Theme Ylang-Ylang. The Still Life with Yellow Flowers

Sep 2

2 min read

Updated: Oct 16

Olfactorium

In Agnia's office, above her desk, hung a small still life with yellow flowers in a clay jug. It was the first painting she had ever bought, as a student, with her last money, and since then she had shown it to no one.

Now Agnia had her own gallery in an old mansion. She prepared every exhibition herself and before every opening lay awake at night, afraid that no guests would come.

On an October morning she put Theme Ylang-Ylang on her wrists. Ginger sounded juicy and warm, and for the first time that week Agnia had breakfast calmly, without a phone in her hand.

By noon ylang-ylang had opened on her skin, sunny and honeyed, with a soft note of warm bread. Agnia walked through the halls, straightening the labels under the paintings, and her anxiety slowly faded.

Taras, the young painter whose works she was showing, looked into the hall. He was even more nervous than she was and had rehung the same painting three times that day.

"Agnia, you smell so calm, of warm bread and flowers. Next to you I'm not scared either," said Taras. Agnia laughed and suggested he finally leave the painting alone.

By evening the warm notes of cedar, vetiver and sandalwood remained, soft and deep. The guests left, the exhibition was a success, and Agnia went back to her office.

She took the still life with yellow flowers off the wall, carried it into the main hall and hung it next to Taras's works.

How it sounds

The opening is warm and juicy: ginger sounds soft, without sharpness, and at times seems like a ripe citrus.

At the heart is the main theme, ylang-ylang: sunny, honeyed, with volume and air. The bread note softens it and adds warmth.

In the base cedar and vetiver give a dry woody sound, sandalwood softness, and musk leaves a light, clean trail.

What makes it special

Theme Ylang-Ylang belongs to the Olfactorium collection and the Theme series. The brand describes its heroine as a beautiful, unhurried woman who values art in all its forms. In the brand's words, ylang-ylang is framed here by restrained ginger and cedar, while the bread note softens the composition. It is a warm floral unisex fragrance for spring and autumn.

Tizianka on Fragrantica writes: "A cool, fresh fragrance. There is a lot of air in it, and you want to keep breathing it."

@parfumobzor on Telegram describes it like this: "A sunny, feminine ylang-ylang, ringing and fresh, with a drop of floral honey." @kadka_parfuma on Instagram notes: "A fairly realistic ylang-ylang."

*Quotes translated from Russian.*

People wear it for calm: on the day of an important opening and on a quiet autumn evening.