50ml

7.5ml

2ml

MAYA NJIE

Aethi Opum

Name: Aethi Opum
Brand: MAYA NJIE
Price: 156.00 $
Availability: InStock

Eau De Parfum

Unisex

Sizes

Starting

$156

Description

Aethi Opum by Maya Njie is an intriguing fragrance that masterfully blends damp, earthy notes with a comforting warmth of resins and spices. It opens with a striking combination of black pepper, wet earth, and the unique aidan fruit, immediately transporting you to the atmosphere after a fresh rainfall. As the scent evolves, a textured, smoky heart emerges with nuances of thiouraye incense, rich coffee, papyrus, iris, and soft suede. The composition settles into a deep, warm base of vetiver, supple leather, frankincense, and a touch of vanilla, creating a lingering resinous sweetness. This fragrance beautifully transitions from a rain-soaked landscape to a drier, incense-infused warmth, framed by leather and woods. Perfumer: Maya Njie

Scent Profile

Oriental

Spicy

Earthy

Leathery

Smoky

Woody

Balsamic

Powdery

Coffee

Notes

Top Notes

Black Pepper

Wet Earth

Aidan Fruit

Middle Notes

Thiouraye Incense

Coffee

Papyrus

Iris

Suede

Base Notes

Vetiver

Leather

Frankincense

Vanilla

About MAYA NJIE

Maya Njie Perfumes, founded in 2016 by self-taught perfumer Maya Njie, crafts high-quality artisanal eau de parfums inspired by intimate family photographs from her Swedish childhood and Gambian heritage, blending nostalgic Scandinavian notes like cardamom, rhubarb, and vanilla with exotic accords. Her philosophy centers on scent as a direct conduit to memory, creating unisex fragrances that evoke preserved moments—such as Swedish forests after rain or family weddings—while feeling profoundly contemporary through in-house formulations combining natural essences and synthetic molecules. What sets the brand apart is its synesthetic approach, where visual color palettes from 1970s photos inform both scents and minimalist Scandinavian bottle designs, produced in small batches at 30% oil concentration in her East London studio.

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Perfumer

Maya Njie

Maya Njie is a Swedish-Gambian self-taught perfumer born in Västerås, Sweden, who founded her niche fragrance brand Maya Njie Perfumes in 2016. She developed her practice through experimentation with essential oils, aromatic compounds, and resins, creating autobiographical fragrances inspired by her family photo archive from the 1960s-1970s and her dual Scandinavian-Gambian heritage. Her work combines visual design, photography, and olfaction to create artisanal, small-batch fragrances that capture memories and sensory experiences from her childhood.

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Reviews

5.0

Excellent3 reviews

MAYA NJIE

5.0/5 • 3 reviews

Community Insights

Reviewers often highlight the remarkably realistic 'wet earth' opening of Aethi Opum, which gracefully transitions into a sophisticated blend of smooth iris, gentle leather, and a rich black coffee note. Many find it to be a refined and mature take on a warm, earthy, and incense-driven scent profile.

Pros

Quality composition: Reviewers praise the uncanny realism of the wet earth note and the exquisite blend of smooth iris, gentle leather, and a mouth-watering black coffee note.

Comparisons

Similar to A*Men: Some reviewers feel it's what A*Men might aspire to be as a more mature, calmer, and comfortable fragrance for someone in their mid-thirties or early forties.