Bowmakers

Bowmakers is an eau de parfum in 50 mL and 100 mL, built in the violin workshops of the Pioneer Valley, where 1800s craftsmen from the Massachusetts Bay Colony made instruments and bows. It opens on violin varnish, mahogany and an outdoors accord, lacquer and old-growth wood. The heart brings amber pine rosin, maplewood and cypress, sticky resin and burled shavings. The base settles into spiced tree resin, cedar and moss. A woody fragrance about craft, transcendental woods and secret varnish. From the New York fragrance house D.S. & Durga. Scent family: wood. Intensity 5 of 5 on the D.S. & Durga scale, the strongest tier in the range. Unisex. Best in fall and winter. Spray on pulse points at the wrist and neck. Also available as a 2 mL sample if you want to test it first.