Aesop Unveils Fragrant Fables Collection Where Perfume Meets Poetry and Storytelling

Aesop is opening a new chapter in its fragrance story with the Fragrant Fables Collection, a range that brings together the brand’s longstanding interest in literature, botanical ingredients and the art of perfumery.

The collection builds on 20 years of Aesop fragrance making, beginning with the launch of its first personal fragrance, Marrakech, in 2005. It now spans 12 Eaux de Parfum, including fragrances such as Evoking Eidesis, Tacit Truths and Entirely Aurner.

Inspired by Aesop’s namesake, the ancient Greek fabulist, the new collection presents each fragrance as a fable designed to encourage reflection. The stories explore themes relevant to contemporary life, including trust, resilience, reinvention and the way people perceive imperfection.

Each Eau de Parfum is given a fable inspired title reflecting the value or idea at the heart of its story. Tacit Truths, for example, explores trust as a source of connection, while Eternal Karst focuses on resilience during periods of change. The fables appear on the fragrance boxes, offering a literary element alongside the scents themselves.

The fragrances follow Aesop’s approach to combining unexpected botanical ingredients. Each scent comprises a Radical Ingredient and a Fabulist Accord. The Radical Ingredient is a single botanical extract that can reveal different characteristics across the top, heart and base notes because of its unfiltered presence.

The Fabulist Accord takes a more imaginative approach, recreating the idea of an aroma that does not naturally exist as a single scent. It combines three key ingredients to create an aromatic interpretation.

Above Us, Steorra, for example, uses a Fabulist Accord of Frankincense, Labdanum and Vanilla Bean to evoke amber, while Cardamom serves as the Radical Ingredient, adding a warm and spicy character.

The collection also introduces an updated interpretation of Aesop’s recognisable amber fragrance bottle. The minimalist design retains its signature appearance while introducing a domed base, taller shape and textured cap inspired by Basalt rock, a material found widely across Melbourne, where Aesop was founded.

Fragrance names appear in metallic amber text, while an insignia is embossed onto the glass and debossed onto the cap. The new bottles are also designed with recycling in mind, with the atomiser now easier to remove.

Aesop is also introducing a new fragrance to the collection with Unforeseen Aer Eau de Parfum. Available in 50ml for S$285 and 100ml for S$410, the fragrance explores the question of how change can enrich us.

Its accompanying fable follows a gentle wind that initially fears the disruption it might cause before learning to embrace the chaos created by its gusts and breezes. The story encourages a different view of flaws, failures and imperfections by considering the possibilities that may emerge from them.

Unforeseen Aer offers Aesop’s interpretation of the classic fougère fragrance family. Its Fabulist Accord combines Geranium, Lavandin and Rosemary to evoke pure air moving across rugged heights, while Nutmeg serves as the Radical Ingredient, bringing warmth and complexity to the composition.

The Fragrant Fables Collection reflects Aesop’s continued combination of literature and fragrance, bringing together storytelling, botanical extracts and perfumery in a collection designed for both fragrance enthusiasts and those drawn to books, poetry and ideas.

Entirely Aurner, Evoking Eidesis, Eternal Karst, Boundless Eremia, Rozu Arises, Tacit Truths and Silently, Hwyl will be available at Aesop signature stores and online at aesop.com.sg from 7 September 2026.

Unforeseen Aer will launch on 1 October 2026, while Marrakech Intense, Journey to Ouranon, Above Us, Steorra and Seeking Virere will be introduced progressively over the coming months and into 2027.

The fragrances will be available in 50ml for S$285 and 100ml for S$410.