When a perfumer sets out to create a new fragrance, I am sure one of the first things to enter his/her heart is the joy of this art. So our mind is to construct an olfactory glimpse that we will enjoy and can only hope that someone somehow will understand its essence or expand its definition for their use.
These are noble ambitions long since honored from the architects of ancient civilization to innovators of modern marvels. In fact, the golden threads of mystery bridge all knowledge grand and minute.
A perfumer in many ways is an initiate into these mysteries and through a drop by drop process comes to understand the concept of ritual and how it can transfigure us as well as our devotees. This experience between the perfume and its wearer speaks so secretively to ones make-up that it is hard to actually articulate what has been revealed.
We attempt to let the observer in on what a particular fragrance has whispered unto our sub-conscience through words and hand gestures. In faith, believing we have succeeded, however finding out we have failed and utterly ruined at effectively showing another what they will see, feel or sense from the very same fragrance. In the end, it is only ones experience juxtaposed to another.
This fragrance opens to notes of fermented honey; sun burnt sheaves (hay) and roasted leaves moist and full of earth’s nutrients. Its middle is filled with the subdued smoke of incense settling down into the heart of this fragrance. It is warm, without overwhelming you with heat; it has a sense of restraint and allows a savoring experience.
It is a nicely grounded fragrance that is comfort food and nectar for the soul.
-Rodney Hughes, Natural Fragrance Editor