Maya Njie Aethi Opum Eau De Parfum

Rain has just passed when you wear Aethi Opum; the ground is wet, dark and strangely calm, just as in Gambia when the storm clears.

You feel black pepper over damp earth, with aidan fruit and vanilla warming as the sun returns. Coffee, vetiver and leather rise like steam from stone, stirred with thiouraye (thurai) incense that curls around you like quiet smoke. It feels as if an old keeper of stories hides in the palms, dressed in bark and leaves, seen only by circling vultures.

You might reach for it on reflective evenings, cool rainy days or whenever you want something grounded, intimate and a little mysterious.

Notes: Black Pepper, Wet Earth, Aidan Fruit, Thiouraye Incense (Churai) Vetiver, Papyrus, Coffee, Iris, Suede, Frankincense, Vanilla, Leather

The fragrances of Maya Njie are blended as recollections of memory; scents that seek to capture the essence and preserve the spirit of the intimate and personal. Elusive moments and subtle details, those that would otherwise have slipped from consciousness, are remembered. The tones are of a time and the accords nostalgic, yet the end products feel profoundly contemporary. Memories from Maya’s dual Scandinavian and Gambian heritage are reconstructed by way of scent.