That transition from the city to open landscape

 

This is something I made to represent those transitions when traveling by car when I experience that moment when city opens up to a natural big sky landscape. That moment when that transition happens in mind is quite powerful and cleansing.

Willem de Kooning

 

It's a feeling of once sharp outlines that transition into a foggy natural lighter openness.

 

The first moments of the fragrance are quiet sharp (from the heavy use of Galbanum and Vetiver) and anchored (from the Cedarwood Atlas) - as it dries it gets more floral (from the Ylang Yang and Lindenblossom (G)), airy from the scentenal, auranone and velvione and earthy from the patchouli.

 

A light, easy effect of a bright, dry, salty breeze comes from the Ambroxan, Citral and Hexyl Salicylate accord.

 

Feel free to mix it up and let me know what you think.

 

Main chords : Herbal - Earthy - Green

Galbanum (5)

Vetiver (4)

Patchouli (2)

Hexyl Salicylate (1)

Cedarwood Atlas (1)

Origanum (1/2)

 

Floral :

Lindenblossom (Givaudan) - (2)

Citral (2)

Citronella (1)

Ylang Ylang (1)

Scentenal - Givaudan - (1)

 

Airy-Salt

(Ambroxan) (3 - 10% diluted)

Velvione (1)

Auranone - Firmesch (1)

Sandalwood (1)

 

Add all the above into perfumers alcohol or vodka at 10% fragrance to 90% alcohol.

Let it sit for a week or two - shaking it daily to make sure everything gets mixed in well.



 

 

Eau Sauvage - The Garden of the Blind

There is a garden where an infinite variety of birds sing all morning, ignoring any need for feeding, while flying is the only joy of the early gentle breezes and bright light - the wonderful feathered pulses.

In that garden a certain freshness calms the nervous minded poet capturing his senses with humid fragrances as bees levitate past his eye from marvelously colored flowers and green grasses.

Everything speaks of sunlight so loudly and splendidly one has to close the eyes to truly see the beauty around them and one has to inhale deeply to get a true picture of the liveliness abounding and dancing in every direction.

The garden is dense yet one can easily move through it without taking a step. The dew never fully evaporates and the colors never cease to dim. It's not an imaginary place ... it's quite real and might even be right behind you without you realizing it.