Cargo de Nuit Prada 2015

This night is not starry. A calm fog hangs over the waters, iridescent, ambrette-smooth, gray-violet. The ships still find their way.
not getting too close to the large freighters
at night the ships glowed, pushing off from the water's surface
delicate sea rolls slowly dissolved their matter
created a space beneath the seabed
drawbridges, streams from the land, it was a rare light
This light shines through the fog walls, muffling the occasional dull honking of the ships to a gentle sound. The smell of gasoline is mixed here and there in the fog. The light also penetrates through the water beneath the ships, along the ship's walls down into the depths, where it gradually becomes less and less. The waters are calm, moving very slowly. The soul follows the movement into the depths, beneath the seabed, dissolving into the oceanic. Peace.
immerse yourself in the movement of the water
that light mixed with the light, creating their connection
another light, kinship of escape and understanding
a middle thing between gas and liquid
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The scent of "Cargo de Nuit" is a soul fragrance. At the same time, it very modernly refers to the movements of large cargo ships navigating through night and (for me) fog. In November 2021, I was at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg for the fascinating premiere of the piece "ships glow at night" by Leon Zmelty, based on the poem of the same name by Nico Bleutge. Unlike in the video below, it was performed there by the great Landesjungendorchester, and it represents for me, along with the poem, the mood that the fragrance also conveys.
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A very synthetic, very well-made scent. With Ambroxan & Co., one can also create the impression of light that is dimmed and shines through the darkness. Yes, it really does smell like fog, which is "a middle thing between gas and liquid." Additionally, I have a slight gasoline note here, powdery iris, very soothing delicate coumarin (no candy woodruff), and something very delicate and creamy almond-like. The woodiness is also very soft, most like sandalwood and a hint of cedar, combined with feather-soft musk.
I find the whole experience very calming, as if the scent truly wants to pull me to some place deep beyond the seabed, where all tensions are lifted. And at the same time, fortunately, on the surface, this soft glow of the lights mixing in the fog remains in motion…
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Thank you to Seejungfrau for the sample!
Quotes from Nico Bleutge: ships glow at night
Leon Lukas Zmelty's composition "ships glow at night":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofTS4DqmBU
(from 1:00:21)