PALE FIRE
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  • PALE FIRE
PALE FIRE

PALE FIRE

$6.00
Size: 1.8ml
Description

THE COMPOSITION


Amber, Olibanum, Oakmoss, Whiskey, Cocoa

Pale Fire is a deconstruction of amber, the first fragrance type to rely on synthetics, but changes this ‘fantasy’ note into something real— the integration of Spanish wildcrafted labdanum absolute and a rare supercritical extraction of Tahitian vanilla. Like the poem which bears its name, Pale Fire exists between appearance and essence, completeness and incompleteness, real and unreal— it is the smell of the feeling the Portuguese call saudade— the longing that remains after a disappearance.

"He borrowed some peripheral debris
From mystic visions; and it offered tips
(The amber spectacles for life's eclipse)—
How not to panic when you're made a ghost:
For we die every day; oblivion thrives
Not on dry thighbones but on blood-ripe lives,
And our best yesterdays are now foul piles
Of crumpled names, phone numbers and foxed files.
I'm ready to become a floweret.
Or a fat fly, but never, to forget."

— VLADIMIR NABOKOV


Part of the Apoteker Tepe Collection, by Holladay Saltz
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PALE FIRE
$6.00
$6.00
Size: 1.8ml
PALE FIRE
PALE FIRE
$6.00

  • "He borrowed some peripheral debris
    From mystic visions; and it offered tips
    (The amber spectacles for life's eclipse)—
    How not to panic when you're made a ghost:
    For we die every day; oblivion thrives
    Not on dry thighbones but on blood-ripe lives,
    And our best yesterdays are now foul piles
    Of crumpled names, phone numbers and foxed files.
    I'm ready to become a floweret.
    Or a fat fly, but never, to forget."

    — VLADIMIR NABOKOV

  • The Composition


    Amber, Olibanum, Oakmoss, Whiskey, Cocoa


    Pale Fire is a deconstruction of amber, the first fragrance type to rely on synthetics, but changes this ‘fantasy’ note into something real— the integration of Spanish wildcrafted labdanum absolute and a rare supercritical extraction of Tahitian vanilla. Like the poem which bears its name, Pale Fire exists between appearance and essence, completeness and incompleteness, real and unreal— it is the smell of the feeling the Portuguese call saudade— the longing that remains after a disappearance.


    Sillage: Strong
     Longevity: 6-15 hours

    The Bottle

    Our heavy flint glass bottles are produced in France by a family-owned glassmaker in operation since 1897.

    The Packaging

    All our packaging is manufactured and printed in the USA by independent family-owned and operated firms.
  • Matière Première

    In French, matière première, or first material, is natural raw material, called so because it is the starting point for a fragrance, but above all because it is essential, primordial. All Apoteker Tepe fragrances begin with rare and unusual matières premières individually sourced from small-batch and sustainable producers all over the world.

    Pale Fire contains:

    Vanilla CO2, Tahiti
    Cocoa Absolute, Ghana
    Clarified Labdanum, Spain