Aesop’s Aurner Eau de Parfum is a Nonconformist Fragrance

The scent comprises magnolia leaf, chamomile and cedar heart, a concoction drawn from the words of philosophers

Aurner is Aesop’s twelfth addition to its Eau de Parfum collection. Described as “a defiant bloom”, the scent comprises magnolia leaf, Roman chamomile and cedar heart, a combination that results in a creamy herbaceous fragrance with hints of spice and wood. Each of the three main ingredients are somewhat edgy choices in the world of perfumery. While magnolia is used in perfume, the part more generically utilised is the flower rather than the leaf. Instead of a purely floral fragrance, the magnolia leaf, yields a greener, crisp floral-tinged scent. Chamomile is rarely used and gives a fresh, fuller herbaceous quality and cedar heart, a facet of the cedar scent extracted from cedar oil using complex fractional selection, creates a velvety, smoother quality to balance and soften the fragrance.

Created by Céline Barel, her second fragrance for Aesop, Aurner was inspired by French philosophers and the idea that true beauty requires a level of strangeness. The name itself, derived from an Old Norse verb, which means to be adorned or embellished with flowers. In this vein, Aesop collaborated with Bangkok-based fine jewellery designer Patcharavipa Bodiratnangkura to create an ear cuff to echo the sentiment of the fragrance which served as its inspiration.

Also see: Perfumer Céline Barel on creating a nonconformist fragrance