New Orleans Beginner Sampler - Set of Three 1/2ml Samples

New Orleans is a city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of Louisiana. With a population of nearly 400,000, it is the most populous city in Louisiana. It is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street. The city has been described as the "most unique" in the United States, owing in large part to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. Essentially an island between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans is a city defined and shaped by waterways. 

New Orleans is full of wonderful smells. A lot of those are food related. You can't walk around the French Quarter without swooning over the smells of Creole and Cajun food, crawfish, beignets, French bread, chickory coffee, etc. But then there are the natural splendors of New Orleans. The south is on full display here - jasmine, sweet olive, gardenia, magnolia, angels' trumpets, mossy trees, the muddy Mississippi and swamp waters. Not all smells are totally favorable but even Bourbon Street has its charms. Then there's Mardi Gras with its cheap plastic beads, cotton candy, king cake, diesel fumes and alcohol. Plus there are the cemeteries and shaded walks through stately neighborhoods. As I read in Dat Nola Chic The Scent of New Orleans: "New Orleans has this scent, fragrance, aroma that is an indescribable blend of it all, but once those fingertips dance around your nose, giving you a whiff of it, you will want to live in it, your sense will explode, and your heart will swell. The scent of New Orleans is so intoxicating, and there’s no sobering up, there’s no fix, but to be here." And since most of you can't be there, you can experience New Orleans through this sampler. You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler.

This sampler lets you sample various New Orleans traditions including the cemetery, a cocktail and beignets. You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler. 

1. Calypso’s Cottage St. Louis Cemetery Perfume – Inspired by the haunting beauty of New Orleans’ most iconic necropolis, it conjures the quiet majesty of moss-draped tombs under a rain-darkened sky. The opening captures the coolness of nightfall after a summer storm—ozonic and a little electric, like charged silence. As the rain settles, damp soil and moss begin to bloom, grounding the experience in something dark, green, and deeply rooted. The cedar arrives later—old, worn, aromatic—with a whisper of rot and reverence. A mysterious, quietly gothic fragrance with top notes of night air and rainwater accord; middle notes of wet earth and green moss; and base notes of aged cedar, lichen and stone.
2. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz (DSH) Le Sazerac Voile de Parfum- Based on a traditional cocktail of Old New Orleans, Le Sazerac is a sexy, boozy beauty. This all-natural perfume features notes of rye whiskey, absinthe, bitters and citrus zest notes melding with deep woods and smoky nuances. In the French Quarter, since the early 1800’s, an enigmatic cocktail has been served to those in the know: the Sazerac. With top notes of lemon, absinthe, anise, artemisia, bergamot, bitter orange, sweet orange, pimento berry, rye whiskey (natural accord) and star anise; middle notes of Bulgarian rose absolute, Bulgarian rose ptto, ciste absolute, clove bud, clove leaf, Grandiflorum jasmine, immortelle, oakwood CO2, orris concrete and labdanum; and base notes of angelica root, Australian sandalwood, birch tar, brown oakmoss, Peru balsam, Siam benzoin, Siam wood, styrax, tobacco absolute, tolu balsam and vanilla absolute.  
3. Sweet Nothings Bourbon Street Beignets Perfume Oil - Notes of fresh beignets, powdered sugar, creamy butter, vanilla bean, smooth bourbon and malt. The taste of New Orleans!!