The Pacific Northwest refers to the region in North American that features Washington and Oregon and is known for its stunning natural beauty, outdoor activities and relaxed lifestyle. It is a laid back, nature-centric lifestyle centered in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, characterized by outdoor adventure, environmental stewardship, coffee culture and casual fashion. It involves embracing rainy, moody weather for the benefit of lush green landscapes, balancing urban living with easy access to mountains, forests and coastlines. The region offers a deep and brooding vibe with lush alpine landscapes, quiet forests and a feeling of being immersed in nature. Because many areas have plentiful rainfall and mild summers, the PNW has some of North America’s most lush and extensive forests, which are extensively populated with Coast Douglas fir trees, the second tallest growing evergreen conifer on earth. Pacific Northwest (PNW) inspired perfumes focus on atmospheric, earthy scents, commonly featuring notes of damp soil, Douglas fir, cedar, rain-soaked moss and coastal fog. Key scents often include petrichor, pine, fern and saltwater, aiming to capture the region's dense forests and moody, wet climate.
You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler:
- Cirrus Parfums Fall Creek Perfume Oil - A fresh, outdoors-inspired fragrance that evokes the atmosphere of a cold, slow-moving snowmelt creek in rural Oregon. The composition highlights impressions of ice water and mossy river rocks, combined with conifer notes from grand fir tips and a jammy fir absolute, accented by a faint trail of unspecified wildflowers. The formula features in-house distilled grand fir oil, sourced from repurposed Christmas trees, and aims to capture the experience of swimming in icy waters and camping among surrounding evergreens.
- En Voyage Rainmaker EDP - Created by Shelley Waddington in 2016, this fragrance is inspired by the forested terroir and Bohemian lifestyle of the Pacific Northwest. She wanted to “interpret and decode the distinctive elements of this region, and to distill them into a fragrance that celebrates their story”. The Pacific Northwest, a place of Native American origins, is also famed for its edgy, unconventional artistic and urban culture. Rainmaking originally referred to a cultural ritual that induced rainfall. In popular culture, a rainmaker refers to a creator of something valued. “In expanding my creative work, I wanted to provide a mist of beauty and attraction that would become a ‘Rainmaker’ for the wearer,” continues Waddington, “Plus I like the quirky reference to the clouds above Portland, some of the best rainmakers in the world.” Rainmaker has a contemporary signature that exalts and infuses the native mossy forest, rainy weather and fragrant earth with modern perspectives and light. With notes of rose leaf, silver pine tips, wild citrus, incense, patchouli, iris, rhododendron, mossy rain forest notes of cedar, fir, redwood needles, petrichor, oakmoss and amber.
- Fyrinnae Orca Splash Perfume Oil - Salty, icy sea spray, hitting the forest at the water's edge like mist, enveloping you in the scents of a Pacific inlet, with old growth hemlocks, Sitka spruce and cedar trees all towering above.
- Guy Fox Nelson EDP - Nelson launched in 2022 and is a green, woody scent featuring eucalyptus, sandalwood and American Cedar. It draws inspiration from a place where the woods meet the waves. Picture yourself standing on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean with a towering forest behind you. Nelson captures the freshness of eucalyptus colliding with a warm base of sandalwood and American cedar. It is a light, fresh wood scent that sits close to the skin. It is inspired by a favorite modern cowboy who happens to be one of Guy Fox's best friends, the real life Nelson loves the great outdoors. Nelson features notes of citron leaf, eucalyptus, green cardamom, black pepper, fresh juniper, clary sage, lavender, sandalwood, upcycled American cedar and patchouli.
- LizbeCo Forks Parfum - Clean notes of fresh rain, cool forest greens, and woodsy redwood and cedar.
- Snowy White Owl Eldritch Perfume Oil –A green fragrance that captures the scent of the rawness of midnight air, watching a late night bonfire beach party in the Pacific Northwest, driftwood washed ashore, light of the full moon shaded by mist, rawness of green coconut and a whiff of sweet resinous weed floating in the air. With notes of earthy eerie fog, driftwood, a distant bonfire, sweet resinous weed, green firs and green coconut.
