Dan, Jo, THANK YOU for spending so much time with Ierofante, on behalf of myself and Luca, we greatly appreciate it and this video. Very fitting location to review Ierofante in, as the idea of ascension within a church is the central theme of Ierofante, only we dressed it in Space-Age fashion to freshen it up. I particularly thank you for including the promotional video which we had a blast in creating! I realize the Greek aspect is a bit fuzzy to decipher, but very simply the Ancient Greeks had a secretive cult that worshipped Persephone which lorded over the known "mysteries of the universe" which were basically internal coordinates to paradise within one's mind, i.e Nirvana. High priests called Hierophants stewarded over the initiation ritual which involved 5 days of psychedelics, theatrics, and chanting and the initiates were sworn to secrecy with what they experienced (we don't know to this day), but one thing is known, they no longer feared death after the ritual. All of Grecian high society was part of this cult by the way, Including Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates, etc. The tarot card by the way, is basically an encapsulation of this myth. The place of paradise that the Hierophants pointed to (note the two finger pointing upward salute) was called Elysium and was said to be situated at the edge of the Earth, so naturally one would have to take a rocket to get there. 🚀 The drydown of Ierofante follows just that, a rocket journey to Elysium, and starts with rocket fuel and a new suede spacesuit awaiting takeoff on the tarmac, then ignition and fire as we ascend via pyrogenated styrax and smoky leather. Finally the arrival to this idea of Grecian solar paradise which we rendered as a smoky gourmand amber. Ground Control to Major Tom :) If you watch Stanley Kubrick's 2001 with the idea that it is an exploration of innerspace as opposed to outerspace (and a commentary on the limits of rationalism and logic), the film follows the exact mythology of the Hierophant, hence the space tie-in, which also inspired this perfume. I made the perfume and film as a response to the idea of billionaires using rockets to escape from the very hell they've created here on Earth, that it's NOT about getting off the Earth, but instead going inside oneself like the initiates in order to come face to face with Persephone, and to have "a conversation with their holy guardian angel", as it is referred to in the occult, as an act of self-empowerment in that it is the basis of true courage, and then to do good here on Earth where it's actually needed. We are very grateful to have won Art & Olfaction this year, believe me, we were SHOCKED. It's insane to me that we can't find single shop in the UK to act as our retail partner in spite of our house having won TWO different blindfolded prizes, as Poppy Soma won Perfume Extraordinaire at the USA Fragrance Foundation Awards in '17. That's also my 3rd major prize as I won Best Indie for my other house, Six Scents Parfums, which did sell ALL OVER the Uk (Liberty, Browns, etc etc etc). So hopefully we will be sold there soon. Thank you again for spending so much time with Ierofante! Hope to meet you both in person some day. Oh we have a new release, part of an all new collection coming in September that I worked on for SEVEN YEARS with Celine Barel (who did Squid by Zoologist). Cheers! Joseph Quartana Founder PARFUMS QUARTANA SIX SCENTS PARFUMS
I love this brand and love seeing them get some attention on YT. Poppy Soma and Wolfsbane are two cold weather favorites. Hope they find distribution near you soon!
I absolutely love this fragrance. So I was looking forward to hear your thoughts. It evolves a lot, but to me it is mostly a soft sweet suede leather that is very wearable.
Guys I follow you and love your videos for long time now, but have to say, you really need to fix the sound, either microphone or the editing afterwards, but it’s not great
Please do more content . I miss this channel
Where have you gone chaps? Still discovering vintage scents you reviewed in 2019 . Vintage lovers needed amongst the arid UK perfume youtubers
Where have you gone ?? The only frag channel left I used to watch. Please update for your subscribers please
Dan, Jo, THANK YOU for spending so much time with Ierofante, on behalf of myself and Luca, we greatly appreciate it and this video. Very fitting location to review Ierofante in, as the idea of ascension within a church is the central theme of Ierofante, only we dressed it in Space-Age fashion to freshen it up.
I particularly thank you for including the promotional video which we had a blast in creating!
I realize the Greek aspect is a bit fuzzy to decipher, but very simply the Ancient Greeks had a secretive cult that worshipped Persephone which lorded over the known "mysteries of the universe" which were basically internal coordinates to paradise within one's mind, i.e Nirvana. High priests called Hierophants stewarded over the initiation ritual which involved 5 days of psychedelics, theatrics, and chanting and the initiates were sworn to secrecy with what they experienced (we don't know to this day), but one thing is known, they no longer feared death after the ritual. All of Grecian high society was part of this cult by the way, Including Socrates, Plato, Hippocrates, etc. The tarot card by the way, is basically an encapsulation of this myth.
