Description
“A new fragrance of “Angel” range is born, another stereotype of perfumery is reversed: this time Angelo Orazio Pregoni interprets his provocative and irreverent way the fragrances “sea-inspired”. The aim is one more time to reveal and neutralize the banality and dullness the fragrance market has accustomed its audience to: the Italian fragrance creator astonishes and floors his fans as usually he does, creating something really audacious and “marine” in a different, but undoubtedly.
Sea Angel is not just a name: it’s the key that opens the lock of a chest lost in the dark sea abyss, and over there long forgotten. Angelo Orazio Pregoni is the only that knew this chest and where it was. Once he opened it, a fluid, untouchable entity releases, expands, blends itself with what is around, moving between mermaids and other sea creatures, and sudden light glares that plough the darkest abyss. Deepness spirit that brings thousands, charming and terrific marine suggestions, becoming their messenger, or “Angel” indeed. The sea is represented in its intimate, wild and amazing nature, beyond graceful but fake marketing stories.
Marine, impetuous, mysterious, fluctuating.
Sea Angel is born to tell a truth: that one of the sea with its olfactory sensations, beyond the curtain of fake perfection and pleasantness of “marine” fragrances that invaded the market. The olfactory dynamics is changing intentionally: a wave breaks on the rocks and gives off splashes, so powerful spurts full the air with a strong seaweeds smell. Then, as after the wave retired, they leave the scene to more elusive feelings, that join deep and outside, darkness and light, that express the dead calm of the sea and, just a second after, a furious storm offshore, the pleasantness of the saltiness and the disturbing sensations of salty lymph too.” – a note from the brand.
Sea Angel by O`Driu is a fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Sea Angel was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Angelo Orazio Pregoni. The fragrance features sea notes, sea salt, seaweed, sand and ozonic notes.
SHATRUSY – :
If perfumery can be considered an art, and in many instances it is in fact, I would say that Angelo Orazio Pregoni is a good example of expressionism in perfumery. There is a certain subversion in the way Angelo conceives his creations that can be lost if you do not consider them as a whole. However, the deformation of known ideas, use of aromatic saturations to create the vibrant effect of colors and a certain refusal to follow technical learning, opting for its sensitivity makes me think of how Odriu’s perfumes could be a case study of this movement in contemporary perfumery.
It is possible to see with some caution and skepticism when the creator says that when launching Sea Angel his objective is to use his irreverence and provocative style to propose a different marine perfume, bold and that flee from the banality of the aquatic creations. It is a description that indeed fits perfectly with the scent on the skin, but in my opinion it is clearer to see Sea Angel as the expressionist vision of Angelo in relation to the Ocean and what a marine scent could be.
The key word here is marine and not aquatic, as Sea Angel has nothing of an oceanic freshness that dominated the perfumery in the 90’s onwards. The expectation here would be more for something animalic, moist and herbaceous, something that is possible by the use of seaweed absolute, a raw material with an unusual aromatic profile and perfect for a more artistic exploration.
As promised, Sea Angel really amazes at the first few minutes on the skin, mainly by the humid, green, saline and animalic scent of algae. It’s a sight of a more aggressive, even intimidating ocean, waters that seem to swallow whoever dares enter their domains. However, there are many simultaneous layers in Sea Angel and it is curious that at the same time there is a functional aspect going on in the background, something that, I interpret, could be a criticism of aquatic perfumes. Coupled with this intimidating impression there is a scent that immediately reminds me of a soft, delicate foam of powdered soap, a vivid contrast between animalish and clean on the skin.
And then, Sea Angel begins to turn into a saturation of spices, spicy aldehydes, flowers and woods. Are we perhaps on a ship at sea, with the perspective of the ocean being seen from a storm? In a moment where everything seems to collapse while resisting? It is difficult to know, as there is a collision of the notes cited with fruity apple touches and a fuzzy floral scent that gives almost a vintage vibe to something that could be a CDG perfume at this moments (and that refers a lot to certain parts of the classic CDG2 Man).
The final moment of Sea Angel is perhaps its most commercial point, even more seen in the masculine perfumery. But it is not surprising, since it is clear that Angelo knows the rules of classic and modern perfumery, only uses them when he is interested in achieving his goals. After the storm of notes, Sea Angel accents on a dry woody scent that makes a moderate use of the potent amber molecules that give a very dry and almost tobacco smell to many perfumes out there. In my preview of how I imagined Sea Angel would be I predict that this could be a schizophrenic Angel in his behavior and indeed he is, oscillating between old and modern, daring and commercial, colliding various nuances and then soothing in the skin. Perhaps it is not a perfume that fully reflects Angelo but is a creation that is certainly among his best and most controversial.
hutik87 – :
Arrivare una mattina sulla spiaggia, dopo una violenta tempesta, dapprima l’odore delle alghe gettate sulla spiaggia può non sembrare gradevole, poi si armonizza con un più ampio spettro di vita marina; una leggera brezza comincia a spirare dalle dune portando con sé la sabbia, gli effluvi balsamici dei pini e della vegetazione e il miracolo si compie, una fragranza che esce completamente dagli schemi ma che rispecchia la natura, il mare, la spiaggia in modo mirabile. Non si riesce ad amare subito questa composizione ma poi entra pian piano nella memoria come certe giornate sugli scogli, vere, non necessariamente perfette, ma in pieno contatto con l’immensità marina.