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.
Intensely smoky incense and resin blend with sharp black pepper in this powerful scent.
Complex and multi-dimensional, black calamus is resinous and woody accented by bright sparkles of black pepper.
Pure black pepper, ready to layer with your favourite scent or to be worn on its own.
An ode to this precious spice, preserved in incense and amber, the truest of saffron scents.
Warm milk infused with saffron and warm spice with hints of sweet florals.
Pure saffron, ready to layer with your favourite scent or to be worn on its own.
The scent of fresh cinnamon twills accented by oud and the green foliage of a park in autumn.
Aromatic, slightly spicy and warm, the addition of cinnamon in this scent adds to its luxurious feel.
Based on an ancient perfume recipe, cinnamon is the star of this scent, enveloped by sweet ambery notes.
Like cardamom pods crushed in a mortar and pestle, with the scent of Palo Santo burning somewhere in the distance.
Warm and earthy with a spicy vibrance from green cardamom, the scent of Barcelona by night.
Cardamom tea being drunk in a French provincial garden where heliotrope is in bloom.
A colourful souk in Marrakesh where nutmeg and other spices are piled high in fragrant pyramids.
Green sandalwood accented by the earthy spice of nutmeg, like a hot island breeze.
A deep, dark lake in the middle of a forest, where earthy, damp notes are warmed by spice.
Want More Spice?
If you’re a lover of spice in your perfumes, explore our entire “Spicy” fragrancecategory:
