Aedes De Venustas Grenadille d'Afrique EDP 100ml

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A tribute to the ancient African Blackwood and his majestic home
From crunchy sap to balsamy resin
From smoky wood to sun-baked stone
From purple twilight to ink-black night
GRENADILLE D'AFRIQUE refers not only to the tree that bears its name, but also to the primordial landscape in which it grew

“This is a surprising, uncompromising and sensual fragrance,” explains perfumer Alberto Morillas
“Ingredients are simple, plain and unadorned
Fragrance becomes art thanks to this intensity and simplicity
“ It all starts with the African Elm tree, a rare, expensive member of the rosewood family, whose Latin name Dalbergia melanoxylon means “black tree”
The title contrasts with the variety of wood, also known as grenadilla, which moves from deep purple to brownish black
The ancient Egyptians, who called it h'bny, made valuable furniture from heartwood
In Tanzania, the Makonde people, who know it as mpingo, use it to create magnificent, highly prized Tree of Life carvings

In GRENADILLE D'AFRIQUE in 2016, Alberto Morillas transforms it into a remarkably elegant scent sculpture
The legendary African Elm, with its aromatic, juniper-scented sap from the branches to the roots, is built around a “trunk” of Haitian vetiver
It is the vertical axis that brings together the floral, animalic and mineral notes of the fragrance with its complex aspects of wood, smoke, earth and flint

It's hard to tell from the first whiff whether the perfume takes you into the sunset or the dawn
Shimmering bergamot catches the last rays of the sun, while purple lavender and violet mist scatter powdery moonlight across savannah grasslands
Later in its life, vanilla, transformed into flammable resin by a stroke of the amber cistus labdanum, emits a balsamic warmth
Bleached wood, bark as soft as skin and sun-warmed stone release the heat of the day into an inky black night cooled by a musky breeze

AEDES DE VENUSTAS GRENADILLE D'AFRIQUE has now been carefully transferred into a new and precious container: A fluted glass bottle marked with peacock blue accents, a cap stamped with matte black emblems and a sleek but heavy design marking the next chapter in AEDES
The story of DE VENUSTAS
Morillas describes his creation as “fossilized wood rubbed with a vanilla chord”; a composition with strong contrasts that activates its dark heart with bright notes
GRENADILLE D'AFRIQUE explores a new territory on the olfactory map where wood and resins meet ink and stone

NOTES: African elm accord, vetiver, cistus labdanum, juniper, vanilla bergamot, lavender, violet

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