Fragrance company Pura has announced a collaboration with The Met, introducing a line of six fragrances meant to encourage an extra-sensory experience of art across time and culture.
A press release about the new perfumes says the scents offer “an entirely new way to experience The Met collection of 5,000 years of art.”
The line is both wearable as a personal fragrance and compatible with Pura’s in-room diffusers, so now you can refer to your living room as the Egyptian Wing.
The six fragrances are available individually or in sets of two; for example, “Blue Water Lotus,” inspired by the lotus flowers depicted in carvings on the Temple of Dendur is paired with “Egyptian Sandalwood,” a musky, woody fragrance. There is also “Bamboo Forest,” which seeks to capture the essence of the Ming dynasty Astor Chinese Garden Court with fresh notes of bamboo, orchid, and plum blossom, paired with “Spiced Woods,” which “draws inspiration from a serene mountain retreat.”
Finally, “Terracotta Rose” is an earthy fragrance that gestures to the work of Greek artisans, with salt and mineral notes under a flowery overlay, and is paired with “Perfume Immortelle,” which seeks to uplift Roman artisans’ dedication to detail, movement, and humanity.
