GENERAL CATALOG
AND LIFE AND THE FIELDS
A summer field abuzz with the sounds and smells of life: tonka beans and timothy hay drying in the sunlight, warm amber, bees zooming away from the orange blossoms back to their honeycomb hives, juicy apricots ripening in the heat, and dusty fields of of wild oats and wheat waiting to be harvested. [Nonvegan.]
TOP/WET: apricot musk ✦ orange blossom
MID/HEART: honeycomb ✦ wild oats ✦ wheat fields
BASE/DRYDOWN: sandalwood ✦ warm amber ✦ tonka bean ✦ timothy hay
CABIN
An early morning in the cabin, surrounded by Minnesotan evergreens: herbacious lavender, fresh rain, a cup of black coffee with a splash of vanilla extract, towering white cedar trees, red pine bark, and spindly black spruce needles. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: lavender ✦ black spruce
MID/HEART: red pine ✦ coffee ✦ vanilla
BASE/DRYDOWN: white cedar ✦ rain ✦ coffee grounds
DREAM BEAN
Italian coffee beans, decadent cocoa beans, warm vanilla beans, and seductive tonka beans, with patchouli leaves, ribbons of caramel, and wafts of sandalwood incense. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: coffee beans ✦ cocoa bean
MID/HEART: tonka bean ✦ vanilla bean
BASE/DRYDOWN: caramel ✦ patchouli ✦ sandalwood incense
GEOSMIN
Petrichor, or the scent of earth after a fresh, clean rain. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: wet aldehydes ✦ ozone
MID/HEART: geosmin ✦ fresh water
BASE/DRYDOWN: petrichor ✦ soil
HEARTWOOD
Smoky Indonesian vetiver, resinous white oud, agarwood chips, white grapefruit peel, and hints of deer musk accord. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: white grapefruit
MID/HEART: agarwood chips ✦ deer musk accord
BASE/DRYDOWN: oud ✦ vetiver ✦ smoke
I AND THOU
A tree stands before you in the dappled sunlight. Fluttering birch tree leaves, forest green grass, and pine needles provide the greenness of the forest, while pine, iso e super, cedar, and sandalwood depict the weathered wood, and clary sage, clearwood, and vetiver ground the tree roots. Inspired by Martin Buber's philosophical contemplation of I-Thou relations. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: birch tree leaves ✦ pine needles ✦ forest green grass
MID/HEART: pine wood ✦ clary sage ✦ iso e super ✦ sunshine
BASE/DRYDOWN: sandalwood ✦ vetiver ✦ clearwood ✦ cedar ✦ tree roots
ISO E SUPER
Iso E Super smells woody, velvety, cashmere, and cedar-like, with nuances of dry ambergris and cozy fabrics. This is a perfume based around a single material, so it doesn't have traditional top/middle/base notes. But as the perfume sinks into your skin and blends with your skin chemistry, the smell of iso e super can shift and make a scent that's unique to you! [Vegan.]
LILAS
Wet spring dew, purple lilacs, and velvet musk. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: dew
MID/HEART: purple lilac
BASE/DRYDOWN: velvet musk
LOVERS LEAVING HELL
Woodsmoke from a dying bonfire, a pair of lit cigarettes under a starry sky, two warm bowls of vanilla rice pudding, and sweet, yearning kisses of cardamom. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: woodsmoke ✦ cardamom ✦ custard
MID/HEART: smoked tobacco ✦ rice pudding
BASE/DRYDOWN: vanilla ✦ caramelized sugar
MARSHMALLOW
Fluffy puffy marshmallows, fresh and soft, reminiscent of sugar cubes, vanilla bean, orris root powder, heliotrope, and fluffy, powdery musks. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: sugar cubes
MID/HEART: powdery musk ✦ bakery air
BASE/DRYDOWN: vanilla bean ✦ heliotrope ✦ orris root powder
MATCHA
Nutty, seaweedy, grassy, powdery, and green. A non-milky, non-sugared matcha single note. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: grass ✦ hay
MID/HEART: matcha powder ✦ seaweed
BASE/DRYDOWN: usucha ✦ baby vegetables ✦ roasted nuts
SANTAL
Creamy East Indian sandalwood (mysore sandalwood) accord and rugged West Indian sandalwood (amyris wood), with a soft clean musk. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: West Indian sandalwood
MID/HEART: East Indian sandalwood
BASE/DRYDOWN: clean musk
SOLARIO
Golden sunlit amber: de Laire's renowned smooth amber 83 base built on accords of sandalwood, oud, and hinoki cedarwood. A pinch of saffron threads for warmth, hints of rose and spice, and a soft ambrette musk oil. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: saffron ✦ hinoki cedarwood
MID/HEART: rose ✦ oud ✦ ambrette musk
BASE/DRYDOWN: amber ✦ sandalwood
SUNGROWN
A summer day in our small forest town: fresh cut grass, wild blueberries, dandelions, mimosas, patchouli, and distant bonfire smoke. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: grass ✦ wild blueberries
MID/HEART: mimosa flowers ✦ dandelions
BASE/DRYDOWN: violet leaf ✦ patchouli ✦ smoke
WAXING CRESCENT
A crescent moon that grows larger & brighter in the night sky. Night-blooming tuberose and gardenia flowers opening in cool night air, three varieties of lavender oils in a snuggly white musk, and wafts of warm spices with chilled vanilla bean. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: gardenia ✦ cold night air ✦ mint
MID/HEART: tuberose ✦ Bulgarian lavender ✦ lavender maillette ✦ lavender absolute
BASE/DRYDOWN: white musk ✦ vanilla bean ✦ spice
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RETIRED/DISCONTINUED
MEDIA NARANJA** (discontinuing Feb 2024)
Twelve green grapes for twelve sweet wishes, blackberry stained fingers counting the minutes, electric kisses peppered on glowing cheeks, the intimate musk of a body so near, and two halves of one whole orange. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: green grape ✦ black pepper
MID/HEART: sweet orange ✦ blackberry ✦ neroli
BASE/DRYDOWN: sandalwood ✦ skin musk ✦ ambergris
SELENICEREUS** (retiring Feb 2024)
A pair of selenicereus cactus vines, one in bloom and one with fruit. Wafts of red dragonfruit and white dragonfruit, large white blossoms of cactus moonflower, humidity in the air, and sturdy cactus and fig leaves. [Vegan.]
TOP/WET: red dragonfruit ✦ cactus leaves
MID/HEART: white dragonfruit ✦ moonflower ✦ humidity
BASE/DRYDOWN: fig leaves ✦ cactus vines ✦ rose
THE PHILOSOPHER'S GARDEN** (discontinuing Feb 2024)
A verdant, peaceful garden, lovingly tended and rich with life: dewy lily of the valley, sweet and herbal lavenders, English cucumbers, clusters of dainty sweet peas, winding vines of ivy, damp oakmoss, and freshest white musk. [Vegan.]
TOP: Bulgarian lavender ✦ lily of the valley
MID: sweet pea ✦ lavender absolute ✦ cucumber
BASE: oakmoss ✦ white musk ✦ ivy