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IT WAS A TIME THAT WAS A TIME
The omnipresent blue of skies and seas, notes of destruction
DESCRIPTION
The omnipresent blue of skies and seas, infinite wonders here beaming with a heart of immortal and swelling ambergris. Notes of destruction and decay, leather and suede, meet beauty and unseen forms of intimacy.
TOP NOTES Marine accord, Ambergris
HEART NOTES Patchouli, Suede, Violet, Tonka bean
BASE NOTES Musk, Incense, Immortelle
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“APOCALYPTIQUE. Ce parfum oriental, sombre et profond, a été pensé par le nez français Nicolas Bonneville. Au cœur de cette fragrance: l’ambre gris qui répand des notes surprenantes de contraste, entre minéral et animal. La fève de tonka, l’encens et le musc cuiré lui apportennt encore plus de puissance.” Le Printemps
“A really special perfume, marine and incense, sweet ink. Smells like a gothic little mermaid.” HH
“I don’t go for these types of fragrances but it was strangely comforting to my 22 year old self. It was gifted to me and I miss it. Heavy on incense, musky animalic notes. I’d buy it again just for the nostalgia.” Softpeacelily
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THE FLEETINGNESS OF A MOMENT
Sublime destruction and fleeting utopia, IT WAS A TIME THAT WAS A TIME is a unique smoky ambergris fragrance created between British artist Shezad Dawood & French perfumer Nicolas Bonneville.
Are colours fragrant?
Can you smell the hand of fate?
It Was a Time that Was a Time takes its name from the eponymous film shot by Shezad Dawood for his exhibition in New York. In collaboration with other artists, they explored the thin line between reality and possibility by imagining a perfume to scent the feature and bring its story out of the screen and Nicolas Bonneville was chosen to perform this synaesthetic work.
IT WAS A TIME … has become the scent of a landscape, the liberated scent of people forming this imagined community where rules of society, gender and relationships are given new expressions. It is less about images than it is about feelings.
A siren’s call swaying one’s heart as indigo waters lap around one’s breast..
I sense your caress and your sweet breath down my neck.
I know of you, of your coming to me for your presence is to me like a calming bliss.
It is a wave of peace, an ever-so-quiet lake of infinite stillness and your eyes are to me a sea in which I drowned – already. It a blue....
Released as both a sensory element in the Pioneer Works exhibition and a unique perfume, the fragrance contains dark, smoky, and incensed woods mixed with ambergris, marine overtones, and a touch of immortelle absolute.