Fragrances for St. Patrick’s Day + Lucky 7 Draw

Hawthorn tree in Country Waterford © George Munday

Irish sap runs through most of my family tree. Names like Quillin, Farley, Kennedy, Tevlin, and Flanagan adorn the branches. What is now the very chic Brooklyn neighbor hood of DUMBO used to be called Irish Town. It’s where my great-great-grandfather settled, solid liquor, and watched the Brooklyn Bridge rise up. Another great-great-grandfather was a cop in Manhattan during the ruthless era Scorsese captured in “Gangs of New York”. My Irish ancestors were anxious to assimilate into the Melting Pot of America and didn’t cling to their Irishness. It was left up to me to rediscover it and honor it. There are many lists out there of “Best Fragrances for St. Patrick’s Day”, often offering up a very useful list of the best “green” fragrances. I’m taking a different tack, sharing a Lucky 7 fragrances that express the beauty, dignity, heritage and humor of Ireland and her people, many using notes that are found on the Emerald Isle such as ambergris, angelica, birch, blackcurrant, broom, hawthorn, honey, leather, malt, moss, strawberry, and of course whiskey.

Mizen Head, Ireland’s most southwesterly point © Rory Hennessey

THE SEA has always figured prominently in the story of Ireland. The folk tales of the sea god Lir and the adventuring warrior captain Máel Dúin make their way into the Christian legends of St. Brendan the Navigator who some believe reached the shores of Newfoundland in the 6th century. What is certain is that millions of Irish took to the sea in the 19th century, leaving home behind, to find a better life in new lands. Olympic Orchids Kingston Ferry created by Ellen Covey in 2010 transports me into the mind of one of those brave souls. The immediate sensation is a blast of briny sea air and the wood of the deck. As the perfume wears it softens into an idyll of heather, wildflowers and wood fires… the sweet memories of a home left behind. Olympic Orchids Kingston Ferry is an experiential perfume. Notes: salt air, rhododendron, lavender, tarragon, chamomile, heather, cedar leaves, sea-weathered wood, seaweed, sun-dried driftwood, charred firewood

Dublin bedroom on a soft day © Fleur Treurniet

THE NOSTALGIA for a home left behind, the unified island nation that once was, or a love gone too soon is a motif that is often repeated in Irish songs. One famous song from the 16th century is “Roísín Dubh”, or “Little Dark Rose”, originally a love song dedicated to the object of a monk’s affection, but in later years that lover became a symbol for Ireland when the song took on political meaning. Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, created for the Galway based perfume house by Irish perfumer Meabh McCurtin, delivers the beautiful, nostalgic melancholy of the song the perfume is name after. It’s a dusty rose that puts me in mind of writing in journals and smelling a lover’s sweater to which a tobacco scent still clings. Notes: rum, black pepper, osmanthus, Damask rose, tobacco, patchouli, cedarwood, frankincense, cistus

Rock of Cashel, home of ancient Irish kings © Mike Kenneally

THE ANCIENT KINGDOM of Ireland was home to kings, warriors, bards and druids. The system of laws that ruled the Island was as complex and equitable as had ever been seen in Europe. Women had rights unknown in the rest of Europe in the Dark Ages. Gold mines were bountiful and artisans created magnificent works. When I wear House of Matriarch Orca by Christi Meshell  I close my eyes and and imagine I am in the hall of the High King who ruled over all of Ireland. It is rich and majestic, laden with mead and precious ambergris (lucky is the Irishman today who still finds ambergris washed ashore.) There’s an inky note that brings to mind the warrior’s tattoos and the spicy, sweet note of spikenard that could  have arrived from the East to the emerald shores, hinted at by the crunchy seashell note of choya nakh.  Notes: 19th c. vintage ambergris, honey, clementine, choya nakh, spikenard, henna

Lilt of Irish laughter © Austock Photos

LAUGHTER is heard when Irish gather, be it for a wedding or wake. Sarah McCartney has created a happy, merry fragrance using many ingredients found in Ireland. 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters is full of nature’s delights as sweet as the summer harvest festival of Lunasa itself. It is an absolutely joyous perfume that is kept from being overly fruity by the heady broom, earthy malt, and green moss. Notes: black currant, pear, malt, praline, rose, strawberry, broom, ambergris, cedarmoss, opoponax

Peat fire blazing in the hearth © Andrew Ridley

HEARTH AND HOME is as important to the Irish as anyone. I was especially struck by this when I was visiting a friend at her farm outside Buenos Aires. With wonder I saw a small white washed cottage with a thatched roof while out walking on her property. She told met that it was an exact replica of her great grandmother’s home in Ireland that was built to give her comfort in her old age. When I wear Lubin Korrigan created by perfumer Thomas Fontaine I imagine her great grandmother’s true home back in Ireland. There is an immediate creamy warmth that smells of Irish butter (the best in the world if you ask me) that glides into a floral booziness that is delicious. It is is inviting, and intimate and cuddly. Notes: juniper berries, saffron, cognac, lavender, ambrette, whiskey, cedar leaves, agarwood, leather accord, vetiver, musk

