Juicy cherries skewered and dipped in smokily scorched toffee. The snack of dreams to go with your fragrantly steaming hot chocolate as you wander around a Viennese Christmas market. Cheerily decorated wooden huts, glittering brass band oompah-ing, golden lights gleaming against the snow——all present and correct.

Imagine…

You’re a Viking,

Languidly sprawling across soft, dry bracken near the Leaping flames of a birch fire. Battle scarred leather armour hangs from a sturdy larch, and high up in its branches Tiny birds are twittering, flickering, busily gathering soft stuff for lining Their nests.

The chill breeze shifts direction—a hint of seaweed reaches you, Mingling with the rising sap of the trees. Sunlight drips through the high branches Big, golden drops of warmth you’ve waited all the Brutally cold and dark winter to see again.

Your flask of spirit is near. You pour a libation on the ground, Raise it to your lips, and Rest while you can.

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Wear this if you want to feel: Bold, fearless, invincible

Imagine...

You’re reclining in a smoothly finished teak chair, your

crisp linen suit still looking smart, despite the warmth of the day—

coins of sunlight dance through the branches of an ancient mulberry tree

glinting along the golden trim of your fine porcelain tea cup

where a curling wisp of steam lifts a hint of bergamot from your Earl Grey into the limpid air.

You lean forward to select a dainty sandwich from an elegant tiered stand and

some freshly picked flowers nestled in a tiny, crystal vase breathe their scent towards you.

A soft thwock of tennis ball on racquet and a

bubble of gentle laughter floats over a neatly trimmed hedge—

long skirts swish and rustle as your

companions return to the tea table.

You raise an elegant forefinger, tilting your panama to shade your eyes and

listen to them gaily chattering.

All is well.

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Wear this if you want to feel: nostalgic, refined, relaxed

Spirit by @vallensefragrance embodies all that is best about living in Northern Europe. Bright and invigorating yet never chilly or forbidding. Pine trees sway above tufts of crushed mint and trampled sappy stems.

Who know which mythical creature has just passed through this enchanted glade?

A solitary white flower basks in a beam of watery sun. The vibrance of spring’s green leaves now turned to amber and maple, tumble down into rich and fecund woodland earth. Peridot velvet moss dappled with soft musk embraces you warmly as you lift your face to the light.

You’re licking a lemon and ginger gelato while watching a Viking ship being ceremonially burned on a windswept beach.

Sacrificial herbs like mint and angelica flicker among the golden, glowing timbers as they creak and settle into mesmerising shapes.

Puffs of incense writhe in the embers—bright, warm and very mysterious.

Infleurno by @eau_de_boujee is like your tippety-toppest best pal.

Exuberant and playful, quaffing mouthwatering yuzu and passionfruit cocktails with you in a glittering hotel bar, full of swaggeringly opulent jasmine and osmanthus garlands.

Then, just as you’re about to feel completely overstimulated, they take you home, run you a deep, hot bath and light a glistening wee nugget of serene incense to soothe and steady you.

Infleurno is, quite simply, the BEST fun to wear. Fully taking you by the hand and leading you on a rollercoaster day of delightful gaiety, but with a calm and meditative ending. This is bottled joy indeed.

Another astonishingly beautiful fragrance from the dream team that is @perfumer.pia and @nickrgilbert. All their perfumes are full of soul. A world away from many, many fragrances these days.