Artist Andrea Maack has launched Birch, a new unisex fragrance…
Andrea Maack Soft Tension & Dual ~ fragrance reviews
Soft Tension and Dual are the two latest releases from Andrea Maack, an Icelandic multimedia artist who established an independent perfume line in 2011. Both are inspired by Icelandic landscapes. Soft Tension is a “sensual white musk inspired by a thick mysterious fog,” and Dual is “inspired by the calming water of the natural hot springs in the Icelandic highlands” and “mimics the feeling of fresh water on the skin and the intense color spectrum surrounding the hot spring lagoons.”
I’ve never traveled to Iceland, but I’ve heard fascinating accounts from friends who’ve been there. Would Soft Tension and Dual provide an olfactory substitute for a Nordic getaway? I tried Soft Tension first…
Andrea Maack Dual & Soft Tension ~ new fragrances
Artist Andrea Maack has launched Dual and Soft Tension, two new unisex fragrances…
Andrea Maack Coven ~ new fragrance
Artist Andrea Maack has launched Coven, her seventh fragrance. Her last launch was Coal, introduced in 2012…
Andrea Maack Coal, Jimmy Choo Flash, Strange Invisible Perfumes Likewise ~ quick fragrance reviews
Several quick reviews of recent(ish) fragrances: Andrea Maack Coal, Jimmy Choo Flash, Strange Invisible Perfumes Likewise.
Feel free to add your own quick reviews of recent releases in the comments!
Andrea Maack Coal
Coal is Reykjavík-based artist Andrea Maack’s sixth fragrance, and it was inspired by one of her drawings made with black coal:
It captures the feeling of creating this piece, the smudge on the fingertips, the coal falling down the white paper as the hand moves creating a pattern and the broken pieces at the bottom of the page.
If that sounds a little weird in a Comme des Garçons kind of way, then you’ve got exactly the right idea…