Looking over a four leaf clover © Sydney Rae

THE COLOR GREEN is of course unescapable on St. Patrick’s Day. Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo from her Collection Muscs delivers the exact green I envision when I close me eyes and summon an imaginary Irish landscape. It is bright and fresh, but with a smooth solidity behind it. It is a very true green fragrance for those who don’t love galbanum and violet. I like to believe that its specialness comes from the use of hawthorn, known in Ireland as The Fairy Tree, inhabited by the wee folk. Notes: rose, lime, vetiver, yuzu, angelica, mastic tree, hawthorn, pear, cedar leaf, musk

Many a happy colt makes a fine horse © Jan Gemerle

IRISH HORSES are inextricable from Irish culture. For thousands of years breeds have been developed for warfare, sport, transportation and work, from the long locked Irish Cobb to the charming compact Kerry Bog Pony. One can only think of leather fragrances when horses are invoked and Memo Paris Irish Leather signed by Aliénor Massenet is the obvious choice for a leather St. Patrick’s Day fragrance. It was the first in the house’s Cuirs Nomades collection, a tribute to the co-founder John Molloy’s birthplace. It is leather that is lifted by green freshness and the feel of nature. This is not leather that seats you in an armchair by a fire; it has you holding the reins of a magnificent horse flying through tall grasses.  Notes: pink pepper, oil of clary sage, juniper berry, green maté absolute, oil of flouve, iris concrete, tonka bean absolute, leather accord, oil of birch, amber accord 

Saoirse Ronan in the 2015 film “Brooklyn” © Fox Searchlight

This St. Patrick’s Day take a moment to thank your Irish ancestors if you have them, or tuck in to a book of Yeats poetry. Me, I’ll be enjoying a glass of Powers Irish Whiskey neat, burning a stick of Sensari’s hand-dipped, all-natural “Irish Peat and Tea” incense while deciding which Saoirse Ronan movie to stream.

Disclaimer: Thank you to the perfume houses and retailers who supplied samples for St. Patrick’s Day Fragrances. My opinions my own.

Marianne Butler, Senior Contributor

St Patrick’s Day is March 17th, 2019

For our St. Patrick’s Day Fragrances Draw:

Worldwide: Thanks to Margaret Mangan and Cloon Keen we have a 100ml bottle of Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh

Worldwide: With gratitude to Ellen Covey for 5 ml spray of Kingston Ferry (or if you are in the USA it will be 30 ml)

EU, Canada, UK and USA: 30 ml of 4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters

USA: Thanks to Europerfumes, the distributor of Memo Paris a tester of Irish Leather

USA: From the lovely Ann of Indigo Perfumery a 100 ml bottle of Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo 

USA:  From Fumerie Parfumerie much gratitude for the large sample of Lubin Korrigan

USA: We appreciate Christi Meshell for 15 ml of Orca-ALL NATURAL

To be eligible for our Lucky 7 St. Patrick’s Day draw, please leave a comment on what St. Patrick’s day is like where you live, where you live and the 7 evocative St. Patrick’s Day Fragrances Marianne chose… which resonate with the "Irish in you" and list all you would like to win. You must be a registered reader. Register here. Draw closes March 20, 2019

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 We continue to celebrate International Women’s History Month; six of our Lucky 7 St. Patrick’s Day Fragrances were either composed by women perfumers, or had Women Creative Directors oversee the perfume.  Both Ann and Tracy own their own retail boutiques Indigo Perfumery and Fumerie Parfumerie repespectively.

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69 comments

  • fazalcheema says:

    I associate the clover leaf and the color green with the St. Patrick's day. I didn't even know about this until I attended college and observed how people celebrate it including with green beer. I have and love Korrigan so that appeals to me. I am also intrigued by Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh  since this is from the place that inspired St. Patrick's Day. My choices are

    Memo Paris Irish Leather

    Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo

     

    I am in US

     

  • DespinaVnt says:

    St. Patrick's Day isn't widely known in Greece, and only in a superficial way in France.

    I loved Marianne's meaningful piece that gave me a glimpse of the emotional impact this day has on people of Irish heritage.

    Her choices are echoing the true meaning of St. Patrick's Day most beautifully.

    Thank you for this wonderfully written, truly educational piece that taught me things I didn't know.

    The segments about Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh and Lubin Korrigan touched me especially, being an immigrant myself.

    I'd be thrilled to win 4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters or Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh.

