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Ayala Moriel Orcas ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 June 2011 17 Comments

Ayala Moriel Orcas

Indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel has launched Orcas, a new aquatic fragrance for men:

Inspired by the breathtaking scenery of the Wild Pacific Trail: a place where ocean meets forest and whales blow and sing above the stormy weather. Orcas perfume is an innovative all-natural marine woody, a unique combination of scents from sea and seashore. Brisk and pungent citrus and herbaceous notes suggest ocean breeze and tea-like clarity, and an array of oceanic treasures such as seaweed and ambergris meet seashore and rainforest notes.

Notes include ambergris, angelica, blue spruce, clary sage, cypress, geranium, boronia, ginger, lime, rosemary, seaweed, vetiver, violet leaf and cedar.

Ayala Moriel Orcas is available in 4 or 15 ml Eau de Parfum ($38/120) or in Parfum Extrait. (via ayalamoriel, ayalasmellyblog.blogspot)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: ayala moriel, natural perfume

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  1. maggiecat says:
    14 June 2011 at 2:01 pm

    This sounds lovely. Not sure if it would really be “me,” but lovely just the same.

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    • Robin says:
      14 June 2011 at 10:02 pm

      Ditto! And like the idea of a seaweed based aquatic.

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  2. KateReed says:
    14 June 2011 at 3:28 pm

    It does sound good. I just wish it didn’t remind me of Dino de Laurentis’ movie.

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    • Robin says:
      14 June 2011 at 10:03 pm

      I didn’t see it, so didn’t make the association 🙂

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      • LaMaroc says:
        15 June 2011 at 10:09 pm

        Ohhh, don’t watch it. It’s just a bad movie. Bad, bad, bad. Not even so bad it’s good. I think Richard Harris is in it, which is bizarre, but I guess he needed the money. Cheesy as the movie is, it gave me nightmares as a kid and set me firmly on my animal-lover path. 😛

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  3. faylene505 says:
    14 June 2011 at 4:29 pm

    Interesting notes. I realize that anyone can wear any fragrance; still, I wonder what it is about the fragrance that led the designer to call it “for men.”

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    • Robin says:
      14 June 2011 at 10:03 pm

      I don’t know…might be worth looking over her blog; I know she has written about the development.

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      • faylene505 says:
        15 June 2011 at 8:09 am

        Sigh! Now I’m really going to have to try this! Time to send the cats out for part-time jobs! 🙂

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        • Robin says:
          15 June 2011 at 8:20 pm

          Let me know if that works — maybe I need some cats 🙂

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  4. malijo789 says:
    14 June 2011 at 9:24 pm

    Interesting color choice for an aquatic. Are aquatic scents usually clear or light blue?

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    • malijo789 says:
      14 June 2011 at 9:24 pm

      I meant to say “aren’t.”

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    • Robin says:
      14 June 2011 at 10:04 pm

      I suppose, but this is a natural scent…so guessing that’s the natural color of the materials.

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  5. Warum says:
    14 June 2011 at 9:37 pm

    Sounds really interesting. I would like to try it.

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    • Robin says:
      14 June 2011 at 10:04 pm

      Me too!

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  6. LaMaroc says:
    15 June 2011 at 10:11 pm

    Definitely brings back memories of the beaches in Washington State and British Columbia, so I’m definitely going to have to try this!

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  7. Hamyish says:
    17 June 2011 at 7:50 am

    This sounds utterly fabulous, so promising – the sort of scent that would send me on a daydream to a lonely beach of endless sand (or pebbles…. possibly pebbles…) with wind-whipped water and seagulls wheeling overhead.

    Would love to sniff!

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  8. kikilarue says:
    20 June 2011 at 2:18 am

    Oh, man, I’ll be taking a closer look at this one. Love the notes and If it can possibly evoke the islands of Puget SoundI have to have it! 🙂

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