Skellig

SKELLIG™ Perfume Oil: Brother Theodore climbed the steep, rocky switchbacks to meet with the abbot of his new home on the remote island monastery of Skellig. He was the first arrival. Plans would take shape to build domed huts of stone to house more brothers, who would be few, and to cultivate the small amount of arable land to supplement a meager diet of fish and wild eggs. Nevertheless, Theodore had high hopes for this tiny island and the mission of its inhabitants, which was nothing less than to save the world. Their task was simple and monumental—making copies of books laboriously by hand so that they would not be lost forever to human kind. He opened his box of inks and was ready to begin… Text from the short Story “A Light on Skellig” © John Keske, for Deep Midnight Perfumes, © 2017 This unisex perfume oil is subtle and unique and is reminiscent of an old stone and wood building, rocky soil, ocean waters and dried driftwood, the smell of herbal scented inks, parchment paper, and a distant hearth fire. Main notes include: Stone, Ocean Water, Parchment and Vellum, Earth, Old Wood and Moss, Driftwood, Herbal notes, Ink notes, grounded in a base of light, Dry Amber. Model: Ted Paciotti, for Deep Midnight Perfumes Photography: Cat Marx, for Deep Midnight Perfumes