Aedes de Venustas - Grenadille d'Afrique – Eau de Parfum

Aedes de Venustas GRENADILLE D’AFRIQUE Eau de Parfum

The Spirit of African Blackwood

GRENADILLE D’AFRIQUE by Aedes de Venustas is a tribute to the rare African Blackwood tree – a material revered for centuries for its density, depth and dark elegance. Perfumer Alberto Morillas crafted a fragrance that captures the drama of Africa’s landscapes: the blazing sun, the crackling grass, the descent into the cool, ink-black night. The opening is like the final breath of daylight over the savannah: bergamot sparkles like liquid gold, while juniper berries add a dry, spicy edge. Gentle lavender and powdery violet cast a veil of purple light across the horizon, creating an immediate sense of contrast and fascination.

A Heart of Earth, Smoke and Fire

At its core, the Blackwood accord beats – mysterious, smoky and powerful. Morillas interprets it as fossilized wood polished with a touch of vanilla. Haitian vetiver provides the backbone, with earthy, smoky and mineral facets that evoke glowing stones and sun-scorched soil. Labdanum adds a balsamic, resinous warmth, radiating like embers long after the fire has burned down. The interplay of these notes oscillates between heat and coolness, day and night, creating a majestic and poetic vision of Africa’s raw beauty.

Alberto Morillas’ Vision

Morillas himself describes GRENADILLE D’AFRIQUE as “fossilized wood polished with vanilla, glowing like a stone in the sun.” His mastery, combining natural richness with cutting-edge molecules, elevates this perfume into a timeless olfactory sculpture. The flacon reinforces its elegance: ribbed glass in peacock blue, crowned with a matte black cap embossed with the Aedes insignia. Morillas, recipient of the Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, stands among the few living masters who continue to shape perfume history. With GRENADILLE D’AFRIQUE, he has composed an ode to Africa’s vast landscapes and the enigmatic power of Blackwood.

GRENADILLE D’AFRIQUE by Aedes de Venustas is more than a fragrance – it is a ritual, a journey through contrasts of light and shadow, heat and coolness, earth and sky. A perfume for connoisseurs, collectors and fragrance lovers who seek more than beauty – who seek story and soul. Discover the hypnotic depth of GRENADILLE D’AFRIQUE now at scent amor and surrender to its magnetic aura.

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