Thanksgiving Perfumes: Tom Ford Ebene Fume, Solstice Scents Foxcraft Fairgrounds and Arquiste Anima Dulcis +The smell of gratitude draw

 

Best Thanksgiving perfumes

 Michael’s Thanksgiving table

“Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle

Proust had his madeleines and I have my corn casserole. Well, my mom’s corn casserole, a Thanksgiving prerequisite that may as well have its own seat at the table. Author and psychologist Daniel Wittingham once said that family traditions reveal what you value enough to repeat and if done with love, build warm, happy associations. I associate the smell of that sweet, creamy corn casserole with family and togetherness and therein, love and gratitude.

Thanksgiving 2021 What we have to be grateful for

Be Thankful Scrabble photo via unsplash apped by Michelyn©

 

Once we understand that scent is more acutely linked with memory and emotion than our other senses, we can bolster and harvest more powerful memories. Whenever I go on a vacation, I find one fragrance to wear for the duration, locking in the association so that the wonderful experience can be revisited at any time simply by uncapping a bottle. We are the architects of our own memories. What does gratitude smell like? You decide. However, you celebrate Thanksgiving (or Friendsgiving, or whatever), look for the moment in the day when the traveling and preparations are complete and you can finally exhale. Then, when your heart is as full as your stomach, inhale. What do you smell?

Photo:  autumn leaves Michelyn© November 2021

Beyond the dinner table and surroundings, there are other fragrant ways to lock in a memory. I’ve curated three of my favorite Thanksgiving perfumes which represent the colors of the season, the expressions of gratitude and the feelings of warmth and unity.

Tom Ford Ebene Fume review

 Photo: Tom Ford Ebene Fume courtesy of the brand©

 Tom Ford Ébène Fumé ,the newest offering from the house, is a throwback to the earthy-opulent, tuxedo-in-a-forest Tom Ford pillar fragrances. Ebony wood burns amid papyrus and palo santo, or in Spanish, “holy wood,” a tree that’s native to South America and thought to have healing properties. Further rounded by hints of leather, labdanum, cade oil and rose, Ébène Fumé, is a return to form for Mr. Ford’s lineup and one of the best releases of the year. Palo Santo Wood Accord, African Ebony Wood Accord, Rose

 

arquiste Anima dulcis is one of the best Thanksgiving Perfumes

Photo: Anima Dulcis courtesy of the brand©


Anima Dulcis from Arquiste (Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier):  “November 1695, Mexico City” is the coordinates Arquiste founder Architect and designer Carlos Huber gave to Givaudan Master Perfumers Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier for Anima Dulcis.  It’s a striking, smoldering concoction inspired by an ancient Mexican recipe of chili-infused cocoa. With notes of cocoa absolute, Mexican vanilla, cinnamon, and chili, Anima Dulcis is like a warm cup of spicy cocoa in front of the fireplace in the aftermath of a colossal meal. Watching the embers burn, we again turn our attention to what’s important, recognizing that we already have what we’ve always wanted. Time is as ephemeral as sparks shooting from a flaming log and in the completeness of this moment, we are grateful. Notes include: Cocoa absolute, Mexican vanilla, cinnamon, and a smoked chili infusion.

Solstice Scents Foxcroft Fairgrounds

original painting by G.D. St. John for Foxcroft Fairgrounds

Foxcroft Fairgrounds from Solstice Scents (Angela St. John) is an autumnal gourmand which unabashedly celebrates the season with a bounty of sweets: vanilla cake and powdered sugar against a backdrop of crisp fall air, fallen leaves and woodsmoke. Somewhere amid the jubilance, there’s a hint of melancholy, a suggestion that the season is fleeting and a recognition that there are those who have an empty chair at the table. It’s an emotional perfume—delicately balanced, beautifully realized and wholly wearable.

Notes: Cotton Candy, Cream Soda, Vanilla Taffy, Gridling’s Funnel Cakes, Powdered Sugar, Crisp Fall Air, Woodsmoke & a Tendril of Incense

Disclaimer: All three Thanksgiving perfumes are from my own collection

Michael Devine, Contributor

Solstice Scents Foxcroft Fairgrounds is one of our favorite indie Thanksgiving perfumes

 Solstice Scents Foxcroft Fairgrounds© courtesy of Angela St. John

Thanks to the generosity of Angela St. John we have 5 ml of Solstice Scents Foxcraft Fairground perfume oil plus 2.5 ml Eau de Parfum spray for one registered reader in the USA. To be eligible, you must register and  please leave a comment on what you think of  Michael’s choices for Thanksgiving perfumes. What does gratitude smells like to you? Draw closes 11/27/21

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 (Note: as Foxcroft Fairgrounds is one of Solstice Scents’ most popular fall offerings, it occasionally goes out of stock. I understand at the time of writing, a new batch is expected next week. Keep checking their website Solstice Scents)

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17 comments

  • kdub2675 says:

    I wholeheartedly agree with Michael’s feeling that our sense of smell is the anchor to our most fondest memories.

    I didn’t really wear fragrances until more recently so for me, gratitude is a cacophony smells from various southern dishes family and friends would bring to share at our Thanksgiving dinner each year.

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

    I’m in the USA.

  • Cyndi says:

    What a lovely article that rings very true, especially in the last years as we all have been isolated from loved ones, and might have lost some too. Gratitude for this day and loved ones around us. That smell to me is warm and comforting. I think Michael’s choices are spot on! … and Cotton Candy and Vanilla Taffy?? YES PLEASE! I live in MD.

