The Materials

An index of raw ingredients.

Every portrait in scent is composed from materials chosen by master perfumers — rose and resin, root and hide. Photographed in motion: twisted, tangled, crushed. A play between sharp and blur. (A few materials await their scans and appear as placeholder studies.)

Ambrette Seed

Ambrette Seed

Botanical musk from hibiscus seed — skin, rendered in plant form.

Found in  Durban JaneNoisette

Cardamom

Cardamom

A green spark of spice — the evening air, struck like a match.

Found in  Canaan

Clary Sage

Clary Sage

Herbal amber-green — the world going soft at its edges.

Found in  I—Dream

Cut Grass

Cut Grass

The polo field at ten in the morning — green, wet, immediate.

Found in  Macanudo

Cypriol

Cypriol

A smoky Indian grass, distilled from the root — the dry heat of the tack room.

Found in  RotanoPinehurst

French Lavender

French Lavender

Pulsing quiet and low — the fougère's steady heart.

Found in  Noisette

Fresh Earth

Fresh Earth

The paddock after rain — turned soil, mineral and alive.

Found in  Karat EGMacanudo

Haitian Vetiver

Haitian Vetiver

A grass with roots like the earth's own signature — smoky, composed.

Found in  Macanudo

Hay Absolute

Hay Absolute

The loft in late summer — dry grass, coumarin-sweet.

Found in  Macanudo

Jasmine Sambac

Jasmine Sambac

Night-picked jasmine — gentle petals under an ozonic dew.

Found in  VerdadesPinehurst

Oud

Oud

Primitive, resinous heartwood — centuries of night in a single drop.

Found in  CanaanPinehurst

Patchouli

Patchouli

Dark, earthy leaves — the classical chypre's shadowed floor.

Found in  Karat EGVerdades

Pink Pepper

Pink Pepper

A bright, mischievous hello — rosy heat without fire.

Found in  Durban JanePinehurst

Suede + Leather

Suede + Leather

Tanned hide, warmed. The stallion accord lives here — raw soul included.

Found in  RotanoI—DreamPinehurst

Tonka Bean

Tonka Bean

Hay, almond and warmth — sunlight lingering on skin.

Found in  MacanudoCanaan

Tuberose

Tuberose

Carnal white petals that bloom louder after dark.

Found in  Canaan

Turkish Rose

Turkish Rose

An intoxicatingly dirty rose — stems, thorns and all.

Found in  Karat EGPinehurst

Vanilla Bean

Vanilla Bean

Cured orchid pods — embers of a golden flame, never dessert.

Found in  VerdadesI—Dream

Amber

Amber

Not a stone but a glow — resins fused into lasting warmth.

Found in  Karat EGNoisette

Animalic Moss

Animalic Moss

Forest floor and stable floor at once — green depth with a pulse.

Found in  I—Dream

Bergamot

Bergamot

Italian citrus, bright and bitter-edged — morning, bottled.

Found in  Macanudo

Carrot Seed

Carrot Seed

Earthy, rooty brightness — the garden underside of orris.

Found in  Karat EGI—Dream

Jonquille

Jonquille

Narcissus of the field — green, honeyed, a little wild.

Found in  Macanudo

Labdanum

Labdanum

Rock-rose resin — ambered warmth deepening toward dusk.

Found in  Durban Jane

Magnolia

Magnolia

A breath held in the quiet — lemon-cream petals, barely there.

Found in  Noisette

Musk

Musk

The scent of skin remembered — a halo more felt than smelled.

Found in  RotanoNoisette

Myrrh

Myrrh

An ancient resin, bittersweet and slow — smoke drifting through a warm stable.

Found in  Rotano

Neroli

Neroli

Bitter-orange blossom, sparkling and green — a spark of light on skin.

Found in  CanaanVerdades

Olibanum · Frankincense

OlibanumFrankincense

Tears of resin from the Boswellia tree — stillness, made breathable.

Found in  RotanoI—Dream

Ozonic Accord

Ozonic Accord

Air after weather — a dew that never quite lands.

Found in  Verdades

Pimento Leaf

Pimento Leaf

Allspice leaf, crushed — clove-warm and quietly electric.

Found in  Canaan

Warm Milk

Warm Milk

Lactonic comfort, abstracted — the softest register of memory.

Found in  I—Dream

Rambutan

Rambutan

A tropical fruit built in armor — sweet flesh waiting just past its spines.

Found in  Pinehurst

Blood Orange

Blood Orange

Sun-warmed citrus gone deep red — sweetness with a little bruise to it.

Found in  Pinehurst

Pineapple

Pineapple

Bright and golden, straight off the field — juice running down to the wrist.

Found in  Pinehurst

Pine Accord

Pine Accord

Cut branches and cold sap — a forest just after the axe.

Found in  Pinehurst

Cashmeran

Cashmeran

A modern musk-wood molecule — soft, cashmere-warm, endlessly lingering.

Found in  Pinehurst

Geranium

Geranium

Green and rosy at once — leaves crushed between the fingers.

Found in  Pinehurst

“The art of perfume is in the olfactory image — the lingering impression left in the air.”
Carlos Benaïm — Perfumer