This sampler will take you on an armchair visit through Scotland. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Mainland Scotland has a 96-mile border with England to the southeast and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the south. Scotland also contains more than 790 islands divided into four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. From the Highlands to the islands, there are distilleries across Scotland that produce the world's finest whisky which is featured in this sampler. Other featured notes are heather, peat, Scots pine, petrichor, bog myrtle, gorse, tweed and salty sea air.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler:
- Beaufort London Sirenide EDP - Based on a reimagined version of the Scottish myth of the Selkies. It opens with a sting of poison rendered in bitter almond and aniseed, which anoints a second skin of iris, aquatic florals and a plastic-pinseal accord. The irresistible pull of briny-sweet ambergris drags the florals and almond with it into the depths, creating an indelible drydown. Orkney, an archipelago located to the north of Scotland, plays host to the inspiration of this fragrance. According to ancient Orkney myth, shapeshifting creatures – Selkies – inhabit the bodies of seals and, coming out of the water, shed their skin to walk among the human population. Often in these stories the selkie’s skin is found and hidden by local men, and they are forced to marry their human captor. In Beaufort's rendering of this tale, however, the selkie takes the upper hand… horrified that he has tanned her precious skin, the selkie poisons her captor, reclaiming the leather and returning finally to the tumbling sea. A suitably formidable fragrance: powerful and haunting, with triplicate aspects of ‘skins’ developing on your own. PVC melds with pinseal and an unnerving bitter almond note… water flowers blossom and die, returning to the water. Created by Euan McCall, it features top notes of blue flag iris, water hawthorn, bitter almond and aniseed; middle notes of water lily and pink lotus; and base notes of ambergris, Atlas cedar, woodruff and pinseal.
- Deep Midnight Perfumes Highland Mists Perfume Oil - Inspired by Scotland and the Outlander Series. Scotland is one of my favorite places to travel to, and I would actually love to move and live there one day. My first 21 day trip there was inspired after reading the first five books in the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon (who is one of the nicest authors I have ever met, and has answered many of my fan mail emails so kindly!) There is nothing quite like the feel of the air and atmosphere in Scotland when you are outside the cities. The misty fog, the islands, the shores, the glens, and even the rain hold a mystery that can blanket the body and make you feel like you are between the worlds. All the castles, moors, standing stones, and battlefields I visited there held a solemnity that I will never forget. It is one of the places of my deepest longings. This perfume, about one year in the making, is comprised of main notes of: Oakmoss, smoked peat, heather, woods, ozone, amber and background notes of musk and cedar. It is unisex tending slightly towards the feminine. Earthy, and slightly sharp, it warms down to the smoky peat finish with a hint of florals and woods.
- Jorum Studio Gorseland Extrait de Parfum - Gorseland was created by Euan McCall and launched in 2022. It features top notes of gorse, apple, chamomile, lemon and lavender; middle notes of black elder, geranium and neroli; and a base note of cannabis.
- Nui Cobalt Kelpie Perfume Oil - The fearsome trixter of the Scottish countryside who transforms into a seductive woman or a beautiful horse in order to drown its prey. Warm brown leather and hay, twisted driftwood, ancient oak, ambergris accord, and sea foam.
- Red River Apothecary Petrichor Perfume Oil - Like a rainy day in the Highlands with notes of fragrant Scottish heather, fresh white musk and geosmin come together for this new take on a classic rain scent.
- Strangers Parfumers Scotch Peat EDP - Scotch Peat is a dark, cozy fragrance inspired by Lomros's travels around the Highlands and his visits to local whiskey distilleries. It is an earthy fragrance with the aromas of warm damp earth, curing fermenting hay and peaty booziness around the edges. It features top notes of artemisia, candied and dried fruits, lavender absolute, malted barley, peat and wormwood; middle notes of cade, cypress absolute, honey, labdanum, leather, milk chocolate, orris, smoke, spruce and whiskey; and base notes of Atlas cedarwood, old oak barrel, Clearwood™, hay absolute, moss and tonka beans.
