Chronotope Playlinda Eau De Parfum

The sweet haze of sun-warmed peach, caught in a salty ocean breeze where sand clings to your skin and daydreams stretch out like the horizon.

Ripened fruit, never too sugary, mingles with the lush depth of osmanthus and jasmine sambac, brushing against the faint smoke of driftwood and traces of brine. As the air hangs heavy and humid, hints of vetiver and patchouli deepen the warmth, while the mineral edge of the shoreline lingers on your skin—a reminder of sun, sweat, bare shoulders, and the kind of happiness that feels both intimate and free.

Playalinda is expressive and cozy, universally inviting, and evokes the nostalgia of gentle evenings by the beach; it stands out as an irresistible choice for anyone seeking something truly special for summer or for memories of it.

Notes: Solar Notes, Basil, Sand, Dirty Hair, Salt, Sweat, Ambrette Seed, Sun-Warmed Peach, Smoked Seashells (Choya Nakh), The Taste of Copper, Suntanned Skin, Atlantic Seaweed, Osmanthus, Oakmoss

Carter Weeks Maddox, the Founder, Perfumer, and Creative Director of Chronotope, traces his passion for fragrance back to a childhood steeped in scent. Surrounded by family members who wore legendary perfumes and raised amid the wild aromas of Northeast Texas’ Pineywoods—rich red clay, spring wildflowers, smoky barbecue pits, and even the occasional whiff of danger—he developed an early fascination with olfaction. While in college, Maddox began blending inexpensive essential oils as a creative outlet and a form of stress relief, a practice that evolved into experiments with higher-quality materials, synthetics, and eventually a collection of vintage perfumes. Though a trained writer, it was after walking a transformative pilgrimage through Spain that he realized scent, not words, was his truest medium of expression. This became the foundation of Chronotope, an independent perfume house launched in 2020, where Maddox channels personal memory, contradiction, and lived experience into fragrances that occupy what some describe as “their own olfactory universe.” Rejecting the commercialization of mass-produced perfumes, he embraces perfumery’s artistic roots, crafting scents meant not to move units, but to move people—unique, deeply personal, and emotionally resonant works of art in a bottle.