Palimpsest

This fragrance is inspired by the word palimpsest — a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain; something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. Of course every perfume is designed to have layers to it, but special thoughtfulness to the theme of palimpsest was taken when creating this blend. Made with the scents of black tea, rosewood, tobacco flower, ginger, honey, vanilla, lemon, teakwood, and benzoin. Warm, woody, and slightly sweet and resinous. Reminiscent of old manuscripts, both illuminated and mundane. The perfect combination for exploring all the layered complexities of life! This scent is part of the "beautiful words" collection — a celebration of poetry, literature, and the nuanced beauty of language. Fragrance Note(s): Black Tea • Rosewood • Tobacco Flower • Ginger • Honey • Vanilla • Lemon • Teakwood • Benzoin Scent Categories: Warm • Woody • Slightly Sweet & Resinous “…My long years of research have taught me that all stories, even the meanest folktales, matter. They are artifacts and palimpsests, riddles and histories. They are the red threads that we may follow out of the labyrinth.” — from The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow “Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this way every prediction made by the Party could be shown by documentary evidence to have been correct; nor was any item of news, or any expression of opinion, which conflicted with the needs of the moment, ever allowed to remain on record. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary.” — from 1984, by George Orwell