»Descending to south — through mountain mist to temple steps. An arrival, but not yet the end.«
FÀP Essays · Survey
Minami
Subject — Asagimadara Butterfly
Perfumer — Géraldine Ignesta
Medium — Ecology
Status — Available
10 / 2025
Minami:
Descent [South]
An exhibition on the Asagimadara butterfly and migration in Kyoto
ECOLOGY
An olfactive documentation of the Asagimadara butterfly's 2,000km migration, created for an exhibition on ecological preservation in Kyoto (2025). Minami follows the descent into Kyoto's temple gardens—moss, incense, cherry blossom—where butterflies arrive at ancestral destinations programmed into their bodies but unknown to their individual consciousness.
summary: MISTY INCENSE SOFT
MATERIALS: aldehydes, fresh ginger co2, bergamot, eucalyptus, aquatic note, osmanthus absolute, jasmine sambac, clary sage, cherry blossom, rosemary extract, galbanum, vanilla absolute, cedar china, incense luban, fir balsam.