Botanical ambergris — Aesop's intellectual take on musk and sea, green-grey and quietly magnetic.
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Sensory Profile
Composition
Concentration Eau de Parfum
Style Niche
Notable Ingredients
ambrette seed labdanum violet leaf iris green cardamom vetiver
Olfactory Structure
Family Woody
Evolution Moderate
Sillage 5/10
Character
Moods
sophisticated mysterious intimate serene
Season
Autumn Spring
Occasion
AllThematic Territory
Ancient ambergris reimagined through botanical intelligence — a musky, green-grey scent that evokes oceanic depth without aquatic clichés
Era & Context
Modern
Named from the Latin 'mira ceti' (wonder of the whale), referencing ambergris without using it. Part of Aesop's Othertopias collection, which explores imagined places through scent.
Spiritual Links
Influences
Absorbed from
Le Labo Another 13 The skin-musk minimalism explored with more complexity
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