    Love from France,

    Despina

     

     

     

     

  • twiggy3634 says:

    Here in Indiana, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated just like every single other town in the midwest, by getting up early as possible and heading straight to your local pub to drink green beer all day while loudly pretending to be Irish. Since I don't drink anymore, I usually stay home with my lady and binge-watch Game of Thrones and admire the Irish scenery in many of the show's locations. Usually give in to the cliche and wear Creed's Green Irish Tweed. All of the fragrances mentioned appeal to me since I own none of them, but the Memo Paris Irish Leather is a call to the Irish in me. My choices are Memo Paris Irish Leather. And Smeraldo. And Roisin Dubh. Cheers from IN, USA. 

  • INYA says:

    I like reading about other cultures and their traditions. Looking at those pictures of Ireland, I can see why green is so prominent on St Patrick's Day. If lucky: Smeraldo, Roisin Dubh, Kingston Ferry, Irish Leather,  Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters. USA 

  • Cliff says:

    i grew up in South Boston and Irish Americans are large community and even our basketball team is the Celtics. There’s a lot of myths about us like we all drink, are bad priests or are thugs like on Ray Donovan. I really appreciated the honoring of perfume and ingredients and feel this is a good post the best because no mention of CREED. I would love to win Memo Irish leather and the cloon Keen Roisin Dubh my mam would love it

    the photos were amazing too 

    Usa 

     

  • Amy Leonhardt says:

    I am Irish, and we definitely celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by decorating in green and wearing green and drinking whiskey and Guinness, but also because it is my son’s and my sister’s birthday. I loved reading Marianne’s piece about things that represent Irish heritage and celebrate Irish values. When I think of Ireland, I think of steep green cliffs jutting out from the sea, which are represented so well by Kingston Ferry and Orca. I would love to luck out and win those and represent Ireland here in California. 

  • Pats says:

    Are the stars aligned? – i'm Irish, living in Ireland, this wonderful competition is happening on my birthday today (I'm named after St Patrick) and my lucky number is 7 🙂 

    Women have always been powerful figures in Ireland (still are) and i love how our peoples have journeyed to other countries and helped to build them. Everyone who leaves always wants to come back and those who have ancestors here always want to visit. Smells are a very important part of our memories and especially those far away from home. The writings and pictures in the article are most evocative of this green and wet island. Happy St. Patrick's day to you all.

    If i was lucky enough to win i would choose – Cloon Keen or Ellen Covey please. 

    Cheers! 🙂 

  • NiceVULady says:

    Powers is it that you'll be drinking?  Only Jameson, Baileys and Guiness here. Slainte!! Our famiy comes from Donegal and has spread all over the world from Glasgow to Australia and large numbers to the USA. St. Paddy's Day is celebrated now by watching the local parade and having a family dinner with everything from barmbrack  to colcannon. Everyone of those 7 resonate with me as they each highlight something different of that magical isle.  I'd love to win:  Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh;  Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo; Olympic Orchids Kingston Ferry: House of Matriarch Orca;  Lubin Korrigan;  4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters.  Thanks for a lovely draw.  I'm in the USA.

     

  • Alen says:

    Everybody knows about St Patrick’s day in my country but it’s not really celebrated here, maybe a few pubs and clubs organize some specific parties. Anyways i do like to discover some other countries cultures and traditions, so happy St Patrick’s day to all 🙂 In case i win i would love to try: Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, 4160 Tuesdays Naughty Daughters, Smeraldo. Thanks for the draw, i am in the EU.

  • Rae Lynn says:

    I've always loved St. Patrick's Day. My mother would wear a gold shamrock pin. Since I personally detest green fragrances, so I loved Marianne's comment in her review. I live in the US and the two fragrances that appeal to me are: Orca by Christi Meshell and 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters.

  • yungcherrypops says:

    Ever since I was a kid, my family here in the US has celebrated St. Patrick's Day with corned beef, cabbage, and beer. All the best things in life. I have Irish heritage and have always wanted to visit Ireland, so I've always had an interest in Irish literature, folklore, and history. Of the 7 fragrances, Irish Leather, Roisin Dubh, Orca, and Akkad appeal to me the most! I'd love to win the giveaway and smell some of these beautiful fragrances. Alabama, USA. 

  • SandiL says:

    What a beautiful education on the natural scents associated with Ireland. 

    This piece was engaging and enlightening, to say the least. I would love 4160 Tuesday's Mother Natures Naughty Daughters. 

