April 1, 2012
Aedes de Venustas Introduces Signature Fragrance
Mark Thompson READ TIME: 2 MIN.
NEW YORK, NY - Aedes de Venustas honors the past, present and future of perfumery with its first signature scent. Housed in aubergine glass the bottle disrupts classic rules of design with its round and square shape, hinting at the unique construction of the fragrance housed within its body.
The circumference of the cap is uniquely positioned and adorned with the Aedes insignia. A baroque yet futuristic ambience emanates from the skin as soon as the fragrance is applied, embodying the magic that is the Aedes de Venustas boutique. The mind questions, but the heart knows; a new experience anoints the wearer as it weaves a sensuous spell like no other before it.
The composition of Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum is a world onto itself. There is no trace of the traditional fragrance pyramid. The construction is round, luxurious, voluptuous and addictive.
The scent's chypre character is pierced at its center with the ephemeral green freshness of rhubarb accord; the axis around which the fragrance revolves, like the wearer emanating its memorable sillage.
Embodied and embodying; Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum is the past, present and future of perfumery in simultaneous revolution.
Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour describes the perfume as "a game of supports in an unexpected, even improbably olfactory architecture because the green effect increases while the heavy dark resinous incense and chypre accord is largely deceasing and getting more abstract."
On an interesting note many of the ingredients in Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum have been sourced by Bertrand Duchaufour. The ominpresent Vetiver is from Madagascar where Mr Duchaufour himself traveled to meet the farmers and made sure it complied to fair trade practices.
The design for Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau De Parfum bottle was inspired by a 1920's piece of art glass co-owner Karl Bradl discovered in an antique market in New York City's Chelsea.
The antique, with its unique zamak metal accents, became a symbolic muse inspiring the concept for several luxury fragrances which Aedes will release in the near future. Aedes de Venustas Signature Eau de Parfum is the first fragrance in this venture.
Read more about the Aedes de Venustas Eau de Parfum: Grain de Musc
From now until April 30th, 2012: complimentary ground shipping on all orders starting at $100.
LINK: Aedes de Venustas
A long-term New Yorker and a member of New York Travel Writers Association, Mark Thompson has also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The author of the novels WOLFCHILD and MY HAWAIIAN PENTHOUSE, he has a PhD in American Studies and is the recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center. His work has appeared in numerous publications.
