Vintage Novel

Art often inspires art. Books contain stories that can transport the reader to a different time and place, sometimes even to a different world. Books also present their own smell, and according to author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury, books have two perfumes.: "There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever." - Ray Bradbury Whereas most books inspire a perfume via their stories & characters, this perfume was inspired by the smell of vintage books in an old library. This fragrance opens with a citrusy rose which blooms into a lush wave of honey, tobacco, resins, agarwood & genuine Indian Sandalwood. As it dries down, the perfume transforms into a vintage book from an historic, musty library. Yes, we all know that brittle & dusty smell of the card catalog. You are left with an insanely long drydown of old musty books, murky ink, and leather bindings which crunch when opened...releasing a flurry of crumbled glue chips on the freshly polished hardwood table. Close your eyes & enjoy....