  • Salem says:

    We don’t have much of a St. Patrick’s tradition in Romania, where I live, nor in Italy, where I used to live. Though I have to say there used to be some outdoor faiirs or theme parties in bars on that day there. In the back of my head, I associate Ireland with beer or ale, fields of green, wild, rocky beaches and pronounced mysticism. I have never visited it but sure hope to do so one day. One interesting memory that popped up to my head now was a story that I had heard from one of my acquaintances who had visited the country and said she felt highly emotional the whole duration of the trip and even cried more often than usual. I don’t know if that could have been the excitement of being there or something in the air, but it added to the nostalgic mystery Ireland is enveloped in, in my imagination. Thank you for a detailed review on a fascinating theme! I would love to win Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters or Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh. From EU.

  • esz says:

    In aus I think we have quite a few irish so you cant avoid the green on saint pats day – and its a good thing! I haven't come across an irish person I dont like – so friendly and warm! 

    Would love to win: 100ml bottle of Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh

    I am in Melb australia

  • lilacdays says:

    I used to live in London and there St. Patrick's day celebrations were incredible. People wearing green, pubs crowded with cheerful Irish men and women and a jolly atmosphere everywhere.

    Now I live in Paris and even if St Patrick's day celebrations will happen here and there, it won't be as astonishing as in London. Still, I'll drink a beer and wear Irish Leather from Memo Paris as I think this perfume reflects the Irish Culture and Landscape.

    I already own Irish Leather from memo Paris, so I would like to win 

    Orca House of Matriarch (I'm not sure if it can be sent to Europe), Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters

    Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!

    Greetings from Paris,

    Teresa

  • Patrick O says:

    Slainte happy st Patrick’s day to all and to me. I was named after him. I loved this selection and please enter me for Orca, Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters and Memo Irish Leather 

    i live in the US

  • charmion says:

    Happy St. Patrick's day 🙂

    This was a very enjoyable and evocative read (thank you Marianne!) I love learning about and experiencing other cultures.

    St Patrick's isn't well known or widely celebrated in my country, though I recall being at a St Patrick's celebration several years ago at a school. I would love to try Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh or Kingston Ferry, if I am lucky. China/HK

  • doveskylark says:

    I'm in São Paulo, Brazil right now and the Irish pubs will be full tonight. I think there is a relatively small Irish population in São Paulo, but there are many Brazilians in Ireland, especailly in Dublin. As an American with Irish roots, I am excited to celebrate the day here. 

    Roisin Dubh speaks to me, especially as I think about what Marianne wrote about writing in journals. A dusty rose certainly captures a pensive mood, a mood perfect for reading James Joyce or Yeats, for scribbling thoughts and dreams in a journal.  

    I would choose: Roisin Dubh, Kigston Ferry, Orca, Smeraldo.

    I live in the USA.

  • drewactor says:

    I live in virginia. We used to celebrate by going to an irish pub but now that we have kids we celebrate the way i did when i was little. I am half irish and when i was a kid the leprechauns brought small toys and gifts on St. Patricks Day. My wife and i now do this for our little ones and it is a lot of fun.

     

    Would love to win Rosin Dubah Cloon Keen (heard great things about them) , Irish Leather from Memo is a truely great fragrance, and Korrigan by Lubin.  All of these descriptions remind me of my trip years ago to Ireland with my wife and i would love to wear the perfume and remember the Emerald Isles.

  • audesko1 says:

    I live in California,  I have already bought and will cook my corned beef and cabbage, with potatoes and carrots.  Ireland is one of my favorite places to visit.  I am not Irish but I love the fun loving people  and beauty of the country.  Last summer we traveled around Connnamara and I did buy a fragrance of the same name.  A beautiful floral.  I also got samples of fragrances from a perfumer from the Burren, near the Cliffs of Moher.  I would love to try Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, Irish Leather, or Mother Nature's naughty daughters, or Kingston Ferry by Ellen Covey.  Thank you!

  • Antoinette says:

    Mariannne, I found the link to this article on Instagram and I am incredibly impressed by the history and very different way you wrote about St Patrick’s day honoring the ingredients and integrity of the culture. I am not Irish but I learned so much. I will chose Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo.. thanks Ann from Indigo and 4160Tuesdays Mother’s Nature’s naughty Daughters. Whenever I think of fragrances for St Patrick’s day I will thinknof this article 

    I live In the USA where everyone paints their face green and drink green beer

  • samppahoo says:

    Hello from Finland. I have not personally celebrated St. Patrick's ever and it is not too well known in Finland. Nice to know more about it now! I assosiate with Ireland some of the best single malt whiskeys I've had, people celebrating in the pubs and wild soccer fans. I would definitely like to visit the country some day and to spend one St.Patrick's there. If I win, I'd like to have Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, Kingston Ferry and 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters.

  • RobertNicolasB says:

    Corned beef and cabbage is cooking on my stove and elsewhere in the Miwaukee area, massive quantities of green beer and Jameson are being consumed.  I have wanted to sample Korrigan by Lubin for some time, but both the Roisin Dubh and the Orca from House of Matriarch sound amazing.  Thanks for another amazing article and drawing!  May the luck of the Irish be with us all!!!

