Elemental Immersion Cyan Nori Abel Odor Frances Shoemack Issac Sinclair 2020

Half the world away, seasons and time are reversed and the world has closed its doors to those of us of adventurous spirit and wanderlust. Yet still we travel, in imagery conjured by the camera, the written word or most intensly with our olfactory sense. Here, in France, on the cusp of Spring I have been devotedly attending my gardens, all three of them and time runs through the hourglass, I am impotent to slow its rush. Finally I pause, to write and am taken voyaging onto well known coasts and into a sea whose caress I remember well. Abel Odor, created by Frances Shoemack, a fellow New Zealander and winemaker as myself in collaboration with another kiwi, perfumer Issac Sinclair, have a collection that is superb. I own most and adore all.

1, 2, 4, 6 - Cyan Nori Abel Odor

3. Issac Sinclair -Perfumer

5. Frances Shoemack- Founder Abel Odor

Cyan Nori is a quiet, stilling revelation of simple pleasures, it piques my curiosity with its quirky and evocative opening, its initial brightness is blinding akin to the reflection of summer sunlight on a mirrored sea. The opening citrus glance off the surface of skin, an echoing spume of the sway of waves, sparkling points of shimmering water. It is the scent of the sensation when one has rested too long in the sun and the skin thirsts for the kiss of salinity and the thrilling invigoration of the water. A slight and tempting hint of sun bleached sea flotsam and jetsam rises with the Nori aspect which is salty and curious, a delight of transportation to the simple pleasures of a deserted stretch of sand and myriad hues of turquoise and aquamarine, where airblown I rest with salt sprinkled skin and hair…..

Cyan Nori is the connection to the elemental nature of water and air, the body in complete submersion, between sea, sky and flesh in almost nuptial intimacy.

Clear Immersion, Waiheke Island NZ - Danu Seith-FyrAs it unfolds on my skin, I am passed through all the sensations and emotions of that private and uncomplicated encounter when one is in intimate contact with the elements. Sublime expansiveness of… — **Clear Immersion, Waiheke Island NZ - Danu Seith-Fyr**
As it unfolds on my skin, I am passed through all the sensations and emotions of that private and uncomplicated encounter when one is in intimate contact with the elements. Sublime expansiveness of the ocean, the turning point of the wave, in that still point before it folds in on itself and rolls to the shore, leaving scatterings of spray in its wake.
There is a tranquility present in the passage of Cyan Nori that is the reward of time spent in simple communion with the sea. The plant derived Musk is exceptional and rises after the sparkling entry of the first waves to be encompassing and warm, softly sultry, a musk that merges into a second skin, clothing me in vestments of musk, sand and salinity, I smile, as Frances and Issac have enabled me to be sunkissed and ocean infused, recalling the end of hot days, silken sands and the rejuvenation of body and soul. I am enamoured with an aching, a longing for that purest of states. The day unfolds to night and strangely within this creation the musk, ambergris and nori interplay and expand as Cyan Nori extends its embrace.

Possessed with a longevity, there is entwined in this perfume, a scent of the liberty of waterplay, the nightime revelry of dark ocean suddenly alight with the otherwordly spectacle of inflorescence, I have often delighted in this, stirring and splashing the sea with limbs that are lit with cyan lights. Watery illuminations extend the boundaries of flesh, extremities tinged with fireflies.

Cyan Nori is breathtaking and unfathomable, stretching out over the horizon, our senses taken in expansiveness, a shapeshifter of the elements. Unobtrusive to be almost etheric in nature, a force akin to the gentle lulling of waves and the zephyrs of offshore breezes….Seamless simplicity and a refined beauty it is a cipher for the times ahead.

My thanks as always to my friend Frances Shoemack and to Issac Sinclair for every scent they create is beautiful. Abel Odor are fiercely ethical in their production, dedicated to 100% natural and sustainably sourced components without compromise on quality or aesthetic. 1% of the revenue of Cyan Nori goes to Sustainable Coastlines New Zealand.

Thanks to Abel Odor for the samples, the bottle is from my own collection.

tangerine oil, plant derived peach note, plant derived musk note, plant derived green tea note, bergamot oil, plant derived ambergris note, nori absolute balsam oil.

Cyan Nori is available in 15ml or 50 ml from ;

https://www.abelodor.com/shop/cyan-nori/

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