It is hard to believe that Dr. Ellen Covey was once more well known for her prize orchids than for her cult indie perfumes. This month Olympic Orchids Artisan Perfumes celebrates their third anniversary and the launch of Ellen Covey’s new fragrance which will be co branded with Blackbird Ballard in Seattle. The launch is kicked off by a gala celebration that is also the July event in the Northwest Indie Perfumers’ Circuit.
A Summer's Day by Charles Kaufman
The new Blackbird/Olympics Orchids perfume celebrates the dry season and the warm, peaceful days of summer in the Pacific Northwest, when walking anywhere from a country road to a city greenspace brings the powerful scent of tawny dry grass, fir and cedar trees baking in the sun releasing their sharp, incense-like resins, and juicy ripe blackberries tempting us and the blackbirds with their jammy, musky sweetness; the juxtaposition of extra-dry ambery-woody notes with just a touch of juicy fruit.
Notes: Himalayan blackberry fruit, dry grass and leaves, elemi, cedar wood and resin, amber, fir balsam absolute, musk
-Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief
For our readers in the Seattle area, join Ellen and Nicole Miller of Blackbird, Saturday, July 13, from 6:00-9:00 PM at the Blackbird Apothecary, 5404 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107. There will be snacks, lots of wine, great door prizes, and sample a full range of fragrances from the Olympic Orchids brand. It’s free and it’s fun.
Blackbird will be available from BlackBird Ballard in 30 ml EdP spray for $68 and on the Olympic Orchids website.