  • Old Herbaceous says:

    I'm part Irish, as is my husband, and I love St. Patrick's Day, although not the bar-fest it has become in many parts of the US. We've now visited Ireland and Northern Ireland a few times, and I find the landscape very beautiful and moving. And so diverse, for such a small landmass! The Irish people we met were lovely too; I look forward to our next visit. I also love green fragrances. I would feel very lucky to try any of these: Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh; Lubin Korrigan; Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo; Olympic Orchids Kingston Ferry: House of Matriarch Orca;  Memo Irish Leather. I live in the US; thanks for doing this!

  • marcopietro says:

    No particular celebration in honor of St. Patrick in Italy, in some cities parties are organized, but they are just an excuse to stuff oneself with good beer and dishes from other countries.

    All the fragrances you have selected are truly desirable, they are really interesting and all unknown to me.

    I'd like to try Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters and Olympic Orchids Kingston Ferry.

    Thanks for the gorgeous draw, I live in EU.

  • roxhas1cat says:

    We have a new Irish Pub in my small town, I haven't been yet as I am in the middle of moving.  I'd rather go when it's not St. Patrick's day when it's not so busy.  I like to make shepherd's pie with green mashed potatoes on top.  I like the paragraph about the laughter.  I'd most like to win the Mother Nature's Naughty Daughter or the Korrigan, but would be happy with anything if the "Luck of the Irish" is with me.  Thanks for the draw.  USA. 

  • gunmetal24 says:

    St Patrick Day in Vancouver i feel is more of a commercial holiday over anything else, an excuse to wear green and drink alot. I maybe observing the wrong crowds but thats what i see. I chosed Roisin Dubh from Cloon Kleen. I've had a few irish colleagues and I'm impressed with their extremely hard work ethics. The dark rose maybe a good sign of an underdog in making. Based in Canada.

  • Annatar says:

    Happy St. Patrick's Day or rather Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit! This day is only popular in bigger towns in Russia 'cause people here use any opportunity to drink AND have fun (we celebrate Halloween for the very same reason). There's nothing Irish about me except my love for the Irish literature and a few musicians namely Sinead O'Connor, Hozier and the Corrs. Of all the scents Marianne chose I'm only familiar with Irish Leather but it's a fave of mine.

    I'd be delighted to win Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh. I live in Russia

  • Hikmat Sher Afridi says:

    I don't think someone here in Pakistan knows about St Patrick's Day with the exceptional of people working in Irish Embassy/consulate. Thanks for the article & I am lucky to know about St Patrick's Day …… a day of feast, culture, commemoration,  parades, honor & celebration.  Interestingly everything will turn green not because of spring but because of the festival, people wearing green clothes, accessories & shamrocks. Wish I could participate in such a celebration day in Ireland. The dusty black rose (CLOON KLEEN ROISIN DUBH) sounds amazing & is my choice to win followed by KINGSTON FERRY. Thanks for the generosity.

    Pakistan

  • RinB says:

    I don't live in New York city, but as luck (haha!) would have it, we happened to be there yesterday and caught the parade. You could tell those walking in the parade were so proud of their heritage and culture, and it was fun to see all the revelers and hear the music. My baby loved it! We don't have any Irish blood, but we're wearing green today nonetheless. I haven't had the pleasure of trying any of the fragrances mentioned, but I've long wanted to test Korrigan and Irish leather. I live in the US and, if chosen, would love to win: Irish Leather, Korrigan, Smeraldo or Roisin Dubh. Many thanks!

  • Ben says:

    I love Ireland and am part irish myself. I have considered living there as well and was fond of the deal and look of Ireland from youth. I live in the USA, so many do not celebrate this holiday besides bear drinking, green food coloring and some cheap jokes. I do love irish music and will be enjoying some classic irish music and might even watch Darby o gill and the little people. 

    I live in the us, and am from Mississippi. I have had korrigan on my heart for some time and Kingston ferry sounds great as well. I hope to win korrigan this time around and it would be my first choice. 

    I love witty humor and the light hearted nature of these good people. 

     

     

  • damianachi says:

    I live in Dallas, TX USA and here St. Patrick's is celebrated by participating in parades, drinking beer, and dressing up. Many people also run races dedicated to the festivity. I am 100% Italian but Irish people remind me a little of my people because of their openness and sense of humor. I am interested in winning the following perfumes:

    House of Matriarch's Orca

    Sylvaine Delacourte's Smeraldo

     

  • Timea says:

    We are nor really familiar with St. Patrick’s day in our country. So I do not know what it is about. But it is a very good idea to make perfumes which are inspired of Ireland. These fragrances from the list sounds very nicely. If I would be as lucky to win, my choice is 4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters, because from the notes it sounds like a very happy scent, and I really need an optimistic scent. Thank you for the chance. I live in the EU.

