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Dispatching next working dayNotes on materials, method, and the economics of an industry that would rather not discuss them. Written by the people who do the blending.
What orris actually costs
Five years from rhizome to butter, and roughly fifty thousand pounds a kilo. A look at why the most expensive material in perfumery is a root nobody would call beautiful.
28 August 2026
The markup nobody mentions
A £120 designer bottle contains around £4 of juice. Here is where the rest of it goes, and why we decided not to play that game.
14 August 2026
Naturals are not automatically better
Synthetic musks do not require the animal. Synthetic sandalwood does not require the forest. The natural-versus-synthetic argument is mostly marketing, in both directions.
31 July 2026
How to test a fragrance properly
Not on paper, not in a shop, and not for ten minutes. What you smell in the first quarter of an hour has almost nothing to do with what you will wear all day.
17 July 2026
Why our batches vary
A harvest of rose absolute is not the same twice. We could blend that difference away. We have chosen not to, and here is the reasoning.
3 July 2026
Sillage is not a measure of quality
The fragrances people compliment most are rarely the loudest. A short defence of scents that stay close to the skin.
19 June 2026
New journal entries and the occasional release. No offers, because we do not run them.