Reindeer goddesses were once revered in early cultures across the Northern Hemisphere. Neolithic nomads worshipped the spiritual embodiment of the Great Mother of the Great Herd, for it is she--not the males--who retains her antlers in winter. It is she who leads and protects her family and people. It is her image found tattooed on female shamans in ceremonial graves. Her Forest is a mossy coniferous scent that features layers of velvety forest mosses and soft green lichens with wild-harvested Northern fir tips, Bourbon vetiver, black oudh and a hint of forest floor. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
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The Redolent Mermaid: The notes on this one. They all speak to me. Sniffing gently from the vial the fir tips tumble out and scatter while notes of damp humus and grassy vetiver tease out between the evergreen tufts. Dappled onto the skin like sun through the leaves, the forest floor awakens and shakes itself from the winter slumber. The brackish leaves rustle like scales on a great beast, tannic and loamy. As the hide shivers and stirs the trees tremble and drop their needles and greenery in a waterfall of foliage. Papery skinned lichens and the dry curled tresses of moss float like confetti in the energized air, taking an indiscriminate path down to the earth. They possess a dried grass quality that hints at earthen romps in childhood. Her Forest burrows down into a gorgeous midnight oudh with a sweet resinous foundation. This has my heart.
