All perfume samples are authentic fragrances that Surrender to Chance, Topeka, KS, has rebottled into smaller sample and decant sizes, repackaged and distributed. Surrender to Chance has no affiliation, connection or association with the manufacturers or brand owners of the perfumes.
Alkemia Old Books and Fresh Flowers was created by Sharra Lamoureaux and has notes of neroli, heliotrope, paper, leather bound book
From the brand:
"And all I love is here : old books, fresh flowers.
My books are tombs where wit and wisdom sleep,
Stored full with treasure of the long ago ;
My tender buds, that dews of springtide steep.
Like shining mirrors of the future show.
The present is so sad ! . . . . this dark to-day
Like skies with thunder charged above us lowers :
Ah ! of the past — the future — speak always.
Tell me of naught but these .... old books, fresh
flowers."
-- Graham R. Tomson (Rosamund Marriott Watson)
This is the alcohol-free spray. It is also free of parabens, phthalates, PDGs and other unpleasant things. Alkemia is a hand-blended and small batch perfumery using natural essences, ethically rendered accords, and lab-created aroma molecules.
Reddit - "I only sense the old books when I’m actively searching for them, but I love this. It ends up going a little baby-powder on me but it’s so comforting and sweet and lovely, like baby’s first floral scent. It’s light and spring-y and makes me happy. I already bought a full size of this. I almost wind up with the smallest whiff of almond, but it pulls back at the last minute."
Etsy - "I do get that soft, sorta vanilla, soft woods of book paper with a background of fresh flowers. Not super-sweet and wears very close to my skin. Lovely and glad I sprang for the spray."
