There are always new designs that I am working on. I never seem to feel completely satisfied and ready to put my materials down for any extended length of time. I realize that I have way, way more designs available on my website than any reasonable person should have from a business standpoint but it seems that the artist gets her way just about all of the time where that is concerned. I just can’t help myself. { So be it }.
So, here’s a sneak peak at some upcoming Spring delights. These lovely flowers are among the first sensations of Springtime, once the snows have truly gone for another year. They are the harbingers. And I feel they are some of the most beloved of the Spring florals.
Peony is as classic a Spring scent as there is. I have been creating and selling a relatively simple, straight forward peony perfume for my clients in Japan for the past 5 years or so. It’s a very important flower to both the Japanese and Chinese as a symbol of health and prosperity and this “simplicity” is really quite approachable. Plus, I love fresh peonies when they blossom in my garden. Their elegant presence speaks of utter beauty and femininity.
So, for this new Peony design I wanted to do more than just create the flower. I wanted to give the wearer a sense of experience. Peony starts at dawn with the dew still on the bud that hasn’t yet opened. The deep green leaves of the plant and a bit of grass are present. Then the peony opens and releases it’s delicate yet definite aroma and we experience the fullness of a fresh blossom. As the perfume dries down it is dusk, and the peony has turned a bit more rose-like as the sun sets and a shadow covers the blossom as night falls.
White Lilac . This *IS* one of the quintessential Spring aromas although not everyone has experienced white lilacs as opposed to the traditional light purple of even dark purple lilacs. White lilacs tend to take on a more ethereal, dewy quality and even exhibit a subtle, sweet fruitiness in the first wafts.
A few years ago I started growing roses and lilacs specifically for research into the live plant scents as well as for their glorious aesthetics. I have to admit that the white lilacs and the Persians are two of my most anticipated blooms. I can never get enough of them and get just a little sad when they start to recede (even though that means Summer’s right around the corner here in Boulder). To make a perfume based on these delicate flowers makes me really happy…I could get lost in this luscious but light, sweet lilac haze for sure.
Oranges. Yes, it’s oranges. Kind of the odd man out in terms of ‘getting into Spring flowers’ but there it is. And these are fresh AND spiced. No, it’s not a pomander (which is so Autumnal and looking toward the Holidays). This is a new kind of Fire Opal. It’s ORANGE; a bit fiery still but fresh, juicy and most of all lively. Not that the older version wasn’t lovely and yes, lively, but I have wanted Fire Opal to be something more. I guess I want to watch it blossom again.
The reworked Fire Opal is a fresher take; spiced and still tea – laced but with a whiff of warm earth and a noticeable green edge that the first version of Fire Opal didn’t have. Strangely, it’s the whiff of warm earth that makes it all the more Spring to me. And the fresh juicy-ness mixed with green leaves. It makes me feel elated and ready for adventure the same way that Springtime does.
** PS: We’re celebrating Spring with a SPRING SALE at the site . Use coupon code bloom14 for 15% off through April 8.
image credit: I found the spring bike image here; peony image found here; white lilac image here; oranges image here
