves/WiFi – Clarity: A sense of connection. The colour of the clear warm sea, and sharp hit of citrus and deep seaweed. Materials include: white grapefruit and rosemary essential oils, olive fruit CO2 extract, jasmine sambac absolute, blue hemlock essential oil, organic English lavender essential oil, seaweed absolute.
Assortiment: 9m EDP, 50ml EDP, 100ml body and room spray.
Aquamarine was launched in 2017.
omimerd – :
This opens with a blast of seaweed and hemlock, joint by olives,
than lavender and lemon (grapefruit) and a touch of rosemary take over.
Being no fan of marine fragrances, I have to admit that this is gorgeous: it conjures up the Côte d’Azure,
the deep blue, salty waves, their foamy white crests carrying seaweed when crashing at the rough red rocks,
the mistral ruffling your hair with whiffs of lavender and rosemary,
pouring sparkling mineral water over the lemon slice in your glass before reaching for the olives in the saucer next to it (sounds like I need a holiday …).
Marine fragrances often tend to be too masculine for my taste, but this one is perfect to share with your partner.