Egon Schiele A Tree in Late Autumn 1912

“When the afternoon had turned

dark brown, with scattered light,

a young man passed by, wearing

roses and myrtle of the moon.

‘Come to Granada, muchacha.’

And the girl won’t listen to him.

The girl with the pretty face

keeps on picking olives

with the grey arm of the wind

wrapped around her waist.

Tree, tree

dry and green”–  excerpted from Arbolé, Arbolé by Federico García Lorca; translated from Spanish by William Loga

Egon Schiele, Paisaje de Krumau ( Český Krumlov) 1915

Gouda, Netherlands’ natural perfumer Hiram Green has released a 5th perfume, Arbolé Arbolé  (the second after Dilettante,)  this year. An ode to the poem by Frédérico Garcia Lorca,  Arbolé ​Arbolé has many suitors, wanton with speculation even before the jewel colored liquid was released. The artistry within nature, which Hiram gives his beautiful focus, remains unmoved,  working within and going beyond   despite governmental restrictions, nor by now, repeated offerings of riches and fame further flung by leaving the garden.

Moa 1911 Egon Schiele 

From the color of the juice, elusive and bold, arrive the first four horsemen of high expectations from the immediately lauded perfumer. It is a given into temptation to admire the iridescent royal blue and moss green colors before opening. The second and more bold of these steeds of giddy temptations are the pigeoned ingredients, patchouli and tonka bean, hippie and vegetal seductress- but none so buffaloed into sensual slaughter, are those who would seek only a rose continuum into coumarin consummation; red flag rushing into a perfume of seduction.

Egon Schiele Setting Sun

But for all the demands.  Arbolé Arbolé‘s chimera of patchouli hallucinated rose beguiles only the nose lucky enough to be present. This rosy breath is inhaled, withdrawn into itself by lungs of cedar- heated with flaring sparks of a spiced sun. A mirage upon the almond/vanilla earth, making even the wooden warm desert ground where petulant petals bloomed a refusal of romance an allowance for sweet, soft solace.

Boy in Green Coat Egon Schiele

Sensual folktales of the tonka bean still hold in ornate artistry of the Arabian alchemy imported into Córdoba; here, far from the Calleja de las Flores, there is romance is of a pristine nature in which petals drop like veils to conceal, not reveal. Significant a boy has rose and myrtle is refused; there is no confusion or duality-  this is a perfume, as it were, for oneself.

Egon Schiele – Seated Woman from Behind

Arbolé Arbolé is not devoid of, but on the contrary- contains an aroused romance deliciously pausing pregnant with possibility and consistent in that offering. Its expectancy date is its own, for when all possible expectation of both the man and the juice is passed, I believe a windswept rose wraps around your wrist one more time, given only to the surface of the skin, a gift of private harvest for those whose nose knows how to hold the wind.

Notes: patchouli, cedar, sandalwood, vanilla and tonka bean.

-Einsof, Natural Perfume Editor

disclosure: My sample was provided by Twisted Lily; with much gratitude to Eric & Stamatis

Lovers man and woman, Egon Schiele 1914

Art Direction: I chose the work of  Austrian Egon Schiele who was noted for his provocative  portraits, sensual paintings of lovers and  for his figurative depictions of the natural world.  His art has influenced Peruvian writer   Mario Vargas Llosa  The Notebook of Don Rigoberto and Wes Anderson’s film The Grand Budapest Hotel features a painting that  was a nod to his art. -Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief

 Thanks to Twisted Lily and to Hiram Green respectively we have a world wide draw 10 ml rollerball of  Arbolé Arbolé  to one REGISTERED READER. To be eligible, please let us know what you enjoyed about Einsof’s review,  your favorite line from Lorca’s Arbolé, Arbolé, if you think  fragrances with tonka bean (the love bean) are sensual, where you live and if you have a favorite Hiram Green Perfume. There will be only one winner if you are in the USA  the rollerball will be from Twisted Lily. Draw closes 11/26/2016

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