Parfum Botanique | Fait Main | Est. 2018
Collecting Symbols…
Places & Seasons of Human Psyche
…It’s as if we live in the interior of something enormous - enormous silence, perhaps, or maybe an enormous heart… The world changes with a gentleness that feels like hibernation, and we, too, are drawn inward… - Mary Oliver, Upstream
Merging the ancient, sensual, and sapphic, this 'perfume medium' enhances the longevity of any natural fragrance while adding a captivating warmth and depth. Crafted with animalic notes, particularly ambra, recreated through botanical ingredients, the scent offers a leathery, musky sophistication that is both elegant and unisex, with hints of jasmine and cocoa. It can be worn alone or layered as a base to amplify the richness of any natural perfume.
Villanelle captures the primal essence of a deep forest, beginning with the rich, layered scent of soil horizons and damp, decaying leaves that transport you to the heart of the woods. Notes of wet fringe moss and raw tree sap add a fresh, resinous edge, while rusty tree bark and dry corn silk bring out the raw, aged textures of the forest. Brittle bracken and crumbling pine cones lend a dry, earthy crispness, rounded off by an ethereal night haze that invokes the mysterious allure of dusk settling over the woodland floor.
The quiet rhythms of nature - birds departing and returning to dark ponds, the stillness of the woods, the slow grace of whales and shellfish... the moments of a raw connection to the essential and vital of our existence: warm driftwood and glistening sea foam, layered with sea fennel, goldenrod, juniper, cedarwood, yarrow, spruce, savory, wild rosemary, and lavender.