Dirt, or soil, is a thin covering over the Earth's surface. Soil is a mix of eroded rock, mineral nutrients, rotting organic matter, water, air and lots and lots of small living organisms. The top layer of soil called the Surface Litter Layer and the next layer down, the Topsoil Layer or Humus, are full of that great earthy scent. This is a very popular note in fragrances today.
Christopher Brosius of CB I Hate Perfume says: “Dirt is still a note I use in a lot of my work. I've always thought dirt resonates so strongly with everyone because at some point in everyone’s childhood everyone has played in the dirt.” Of course, Brosius points out, the dirt you grew up in might be very different from the dirt that I played in, so olfactory recollection varies enormously, which is why CB I Hate Perfumes makes close to half a dozen fragrances with strong dirt notes. “The smell itself is so archetypal,” he says. “So it's always recognized and loved.”
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler.
- The Strange South Baby Shoes Perfume Oil - With notes of upturned dirt, gasoline, powdered skin, smashed apricots, cream and white musk.
- Austin Press Farmer’s Garden Perfume – The farmer’s garden expands across acres of land with lush green beds full of varietal fruits, vegetables and herbs. The air is laden with earthy notes from the nutrient rich soil and watery notes from abundant plantings. In her mud-covered overalls and bright purple tube top, the farmer takes a bite from a tomato right off the vine. She delights in the glimmer dancing on wet blades of grass and settles into the sun bathed haven of her very own bounty. With notes of cut grass, freshly turned soil, tiny flowers and herbaceous plantings.
- Organic Perfume Girl Dirty Cherries Perfume – This grown-up seductive cherry scent made from botanical scents that emulate pure cherries and vanilla all while layered in a dirt veil. If you like rolling around in the dirt while eating cherries (I mean who doesn't?), this scent is for you. Organic Perfume Girl is inspired by nature and music. Each fragrance starts as a handmade tincture using organic plants, flowers and herbs. Then high-quality organic and/or wildcrafted essential oils, resins and concretes are added. Every fragrance is vegan, hypoallergenic, cruelty-free and phthalate-free.
- Firebird Perfumes Cabin Perfume Oil - From their website: When my sister and I were about 11 we went to a summer camp called "Wilderness Challenge Camp" for a few years in a row. The second year the teenage counselors were too busy sneaking off into the woods to smoke cigarettes and make out with each other to build camp fires, set up our tents, or feed us. We all got poison ivy and went home early. But the first year was pretty epic. We stayed in cabins and basically ran wild in the woods, minimally supervised and having the time of our lives. When my sister got married last year, she rented out a cabin camp in a Virginia national forest that was so similar to our camp, we were convinced it was the same place (until my mom suddenly remembered where the other place was.) The wedding took place around the bonfire pit, the guests stayed in the little log cabins with the squeaky twin beds and all the spiders, and everyone got to run wild in the woods again like 11 year olds (well, with more alcohol and even less supervision, but you get the point.) She asked me to make some camp-themed soaps for favors and a perfume for her, and this is the scent we came up with. Heavy on the woods- Virginia cedar and fir needle - with a base of mossy earth and a hefty dose of campfire smoke. This is dirt under your nails, pine needles under your feet, smoke in your hair, fire in your eyes, and that lifting feeling in your heart when you step into the woods and their silent magic begins to soak into your skin.
