Perfume4aPlace
Perfume4aPlace collection includes 4 perfumes I've created as tribute to my favourite places in Vancouver, Canada. These were also my farewell gift for the city that's been my home for about half of my life.
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Ayala Moriel Parfums
Komorebi
$12.00
Visit product page →New perfume that captures the wonderful scent that can be experienced in late summer and early autumn in the Pacific northwest rainforests: It emanates from the sun-dappled fragrant forest floor on those warm days when the sun brings out the sweet smells of redcedar, moss & Douglas fir…
If the word "Petrichor" describes the smell of the parched earth after the rain, then this perfumeaccurately captured the wonderful cedrechor scent - "blood of the cedar" - the smell of the forest after the sun. Cedrechor can be experienced in late summer and early autumn in the Pacific Northwest rainforests: It emanates from the sun-dappled fragrant forest floor on those warm days when the sun brings out the sweet smells of redcedar wood chips on the forest floor, mingled with antlered perfume (another name for oaks) and Douglas fir needle.
It's the Pacific Northwest equivalent of the Meditteranean "Garrigue" (the intoxicating odour of sunbaked earth and scrubland, dominated by sage and labdanum), and in my mind I've been describing it as "Forest Amber" or "Pacific Chypre". But non of these names seemed to capture the magic quite as perfectly. So I've reached out to the Japanese language, which has a special word for the interplay of light and leaves, which includes the sunbeams one would observe coming through the trees and shedding light on the vapour they exhale; as well as the dappled-gold forest floor, a vision that is shifting yet constant, as long as the sun is there. This is the essence of komorebi in the Pacific rainforest.
This perfume is the first in a series of perfumes dedicated to special places in the Pacific Northwest. Place of inspiration: Cathedral trail in Xwayxway (Stanley Park)
Notes: Redcedar, Fir, Oakmoss, Black Cottonwood
Fragrance Families: Woody, Ambery, Chypre
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Ayala Moriel Parfums
Sunset Beach
$12.00
Visit product page →Sunset Beach is a little piece of heaven tucked away in the midst of bustling boat-False Creek and busy traffic on the bridges that cross it. It is that happy place where time stops and the only thing that matter is the tides, currents and basking in the gentle evening sun. You can spend the day there or just bring a hectic workday to a serene close with a beachside walk or a leisurely picnic. Fragrant Harlequin glorybower and Robinia embellish its borders, and in midsummer you'll find musky wild blackberries and hot-pink everlasting peas along the shoreline. And if you're particularly lucky, you'll find yourself swimming alongside a playful harbour seal. Sunset Beach can be anywhere... Mine just happened to be in Vancouver. I invite you to uncork a bottle of this daydream and experience a truly creamy sandalwood perfume complemented by handmade tinctures of pandan leaf and milky oolong tea, coconut massoia bark and dreamy champaca.
Sunset Beach is the second perfume in "Perfume for a Place" series, dedicated to Ayala's favourite places in Vancouver.
Top Notes: Pandan Leaf, Milky Oolong Tea Tincture, Cedarwood
Heart notes: Champaca, Coffee, Nutmeg, Ylang Ylang, Orris Butter
Base notes: Indian Sandalwood, Hawaii Sandalwood, Chocolate, Coconut, Massoia BarkFragrance Families: Woody, Floral-Ambery
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Ayala Moriel Parfums
Lost Lagoon
$12.00
Visit product page →Every spring, the rhododendrons awaken - first slowly, to build anticipation. By early May, these fragrant azaleas paint the edges of Lost Lagoon with an explosion of colours and tropical scents: lily, ylang ylang and cool suntan lotion. Bluebells, violets, magnolia, lilac and syringa contribute their luscious perfume to the already fragrant air; and freshly cut grass from the Pitch & Putt is the only reminder you're still in the Northern Hemisphere...
Lost Lagoon is the third perfume in "Perfume for a Place" series, dedicated to Ayala's favourite places in Vancouver.
Top Notes: Bergamot, Lemon, Galbanum
Heart Notes: Rhododendron, Magnolia, Ylang Ylang, Violet
Base Notes: Oakmoss, Amber, IrisFragrance Families: Chypre Fresh, Citrus Fantasy, Floral Green
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Ayala Moriel Parfums
Coal Harbour
$12.00
Visit product page →Every morning, I go on a faux commute to Coal Harbour, to watch the aquaplanes take off and land. The marine aspect of the city haunts me, and the notion of taking a plane to one of the islands captures my imagination. Life is brief, like the trail that the plane leaves in its wake. And once we take off, there will be no trace left in the water.
Although Coal Harbour is the last in the Perfume4aPlace series, it is in fact the one I've conceived first. And as my time to go on my next adventure and leave this city approaches - the handkerchief I will be waving will smell of low tide, jet fuel, fresh cut grass and linden blossoms.
Top notes: Galbanum, Mimosa, Elemi
Heart notes: Linden Blossom CO2, Balsam Poplar Buds
Base notes: Seaweed Absolute, Fossilized Amber Resin (from prehistoric pine), Pine AbsoluteFragrance Families: Marine, Leather, Green, Floral Fresh