The place of paradise that the Hierophants pointed to (note the two finger pointing upward salute) was called Elysium and was said to be situated at the edge of the Earth, so naturally one would have to take a rocket to get there. 🚀
The drydown of Ierofante follows just that, a rocket journey to Elysium, and starts with rocket fuel and a new suede spacesuit awaiting takeoff on the tarmac, then ignition and fire as we ascend via pyrogenated styrax and smoky leather. Finally the arrival to this idea of Grecian solar paradise which we rendered as a smoky gourmand amber. Ground Control to Major Tom :)
If you watch Stanley Kubrick's 2001 with the idea that it is an exploration of innerspace as opposed to outerspace (and a commentary on the limits of rationalism and logic), the film follows the exact mythology of the Hierophant, hence the space tie-in, which also inspired this perfume.
I made the perfume and film as a response to the idea of billionaires using rockets to escape from the very hell they've created here on Earth, that it's NOT about getting off the Earth, but instead going inside oneself like the initiates in order to come face to face with Persephone, and to have "a conversation with their holy guardian angel", as it is referred to in the occult, as an act of self-empowerment in that it is the basis of true courage, and then to do good here on Earth where it's actually needed.
We are very grateful to have won Art & Olfaction this year, believe me, we were SHOCKED.
It's insane to me that we can't find single shop in the UK to act as our retail partner in spite of our house having won TWO different blindfolded prizes, as Poppy Soma won Perfume Extraordinaire at the USA Fragrance Foundation Awards in '17. That's also my 3rd major prize as I won Best Indie for my other house, Six Scents Parfums, which did sell ALL OVER the Uk (Liberty, Browns, etc etc etc). So hopefully we will be sold there soon.
Thank you again for spending so much time with Ierofante!
Hope to meet you both in person some day.
Oh we have a new release, part of an all new collection coming in September that I worked on for SEVEN YEARS with Celine Barel (who did Squid by Zoologist).
Cheers!
Joseph Quartana
Founder
PARFUMS QUARTANA
SIX SCENTS PARFUMS
Can you please sell this in the UK?
Miss you guys!
where are you, guyz? Missing your content. Hopefully everything fine at your end
We miss you!
Just discovered this great channel
Hope you come back soon, we miss your videos!
Where are you guys? Hope you are doing well? Happy Holidays 🎄 cheers 🥂😀
What a wonderfully warm, entertaining and artful body of work these chaps have created.
I love this brand and love seeing them get some attention on YT. Poppy Soma and Wolfsbane are two cold weather favorites. Hope they find distribution near you soon!
Thank you, Sarko! Super-appreciated!
Kindly,
Joseph Quartana
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Great video and review as always. Havent heard from you in awhile. Will you still be making vdeos?
Where the hell have you gone
where are you guys? we need more wafts from the loft, come baaaaaack
Love your passion of fragrances guys
That advert was 😬 I'm hoping the scent is better. 😆 Always appreciate your insights guys.
Where are you two hiding?
Love these IAO finalist videos! ❤🙏🙏
This is such a cool scent! Indeed an elegant version of the launch pad at NASA (which I’ve smelled myself!) ❤
@@RachelKNg 💓💓💓💓
I absolutely love this fragrance. So I was looking forward to hear your thoughts. It evolves a lot, but to me it is mostly a soft sweet suede leather that is very wearable.
Thanks Alex!!! 🤩🤩🤩
Them Boys are Back!!!
Sounds like a miss to me, but I appreciate the coverage. Thanks.
You guys should take a whiff of M&S discover intense citrus and moss. A bit of a throwback but very good £12 for 100 ml
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Guys I follow you and love your videos for long time now, but have to say, you really need to fix the sound, either microphone or the editing afterwards, but it’s not great
Sounds fine to me 🤷🏻♂️
@@Sliceisnice850 it distorts a little in louder volume
Sounds like a u problem
@@daniell5740 it would be, if it was only on one device
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Are these Gentlemen dead?
Bloody part-timers 😅
Dead Channel?
I miss you guys! Literally my favorite fragrance reviewers. The rest are nothing but shills.