Created by Elodie Durande, Lunasa is part of the first Permanent Collection from Ffern. They created 50 bottles of each of their first three fragrances which have since sold out. Named after spokes on the wheel of the year, each scent is inspired by the natural rhythms and ancient festivals of the folkloric calendar.
Under the flaxen sun, people tread the ancient bounds. Remembering the pathway to other seasons. They plait ears of wheat into long-accustomed shapes, ready for burning - and for release. Lunasa is the first harvest, when the year's hard work reaps its reward. It celebrates the ripeness and warmth of this spoke on the wheel, poised between summer and autumn. A heady scent that sits close against the skin, lingering and sparkling like sunlight. Durange says: "I love how the kumquat brings energy to this batch, with its distinctive and beautiful natural texture. To me, Lunasa smells like foraging blossoms and fruit under a glowing sky, the first hint of change in the air." It opens with a burst of citrus, ripe and soft. Kumquat leads in the dance, both playful and refined. Lemon follows after with a touch of sugar, fasding into neroli's golden nectar. A haze blows off the rolling hills and valleys, bending the light. We captured the dry, soft dust in an accord of nutmeg and brown-eyed rock rose, delicately spiced. Looking for florals at the heart, they chose jasmine grandiflorum, with its hint of apricot, to pair with powdery Rose de Mai. For the harvest itself, they imagined the heat rising from the sun-soaked earth, shimmering amid the stems and releasing the aroma of the grasses. Hay was blended with vetiver for its green-toned earthiness. This accord became yet more intense when woven into their great corn dolly, standing tall and ready for the evening's celebrations. The earth itself is baked like clay, with a scent all its own. Hardened by feet and the strong afternoon sun. Tonight the straw man will burn, sculpted into kindling - scorching the hay; a final release. The stars will light as the smoke rises, the embers cool and the ashes blow away.
Lunasa features top notes of kumquat rind, nutmeg, white grapefruit rind, lemon rind, key lime rind, olibanum and green mandarin rind; middle notes of Rose de Mai, jasmine grandiflorum, bergamot rind, bay leaf, rose geranium, ho wood and neroli; and base notes of hay, Siam benzoin, red cedar, brown-eyed rock rose and vetiver root. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
FFERN LUNASA REVIEWS
This was too new at the time of listing and I could find no reviews.
