Fragrances

Buen Camino: a perfume about pilgrimage

Buen Camino is a perfume about pilgrimage inspired by Carter Weeks Maddox’s 600-mile-long walk on the 5,000 year old Camino de Santiago de Compostela. It’s a “psychotic fougere” that twists, turns and loses all sense of orientation, but ultimately provides comfort and reinvigorates a genre aching for new dynamism.

Buen Camino gathers scents from the last stretch of Camino after the toll of his exertions caught up with him and he underwent makeshift surgery from a kindly old nun. The smell from the bundle of dried Iberian lavender and immortelle she gave him to inhale for relaxation mixed with the odours of antiseptics and stiff bandages. The aroma of the hot asphalt of newly paved roads juxtaposed against the dust of the centuries-old, decaying Roman ones. And the simple joy of the Tarta de Santiago, Galician almond cake scented with spiced oranges and lemons served with espresso that he shared with his father who’d traveled to Spain to look after him on his final days on the trail.

Notes

• Bandage Wraps, Infections, Lemon, Antiseptic, Cherries, Hinoki
• Blood Orange, Star Anise, Tarta de Santiago, Iberian Lavender, Espresso
• Asphalt, Dust, Immortelle, Texas Cedarwood, Tobacco, Styrax, Civet

Perfumer: Carter Weeks-Maddox, 2020.

50ml / 1.7 oz | 15ml / .5 oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Parfum, Alcohol Denat., Cinnamal, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Farnesol, Linalool, Limonene

Carduus is an olfactory witch’s brew full of jagged leaves and dried, herbal bouquets over medicinal botanicals. Conjuring images of untold ceremony and bygone ritual.

Notes:

• Chamomile, Bengal Pepper, Honey, Clary Sage, Sea-holly, Marjoram Tea
• Myrtle, Rose, Vetch, Clove Bud, Hart’s Tongue
• Tuberose, Musk-thistle, Heliotrope, Tormentil, Mahogany, Cocoa, Tobacco, Meum, Deertongue, Cherrywood

Perfumer: Euan McCall, 2019.

30ml / 1oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients / Allergens: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Dipropylene Glycol, Treemoss Extract (Evernia Furfuracea Extract), Eugenol, Geraniol, Linalool, d-Limonene, Benzyl Benzoate, Farnesol, Citral.

Adding up to more than the sum of its parts, Equals Eleven is positivity in a bottle.

Aquatic notes. Fresh, focused and ready for the next challenge.

Ingredients: Alcohol (denat), Parfum, Coumarin, Hydroxycitronellal, linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Eugenol, Citral.

Fantosmia is a perfume about a smell that only existed inside a perfumer’s head and his quest to recreate it. An exploration of textures; the cold and mineral juxtaposed against freshly extinguished heat filtered through shifting veils in an olfactory cat and mouse chase.

Notes:

• Top Notes: Black Pepper, Annatto, Cardamom, Pimento, Sisho Leaf
• Heart Notes: Fennel, Cascarilla, Nutmeg
• Base Notes: Oud, Mate, Castoreum, Saffron, Tobacco

Perfumer: Euan McCall, 2020.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Coumarin, Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Citral, Isoeugenol, Cinnamal

This scent is an ode to all-consuming feeling, a momentary olfactory glimpse into the whirring thoughts of a lovelorn teenager driven to obsession by their teacher.

Rubber accords underpinned by dark woods and spicy leather lightened by the presence of pear, custard, powdery lavender and wet grass.

Notes

• Pepper, Apple Blossom, Pear, Custard
• Juniper, Saffron, Cedarwood, Lavender, Wet Grass Accord, Rubber Accord
• Dry Amber, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Musk, Tonka Bean, Oud

50ml / 1.7oz extrait de parfum

Ingredients: Alcohol denat, Parfum, Limonene, Coumarin, Linalool, Citronellol, Eugenol, Benzyl Benzoate.

A hug disguised as a perfume. A soft, warm and cuddly shot of orris sandwiched between warm spices and cooling aromatics.

Notes:

Orris Root, Cardamom, Clove, Cumin, Sage, Fir Balsam, Absinthe, White Musk, Orange Blossom, Galbanum

Perfumer: Christophe Laudamiel, 2016.

60ml / 2oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat., Fragrance, Limonene, Linalool, Alpha-Isomethyl-Ionone, Citral, Cinnamal, Eugenol, Geraniol, Citronellal, Isoeugenol, Farnesol, Methyl-2-octynoate, Hydroxycitronellal, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamic alcohol, Coumarin, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate.

Ethereal but with a bite. A gauzy haze of green notes, powdered veil of orris root and an overdose of luxury musks.

Notes:

• Pink Pepper, Quince, Tagettes, Angelica, Petitgrain, Clementine
• Galbanum, Incense, Raspberry, Tulip, Iris, Sakura Blossom
• Musk, Ambergris, Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Tonka Bean

Perfumer: Euan McCall, 2018.

50ml / 1.7oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients / Allergens: Alcohol Denat., Parfum, Alpha Isomethyl Ionone, Coumarin, Hydroxycitronellal, Limonene, Linalool.

In recent years, the unfortunate fruity floral has become much maligned as a run-of-the-mill department store beauty counter staple. Tel Aviv feels like a bit of a reclaim of this genre. It’s cheerful and happy-go-lucky. As easy to wear as really comfortable flats that were definitely expensive.

Notes:

• Clementine, Bergamot, Blackcurrant Bud
• Jasmine Sambac, Comoros’ Ylang-ylang, Rose, Freesia,
• Sandalwood, Benzoin, Musks

Perfumer: Karine Chevallier, 2017.

30ml / 1oz eau de parfum | 10ml / .35oz body oil.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat, Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Benzyl Salicylate, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Benzyl Alcohol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Benzyl Benzoate, Eugenol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Farnesol, Citral, Isoeugenol, Amyl Cinnamal

A hum of warm, skin-hugging sweetness. Spatially conscious with an easy-wearing, perfect for any occasion vibe. Scented self care.

Notes: Vanilla, Cardamom, Patchouli, Musk, Cedarwood, Amber

Perfumer: Maya Njie, 2016.

50ml / 1.7oz eau de parfum.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denat, Parfum.