antarctica
antarctica®
eau de parfum
68° south
no. 01 — first light
the manifesto
Cold is not an absence. It is a presence you can wear.antarctica is a study of the far south — the hour when the ice gives back the last of the light. Distilled as a memory of cold air over open water: bright at first, then impossibly quiet.
One composition. No seasons, no limited editions — a single scent, worn like weather.
three accords · one glacier
the scent of standing still
the composition
three accords, one glacier
the flacon · ambient study
the bottle
frosted glass, stone cap
Heavy frosted glass with a pale blue tint — the flacon reads as a fragment of the ice field it is named for. The cap is cut from a single piece of stone.
the extraction
cold maceration, six weeks
The iris and juniper are drawn out at near-freezing temperatures over six weeks. Slower than heat, and the reason the opening stays mineral instead of sweet.
the wear
it settles like a change in weather
Apply once. The head accord burns off within the hour; what remains is the quiet — musk and driftwood under cold air, for the rest of the day.
antarctica — eau de parfum · 68° south