NATURAL INGREDIENT CALCULATOR – A GUIDE THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF PLANT USAGE IN PERFUMERY
“To have a fragrance smell of vetiver you must use a certain amount of it. The problem we have
today is we all use these beautiful [natural] materials, but we use them in a homeopathic dosage
because the money* that is allowed to us to work on a project is just not enough.”
– Harry Fremont, DSM-Firmenich*, Master Perfumer, in Perfumer & Flavorist, 2010
Silence the Sea is one of the most intriguing fragrances that I’ve ever come across. Christophe Laudamiel, working together with the Strangelove NYC brand owner Elizabeth Gaynes and creative director Helena Christensen weaves a creation that features pure ambergris with an alluring effect, addictive and deeply primal.
This is not a marine-aquatic fragrance, and yet it speaks about oceans and seas in volumes!
The first fragrance I tried from the Strangelove NYC line was Silence the Sea: I got lost and fell in love. Irreversibly.
I realized then that nomen est omen: yes, perfumes that the trio Gaynes-Laudamiel-Christensen offers ARE strange, and you might fall in love with all of them. It made perfect sense.
It so happened recently that I won a 15 ml Lost in Flowers bottle in an IG giveaway organized by Strangelove NYC, and this is my review!