Round Midnight
A boozy coffee tobacco gourmand perfume over a generous dose of Irish beach combed ambergris...
To all who have asked about this one, if you know my stuff - it's mostly dense and opulent, but this time I think I carried it to an extreme.
The dose of the ambergris tincture from an absolutely extraordinary white piece I tinctured for 4 years is outrageous and brings pure magic into this dark potion.
It's gorgeousness renders it perfectly suited for the festive season and nights out in sequin, sparkles and spangles. Also suitable for bold and extravagant gentlemen!
Notes
HEAD
Red Mandarin* Bergamot* Rum Absolute, Absinthe, Cognac, Ginger, Cinnamon
HEART
Coffee Absolute, Burley Tobacco, Bulgarian Rose*, Jasmine, Florentine Orris, Boronia, Nigella Damascena
BASE
Genuine White Ambergris, Sandalwood*, Oakwood, Cedarwood, Liatrix, Bourbon Vanilla*, Siam Benzoin*, Cypriol, Patchouli, Ambrette Seed
Raw Material Info
Please consider that many of the raw materials in this perfume are way more expensive than pure gold, because they require an insane amount of labour and sometimes also time to produce.
Plus obtaining them is often blood, sweat and tears.
For quality naturals can only be bought with quality producers and these have minimum orders that can very easily break a bank account!
And no, if you've spotted the cheap Oud or Orris etc on Ebay or Etsy, please always have in mind that these are FAKE OILS.
Ambergris, for instance, takes years to cure in the ocean and then, once it's valuable enough to be sold for a fortune, it takes some more years to tincture and break down to the glorious fragrance that does pure magic in a blend.
The highest grade Orris Root oil does retail for about 100 € per gram, because it also takes 3 years to dry the rhizomes of the plant and to develop the heavenly violet bouquet.
Boronia absolute is about 50 € / g, Nigella Damascena absolute 20 € / g, Rum Absolute about 30 / g.
Their synthetic counterparts can be bought for as little as about 10 € / KILOgram!
Just sayin`.