  • andalabanda says:

    I live in Philadelphia, United States, and the Saint Patrick's celebration started yesterday, when big crowds dressed in green took over the streets and the bars. It just happened that the local football teams, the Eagles', jerseys are also green, so football and St. patrick's Day went hand in hand again, with the jerseys doubling as St. Pat's celebratory gear. We also have some big Irish neighborhoods around the city, and over there the bars were also full. I would love to receive Roisin Dubh, Orca, Mother Nature's Naughty Daughter or Korrigan. Like I've already said, I live in the U.S.

  • Kingpharroh says:

    I don't really celebrate St Patrick's Day but it a good day to relax at the pub during Happy Hour.  Lol.  anyway I think of green pastures and wide open spaces and fresh air in The beautiful country of Ireland.  If I win would like either Lubin Korrigan,  Orca,  or Irish Leather. I'm in the US. 

  • KWMonty says:

    I celebrate St. Patricks day by wearing green and having a drink of irish whiskey or two. The fragrance that resonates the most with me is Korrigan, but not being in the USA, it's one I can't put on my list. The fragrances I would choose are Cloon Keen Roísín Dubh and 4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters. Thank you. I live in Canada.

  • Christie says:

    Loved the breathtaking photos in this article. This was a refreshing take on fragrances for St. Patrick's Day.  Each fragrance conjuring up an image representing an aspect of Ireland.  Brilliant!

    Thinking of Ireland always makes me think of the three leaf clover that St. Patrick used to teach the people of Ireland about the Trinity.  A beautiful representation of caring and love for others in my opinion. 

    I would love to win Lubin Korrigan, Sylvaine Delecourte Smeraldo or Coon Keen Roisin Dubh.  They all sound beautiful.  Thank you for the chance to win!  I'm in the USA

  • Zibbyz says:

    I liked all the scents and how she tied each to a facet of Ireland or the Irish.  St Patrick's day in Seattle doesn't have a parade but does have an early morning run, which i think is very PNW. In order, I would like to win, korrigan, for which I have a sample and would love a larger size. Orca, Kingston ferry, naughty daughters and then  Irish leather. I'm in the us, and thank you for the lovely draw  

  • RaePerfumeSoul says:

    I have plans to visit Ireland during the weekend of St. Patrick's celebrations.Here it's a day to relax and chill with a drink in hand. 

    I would love to win Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh or Mother nature's naughty daughters.

    In UK. 

  • Onyinye says:

    I live in the USA, and although I don’t celebrate st Patrick’s Day I see a lot of people wearing green on that day. I just make sure my son has a piece of green clothing so he doesn’t feel left out at school. 

    I would love to win 100 ml bottle of Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo or 100ml bottle of Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh.

     

     

     

  • Ace86751 says:

    I live in Arizona in the USA and here St. Patrick's day is basically just a good excuse to go out the bar and drink as much beer that's dyed green as you can lol! Basically everyone was wearing green today and I wore creeds green Irish tweet to celebrate! Out of the fragrances listed the one that most resonates with me is Irish leather by memo, I love memos leather line but I haven't tries Irish leather yet other than that orca would be awesome I hear house of matriarch is to die for and 4160 Tuesdays is one of my favorite houses and mother nature's naughty daughters is fantastic! I would he happy with anything thank you for the great article and giveaway! Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!

  • Monica Beaton says:

    I'm as Dutch as Dutch can be – no Irish in me that I know of – although there is a lot of red hair on my Dad's side of the family – I know – odd. Great reviews Marianne – makes me almost wish I were Irish! There's not a lot done on the day in Australia – it sort of passes by with a whimper. I would love to try Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, as I've read previous stories of the house here on CaFleureBon. I could close my eyes and pretend I'm Irish for a day or two.

  • Dorothy says:

    St Patrick’s Day was spent with family and watching a local parade. Corned beef and cabbage my least favorite foods. But I identified with family and laughter my choice would be mother nature’s naughty daughters, Orca  Cloon Atelier Roison Dubh USA

  • cwoody says:

    Where I live in Arkansas, St. Patrick’s Day is full of pub crawls during the day with people wearing their green shirts and live music at night. Marianne chose some wonderful fragrances – Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh and Memo Paris Irish Leather sound the most wonderful to me. But… the one that resonates with the “Irish in me” would be Memo Paris Irish Leather. It’s the one I’d like to win. USA

  • VerbenaLuvvr says:

    I am of Irish ancestry, but almost no one else is where I live, so the day is really not celebrated except at bars.  My kids made leprechaun traps for fun.  If I win, I would select 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters.  Thank for the chance, I live in the US,

  • Diana D says:

    I have no Irish heritage but my boyfriend's entire family was born in Galway. So celebrating St. Patrick's Day has become very special to me. It's the only day of the year I eat corned beef and cabbage (I find it delicious but too rich for what I normally eat).