  • mdellaroc says:

    I’m not really sure what gratitude smells like. That one is very hard. I would have to liken it to those things and people I am most grateful for. My mom wore Tresor and whenever I smell it I think of her, but she also loved to bake so many of those types of scents transport me to my childhood home. Incense is another note that really makes me think of church and my spiritual side. In maryland.

  • Thelstrhi says:

    I love the choices here for Thanksgiving fragrance and Foxcroft Fairgrounds sounds amazing. To me Thanksgiving and gratitude smells like all of my Italian relatives who have since passed crowded in the kitchen wearing way too much perfume and this smell of the food and the chatter and laughter filling the room.

  • Lemoncake says:

    All 3 scents sound lovely and Foxcroft sounds just like the sweet desserts of my childhood. I think of gratitude as smelling something like a warm sweet chai.
    I’m in the US.

  • Kevin Pedrazs says:

    I really enjoyed the listing of those fragrances for thanksgiving. Even I don´t know any of them, I felt like smelling them trough the description. To me, gratitude smells like something sweet, as vanilla or chocolate. My most precious perfume for this season is Tobacco Vanille by TF.

  • elocin says:

    What a beautiful article. The part about time being ephemeral and being in the moment certainly struck a chord. There is indeed a certain melancholy that comes with the season. Gratitude smells like warmth and a sense of airy freeness. Solstice Scents is one of my favourite houses! I would love to immerse myself in the atmosphere that Michael has described.

  • GennyLeigh says:

    Warm and cozy gourmands seem appropriate for Thanksgiving. Foxcraft Fairground has the warm vanilla sugar and the woodsmoke and incense to bring it into the fall season. Gratitude smells cozy and enveloping. I’m in MD, USA.

  • cynthiaf says:

    Gratitude smells like fresh whipped cream, hot apple pie, and a steaming cup of coffee around the table while playing dominoes after an amazing meal. Michael’s choices sound so cozy and inviting. Fall is melancholy because I look forward to it through the blazing heat of summer and it passes my so quickly. In Texas, US.

  • wallygator88 says:

    Thanks for the great review, Michael.

    Gratitude to me smells like musks, iris/orris – warm, soft hugs from family after many years apart.

    Out of all your choices of fragrance, I really enjoyed the Tom Ford one the best because of the unique combination of palo santo and rose.

    Cheers from WI, USA

  • sephrenia300 says:

    Lovely article! I love that Michael’s choices for Thanksgiving perfumes are not centered around any specific smell or note that is associated with Thanksgiving or fall, such as pumpkin or cinnamon or even nutmeg, but rather that he associates with gratitude, warmth, and unity. Of his choices, I am most intrigued by Tom Ford’s Ébène Fumé, with woods, smoke, but also leather and cade wrapped up around just a hint of rose. I have not had the most luck with Tom Ford fragrances but Michael’s description makes me want to give this one a try.

    To me, gratitude smells like family – the warmth of a fire, the soft wool of my mother’s sweater against my cheek, with just a touch of the White Shoulders she loves to wear very sparingly, and a hint of herbs from her labours in the kitchen. I live in the US.

  • drjedi says:

    Michael’s opening quote by Eckhart Tolle is so apt – “Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. ” I too carry only one, or a few, perfumes during my travels, more to reduce weight and the hassle of deciding on what to wear when my focus is on exploring the place I am traveling to. But his idea of associating a particular travel experience with a scent is a great one. I do buy perfumes generally from places I visit, and though I may not use them there, the scent and the memories of that particular travel experience gets entwined with the perfume bought there, initially bought out of curiosity or as a memento of sorts. In this latter respect, the scent of gratitude (for the opportunity to travel and expand one’s horizons) smells like Antaeus (bought in Paris) or Issey Miyake (bought in Tokyo). I haven’t tried any of Michael’s three perfumes, but they sound lovely. Thanks for the article and a draw for Solstice Scents Foxcraft Fairground. From USA.

  • xoe says:

    The joy of the carnival mixed with the sadness that comes from knowing it is so fleeting. “Nothing gold can stay”. I am in the US.

  • roxhas1cat says:

    Love the choices!! Anima Dulcis is incredible. I hadn’t thought of wearing that every Thanksgiving. I have travelled and worn the same fragrance the whole time. I have a “Florida” fragrance (Falling into the Sea). I wore St. Julep to Kentucky. I have to get my nose on Ebene Fume after reading this. I’d say gratitude smells like the cozy fragrances in my collection, or perhaps Solstice Scents “Basicilica” as I always feel gratitude when I go to a beautiful cathedral. Thanks for the chance. USA.

  • mronhubbard says:

    All these choices sound gorgeous, though I haven’t tried any of them. As for what gratitude smells like to me? That’s hard to answer. I’m grateful for whatever makes me feel lucky and safe. Today, Champagne and wood smoke!
    (SoCal, USA)

  • Michael Prince says:

    I am not sure what gratitude smells like, but I love Michael’s choices for Thanksgiving Perfumes. Anima Dulcis sounds like a succulent gourmand and the new release from Tom Ford Ebene Fume sounds very fascinating too. Solstice Scents Foxcraft Playground sounds like a delicious gourmand I would love to try. I am from Ohio USA.