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The Psychoanalysis of Fire

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INCLUDES A COMPLIMENTARY
10ml / Pocket Perfume

THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF FIRE
on GASTON BACHELARD

PHILOSOPHY

»The same flame that destroys
also illuminates. Enter the fire— what remains after burning shines with newfound clarity.«

In 1938, Gaston Bachelard examined humanity's primal relationship with flame—how fire lives in the imagination as both destruction and creation, knowledge and forbidden desire. From Prometheus stealing fire from the gods to purification rituals across cultures, we return to the same element: what burns away, what remains, what transforms. The fragrance is an olfactive translation of this meditation—charred paper, incense smoke coiling upward, the silken aftermath of ash. Enter the fire. What survives the burning shines with newfound clarity.

Texture | CHARRED, COILING, SILKEN-MATTE

Character | SMOKY, AROMATIC, WOODY


MATERIALS
PINK PEPPER, INCENSE ESSENTIAL OIL, LEATHER, OLD PAPER, ORRIS, CHAMOMILE, CISTUS LABDANUM, ENCENS PYROGÉNÉ, MUSK, CEDARWOOD, PATCHOULI


PEFUMER
David Chieze

YEAR
2025

IMPRINT
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_
INCLUDES A COMPLIMENTARY
10ml / Pocket Perfume

THE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF FIRE
on GASTON BACHELARD

PHILOSOPHY

»The same flame that destroys
also illuminates. Enter the fire— what remains after burning shines with newfound clarity.«

In 1938, Gaston Bachelard examined humanity's primal relationship with flame—how fire lives in the imagination as both destruction and creation, knowledge and forbidden desire. From Prometheus stealing fire from the gods to purification rituals across cultures, we return to the same element: what burns away, what remains, what transforms. The fragrance is an olfactive translation of this meditation—charred paper, incense smoke coiling upward, the silken aftermath of ash. Enter the fire. What survives the burning shines with newfound clarity.

Texture | CHARRED, COILING, SILKEN-MATTE

Character | SMOKY, AROMATIC, WOODY


MATERIALS
PINK PEPPER, INCENSE ESSENTIAL OIL, LEATHER, OLD PAPER, ORRIS, CHAMOMILE, CISTUS LABDANUM, ENCENS PYROGÉNÉ, MUSK, CEDARWOOD, PATCHOULI


PEFUMER
David Chieze

YEAR
2025

IMPRINT
FÀP Essays


SELECT YOUR EDITION VARIANT
Each bottle features artwork and color variations. You may request a color preference at check out.

 
 
 
 

Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) was a French philosopher whose work bridged science and poetics. Best known for "The Psychoanalysis of Fire" (1938), Bachelard explored humanity's primal relationship with the elements—fire, water, air, and earth—examining how they function as psychological symbols in dreams, myths, and imagination. His philosophical method combined rational scientific inquiry with deep attention to the poetic image, influencing fields from literary criticism to phenomenology. Bachelard believed that elemental forces connect to our deepest psychological impulses, revealing how physical phenomena carry profound symbolic meaning in human consciousness.