    I think The Color Green embodies what I think of St. Patrick's Day and Ireland. Green, fresh, lush pastures. I would definitely choose the fragrance The Color Green.

    I live in the USA.

  • aud604 says:

    7 7 7!

    St. Patrick's is quite low key where I live, not too much excitement!  To be honest, the day came and went and I completely forgot about it!

    That said I would love a chance to win.

    Roisin Dubh sounds fantastic, pepper, rum, tobacco and patchouli?  Yes please!

    Canada

  • Vahagn says:

    Oh, I am not Catholic, so I don't celebrate St. Patrick' day. But having a little knforinform about St. Patrick I find Marianne choice very interesting.

    I like especially Memo Irish Leather- fresh, junipet- leather.

    I would like to win Memo Irish Leather, Smeraldo Delacourte or Cloon Kieen Roisin Dubh.

    US

  • Bubeto_GG says:

    To be honest ther's no irish sap in my veins , and where i live there' s no celebrations , but in the nearby Norfolk VA you can take part in the Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Norfolk, which has been running for five decades. The parade starts at 10 a.m., and is followed by an After Parade Party featuring live bands and food. Participants dress up in traditional Irish garb, decorate their vehicles with shamrocks, and, of course, wear lots and lots of green! 

    From the 7  St. Patrick’s Day fragralnces Marianne chose i only know Korrigan – my brother loves it.

    Hope i'll be able to win on of 1)  Memo Paris tester of Irish Leather 2)  Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh 3) 30 ml of 4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters

    Back and forth between USA and Scotland . 1 week in US-> 1 week im Scotland and so on.Basically both US and Scotland (EU/UK) at the same time

  • Ivan.napoleon says:

    Im in Miami Florida , the we decorate and drink too much wiskey. Id love to win 

    Memo- Cloon keen-4160 thuesdays M.

    Miami Florida Thanks 

  • kwick says:

    I spent some time studying (translation: traveling & drinking Guinness!) in Ireland many years ago, in the coastal town of Galway.  My favorite pub was called the Roisin Dubh, and it was wonderfully moody & atmospheric.  The Cloon Keen perfume with the same name sounds gorgeous, and I'd be delighted to try it.  I'm also intrigued by 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters.  Writing from NC, USA.  Thanks for the drawing! 

  • Elizabeth T. says:

    St. Patrick's Day this year was cold but not winter-cold, if you know what I mean! I got to spend a birthday in Ireland one spring, and it was just as you'd imagine it… rainbows, green grass, and daffodils everywhere. This collection brings that trip to mind. I knew nothing about Irish horses before this. Thank you!  I would love to win Orca or Smeraldo if I were so lucky. Thank you for an interesting, new take on St. Patrick's Day fragrances. The Irish in me is very pleased! I'm in the USA. Thanks again!!

  • batandcamel says:

    I live in the Chicagoland area in Illinois and here it's all about the pub crawls and the green rivers. I think Irish Leather reminds me the most of Ireland. I would most like to win Irish Leather or Orca

  • Gabriel Garcia says:

    I was raised pretty much catholic, although I got spared the much strict school, but I learned a lot about st Patrick, and him teaching about the 3 leaf clover, means the trinity, in that case being in a comfy holy day like st, Patrick's, I would like to feel the warmth of Roisin Dubh, and Korrigan sound like comfy drinks and warm cottages. 

  • Yana_Tommelise says:

    Unfortunately, this holiday is not celebrated in Germany but I wish I could experience it in Ireland. I'd love to win Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters because I smelled it once and remember loving it's delightful sweetness  I live in Germany 

  • Dosva says:

    I am not familiar with St. Patrick day.

    But I think some of UNUM perfumes ( (Enoir Noir, LAVS) have association with St. Patrick day.

    This article is very enjoyable and I found many interesting information in here. Thank you, Marianne!

    I like Smeraldo..good perfume for this St. Patrick day, but Irish Leather is more suitable.

    I would like to win Memo Irish Leather, Cloon Keen or Smeraldo.

    USA, DE

  • Hasib says:

    Here in Cali St Patrick’s Day is celebrated. The color green will be mostly worn and seen around. I haven’t heard of the fragrances before and a few interests me. Would like to try Roisin Dubh,  Korrigan and Irish Leather. Thanks, U.S

  • Cynthia says:

    Marianne, I loved your take on St. Patrick's Day and you have some interesting choices. Well done! I have some lovely fragrance from the Irish house The Burren Perfumery that I wear on the day. All your choices sound fantastic but the ones that call to me the most are Orca or Mother's Naughty Daughters. They all sound grand, however! Thanks for a lovely read! I live in Texas.

