Mineral; From Home to You
By Jo Phillips
With Christmas time coming, wouldn’t you like to bottle up a scent that smells like the festive season? Good for gifts, or as a present to yourself, this collection of perfumes are sure to make any freshly scented perfume lover swoon.
Looking for a fresh, clean, delicious scents to walk home into? Lalique’s new room diffusers take you on a fragrant journey around the world. With raw, natural ingredients and an artistic flare merged together, the Voyage Du Parfumeur is a way to smell the world, without the flight fare.
Found in North Africa, the land of citrus is the latest smell that Lalique has bottled up. The Neroli scent is close to the bitter orange tree that North Africa is known for. Its fragile flowers yields neroli essences, which is simultaneously powerful and delicate. The base notes for the room diffuser are patchouli, amber and vanilla.
The next scent in the range is Vanilla. Discovered by the conquistadores, the famous black pod plays a starring role in perfumery and cuisine with its delicate, delicious aroma. Its top notes are delicious, with a heart of sandalwood and bottom notes of musk. Discovered in Acapulco, Mexico the “bay of thick reeds” is a beautifully sweet scent that is perfect for anyone’s home.
Have you ever wanted to have a scent that bottles up all of the smells from a cold, snowy hike in the forest? The Lalique Peuplier (Aspen) scent is reminiscent of the snowy peaks, water sports and luxury chalets that Aspen provides. Named after an extraordinary tree which can resist fire better than any other species, the top notes of this scent is Cardamom while its heart and base scents bring in the earthiness from the Cashmere wood and the Cedarwood. See how the eucalyptus, cypress and cedarwood carry one’s nose back to a winter evening.
If not the room, what about a gift for yourself or others. Salvatore Ferragamo’s limited edition scent embodies the festive season. Signorina Misteriosa has top notes of blackberries creating a distinctive opening, which leads into a seductive and sensuous heart of orange blossom and tuberose. An irresistibly sweet black vanilla mousse accord signs the dry down while patchouli confers an elegantly stylish touch to this fruity fragrance.
Riven Oak by Tom Daxon is a scent that transports you to the woods. It has the heart of Oakwood absolute, which is rich and sophisticated yet warm and cosy. It is lifted with bergamot and pimento berries and has base notes of rum, amber and vetiver. So now, you can smell that deep, woody scent wherever you go.
With Christmas coming, why not have a night in, in front of the fireplace, smelling like Christmas without the cold?