Ultræ Æther 2018

this scent is the definition of "elusive" - you might spray yourself with this however many times you want, and yet it will remain barely-there, a ghost of a scent. usually this would piss me right off, but oddly enough, the beyond-poor performance works in this scent's favor. at its core this perfume is vaguely metallic in a soft way, it is nowhere near screechy or sharp. it is more reminiscent of a steam iron than anything else of the metal sort, though my first mental association with this scent upon smelling it was your (grand)father's shack where he keeps his fishing equipment. a rather niche image, but it's that very specific stuffy yet freshly ozonic, difficult to describe smell. you would have to experience it yourself to know what i'm talking about.

This smells like steam from ironing or steaming clothes together with rose petals. I've never tried to iron rose petals but maybe this is the photorealistic smell of such activity? :D I love weird synthetic smells, and this one goes straight into my wish list from the first sniff, it's that funky! Alternatively, maybe this is the smell of a cyberpunk hologram of a rose bouquet? Who knows! I don't care what it is, I love it!

whoa, this is so interesting and unique, so many memories hitting at once with this one
childhood memories of using my family's old yellow HP desktop pc, that specific smell coming off the back from the fans, then I get CRT hot air from the back, then something that takes me back to walking from the pool back to my room in a resort from the floral notes, then walking through malls as a teenager, hot iron, and then CDs, which really caught me off guard because from the reviews and notes I really doubted it, but it genuinely smells like a freshly sealed CD case, and over time, it turns into a very clean soapy scent that reminds me a bit of The Ghost In The Shell by ELdO with the android/cyborg vibes from it, now I'm already thinking of possible layering combinations, it has a lot of potential

I do a lot of analog VJing and artistic work, and I've been looking for fragrances that could bring cohesion between what I do visually and my scent bubble, and this one is really up there, super avant-garde and futuristic but, at the same time, retro, vintage, and Y2K all at once

smelling this also makes me really hyped to eventually get my hands on Cero from Agar Olfactory, after reaching out to them in DMs, they're planning to bring their lineup to EU in 2027, from the notes and reviews, Cero is plastickier though, Warm Bulb by Clue Perfumery is also on my radar but hard to find here, so Ultrae is a great alternative for EU, and it's very fairly priced too

I don't know why but this makes me think of just stepping out of the car and into a chilly parking lot. Like Hot Cotton, its got the fresh, hot, and metallic molecule called Aldambre in it. Which smells like photorealistic metal mixed with steam. But Ultrae also has a slightly chilly, icy aspect to it which I think may have been teased out by the floral notes which add a bit of a soft greenness to the composition. It's icy and crisp but also I think of a warm car because there's a hint of leather and hot air. It kind of captures that liminal space between outside and inside. Would be the signature scent of a very cool person who wears cyberpunk metal jewellery or something.

You know you've completed Parfumo when you only buy fragrances that make you smell unperfumed.
Sure, you can also approach it differently, namely, some of you might already suspect it, by not wearing any perfume at all, but that's not the same. Dry alcoholics know what I mean.
Only a Mon Cherie can kill three hornets, and only an AldambreTM molecule can bring the wayward Parfumo back in full force. I swear.

Aldehydes that you will love too. Rose oxide, which has nothing to do with roses, and Habanjeros and Tonialyde, after which you want to lick all ten fingers, but can't, because the stuff is most likely quite toxic, but who cares, Mallorca is only once a year!

I also smell MediaMarkt, and I know MediaMarkt, don't ask, and I can fully understand the association; you only get prickly if you develop a fetish for the white-matte velvety Apple product packaging, BASF cassettes, and VARTA hearing aid battery blister packs.

Full score.