Beschreibung
Während heller Weihrauch verdampft, mischen sich bitter-grünliche Noten dazu. Ein reinigender, kalter Duft. Der Geschmack und Geruch des einst großartigsten Gewürzes der Welt, ging mit der Zeit verloren und wird in diesem einzigartigen Duft eingefangen. Ob als Heilpflanze oder Gewürz besticht Silphium durch seine Bitterkeit. Kalt und rein. Dazu eine wunderschöne, scharf-fruchtige Ingwernote auf ein paar schwarzen, gestoßenen Pfefferkörnern. Ein Kitzeln in der Nase, das Dich tief durchatmen lässt. Etwas Nelke und Myrrhe mischen sich dazu. Nelke, leicht süßlich und Myrrhe schön rötlich harzig. Eine Medizin – kräuterlastig, trocken und kalt. Balsam für Körper und Seele.
Kopfnoten: Silphium-Akkord, Zistrose (Cistus)
Herznoten: Zimt, Tabak, Geranie, Schwarzer Pfeffer, Ingwer, Nelke
Grundnoten: Weihrauch, Zedernholz, Myrrhe, Leder
Behind the Fragrance
Even if one just tastes it, at once arouses a humour throughout the body and has a very healthy aroma – Pedanius Dioscorides, around year 70 BC.
Silphium (probably of the genus Ferula) was a plant that grew in the area of Cyrene, present day Libya, and was widely renowned as a spice, medicinal herb and perfume ingredient throughout the empires of the classical antiquity. It was praised by Greek philosophers and writers, as well as Roman emperors and cookbook authors. There were many attempts to cultivate Silphium, but they inevitably failed. It would only grow wild in a limited area of the north African coast. This, in combination with its qualities as seasoning and medicine made Silphium the most valuable spice in the world, outshining both saffron and cinnamon. The demand for Silphium eventually became so overwhelming that it was harvested to extinction, and the taste and smell of the once greatest spice in the world were lost in time. Our rendition of this historical plant is created by researching surviving assumed relatives of Silphium, using aromachemicals (the molecular building blocks of scents) to create an accord that we feel represents what remains. This is set against a background of ancient incense, woods and leather.
Fragrance Family
- Aromatisch
- Würzig
Fragrance Vibe
- Beruhigend
- Medizinisch
Parfumeur
- Tomas Hempel
