Last summer here at our independent British perfumery we were just getting ready to go off and explore Provence, to play and to work alongside small scale growers happy to share their sustainable secrets.
This year as we head into another summer, lessons learnt are coming to fruition as I dutifully follow their instruction, enjoying a Welsh climate I hadn’t quite expected when I started on my horticultural journey some ten years past.
Rose.
A cornerstone for ORTIR Apothecari, taking its place within the heart of our fragrances, its fragility buoyed and coaxed by the overall composition.
It adds unexpected sweetness to AER, jostles happily alongside fruity notes in HAF and provides a much-loved sense of wellbeing within the very heart of HIRAETH.
And right now I am knee deep in precious distillates extracted from buds and blooms from right outside my window.
Ma vie en rose.