Spices… precious materials possessing marvelous versatility.
Used in food, healing, spiritual practice and of course, perfume, they’ve been an incredibly valuable commodity throughout history. Wars have been waged, lands explored, trade routes paved, all to satiate our appetite for spice.
Spices have been used in perfume for thousands of years – the ancient Egyptians were the first on record to do it and after then, well, it seemed to catch on!
Spicy notes can be paired with woods, green notes, aromatic notes, floral notes, citrus notes – they are incredibly flexible. That’s why we love them so much, and why we’ve decided to shine a spotlight on some of our favourites and the fragrances they star in.
Fresh and green yet powerfully smoky/ashy, it has a real Australiana bush vibe.
A beautifully balanced fragrance with spicy notes really shining through.
Pure black pepper, ready to layer with your favourite scent or to be worn on its own.
Saffron warms the composition in Azalai, shimmering like a golden heat haze coming off desert dunes.
Warm milk infused with saffron and warm spice with hints of sweet florals.
You can imagine this fragrance as a refreshing yet warm cup of tea enjoyed in humid heat – it’s soothing, romantic, and will put a smile on the face of whoever tries it.
The scent of fresh cinnamon twills accented by oud and the green foliage of a park in autumn.
Spice Must Flow is like an olfactory painting of a souk, however, rather than exact spices, is it as though the air is carrying the scent of them.
Blue Madeleine kind of smells like a Thai milk tea or Earl Grey bubble tea – softly sweet and milky but still with a tanin-y smoky whisper in the background.
Chapter One is fresh, aromatic, woody and earthy all at the same time. Like a bookworm who loves spending time in the library, Chapter One has a quiet confidence about it that’s really attractive.
Kawa evokes coffee in Turkish, while Karda echoes cardamom*, transformed by a K, borrowed from the Greek kardamômon. This fragrance is powerful, addictive; contrasted by coffee, illuminated by fresh and vibrant cardamom.
Wearing Agati feels like walking through a forest with bare feet, your whole being connected to cool earth, every sense heightened. Warm spices, green earthy notes and a powerful sandalwood base.
A bold, smoky fragrance from beginning to end. Upon first spritz, you’re hit with the dry sharp spice of nutmeg, and for us, the piney, balsamic smoke of frankincense. Cedar leaves, vetiver and resins create greenery and warmth in the base.
Opening with bright, bubbly pink pepper, the spice of nutmeg and the smooth sharpness of cedar, it doesn’t take long before Dirty Rose’s heart blooms with rich, velvety Damask rose realistic and earthy.
Not your typical oud scent! Opening crisp and aromatic with herbal lavender and the dry spice of nutmeg before you pick up the saffron note – mineral, warm and even a little leathery. Then comes the oud, refined and powerful.
Want More Spice?
If you’re a lover of spice in your perfumes, explore our entire “Spicy” fragrancecategory:
