Paraphrase is the new renamed Libertine Fragrances. They are an independent North American perfume house, blending, bottling and labeling perfumes by hand in Canada. Inspired by storytelling and of the contradictions of being human. Gilded features Cardamom and cinnamon dancing on top of mellow resins and pale woods. In other words...Drunk on spices and kisses in a church of wood, bodies come together in sweetness and heat, melt, and reform; newly connected. Gilded features top notes of cardamom, cinnamon and ginger; middle notes of orange blossom and immortelle; and base notes of frankincense, opoponax and pale woods. It is an eau de parfum, edp.
Paraphrase is an independent North American perfume house, blending, bottling and labeling perfumes by hand in Canada. All Paraphrase fragrances are vegan and cruelty free and are unisex.
Paraphrase: "Gilded is an intensely woody, resinous beauty with a touch of maple sweetness. I adore this in cold weather, and particularly for moments when you anticipate happy memories to form (though I wear this for myself, by myself most often). An instant love for me!"
Parfumo: "A truly sublime opening on first spray, like standing on the dry pine needle covered floor of a forest east of the rocky mountains in the summer and the heat from the sun strikes the beads of golden sap trickling down the side of a tree onto the bark. It settles quickly from there and the flowers start to rise up out of this arboreal first impression. And then the spice, the cardamom, a bit like crushing a green pod in your hand. What I love about this composition is that, much like Kerosene's fragrances, this smells like real things from the real world layered on top of one another to paint an olfactory image. But unlike Kerosene the inspiration here is clearly nature and being with nature, rather than the human-built environment and the cultural productions of our activity. This is fragrance as the plant world would design it, and I love it. Masterful work."
Profumo: "Most perfumes, I feel, sit on top of skin. The warmth of the body helps project the notes, but the fragrance doesn't truly interact your skin in the same way I found Gilded does; like blooming coffee with hot water first, it mingles and brings out the spicy sweetness of the fragrance. Gilded feels like you're blooming spices with the heat of your skin. The spiciness of ginger, the warmth of cinnamon and coziness of cardamom... I'm pretty convinced I can pick up the vaguest whispers of cumin, making this smell like a 'body' scent while still making a scent bubble around you. Then, there's the sweetness of the brown sugar. You really get the impression of a molasses-y, sticky sugar as opposed to just a linear sweetness. There's depth and warmth to it, and it's almost like it clings to the inside of your nose. This becomes the most dominant note, to the point where it begins to overwhelm everything else the longer you wear it."
