A desert is any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of Earth's major types of ecosystems, supporting a community of distinctive plants and animals adapted to the harsh environment. One of the biggest variables in desert scents is the type of vegetation and, of course, the season. In the Spring, some deserts are alive with fragrance wildflowers. Even during very dry periods, the smell of creosote is strong in places where it grows. The daisy family is the most diverse plant family in deserts overall along with perennial grasses and trees and shrubs are found in some desert environments. A few large, common, conspicuous plants provide deserts with much of their regional character. In North America, the Sonoran Desert of northwestern Mexico and the adjacent areas of California and Arizona are dotted with large cacti, especially the tall saguaro, while to the north in the cooler Mojave Desert the characteristic Joshua Tree is found. The Creosote Bush is common in both areas. The spiny, spinifex grasses typify Australian deserts, while fleshy, cactus-like species of Euphorbia are located in parts of southern and eastern Africa.
Desert smells can range from dry and arid to moist and floral. In the Sonoran Desert when it rains, especially during the monsoons in the summer, there is the most gorgeous scent created by the Creosote Bush (Chaparral) that is absolutely intoxicating.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler.
- Adventuress Soap Co. Sedona Perfume Oil – sage and sweetgrass
- Aether Arts Perfume Burner Perfume No. 1 Black Rock Desert Voile de Parfum - Black Rock Desert is a perfume portrait of the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, the place where Burning Man is held. Designed as an atmospheric perfume that transports you a remote and beautiful environment, Black Rock Desert opens with the herbal scent of sage, both leaves and flowers, mingled with the sweet vanilla-like fragrance of mesquite blossoms before giving way to the smoky, resinous notes of Texas Cedar and Mesquite Bark, grounding you firmly to the austere beauty of the desert. To wear it is to walk among the sage brush and mesquite bushes, to feel the sun on your shoulders, all under the vast blue sky. Black Rock Desert features top notes of sage and sunshine; middle notes of mesquite blossom accord and sage blossom accord; and base notes of Texas cedar and mesquite wood accord.
- Botica Botanica Chaparral EDP - Smells of the desert. Dry and earthy, sunbaked soil with wafts of bright white sage (Salvia apiana), sweet, herbaceous sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata), and a hint of juniper. Chaparral. Sagebrush. Juniper. Sunbaked earth. Made with a Chaparral tincture from plant material collected in Joshua Tree, California and a lovingly cultivated sagebrush tincture.
- Juniper Ridge Desert Cedar Oil - A concentrated spirit of the Eastern Sierras, our Desert Cedar Essential Oil brings you to the high desert, where the crisp air is filled with the harp sweetness of juniper and cedar sap. Our essential oil is the purest expression of what we do; we steam distill each one in our Oakland, California workshop--all from sustainably sourced and harvested native plants to best encapsulate the essence of the wild places we love. When you can’t get out there, bring nature home. With scent notes of sweet cedar resin, warm leather and sun baked wood. Created with California juniper essential oil.
- Organic Perfume Girl Desert Kisses Perfume – Desert Flower invites you to visit the scents of the desert with an alluring, and slightly sharp scent, which is fleeting, of thorny cacti followed by a blooming flower that opens up and shows all of its glory. Notes of Cactus, Desert Sand, Creosote Bush, weeds, Vegan Ambergris, Orris Root, Night Bloom, Sandalwood, Rose de Mai, and White Champa. Desert Kisses is made with 98% organic ingredients. Organic Perfume Girl is inspired by nature and music. Each fragrance starts as a handmade tincture using organic plants, flowers and herbs. Then high-quality organic and/or wildcrafted essential oils, resins and concretes are added. Every fragrance is vegan, hypoallergenic, cruelty-free and phthalate-free.
