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Floral, Wood, Award Winning
5.0 (4)

Pause Eau de Parfum is a confident, textured floral designed to calm the body and mind during hormonal change. With a verdant opening of violet leaf, Pause unfolds into a floral heart of mimosa and narcissus. Warm, sweet hay absolute gives an earthy dryness to the base. Envisaged for its feel-good properties but loved by many for its balanced floral profile.

Winner of InStyle's Best Beauty Buys Best Clean Fragrance 2023

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TOP Violet leaf
HEART Mimosa, narcissus
BASE Hay absolute
6ml
30mL
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Ingredients
Scent
A confident, textured floral, Pause is a sweet, earthy scent with bold, green notes of violet leaf and narcissus, sweet mimosa and a dry base of hay absolute.
Mood
Stillness after warm, summer rain — a collective quiet, the smell of wet earth filling the air. Award-winning Pause is a restorative fragrance originally created to center, balance, and calm the mind and body during hormonal change.
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INGREDIENT ORIGIN
bergamot oil Italy
verbena Morocco
grapefruit oil Brazil
carrot seed oil France
mimosa India
narcissus France
violet leaf absolute Egypt
hay absolute France
cedarwood oil Texas, U.S.A.
anisaldehyde *naturally derived anise note
copaiba balsam Brazil
amyris oil Haiti
ambroxide *naturally derived musk note
ambrettolide *naturally derived ambergris note
Base: Grain Alcohol (Not Denatured) - Italy *Organic (Eau De Parfum Only.)
grain alcohol (not denatured) – Italy *organic
INCI (potential allergens): Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Farnesol / Farnesol, Coumarin, Geraniol, Benzyl benzoate, Eugenol, Benzyl alcohol, Isoeugenol
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100% natural fragrance
Master Perfumery
Biotechnology
Transparency

100% natural fragrance

We believe nothing is more important than what’s inside the bottle. We subvert the misconception that natural ingredients aren’t enough. The very original perfumery palette, nature provides everything our Master Perfumers and innovative scientists need to create distinct, sophisticated modern perfume, surpassing petrochemical-derived synthetics.

Our fragrances are made from natural, plant-derived ingredients that are readily biodegradable in our ecosystem. All of our products are vegan and cruelty free with all ingredients ethically sourced. We believe in complete ingredient transparency and provide a full list of ingredients in all our fragrances.

Master Perfumery

New Zealand's only Master Perfumer, Isaac Sinclair became Abel Founder Frances' first ally in the quest to disrupt an industry that didn't believe natural perfume could be chic, modern, or stand up alongside the world's best.

"Naturals have an (often misguided) reputation for being simple, subtle and organic smelling. As in any creative pursuit, there comes a time when you find yourself wanting to push the boundaries, to see if you can play right at the edges and surprise everyone." - Isaac

Biotechnology

Our approach to perfumery combines the innovation of biotechnology with the artistry of master perfumers. Biotechnology uses living organisms to grow, enhance and elevate our ingredient palette, eliminating the need for petrochemical-derived synthetics. It allows us to craft sustainable, long-lasting scents that work with — not against — the rhythms of nature.

Transparency

From our bottles and packaging to our ingredients and creative process, we’ll always be upfront about the way we do things.

The fragrance world has always been shrouded in secrecy. At Abel, we’re passionate about changing that. From our bottles and packaging to our ingredients and creative process, we’ll always be upfront about the way we do things.

Always conscious of our environmental footprint, we never introduce a new fragrance to our core collection without removing one first. Defying industry trends of excess, our ‘one in, one out’ policy embodies the mindful approach underscoring everything we do.
“Believe it or not, this fragrance wasforulated specifically for those experincing perimenopause. Featuring notes like mimosa and violet leaf, it's designed to help with unpredictable factors like mood, stress, anxiety and sleep”
“It smells like sunlight on hay. A late spring morning when there is morning dew and you can smell the dewiness on the grass and sunlight on hay and the warmth of the air when it starts to warm up from the night. It is very calm. there's such a softness to it, soft, inviting calmness. It smells like golden.”
“"Evidently this fragrance was created for women going through menopause, but even if (like me) you haven't yet reached that stage, it's a light, beautiful, calming scent made from natural ingredients. For me, it's also one of the few that don't trigger a headache." —Dhani Mau, Editor in Chief”

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When I started to experience perimenopausal symptoms in my late thirties such as night sweats and an irregular period I was taken completely by surprise. Perimenopause was not even on my radar, nor did I know much at all about this reverse puberty that women go through, typically in the 5-12 year lead up into Menopause. Saddened and a little outraged by the stigma and shame attached to this life phase and the total lack of conversation around it, I wondered if there was a role in which scent could play and within that, if Abel could be a vessel for shining a light on this journey. The idea of attaching something beautiful like scent, to such a loaded emotional journey just felt right.

When I reached out to French perfumer Dr Fanny Grau to discuss the idea and found out that she was also experiencing symptoms such as insomnia and hormones in overdrive without knowing much at all about what it meant, I realise that there was a time and place for this scent.

Everything Pause embodies, from the rich floral scent profile to the vibrant bottle design reflects our joint mission; to bring confidence and sophistication to this stage of womanhood. We chose ingredients for their therapeutic value as much as their gorgeous scent profile.

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