Progressive Botany Series
Eau de Parfum

‘Nemo me impune lacessit’ – the Order of the Thistle. The defiant motto of Scotland, an ancestral virtue.

Unashamedly polarizing, Carduus is a blend of jagged leaves, herbal seeds and xeric barks. Carduus assaults with a potent crash of warm gustatory herbs, tingling seeds and defensive leaves. This dry herbal bouquet prevails over medicinal botanicals, ardent barks and bruised molecules. The resulting effect conjures images of untold ceremony and ritual. The fragrance flirts with tradition; aged herbs and spices blended alchemically, it is ceremonious and spiritual.

This romantic brew is woven with bundles of complex flower essences and fermented leaves before revealing sweet confections and pounded roots There is unusual buoyancy experienced with Carduus. Starting extremely rich, dense and laced with spices before shedding layers to reveal a veiled and noble incense facet that feels weightless.

NOTES

Chamomile
Bengal Pepper
Honey
Clary Sage
Sea-holly
Marjoram Tea
Myrtle
Rose Absolute
Vetch
Clove Bud
Hart’s Tongue
Tuberose
Musk-thistle
Heliotrope
Tormentil
Mahogany
Cocoa Absolute
Tobacco
Meum
Deertongue
Cherrywood

Nose — Euan McCall

Scotland, 2019

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