MANILA, PHILIPPINES — London-based fragrance brand Timothy Han / Edition recently released a series of unisex perfumes based on five iconic novels, namely: Simone de Beauvoir’s She Came To Stay, Jack Kerouac’s On The Road, Yukio Mishima’s The Decay of the Angel, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and Joris-Karl Huysmans’ Against Nature. The company actively seeks to disrupt the way people experience scent, crafting olfactory stories that unfold on your skin over time and take you on a journey. This latest collection is now available in the Philippines exclusively through Adora Department Store.
While the perfume industry tends to be more about tradition, Timothy Han / Edition takes book adaptations to the next level by effectively telling wondrous narratives in the form of modern unisex luxury fragrances. Similar to turning a page, every spritz draws you in as the scent gradually unfolds throughout the day. Each fragrance is also handcrafted and produced in small batches and the raw fragrance materials vary from year to year, meaning that each batch contains only a limited stock that is numbered and easily identified for customers to know where their bottle came from.
For the freethinker amongst you
She Came To Stay is the second edition of the brand’s debut fragrance inspired by the highly influential novel of the same name. The gender-neutral fragrance tells a story of examining one’s identity, exploring one’s freedom and sexuality, and finding one’s place in a world on the brink of change. It echoes the evolving nature of our sense of self and captures our unique, individual spirit, all through a scent that’s referred to by critics as “beautifully addictive.”
For your inner rebel
On The Road is a unisex perfume inspired by Jack Kerouac’s iconic novel that gave a voice to an entire generation that is still felt today. Channelling this part of history, On The Road tells a tale of restlessness; a road trip across post-war America. With every spritz, you feel as though you’re driving around the hot July streets of a New York City Summer before eventually arriving at the whisky bar and wheat fields of Middle America, among others.
For finding beauty in all your forms
The Decay of the Angel is a fragrance exhibiting the final longings of a descending angel, much like the novel it was inspired from. It is a scent that explores the notions of decadence and innocence, gradually unfolding the story of birth and rebirth, and when all is said and done, the inescapable beauty of the natural in all its forms. It exudes a rich and exotic burnt floral fragrance with a subtle headiness that comes from desire infused by flowers on the wane.
For your inner wanderer
Inspired by its novel counterpart, Heart of Darkness is a journey into the unknown, a tale of a wanderer ingesting a new culture. The journey is told through watery green floral notes which inevitably give way to the scent of dark woods and damp moss, infused with hints of burning coal and amber.
For the unconventionally decadent
Against Nature steers Timothy Han / Edition in a completely new direction through a scent of freshly broken sapling mixed against the notes of metal, lacquer, and blood. It emulates its namesake novel and breaks free from naturalist roots, embodying a decadent re-interpretation of its own–of nature at its most ornate. This new trajectory treads the line between the natural and the artificial through a gender-neutral fragrance featuring leafy green foliage, moist soil, and earthy mosses underscored with notes of cold metal, blood, and lacquer.
“Along with creating iconic perfumes, we want to evolve and revolutionise how people experience and access scent. We see fragrance as part of a multi-faceted experience and hence choose to work beyond the bottle. We are revolutionizing consumer perceptions of scent and are no longer just meeting customers in a store but engaging them directly through their senses,” said Han.
Timothy Han / Edition Fragrances are sustainable and created with 100% responsibly sourced ingredients and a certified organic base of grape alcohol. They also don’t test on animals nor use any animal by-products.
From the opening notes released in the first few seconds to the lingering remnants that fade away into memory hours later, Timothy Han / Edition fragrances fuse the world of perfume with the world of art to create new experiences driven by scent. Get your own bottle of Timothy Han / Edition exclusively at the Adora department store, Manila’s most inspirational center of fashion, beauty, accessories, and jewelry.
