INTRODUCING NEANDERTAL PERFUME
“Where have we come from and where are we going?”
As ways of artistic response to such a big question, artist Kentaro Yamada in collaboration with perfumer Euan McCall created Neandertal Perfume™.
Celebrating the relatively unknown history and relationship between Neandertals and mankind, this fragrance incorporates historically and culturally significant natural raw materials.
Home sapiens and Neandertals shared around 10,000 years of living side by side, before Neandertals mysteriously disappearing from earth around 30,000 years ago.
They are thought to be wild animal like beings, less intelligent than modern humans, however recent findings reveal that they were highly intelligent, creating art and music prior to humans, while living in Europe 10 times longer than us.
Neandertal Perfume™ imagines the life they could have fulfilled whilst raising questions of our own past and future.
Neandertal Dark
Top - Foliage, Ginger, Pink Pepper, Grapefruit & Pine.
Heart - Incense, Geranium, Caraway & Seaweed.
Base - Vetiver, Patchouli, Oud, Amber, Musk, Leather, Sandalwood, Tobacco & Labdanum Absolute.
The darker, more shadowed version of Neandertal. A scent of movement that challenges perfumery conventions. The top note structure of Neandertal dark™ comprises leafy, aromatic and textural sensations, symbolic of nature; trees, plants, flowers and citrus fruits.
Initially, pepper berries and incense clash against this delicate foliage accord, pushing, pulling and in time combining to create a transgressive and original iodine profile as Neandertal dark evolves.
Sandalwood and cedar provide a durable foundation for Neandertal dark™. The inclusion of oud and leather adds unusual animalistic depth and resinous shadow. Earthy rhizome materials reintroduce the familiar green facets in a darker manner. An accord comprising vetiver, patchouli and musk is offset against amber bringing both vibrancy and richness to Neandertal dark™.
Neandertal Light
Top - Hinoki, Coriander, Galbanum & Violet Leaf.
Heart - Orris & Metallic Accord.
Base - Amber/ Ambergris, Patchouli, Leather, Cedar & Musk.
Neandertal light™ is in stark contrast to Neandertal dark™, a journey which explores concepts of olfactory dissonance. Radiant and expansive Neandertal light™ concentrates on the present and as such, possesses a linear and harmonious structure. Hinoki oil is developed with muted green notes creating a horizontal landscape, an olfactory still-life representation of nature. The binding quality of orris gives Neandertal light™ rigidity, form and cohesiveness within the structure. This binding quality produces a powerful resulting force, encapsulating time and the space around us. Leather and ambergris add unparalleled natural beauty and familiarity, displaying both power and magnetism.
A contemporary portrait of Neandertal, this fragrance captures a suspended snapshot in time.
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