Autumn arrived at our independent perfume house hot on the heels of a Welsh summer that spread like Seville marmalade on warm toast.
Seemingly endless.
Then the clocks fell back.
And now on dark afternoons we find ourselves breathing in damp air. We hanker for a time not so long ago when glorious summer sunshine had yet to retreat behind a very, very big cloud.
How to embrace this seasonal change?
Here in the beautiful Welsh landscape we are lucky to be able to wander down through the cwm and wherever you may be we recommend you go and stand beneath the trees. Somewhere quiet.
Lift your gaze.
Be dazzled by a floating canopy of vivid golden hues, huge leaf the colour of burnt sienna silhouetted against black oak limbs.
And inhale.
Observe November notes of woodland floor, littered and layered with glorious plant matter that has absorbed the smell of rain during the dry spell and now crushed underfoot releases complex petrichor notes.
The accords in ORTIR perfumes are built on a strong sense of place.
Come rain or shine.