A Bouquet Half-Remembered

A Bouquet Half-Remembered - Fennel, Cassia, Bergamot, Gardenia, Carnation, Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine, Violet, Coumarin, Oakmoss, Labdanum, Cypriol, Patchouli Vibe: You've found a vintage chypre at an estate sale. Decades of aging have transformed the perfume - the floral notes are indistinguishable, having melded together into a sweet, powdery, spicy potpourri. The resins have become deeper and more balsamic, and the spiced notes are more intense. Decades ago, the perfume had a bright citrus top, but that's now mellowed to a vague, round-edged hint of bergamot peel.  I love going to antique malls and hunting for old bottles of perfume. Packaged in ornate glass bottles and filled with amber-colored juice, they're a joy to look at..but even more of a joy to smell. A Bouquet Half-Remembered was my attempt at capturing the smell of a well-aged bottle of perfume (without the need to wait decades), while meeting modern IFRA guidelines. How a Bouquet Half-Remembered unfolds: A spicy opening that's cinnamic from the cassia and anisic from the fennel seed. Then comes a two-part floral heart - at first spiced and heady from the carnation, jasmine, and ylang, but later mellowing into something more powdery from the violet accord. Finally, it fades into a warm, resinous, balsamic base.Please note: I don't recommend this fragrance if you have a cinnamon allergy, as Cassia is related to cinnamon and has high cinnamic aldehyde (cinnamal) content. I've stayed within the IFRA's cinnamal limit of 0.25%.  The cyanotype for the label art was done by the wonderful Erin, @erinnonfilm