Sarah Horowitz Parfums Embers Review (Sarah Horowitz-Thran) + Autumnal Memories Draw

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019

Sarah Horowitz-Thran working on Sarah Horowitz Parfums Embers the Fall 2019 Banq de Parfum. Photo courtesy Sarah Horowitz Parfums ©.

“…Try to remember when life was so tender

When no one wept except the willow.

Try to remember when life was so tender

When dreams were kept beside your pillow.

Try to remember when life was so tender

When love was an ember about to billow.

Try to remember and if you remember, then follow…”– “Try to Remember “ from The Fantastiks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.

For Fall 2019, perfumer Sarah Horowitz -Thran has distilled her childhood memories of autumn, the fun and wonder of fallen leaves, apple picking and crackling fires, into a mellow, magical and nostalgic new fragrance – Sarah Horowitz Parfums Embers.

Late Autumn Leaves in Gail’s Garden, 2017. Photo by Gail Gross ©

Deep, rich and smoky, Embers weaves a spell of recollections; olfactory images of late harvests, fallen leaves and blustery evenings with friends and family cuddled safe and warm by the fireside. Sarah Horowitz Parfums Embers is a scent of comfort and remembrance, the perfect antidote to what has been, for many of us, a long and difficult year.

Opening with crunchy, slightly tart apples and the shimmer of pink pepper, the sweet crispness of fruit is soon blurred by hazy billows of faint smoke and cinnamon. Like a cup of steaming hot, spiced cider on a dark, stormy night, the effect is at once seductive and soothing. Embers sparks and glows with Cade, fresh, green rosewood and dark golden amber. The perfumer’s fascination with base notes is evident in her deft and subtle handling of the amber, benzoin and the smoke accord. As Sarah Horowitz Parfums Embers diffuses and dries down, I can feel the scent igniting, bursting a second time into fruit and flame.

Spinning Wheel by the Fireside. Artist unknown. Photographed from an early 20th century artist’s scrapbook in Gail’s collection of paper ephemera. Photo by Gail Gross ©

For more than twenty-four hours I am surrounded by luminous scented moments, soothed and comforted by dreams and pleasures of times gone by. I can almost hear the tender and peaceful memories of hearth and home, singing to me once again though the artistry of Banq de Parfum Embers.

Notes: Macintosh apple, cinnamon, rosewood, amber, benzoin, Cade, pink pepper and smoke accord.

Disclaimer: I would like to thank Sarah Horowitz Parfums for my cherished bottle of Embers and for the many heartfelt and haunting memories that Embers recalls. My opinions are my own.

Gail Gross – Senior Editor

Sarah Horowitz Banq de Parfum fragrances are available only for a limited time at. Sarah Horowitz Parfums Embers is scheduled to go back into the Banq on 11.30.19.

Thanks to the generosity of Sarah Horowitz Parfums, we have one 30 ml bottle of Embers EdP for one registered reader in the US only. To be eligible, please leave a comment saying what appeals to you about Embers, based on Gail’s review. You can also mention your favorite fragrance created by Sarah Horowitz-Thran or tell us about a favorite fall memory. Draw closes 10/11/2019

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