  • Cuttyj77 says:

    I live in Buffalo, NY, but originally from Savannah, Ga. Buffalo has a pretty decent St. Patrick's day parade, and drunken festivities, but nothing like Savannah. The city of Savannah really goes all out for St. Patrick's day. Green beer, restaurants serving green eggs and ham for breakfast, dying the fountain waters green, and thousands upon thousands of people drinking, laughing, and sometimes fighting down on River Streets cobbled stone road. A few years during my youth, I actually pushed a cart and sold St. Patty's day merchandise along the streets of Savannah, and would spend my earnings pub hopping until the sun came up. It was a blast! All the fragrances listed sound great, but if had to choose, I would like Memo's Irish Leather or Olympic Orchids Kingston Ferry. Interesting seeing the note of rhododendron listed in there. I dont think I have ever smelled that note in a fragrance before. Thanks for the chance at the drawing! Here's hoping for the luck of the irish! – USA.

  • Caliwas says:

    What is St Patricks day where I live? In Pasadena its great at night. The clubs and pubs are full of people in green and Irish beers are plenty. I love this special day because it brings a small cheerful feeling to my heart. The fragrances that resonate with me the most are Matriach Orca,  Memo Paris Irish Leather, Sylvaine Delacourte Smeraldo, Fumerie Parfumerie Lubin Korrigan. I live in USA, CA. 

  • kb1993 says:

    I live in the  United States where everyone wears green clothes,goes to bars and pubs,and gets pinched if you're not wearing green on st patty day. The one that speaks to my inner Irish is Lubin Korrigan. I would love to win Lubin korrigan, Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh, Matriach Orca, or Mother's Naughty Daughters. 

    I live in North Carolina, United States 

  • Dorian Fischer says:

    I am from Austria and we don't celebrate St. Patricks day here. But I read a lot about it and I love going to Irish pubs. Cloon keen roisin dubh and mother's naughty appeal the most to me. 

    From Austria 

  • aurora_ru says:

    St.Patrick's day is not celebrated here, in Latvia, except the local Irish pubs, of course. So I didn't know much about the traditions before reading this beautiful article. If i had to participate in celebration I would love to wear something that smells like juicy green Irish nature, something natural, maybe with some deeper woody, ambregris and leather undertones. From your selection Roisin Dubh and Orca attracted my attention the most.

    I would be very pleased to win Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters or Roisin Dubh or Kingston Ferry (I live in the EU). Thank you! 

  • bumbuliuki says:

    Happy Saint Patrick's Day to everyone who celebrates !
    Where I'm from, St. Patrick's day isn't widely celebrated, but I'm very fond of Ireland and it's traditions. Lived there for a couple of years. Wonderful people and beautiful country.
    Wonderful perfume choices for this special day. I love the way Marianne associate each perfume with a theme or an Irish trait.
    Lubin Korrigan resonates with me mainly for the comfort factor and Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters for the joy and laughter

    I'd be thrilled to win any of the following:
    Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh
    Kingston Ferry
    4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters

    Thanks for a lovely read !
    I'm in Romania, EU.
     

  • helenlam says:

    I'm in the USA, so it's celebrated as an adopted holiday. We have parades and people from all backgrounds will celebrate. I've visited Ireland and really enjoyed it there. It's definitely wet and green there! I loved reading about all of the choices and how each highlighted a different facet/theme, but all Irish.

    Anyways, here's my choices (in order of preference), all of which resonante with the 'Irish' in me and make me think fondly of the people I know and the time that I've spent there:

     4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters, Memo Paris, Irish Leather, Orca, Lubin Korrigan, Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Uncle1979 says:

    Back in the days when I was living in Boston was the first time I've seen real St. Patrick's Day celebration with full parade, games , Boston Police Pipes and Drums band – good old days. Unfortunately where I live atm there is no celebrations – not one bit. Never had a chance to smell any of the 7 fragrances mentioned by Marianne. My choices are A) 4160 Tuesdays Mother Nature's Naughty Daughters B) Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh C) Irish Leather Memo Paris. USA 

  • spritzi says:

    Thanks for all the comments, everyone. I wish everyone the luck of the Irish in the draw! – Marianne

  • LORI LAWS says:

    My great grandmother was an Irish missionary in North Carolina! My grandmother always told us stories about my great grandmother and how hard it was for her. She gave birth to biracial children in the South which was very difficult. So on St. Patricks day we celebrate my great grandmother for  her bravery and courage.  My choices would be: 

    Cloon Keen Roisin Dubh

    Irish Leather 
    Orca
    4160Tuesdays Mother Nature’s Naughty Daughters

    Thanks for the draw and I live in the US!