You will receive a 3ml boxed manufacturer atomizer sample of Nomenclature Fluo_ral. It is an aromatic aquatic unisex fragrance that launched in 2019 and was created by Nathalie Feisthauer. It is a radical reinvention of aquatic fragrances, and takes its cue from a striking natural phenomenon: the surreal blue shimmer of bioluminescent plankton, edging the indigo waves of Jervis Bay, Australia, at night. Discovered by Pfizer chemists in 1965 doing research on tranquilizers, Calone turned out to be more efficient when inhaled. Its sea-spray, green and melon facets were so powerful that perfumers took over two decades to fully exploit the molecule. With fluo_ral, Nathalie Feisthauer introduces it into a radically different ecosystem. She amps up its transparency by backlighting it with green notes so bright they veer on the fluorescent. Rhubarb, blackcurrant bud and tomato leaf add both the vegetal scents of a moonlit seaside jungle and the eerie glow of bioluminescent plankton edging indigo waves. Then she sets it off against the ink-black depths of Somalian incense, its metallic facets adding their cool gleam to the saline effects of Calone. In this powerfully contrasted and textured environment, the molecule evolves into a new olfactory life form. This is marine, but not as we know it. fluo_ral is an eau de parfum, edp.