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Aesop Othertopias: A Trio Of Perfumes Inspired By The Mysteries Of The Outdoors

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Aesop Othertopias: A Trio Of Perfumes Inspired By The Mysteries Of The Outdoors

The trio of Miraceti, Karst and Eremia eau de parfums make up Aesop’s latest collection of perfumes, developed by Barnabe Fillion.

by Gordon Ng  /   July 19, 2021
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Aesop fragrances are a unique bunch. The way this brand develops scents has always been a little alternative. Take, for instance, the rose-centred Rozu launched last year, which took unconventional inspiration from the French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand.

This year, Aesop has launched not one, but three new eau de parfums – Miraceti, Karst and Eremia – in a collection called Othertopias. The idea is one of the wandering mind, and these are developed to transport the wearer by way of scent to what the brand dubs liminal spaces. That is, imagined places that blur the lines of what is or isn’t real.

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The concept’s a little dense, but the brand has brought in a visual collaborator in the form of the artist Davide Quayola to illustrate the idea.

In three video works by Quayola, landscapes like bushes, a forest and a seascape start off as photorealistic video, before morphing – rather like a technological glitch – into impressionistic blobs of colour and undefined shapes.

Visually, it captures the idea of these perfumes starting out, perhaps, from realistic settings and then morphing into something more mysterious.

To achieve this concept in Othertopias, Aesop worked together with its long-time perfumer Barnabe Fillion. In Fillion’s words, smells, “whether in the air, on our skin, or on our clothes, creates a world within our world” that “engages our senses, asks us to look differently and encourage us to image.”

This new collection is now available at all Aesop boutiques and online. Below, a breakdown of the three scents in the Othertopias collection.


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Aesop Othertopias: A Trio Of Perfumes Inspired By The Mysteries Of The Outdoors
Miraceti eau de parfum, $255, Aesop
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One way to understand these perfumes is as a journey of sorts. Miraceti, or ‘The Boat’ (think Moby Dick!) starts out at sea. Or rather, on a boat in stormy waters. It’s a scent of earthy, woody notes that mingle with resin and spice, meant to evoke both the serene and savage nature of the sea. Notes of incense and seaweed are woven into this unconventional scent, and a blend of warm and resinous ambrette, styrax and labdanum hint at old, time-worn woods and the mustiness of boats and cellars.

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Karst eau de parfum, $255, Aesop
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After being at sea, imagine washing up on the shore with Karst. The idea with this scent is a natural landscape sculpted and shaped by water, the mineral aromas of the washing tides wearing away at things. Scent-wise, it’s an aquatic aromatic. Notes of cumin and sandalwood conjure the saltiness of lapping waves, and the scent of fresh spices conjures the sensation of air alive with energy and change.

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Eremia eau de parfum, $255, Aesop
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Past the shore, Eremia unfolds into an imagined ‘wasteland’. It’s an idea of a place where the markers of civilisation are lost to nature – imagine buildings being overtaken by greenery and such. It’s a still and quiet setting, and one that Fillion conjures through a hazy lens of galbanum and iris notes, cut through with the earthiness of guaiac wood and vibrant citruses like yuzu and bergamot.

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