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Andrea Maack

Soft Tension

  • Organic
  • Sustainable
  • Vegan
  • Cruelty Free
  • Gluten Free

50ML / 1.7FL OZ - EAU DE PARFUM

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Amber, Musk & AnimalicEarthy

Smells like

FreesiaMossMate AbsoluteMuskCedarwood

$195

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565 Grand Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008

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The Story

Imagine waking up wrapped in crisp white sheets on the first day of spring — windows open, highland fog drifting in, nowhere to be. That's Soft Tension. It opens with tender freesia and cool moss, ethereal and luminous, before an earthy mate tea heart adds unexpected depth. The dry down is pure magic: velvet musk and smooth cedarwood that cling to your skin like a second layer for hours. Fans call it haunting, dreamy, and impossibly comforting — soft and sexy in equal measure.

TOP NOTES
Freesia, Moss
HEART NOTES
Mate Absolute

The House

Andrea Maack is an Icelandic visual artist whose perfume house began as a gallery experiment in 2012 — a single fragrance called Smart (Smell Art) made for a Reykjavik exhibition. The audience response turned the project into a full body of scented installations, then into a brand. The bottles are modeled on the obsidian volcanic rock of the Icelandic highlands; the contents stay close to the work that started it all — perfume as a piece of art you can wear.

The Perfumer

Aliénor Massenet