Erémia Eau de Parfum is the vibrant fragrance
evocative of nature reclaiming the urban wasteland.
Basically, it’s a lot of waxy flowers and earthy undertones,
with powdery musk that contrasts the scent of city concrete after the rain.
It’s one of the trio of unorthodox fragrances titled Othertopias.
It’s a collection that takes inspiration from liminal spaces
that transport to realms bothreal and imagined.
Erémia is a world where the vegetal strength of moss and wildflowers coexists
with the stagnating signs of civilisation.
There is this idea of listening to the inaudible conversations in nature:
the trees exchanging communication, bees dancing to communicate.
It is actually the consciousness of Nature dreaming herself.
I summoned wild flowers for The Wasteland, for the Greek the khora,
which is this space outside the city that allows one to think better about the city.
It’s the place where plants grow without intervention or artifice.
But it’s also the feeling of the wool of a flying Persian carpet, as a garden.
There are four notes that represent the four corners of the world, which is the concept of a garden.
A garden, initially, was a way to represent the possibilities of the world’s flora.
But for me there was also this idea of pollination, and something obviously seasonal,
cyclic that you cannot stop, like the flowers with their light, oily notes.
Erémia has a very crispy top, very fresh and vibrant.
It opens with Yuzu, Grapefruit and Bergamot,
astringent citrus notes that awaken the senses.
Interwoven throughout the fragrance is the bitter greenness of Galbanum,
as if you were cutting a leaf and putting it in your mouth and finding it a little bit bitter.
While Mimosa leads into the heart with this waxy, floral note with a lot of texture.
The base of Erémia really evokes this sense of place—this vacant land.
Galbanum, Patchouli and Iris combine with this powerful earthiness,
but there are still dry woody accords and something Violet-like.
It’s something a little bit elegant that brings the texture of the city.