Te Whitinga o te Rā Extrait de Parfum - 50ml

Te Whitinga o te Rā is the sunrise, named for Tūranganui-a-Kiwa on the East Coast where the sun reaches Aotearoa first. The name suggests something light. The composition is not.

It opens green and cool on juniper and cypress, then turns resinous through myrrh and patchouli, and lands on leather, honey and amber. That base is where it spends most of its time, warm and slightly sweet with the leather stopping it short of dessert. Closer to incense in a cold church than to a citrus splash.

Wear it when you want presence rather than freshness. Composed as an extrait de parfum, the most concentrated format there is, so a small amount does the work.

Notes

• Top Juniper, Iris, Cypress
• Heart Patchouli, Woods, Resins, Myrrh
• Base Leather, Musk, Vanilla, Honey, Amber

Specifications

• Extrait de parfum concentration
• 50ml
• Composed in France, hand poured in New Zealand
• Part of the four phase solar collection, representing sunrise

About O Te Rā

O Te Rā is a New Zealand fragrance and art house built by three friends who met playing rugby in the United Kingdom. Gregory Sebastien, born in Martinique and raised in Lyon, trained in Grasse and composes the fragrances. Maia Gibbs, a ta moko and contemporary artist from Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, shapes the visual language. James Penman, from West Tāmaki Makaurau, holds the story together. The range follows the sun through four phases, sunrise, midday, sunset and night, pairing French perfumery with te ao Māori.