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Carboneum Æther 2016

6.9 / 10 43 Ratings

A perfume by Æther for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is synthetic-woody. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Woody

Spicy

Sweet

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Timberol®

Coumarin

Evernyl

Suederal®

Dodecanal

Globanone®

ISO-E-Super

Methyl benzoate

Perfumers

Amélie Bourgeois, Anne-Sophie Behaghel

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Ratings

Scent

6.943 Ratings

Longevity

7.338 Ratings

Sillage

6.838 Ratings

Bottle

7.542 Ratings

Value for money

6.510 Ratings

Submitted by Rivegauche, last update on 10/25/2024.

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Helpful Review 6

Cyberpunk in Bottles

I find both the brand and especially this fragrance to be somewhat overlooked, and I would like to elaborate a bit more to make the truly brilliant visions from Aether visible to some.

It was a pleasant December day when I spontaneously entered the perfumery, wanting to be surprised. Until then, I had never heard of Aether, and the concept intrigued me. So here we have high-quality compositions based on pure synthetics. With many big brands, synthetics are often used to reduce costs. I took Carboneum with me, and even the packaging principle has its charm. There is a very minimalist bottle with a metallic cap, wrapped in black foam that opens like a book but allows a glimpse of the bottle from the front and back. All of this is wrapped in black cardboard.

So, what is CARBONEUM?
In my opinion, the familiar terms are not enough for this fragrance. It is somewhat citrusy, somewhat fresh, somewhat woody, and clearly synthetic. But above all, it is the following:
Cold, clean, mineral, metallic.
It evokes images in the mind yet is hard to grasp. It makes the wearer somehow mysterious but also very interesting.

Now I will try to break down what fascinates me about this Aether fragrance, or how this scent is for me. And I do not want to rely on the marketing text.
CARBONEUM is that futuristic city that Blade Runner brought to the screen in the early 80s. It is cold steel, dry asphalt, nighttime freshness, and clean, empty alleys in a bustling megacity during the day. It is the wreck on the beach that has just washed ashore, raising more questions than answers, and it is the pleasant feeling of letting in the clean air after a storm on the top floor of a skyscraper.
It is cyborg, jetpack, time machine. Somewhat dystopian cyberpunk yet thoroughly aesthetic in a positive sense.
Carboneum is, for me, the most interesting and complex fragrance from Aether in round bottles.
But it is also not overpowering. The sillage is quite close, the intensity leaves something to be desired, yet the longevity of 8-10 hours is certainly acceptable.

For which character is this fragrance, in my opinion?
I think I am not sticking my neck out when I claim that it is certainly not for the average Douglas customer. It must also be clear that there is nothing warm to be found in Carboneum; the omnipresent coolness is not perceived like mint, menthol, or citrus fruits.
Yes, one must be adventurous to dare to try Aether and accept that the notes in them have little or nothing to do with naturally occurring fragrance materials. Corduroy pants and a blazer probably do not fit well with it. But if you dare and have the opportunity, in my opinion, you must definitely try Carboneum at least once.