Autumn Ambiance Sampler - Set of Four 1/2ml Samples

We all can get a nostalgic flashback when we smell the scents of autumn (leaves, campfire smoke, damp earth, mushrooms, cooked marshmallows, apple cider, pumpkin, cinnamon, etc.). Words like cozy, crackling, crisp and crunchy describe the season. It turns out there's a scientific reason that people have a smell inextricably linked to the season in their head: it's a confluence of chemistry, biology and psychology that can trigger different emotions like anxiety, sadness or excitement depending on your personal collection of memories associated with the time of year.

"In summer, we have just more of a mixture of scent and sort of a wide blend of scent ... we smell a lot more of everything around us," said Rachel Herz, a neuroscientist and author of The Scent of Desire. "When it gets cooler and drier, specific scents tend to stand out more — we're able to kind of pull out the scent of leaves, the scent of bark, the scent of grass in more distinct ways." 

Beyond the man-made and commercial scents of pumpkin spice and apple pie, autumn has its own, much more natural smell. It’s the musty, earthy smell of dying and decomposing leaves blended with wet earth and maybe a bit of smoke from burning leaves. The dominant earthy smells are largely the product of plants hunkering down for the winter. Fallen leaves begin to decay and the sugars and organic compounds in the leaf break down, creating the classic musky-sweet smell of a leaf pile. Maple leaves, for example, have high contents of sugars and when decaying they release a pleasantly sweet, almost syrup-like scent. 

You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler. 

1. Andromeda's Curse Hex Perfume Oil - Grinning Jack o' Lanterns and spicy mugs of chai tea. It is a spicy gourmand with notes of chai tea, cardamom, pumpkin and vanilla. 
2. Demeter Pumpkin Spice Latte Cologne - A blend of coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin and a dash of vanilla.
3. Moonlight Cove Finery Dead of Autumn Perfume Oil - The time of year when the sky darkens early in the evening, and a deeper chill sets in. Tree trunks painted nearly black in their rain-dampened bark, splashed with the golden, burnt orange and dark red colors of dying leaves, and only the evergreens retain their verdant hue. Earthy moss regains new life and the grass is laid to rest beneath a blanket of fallen leaves. The dead of autumn. Rain, earth and wet bark, musty cedarwood, oak and pine. Dead leaves, roots and soft moss. Amber, spice, and hints of late harvest apple and pear. 
4. Possets Dancing With The Sprites In The Fall Rain Perfume Oil - A fabulously dry and sophisticated take on fallen leaves, wet days and overcast autumn skies. There is a hint of mushroom musk and the ozone/water scent of dank air. Overall there is a huge resemblance to lavender but it is not lavender. As a huge wood hides its secrets from you, this blend is a morpher for sure.